sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message this article contains embedded lists that may be better presented using prose . you can help by converting the list or lists to prose if appropriate . editing help is available . september 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message global graphics sa type public traded as euronext glog industry software founded nancy 1996 headquarters cambourne cambridgeshire uk website global graphics global graphics se is known for its digital printing and document technology including the harlequin and jaws rips and the gdoc digital document software the company supplies its software under licence to original equipment manufacturers and software vendors who build products around it . today it is primarily used in the digital front ends that power new generation digital and inkjet production presses and in desktop and mobile productivity software products . the company has a large share of the photobook and newspaper markets . it is listed on the euronext stock exchange in brussels under the symbol glog . contents 1 history 2 gdoc application platform 3 gdoc printer platform 4 the harlequin rip 5 references 6 external links history edit global graphics was incorporated in 1996 in nancy france in connection with the acquisition of the photomeca group of companies and at the time was primarily a pre press hardware business . however in 1999 global graphics expanded into the printing software market with the acquisition of the harlequin group and in 2000 of 5d solutions through which it acquired the jaws rip and jaws pdf range of technologies . in 2002 it divested itself of its hardware businesses altogether emerging as a software only company . as a result of the company s expertise in page description languages such as postscript and pdf in 2003 global graphics was chosen by microsoft to provide consultancy and proof of concept development services on xps microsoft s new print and document format and worked with the windows development teams on the specification for the new format . xps remains the format for windows operating systems going forward . in 2009 global graphics introduced the gdoc brand as the successor to the jaws pdf range initially as stand alone productivity applications such as gdoc fusion and gdoc creator . in 2015 these were spun off onto a separate web site gdoc inspired to showcase examples of software applications that can be built on the gdoc application platform and the gdoc printer platform . in 2015 global graphics purchased its long standing customer rti located in sarasota florida usa . rti provides and supports custom branded versions of the harlequin rip direct to print service providers and printing equipment manufacturers mostly in the north american market . quick to take advantage of the internet selling rti has grown a successful on line sales operation over the past 20 years . in september 2015 global graphics acquired font manufacturer urw design & development gmbh located in hamburg germany . the company invented digital outline font technology and tools 35 years ago and is one of the few remaining font foundries that date from the pre postscript era . in addition to licensing their extensive type libraries to the graphic design market they develop exclusive corporate typefaces counting brands such as general motors mercedes benz and siemens among their customer base gdoc application platform edit the gdoc application platform enables software vendors and enterprises to create solutions that give users a paper like experience on their pcs and mobile devices including ios android and windows . gdoc printer platform edit the gdoc printer platform enables software vendors or system integrators to add pdf creation to their solutions that they can customise and brand to suit their own requirements the harlequin rip edit when global graphics bought harlequin in 1999 the press release included the following information about the harlequin product line of the time the harlequin flagship rip management product scriptworks is widely regarded as the benchmark high resolution high speed full feature rip for the dp & p sector . and the harlequin name is an industry icon . its technology has been largely recognized through the whole industry . since the acquisition global graphics has diversified the application of harlequin rip technology and by 2007 had introduced an embedded harlequin rip core the harlequin embedded sdk for use in office printers and copiers moving on to establish relationships with the leading soc system on a chip manufacturers as well as a digital rip the harlequin host renderer for use in rip farms and the digital front ends that power high speed digital production presses . this version of the harlequin rip is widely credited with being the fastest on the market following independent testing by the rochester institute of technology and infotrends published in a white paper in 2012 entitled global graphics demonstrates power with the latest harlequin rip . global graphics has main offices in cambourne uk ; acton ma usa ; and tokyo japan . references edit external links edit global graphics gdoc fusion http www.globalgraphics.co.jp http www.gdoc.com http www.gdocinspired.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title global graphics & oldid 725714570 categories software companies of the united kingdomhidden categories articles lacking sources from february 2016all articles lacking sourcesarticles needing cleanup from september 2009all pages needing cleanuparticles with sections that need to be turned into prose from september 2009 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured 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