KB172003852: DeskPack - How to start a trial

Description

How to start a 30-day trial of the DeskPack Essentials, DeskPack Advanced or Dynamic Barcodes for Illustrator bundles?
This article describes what can be trialed and where to find the installers as well as how to start the different trials.

Procedure

1] What can be trialed?

The following DeskPack products can be trialed (as part of the DeskPack Essentials, DeskPack Advanced or Dynamic Barcodes bundles):

DeskPack Essentials for Adobe^® Illustrator^®

• • BoostX
  • Dynamic Barcodes
  • Esko Data Exchange
  • Licensing
  • PDF Import
  • Preflight
  • Viewer
  • White Underprint

DeskPack Advanced for Adobe^® Illustrator^®

• • BoostX
  • Channel Mapping
  • Dynamic Barcodes
  • Dynamic Marks
  • Esko Data Exchange
  • Image Extractor
  • Instant Trapper
  • Licensing
  • PDF Import
  • Preflight
  • Screening
  • Viewer
  • White Underprint

Dynamic Barcodes

• • Dynamic Barcodes
  • Esko Data Exchange
  • Licensing

2] Where to find the trial installers?

Visit the trial section of Esko.com to download the trial installers:

To be able to start a trial, you'll need to click either "Trial for Mac" or "Trial for Windows" button and start filling out a contact form.

You'll receive the following confirmation on screen,

and you'll receive an email notification shortly after.

Click the link in the email to start the download.

3] What needs to be installed?

After downloading the DeskPack Essentials/Advanced or Dynamic Barcodes installer, you'll need to run the plugin installer packages by double-clicking them.

All products are included in the single installer package.

4] How to start the trials?

Now that the software is installed, you can start the free 30 day trial:

1. Launch Adobe^® Illustrator^®.
2. Go the Esko Plug-ins window. (If this doesn't show up automatically, please select Help > Esko > Esko Plug-ins from the Adobe^® Illustrator^® menu).
   
3. Select the DeskPack Essentials/Advanced or Dynamic Barcodes entry and click the Start Trial button.
4. Follow the instructions on screen.
   
    
5. After successful activation, you will need to restart Adobe^® Illustrator^® to make the changes effective.