Set to be rolled out in early May, the new update will add FastLane, a command-line tool in PitStop Server that scans a PDF file to supply basic file information – such as page count, fonts, document properties and more –  when it first enters the workflow.

This makes onboarding new projects more intuitive and much quicker, as it can instantly detect whether further pre-press attention is necessary, Enfocus said.

Loïc Aigon, PitStop product manager, said: “Today’s print industry has a need for speed. That’s true at every step of the supply chain, and especially at the pre-press stage.

“Time really is money here – by the time your customer has sent a file through and you’ve pulled all the info you need from it to provide an accurate quote, a competitor could’ve got there first and secured the job.

“FastLane makes onboarding instant – as soon as you have the file, you have all the info you need to proceed with the job, and you know whether a full PitStop pre-flight is even necessary.”

He added: “PitStop has always been about taking all those menial, time-consuming tasks and powering through them for you, so you can get print files validated and moved along to the press in a matter of seconds.

“So, in addition to FastLane, we’ve also turbocharged PitStop’s core functionality with some neat code optimisations. When the update goes live, users will be able to generate reports much faster than before, and the PitStop Navigator UI will be snappier, providing an all-around more efficient user experience.”

As well as various bug fixes and other optimisations, PitStop 2023 will also bring JSON reports, making pre-flight reports faster to process and easier for users to interpret. Enfocus said this also enables easy integration of pre-flight reports into automated workflows to streamline the validation process further.