Xitron expands the K2 workflow family with new K2D-X for digital print production and K2 3.0

Print Solutions

Xitron has announced the expansion of its K2 workflow family with the introduction of K2D-X, a workflow solution optimised for digital print production, alongside K2 3.0, the latest generation of its production workflow platform.

The announcement reflects Xitron's continued commitment to open, vendor independent workflow solutions that allow print providers to build production environments around the equipment that best suits their business rather than the limitations of a single manufacturer's ecosystem. 

Today's print companies operate in a variety of production environments, each with its own workflow requirements. While many commercial printers require a unified workflow like K2 to support offset, digital, and hybrid production, others have invested heavily in multiple digital presses, each driven by its own digital front end (DFE). As those digital environments become more complex, maintaining a consistent prepress workflow becomes increasingly difficult. K2D-X was developed specifically to address that challenge. 

Designed for facilities operating multiple digital presses and multiple DFEs, K2D-X prepares incoming PDF files before they reach the press. Jobs are preflighted, corrected, normalised, and imposed before being delivered as press ready PDF files to the appropriate digital front end. By standardising pre-press upstream, K2D-X allows printers to prepare each job once while continuing to use the manufacturer's native DFE to drive each press. 

‘Digital print providers have invested heavily in expanding their production capabilities over the past decade,’ said Paul Napolitano, product manager at Xitron. ‘The challenge is that every new DFE introduces another production island. K2D-X gives customers a common workflow that prepares jobs once and delivers production-ready PDF files wherever they are needed, without forcing them to replace the equipment in which they have already invested.’ 

Because K2D-X delivers press ready PDF files, print companies that do not require traditional RIP or RIP options such as trapping can standardise pre-press across mixed vendor digital environments while preserving existing investments in presses and DFEs. 2 

Alongside K2D-X, the company is also introducing K2 3.0, the latest release of its flagship workflow platform. New capabilities include expanded workflow automation, enhanced job management, streamlined deployment, and improved third-party integration. Together, these enhancements reduce manual intervention while increasing production flexibility. 

Together, K2D-X and K2 3.0 represent Xitron's continuing commitment to open workflow solutions that allow print providers to choose the presses, DFEs, and production technologies that best fit their business, rather than the limitations of a single vendor's ecosystem.