Xerox^® FreeFlow^® Core

Streamline yourprint process to reduce your costs

Now you can automate your print tasks with a solution that makes your entire operation more productive, day in and day out. FreeFlow^® Core keeps each job moving to make your organization super efficient, so you spend less time processing jobs in-house and have more time to build new business.

Seamless Integration With Your Current Workflows

FreeFlow^® Core easily integrates with your current workflow and work processes. It is a PDF-based tool, so jobs can easily be routed to any printer or any destination. Regardless of how you are getting your work done today, FreeFlow^® Core can step right in and quickly make your shop run more efficiently and more productively.

A simple set-up-and-go solution that's easy to use

FreeFlow^® Core is browser-based and includes EasyStart workflows to help users through the process of creating and managing workflows. It hides the complexity of individual operations and workflow programming while it provides an intuitive graphical user interface. The simple drag-and-drop interface means you don't need a software engineering degree to create workflows. Now anyone can easily manage jobs and get them done in a fraction of the time.

FreeFlow^® Core has an on-premise solution configuration. You install, configure and run the software from your own computer server.

Affordable for Any Size Operation

Automation is no longer just for big guys. Whether your organization is 3 or 300 people, FreeFlow^® Core offers a highly productive workflow solution. Multiple product configurations and attractive price points mean even small- to medium-sized organizations now have automation within reach. And no matter how many print engines you have, there is never an additional charge.

Xerox^® FreeFlow^® Core has an on-premise solution configuration designed to serve as the backbone of all our Xerox^® production workflow solutions. On-premise means you run the software on your computer server, and have total control over configuration and integration with your current workflow systems and printers. FreeFlow^® Core on-premise is best suited for customers looking for advanced automation, wider integration and access to extended automation solutions from Xerox.

You choose the options that are right for you...

Xerox^® FreeFlow^® Core-A total solution for entry-level automated print production, including JDF/JMF connectivity to external systems. It lets you build workflows for conversion, preflight, image enhancement, imposition and print job submissions.

FreeFlow^® Advanced Prepress module-Provides powerful tools for PDF optimization, colour management, document manipulation and annotation. This module helps you speed through a wide range of file optimization actions, including adding barcodes, pressmarks, text and images to documents.

FreeFlow^® Advanced Automation module-Automates your entire production process by transforming manual steps in your workflow into programmed actions, with services that automate job processing decisions. Enables the use of any Hot Folder or CLI application within an automated workflow.

FreeFlow^® Output Management module-Adds the ability to implement even smarter decision making regarding when and where your jobs will be printed. Also enables automated aggregation and ganging for increased print and post-print productivity.

FreeFlow^® Variable Data module-This module enables FreeFlow^® Core to accept Xerox^® Variable Information Production PrintWare (VIPP^®) jobs and PDF/VT jobs. The FreeFlow^® VI Suite uses VIPP^® technology to deliver benchmark productivity in personalised communication workflows;
PDF/VT is an emerging variable data standard and FreeFlow^® Core has full PDF/VT record processing support.

The Automated Solution That Leverages 10 Years of Experience

Xerox^® FreeFlow^® Core is a new product, yes-but it's also an innovative digital product platform that enables a wide range of highly targeted solutions. It works with your current operation and expands its capabilities as your business grows. Xerox has been in the prepress automation business for more than 15 years, and we've leveraged our experience and learning from customers like you to develop a next-generation solution for automating every step in your print production process.

• *1: Base Software
• *2: Options

Minimum Specifications for Xerox^® FreeFlow^® Core (on-premise version)

Server Specifications

CPU

• Intel^® Core^TM i7, 3.3 GHz (minimum)
• Intel Xeon^® Processor E5, 2.5 GHz, 4 cores (recommended)

RAM

• 8 GB (minimum)
• 16 GB (recommended)

Disk Storage

• 500 GB HDD (minimum)
• 500 GB SSD (recommended)

Monitor Resolution

• 1280 x 1024 (minimum)
• 1900 x 1200 (recommended)

Operating System^*

• Microsoft Windows Server^® 2022
• Microsoft Windows Server^® 2019
• Microsoft Windows Server^® 2016
• Microsoft^® Windows^® 11
• Microsoft^® Windows^® 10 (64-bit)

• * Windows "S", Core, Mobile, Internet of Things (IoT), Home, Basic, Team and Preview editions of all Microsoft Operating Systems are not supported.

Supported Browsers

• Current versions of modern browsers from Apple^®, Google^®, Microsoft^® and Mozilla^®

Other Software Requirements

• Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.5 SP1 (depending upon version of SQL Server^®)
• Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.8
• Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Express SP1 or SQL Server 2014 or higher

Optional Software

• Microsoft Office 2016, Office 2019 (64-bit), Microsoft Office 2021 or Office 365 (64-bit) (if conversion of native file formats to PDF is required)
• Adobe^® Acrobat^® Reader (to open and view PDF files within the browser window)

Components

• Job Submission
• Job Management and Status
• Printer Management and Status
• Enhanced Workflow Builder
• Connections Setup
• User Access Setup
• Email Event Notification
• Job Reports
• Import/Export Workflows

Job Inputs

• Job Submission Client
• Hot Folder
• Manifest Automation from Xerox
• LPD/LPR
• CLI
• Job Messaging Format (JMF)
• JMF/Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT)

Job Outputs

• External Hot Folder integration
• External CLI integration
• Programmed print job submission
• Enhanced job routing
• Save
• IPP print
• LPD/LPR

Services

• Preflight
• Enhance images
• Imposition
• Save
• Finishing
• Print
• Optimise
• Review
• Colour management
• Barcodes
• Pressmarks
• Watermarks
• Insert pages
• Page numbering
• Join
• Rotate pages
• Delete pages
• Resize pages
• Colour split
• Job distribution
• Job batching
• Job ganging
• Job scheduling
• Printer Grouping
• Passthrough job submission
• Load balancing
• Printer failover
• FIFO printing
• Print throttling
• Job accounting

Input File Formats Supported

• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft PowerPoint^®
• Microsoft Publisher
• Microsoft Excel^®
• Adobe PostScript^®
• PDF
• EPS
• JPEG
• JPG
• PNG
• TIFF
• Xerox^® VIPP^®*
• PDF/VT^*

• * Requires the Variable Data optional module

Want more ways to integrate and automate? We're on it. There are so many ways to combine Xerox^® FreeFlow^® Core with applications and solutions that fit your business model-and we've already started with these ultra-productive combinations you can use today.

FreeFlow^® Variable Information Suite simplifies personalization

FreeFlow^® Variable Information (VI) Suite delivers an incredibly fast, personalised printing platform-decreasing the time you spend on document design, file preparation, composition and output. Combine with FreeFlow^® Core's Variable Data module for full PDF/VT record processing capabilities and your entire operation will be more productive.