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List of Suppliers:
- Equilibrium
- HELIOS
  : HELIOS Suite
  : PDF Server
  : HELIOS Workflow
  : macademy addons
  : UGSoft addons

- Canto Cumulus
- Dynagram
- Farrukh
- Dev Zero G
- SeeFile
- Printable

Business Solutions:
- Digital Asset Mgmt
- Creative Solutions
- PDF Workflow
- Digital Distribution
- Prepress & Printing
- Document/Image Mgmt

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HELIOS - UB+ UnBreakable Server Suite

On this page: Product Info | Demos/Downloads | Hot Info/Press | Support/Updates | Pricelist

HELIOS provides high performance networking and client/server software for Macintosh, Windows and UNIX for image conversion, OPI workflow, colour management, and both creation and output of PDF files.

Free Demos & Downloads

* Online movie stream of latest UB+ (QT or WMV)

* Appple iPhone Proofing download or stream QT movie

* Download a free test drive of all HELIOS UB+ products for all supported platforms!

* DEMO movies (Flash) available for Image Conversion, PDFNative Workflow and WebShare

* HELIOS WebShare DEMO servers/movies
(guest login = webshare/webshare)
View the QuickTime WebShare demo movies stream (QuickTime plug-in required), or download (ZIP).
* Download screenshots of WebShare options.

* Free download File System Test
- now with Mac OS X Intel support: runs natively on Mac PPC and Mac Intel computers. [Scroll down for download link]
* Free LanTest for Mac networks!
Supports MacOSX Intel and 10 GB Ethernet.
HELIOS LanTest UB is a professional tool to test and measure performance of AppleShare services. A standard testing, diagnostic and benchmarking tool, HELIOS LanTest helps users determine network server volume and local hard disk performance. [Scroll down for download link]

* Download macademy's OPI Manager demo - the CS3 In Design plugin for a complete OPI workflow with HELIOS ImageServer - datasheet.

* PDF HandShake Internet Printing demo at HELIOS.

* HELIOS at DRUPA 2008: seminars and special promotions - see the latest Information Bulletin online for full details.
* HELIOS UB+ released - HElIOS News Dec 2007 (html).

* HELIOS and XINET compared - a dozen reasons to choose HELIOS! (html)

* Australian case study in IDM (Image & Data Manager May/June 2006 p59): John Wiley case study (pdf) Prompt Prepress with HELIOS (© Knapp)

* Seybold Bulletin reports on HELIOS UB - case study and interview (pdf).

* HELIOS wins PRINT 05 honor, the Worth a Look Award for PDF-native OPI workflow.
...more in the Press archive.

Latest News

* HELIOS to MacOSX 10.5.3 Upgrade Warning - Flash June 2008 (pdf) - note this has been fixed with the release of MacOS 10.5.4
* What's new in UB+ - new features list (html) for each product including the new Tool Server (html).

Product Info      

* HELIOS UnBreakable (UB+) Server Solutions: migrating HELIOS UB software to UB+.

* HELIOS UB+ datasheets available for each product.

• HELIOS Base UB+: Superior Server Foundation for all HELIOS Products
• HELIOS EtherShare UB+: Highest-Performance Server for Macintosh Clients
• HELIOS PCShare UB+: Highest-Performance Server for Windows Clients
• HELIOS WebShare UB+: Highest-Performance Server for Real Time Remote File Access
• HELIOS ImageServer UB+: Server-based OPI automated Image Conversion, ICC Color Transformation, OPI Replacement and Printing
• HELIOS PDF HandShake UB+: Server · PDF Preflight · PDF Printing · PDF OPI
• pdfInspektor (from Callas software): Server Automated PDF preflight · PDF HandShake UB+ includes pdfInspektor from Callas software
• HELIOS PrintPreview UB+: Local and Remote Proofing on Monitor and Printer PostScript 3/PDF Compatible Preview Rendering.

- see the HELIOS Server Overview (pdf)

* Latest information from HELIOS on supported platforms (html).

* How HELIOS products all work together: HELIOS workflow processes overview (html)

* PDF HandShake major areas of functionality:
- PDF Workflow: PDF Printing, OPI & Imposition (html)
- Create PDF Server (html)

Support and Updates

HELIOS products are all available on one CD-ROM. CD023 obsoletes all previous updates up to u0612. The CD was shipped to all customers in Jan 2008.

* Updates are available for all customers with a Software Service agreement. The current update level is u0733 at July 11th 2008. The updates can be downloaded automatically via HELIOS Update Installer or from HELIOS website. See http://www.helios.de/support/updatebrowser.phtml for descriptions and go to http://www.helios.de/download/ for downloads. Recent updates are listed in DataBasics Information Bulletins (html).

DataBasics Flash: HELIOS/MacOS 10.4.6 Upgrade Warning - Apple Mac OS X client upgrade to 10.4.6 (pdf) - the fix is explained in Update #u0541 EtherShare workaround for PhotoShop crashes introduced with Mac OS X 10.4.6

Pricelist

* HELIOS Pricelist AU$ (pdf).

* Educational Discount - EtherShare/PCShare/WebShare for Educational sites discount offer (pdf)

* HELIOS offers Super Server Bundle for EtherShare/PCShare/WebShare combo - see the pricelist (pdf).