Gerber Scientific Products has announced the upcoming release of its new Gerber OMEGA 4.0 software upgrade. Gerber OMEGA 4.0 includes all the capabilities of the original OMEGA 3.0 suite of layout, design, output and conversion tools, and offers a wide array of enhancements focused on providing improved output and production.
New GERBER OMEGA 4.0 output features include a Gerber Edge FX HiRez printing mode (an EDGE FX firmware update is also included), faster rendering of autotext, autonumber or other repeats generated in Composer, automatic halftone settings for EDGE printing, easier and faster backcut and liner-cut decal production, better integration of the Foil Adjust program (formerly called RegFixer), new grid cut or butt-cut weedborder modes, ART Path automatic nesting, plotter output "smart start" technology and support for more friction-fed plotters.
In addition, Gerber OMEGA 4.0 offers an array of new production-oriented improvements such as Chinese text entry, improved barcode layout, increased undo's and ability to undo after saving, auto "strokes for chokes" button, choke/spread top-color designation, the ability to add a PDF wrapper to JPG exports, automatic mapping of imported EPS/PDF and AI colors to EDGE spot colours and much more.
