Where it's headed
The flight plan
What is on the deck today, what is cleared for next, and what is still on the radar. One place to see where FlightDeck is going.
This is direction, not a dated promise. There are no ship dates here on purpose. The order shifts with what real shops hit first, so what beta testers report is what moves the line.
Shipping in the beta
Approach
The hot folder that stages every incoming PDF, and converts EPS to PDF on arrival so legacy art runs the same pipeline.
PreCheck
Four bouncers on every file: non-embedded fonts, low resolution, linked art, and off-target color space.
Dispatch
Routes each file to Ready, Fix, or Originals, with the bounce email drafted for anything that fails.
Weekly Originals buckets
Untouched incoming files filed into dated weekly folders, so a year of jobs stays a tidy stack.
Illustrator scripts
The bench tools that ship alongside the core suite for the hands-on prep that stays in Illustrator.
Shop Traveler
The companion job board that schedules by working start date, included with the suite.
Mac version
The full suite runs on macOS today: hot folder, bouncers, scripts and all. The Windows build is next.
Actively building
Windows version
The full suite running on Windows, not just macOS, so the same pipeline works on a PC shop floor.
Fix folder drain
A scheduled cleanup so the Fix folder does not pile up: resolved jobs clear out on a weekly cadence like Originals.
Exploring, no promise
Deeper Shop Traveler reporting
Load history and throughput views, so you can see where the week actually went, not just what is due.
Per-RIP presets
Saved threshold profiles per output device, so a solvent printer and a flatbed can each have their own rules.
More How-To guides
Expanding the field manual with the next batch of prepress and production write-ups.
Drawdown, a browser color-correction app from the same shop, is a separate tool. It lives at drawdown.press.