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SOFHA GmbH
1981-01-01
Germany
Software development for high-performance image processing
High-resolution image data handling
Color management solutions
OEM/ODM printing controller technology
Print workflow solutions using JDF/JMF
Consulting and development services for turnkey printing products
Printer product development with raster image processor
PostScript interpreter technology
Linux-based POD Server solutions
Co-development partnership with Adobe
ProfiRIP platform
Cluster printing and variable data printing technology
High-volume color printing workflow solutions
PDF-based variable data printing software
Printer-driver plug-in technology
PostScript interpreter licensing
Spot color overprint integration
Adobe PDF Print Engine licensing
Industrial printing solutions
Digital front-end software for high-speed inkjet printers
Web-based printer management software
software solutions
drivers and tools
turnkey solutions
controller solutions
system software
application software
production workflow integration
feedback systems
security solutions
Development
Consulting
Maintenance
Localization
Documentation
Market-Ready Products
Custom Solutions
Technology Integration
Engineering Services
Knowledge Transfer
Time-To-Market
System Software Updates
Client Software Updates
Product Upgrades
User Manuals
Technical Manuals
Service Manuals
Company name
Group Parent Subsidiary Customer Supplier Alliance Bank Shareholder
Monotype Imaging Inc.
Group company Parent Subsidiary Customer Supplier Alliance Bank, lending and credit Investment, equity and shareholders
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23 entries
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1981 Founded in Berlin, Germany.
1984 SofhaSCRIPT is the first European interpreter compatible to PostScript, developed for phototypesetters.
1985 Complete hardware/software RIP solution with gate array chip for hardware-accelerated font rendering.
1986 Printer drivers for Mac OS and MS-DOS®.
1988 First high-end printer products with integrated SOFHA raster image processor.
1992 Development of PS² (Page-Separated PostScript), the first page-independent interpreter technology.
1993 Release of the Linux®-based POD Server® (Printing-On-Demand Server) for the Xerox® DocuTech®.
1994 SOFHA becomes the independent European co-development partner of Adobe Inc.
1996 Linux-based ProfiRIP® platform, combining POD Server® technology with genuine Adobe PostScript.
1999 SOFHA DocuFLOW® cluster printing and variable data printing technology.
2003 Launch of the new POD Server®, the complete workflow solution for high-volume color printing applications.
2004 Database Print Manager™, a software package for PDF-based variable data printing.
2004 SOFHA does the development of a printer-driver plug-in technology for Konica Minolta‘s PostScript based raster-image-processors.
2006 SOFHA becomes source code licensee of the Configurable PostScript Interpreter (CPSI) of Adobe Inc.
2006 SOFHA supplies CPSI interpreters including SBL technology to Konica Minolta for Konica Minolta‘s embedded RIPs for their light production laser printers.
2008 Integration of spot color overprint and spot color overprint simulation capabilities.
2008 SOFHA becomes Adobe PDF Print Engine (APPE) licensee.
2010 Strategic partnership with Atlantic Zeiser, a market leader in industrial printing and coding.
2011 First industrial printing solution with SOFHA Live Variable Data Printing technology.
2012 SOFHA starts the development of the digital front-end "IJ-Manager" for Konica Minolta‘s high-speed inkjet printer KM-1 with an unmatched performance in Print-while-RIP.
2013 Development of a web-based printer management software called ProfiWEB.
2015 SOFHA and Konica Minolta enter into a close strategic alliance.
2016 IJ-Manager and KM-1 are officially introduced at DRUPA in Düsseldorf.
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