Products & Services Overview

Since its inception in 1991, Letterpart Limited has continually developed and adapted its typesetting systems utilising the latest technological advances available. This means that today its automated outsourced and web-based services, augmented by its own powerful and fast batch processes, are unrivalled in the rapidly standardising XML format typesetting market.

These systems, combined with extensive in-house knowledge and high competency, mean that pricing to the customer can be extremely competitive – a most important consideration in today’s economic environment – as well as ensuring a fast and efficient delivery.

Outsourced Automated XML and SGML Typesetting

Letterpart provides a superior and highly automated outsourced XML typesetting service to its clients. Specialising in high volume, complex publications in both loose-leaf and bound formats.

LPWebServe, Web-based Automated XML Typesetting

An enhanced, automated and easy to use web-based facility, LPWebServe, allows a subject matter expert to send an XML, SGML, MS Word or RTF file via the Internet, any hour of any day, for immediate processing against predetermined style guidelines. Resultant files are sent back very quickly as PDFs, and/or native Word or RTF formats if required, for printing or further processing.

Publishing Software Solutions

The following products are available from Letterpart Ltd. in conjunction with SDL.

XML Professional Publisher (SDL XPP) from SDL is the best-in-class automated XML publishing engine for the production of high-volume and complexly formatted publications.

SDL Contenta –award winning component content management software that enables end users to collaborate, create, reuse, publish and personalise multi-lingual content. It provides out-of-the-box support for XML, including the DITA and S1000D standards.

SDL Livecontent – a portable XML database for intelligent content delivery. It makes content come alive – personalise content by skill level, language or user type; create fast and targeted search queries to find the exact information needed; and push out automatic content updates to suppliers and field personnel.

Consulting and Editing Services

Consultancy is available on many aspects of pre-press activity.

Editing work can be undertaken on behalf of clients.

On-line and Programming Services

Perl based automated routines can be developed for clients’ use either at Letterpart as part of a fully integrated and automated outsourced typesetting service or as part of an in-house solution for the client.