[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":249},["ShallowReactive",2],{"products-accountscout-production-suite":3},{"id":4,"audienceSection":5,"extension":25,"faqSection":26,"finalCta":54,"flowSection":60,"hero":74,"meta":83,"pricingSection":84,"proofSection":102,"relatedSection":124,"seo":144,"showcases":156,"stem":206,"toolsSection":207,"__hash__":248},"productsAccountscoutProductionSuite\u002Fmarketing\u002Fpages\u002Fproducts-accountscout-production-suite.yml",{"title":6,"columns":7,"items":8},"Who It's For",4,[9,13,17,21],{"icon":10,"title":11,"description":12},"Paintbrush","Ad Designers","Accurately sized artboards, organized assets, and clear instructions - fewer mistakes, faster turnaround",{"icon":14,"title":15,"description":16},"ClipboardList","Production Managers","Status visibility across every ad, deadline enforcement, and automated pagination",{"icon":18,"title":19,"description":20},"MessageSquare","Sales Reps","Proof approval from the dashboard or mobile, with no more emailing PDFs back and forth",{"icon":22,"title":23,"description":24},"Building2","Publishers","Page space maximized, fewer late ads, and a clear view of what's on track vs. behind","yml",{"eyebrow":27,"title":28,"items":29},"PRODUCTION FAQ","Common questions about pagination and proofing.",[30,33,36,39,42,45,48,51],{"question":31,"answer":32},"How do newspapers lay out pages and place ads in InDesign?","PageScout reads the ads booked in AccountScout and dummies them onto the correct pages inside Adobe InDesign, so the layout starts from real order data instead of a blank dummy sheet. You build a page plan from a template or from scratch, auto-place ads by section, color, and percentage fill, then drag-and-drop to fine-tune before export.",{"question":34,"answer":35},"What is ad dummying software?","Ad dummying software builds the page dummy - the map of where each booked ad lands - automatically from your ad orders. PageScout pulls the booked ads from AccountScout, places them by section and color, flags missing copy, and exports the plan into InDesign with one script, so production stops rebuilding the dummy by hand every edition.",{"question":37,"answer":38},"How do newspapers build ads to exact specifications in InDesign?","AdScout loads the ad's metrics, instructions, and assets straight from the order and opens an accurately sized artboard inside InDesign, so designers never guess at column widths or gutters. Publication-specific mechanics are applied automatically, and \"Ready to Proof\" and \"Ready to Publish\" scripts move the finished ad back through AccountScout.",{"question":40,"answer":41},"Can advertisers approve ad proofs online without calling the office?","Yes. ProofScout routes each proof to the advertiser through the Advertiser Portal, where they review and approve or request changes online without phoning in. The approval and any markup write back to the order automatically, and the full history shows who said what and when.",{"question":43,"answer":44},"How does proofing move between designers, sales, and advertisers?","ProofScout uses status swim lanes - Design Ready, Waiting for Sales, Waiting for Advertiser, Needs Changes, and Completed - so everyone sees exactly where each ad stands. Designers pick up new and revised orders automatically, sales reps approve or reject from their dashboard, and advertisers sign off through the portal.",{"question":46,"answer":47},"What does newspaper pagination software need to handle for community newspapers?","It needs to place display, classified, and legal ads on the right pages, respect section and color rules, track missing copy against deadline, and hand a clean file to InDesign. PageScout does all of that from the same database that holds the orders, so the page plan always matches what was actually sold.",{"question":49,"answer":50},"How are production assets kept organized across designers and editions?","The Digital Asset Manager stores every creative in the AccountScout database, so any designer can pull a graphic from any previous order - not just the same advertiser - from anywhere. Camera-ready and in-progress ads are visible to all staff, and design stages are tracked to match your workflow.",{"question":52,"answer":53},"What is included with AccountScout versus an add-on?","ProofScout, PageScout, the Digital Asset Manager, and one AdScout designer are included with your AccountScout subscription. Additional InDesign designers are available as an add-on, with no per-seat licensing - specifics are scoped during your consultation.",{"headline":55,"body":56,"ctaLabel":57,"ctaHref":58,"phone":59},"See the Full Production Workflow in a Live Demo.","We'll walk through order -> design -> proof -> pagination using your actual publications.","Book a Demo","\u002Fcontact","FakeBrains.com\u002Fcontact | 303-791-3301",{"title":61,"primarySteps":62,"secondarySteps":68},"How It All Connects",[63,64,65,66,67],"Sales Rep books order","ProofScout assigns to designer","AdScout builds ad in InDesign","Proof sent to sales rep","Approved?",[69,70,71,72,73],"Yes","Ad published to DAM","PageScout lays out pages","Export to InDesign","No -> Back to AdScout",{"headline":75,"subheadline":76,"primaryCta":77,"secondaryCta":78,"imageAlt":81,"variant":82},"From Sales Order to Print-Ready Page.","AccountScout Production Suite by Fake Brains is the ad dummying and newspaper pagination software that places booked ads on the right pages and builds them to spec inside Adobe InDesign. It routes every proof through design, sales, and advertiser approval from one queue. Built for newspaper designers, production managers, and the publishers who answer for the deadline.",{"label":57,"href":58},{"label":79,"href":80},"See How It Connects","\u002Fproducts\u002Faccountscout\u002Fproduction-suite#tools","Visual flow diagram showing Sales Rep to ProofScout to AdScout to PageScout to InDesign Export.","light",{},{"title":85,"subtitle":86,"rows":87},"Pricing Summary","Most of the Production Suite is included with your AccountScout subscription, with no per-seat fees. Additional InDesign designer pricing is shared during your consultation.",[88,92,94,96,98],{"item":89,"price":90,"notes":91},"ProofScout","Included","Part of the AccountScout subscription",{"item":93,"price":90,"notes":91},"Digital Asset Manager",{"item":95,"price":90,"notes":91},"PageScout",{"item":97,"price":90,"notes":91},"AdScout - 1st designer",{"item":99,"price":100,"notes":101},"AdScout - each additional designer","Contact us","Per InDesign user",{"eyebrow":103,"title":104,"intro":105,"stats":106,"quote":119,"linkLabel":122,"linkHref":123},"PROOF","What it did for one weekly paper.","One publisher's results after putting the Production Suite in - not an average, and not a projection.",[107,110,113,116],{"value":108,"label":109},"9h to 5.5h","Ad and page work for a single issue",{"value":111,"label":112},"~182 hours","Returned to the production desk each year",{"value":114,"label":115},"3x faster","Ad placement on issues with sixty or more ad pages",{"value":117,"label":118},"Within a week","Designers productive after adoption",{"text":120,"role":121},"PageScout completely transformed how we manage our page layout. It has saved us an exceptional amount of time. And I haven't even put a pencil to how it has benefitted the newsroom.","Owner and publisher","Read the full story","\u002Fresources\u002Fcase-studies\u002Fpagescout-page-layout",{"title":125,"subtitle":126,"links":127},"Where this fits","The Production Suite is one part of AccountScout. These are the pieces it hands work to and takes work from.",[128,132,136,140],{"title":129,"description":130,"href":131},"AccountScout","The platform the Production Suite is part of - CRM, order entry, billing, and reporting on one database","\u002Fproducts\u002Faccountscout",{"title":133,"description":134,"href":135},"Production and pagination workflow","How a publisher runs the whole production desk, from booked ad to press","\u002Fsolutions\u002Fproduction-pagination",{"title":137,"description":138,"href":139},"Ad design workflow","Specs, assets, and the designer queue, from the designer's side of the desk","\u002Fsolutions\u002Fad-design",{"title":141,"description":142,"href":143},"Advertiser Portal","Where advertisers review and approve the proofs ProofScout sends them","\u002Fproducts\u002Fadvertiser-portal",{"title":145,"description":146,"ogImage":147,"ogImageAlt":148,"keyFacts":149},"Ad Dummying & Newspaper Pagination Software | Fake Brains","Ad dummying and newspaper pagination software by Fake Brains. Place booked ads on the page automatically, build ads to spec in InDesign, and route proofs - all inside AccountScout.","\u002Fimages\u002Fog\u002Fproduction-suite.png","AccountScout Production Suite by Fake Brains - newspaper pagination and ad dummying software",[150,151,152,153,154,155],"PageScout paginates and dummies pages inside Adobe InDesign","AdScout builds ads to exact publication specs in InDesign","ProofScout routes proofs through design, sales, and advertiser approval","Digital Asset Manager stores every creative in the AccountScout database","ProofScout, PageScout, DAM, and one AdScout designer are included with AccountScout","Built in-house in Colorado for newspaper and media publishing since 1991",[157,171,184,193],{"anchor":158,"eyebrow":159,"wide":160,"title":161,"description":162,"bullets":163,"image":167,"imageAlt":168,"imageWidth":169,"imageHeight":170},"adscout","ADSCOUT",true,"AdScout: the order builds the artboard.","Ad metrics, instructions, and assets load straight from the order onto an accurately sized artboard — no guessing at column widths or gutters, and no retyping a work order before a designer can start drawing.",[164,165,166],"Ad metrics, instructions, and assets load directly from the order","Accurately sized artboard — no guessing at column widths or gutters","Ready to Proof generates a PDF and emails it to the sales rep","\u002Fimages\u002Fproducts\u002Fadscout-indesign.png","AdScout working inside Adobe InDesign: a panel of order detail on the left listing the advertiser, who ordered it, the ad size, section, number of runs and run dates; the ad itself being built in the centre from the advertiser's logo and product photograph; the linked assets beside it; and the AdScout script menu open on the right.",1581,967,{"anchor":172,"eyebrow":173,"title":174,"description":175,"bullets":176,"image":180,"imageAlt":181,"imageWidth":182,"imageHeight":183},"proofscout","PROOFSCOUT","ProofScout: proof status at a glance.","Every ad in the queue sits in a status lane — design ready, waiting for sales, waiting for the advertiser, needs changes, completed — so nobody has to ask where a proof is.",[177,178,179],"Designers see new and revised orders automatically","Sales reps approve or reject from their dashboard","Full change history — who said what, when","\u002Fimages\u002Fproducts\u002Fproofscout-queue.png","A ProofScout queue: six status tiles counting new ads, ads in composing, ads awaiting the sales rep, ads awaiting the advertiser, ads needing changes, and ads ready to publish; a table of proofs by advertiser, description, status and sales rep; and a preview pane showing one ad proof with buttons to request changes or approve it.",1536,1024,{"anchor":185,"eyebrow":186,"diagram":185,"title":187,"description":188,"bullets":189},"dam","DIGITAL ASSET MANAGER","Do we still have their logo from last March?","The Digital Asset Manager keeps logos, product photos, and reusable graphics in long-term storage inside AccountScout, attached to the advertiser's account — so the version a designer opens is the current one, not the newest email attachment.",[190,191,192],"Reusable creative lives in the same system the order lives in","Pull a graphic from any previous order, not just the same advertiser's","Still there at renewal, and not stranded on one person's machine",{"anchor":194,"eyebrow":195,"wide":160,"title":196,"description":197,"bullets":198,"image":202,"imageAlt":203,"imageWidth":204,"imageHeight":205},"pagescout","PAGESCOUT","PageScout: the whole issue, laid out.","Build a page plan from a template or from scratch, then auto-place booked ads by section, colour, and percentage fill — and drag anything that needs a human eye.",[199,200,201],"Auto-place ads by section, color, and percentage fill","Flow classifieds and legals with formatting rules","Track missing ad copy and deadline status","\u002Fimages\u002Fproducts\u002Fpagescout-page-plan.png","The PageScout page plan for an issue: a toolbar for loading runs, placing ads and paginating pages; counts of pages, placed ads, unplaced ads and ads with no copy alongside column-inch statistics; an ad listing by advertiser, section and classification; and a grid of page thumbnails with booked ads positioned on each page.",1902,948,"marketing\u002Fpages\u002Fproducts-accountscout-production-suite",{"title":208,"items":209},"The Four Tools",[210,221,230,239],{"icon":211,"badge":212,"anchor":172,"title":215,"bullets":216},"CheckSquare",{"label":213,"variant":214},"Included with AccountScout","included","ProofScout - Electronic Proofing",[217,177,178,218,219,220],"Status swim lanes: Design Ready -> Waiting for Sales -> Waiting for Advertiser -> Needs Changes -> Completed","Advertisers can review and approve proofs online via the Advertiser Portal","Full change history - who said what, when","Email notifications with the proof attached",{"icon":222,"badge":223,"anchor":185,"title":93,"bullets":224},"FolderOpen",{"label":213,"variant":214},[225,226,227,228,229],"All assets stored in the database - accessible from anywhere","Retrieve graphics from any previous order (not just same advertiser)","Track design stages to model your workflow","Multiple designers can access simultaneously","Camera-ready and in-progress ads visible to all staff",{"icon":10,"badge":231,"anchor":158,"title":232,"bullets":233},{"label":213,"variant":214},"AdScout - InDesign Ad Building",[164,234,235,236,237,238],"Accurately sized artboard - no guessing at column widths or gutters","Publication-specific mechanics handled automatically","\"Ready to Proof\" script generates a PDF and emails it to the sales rep","\"Ready to Publish\" delivers the final ad back to AccountScout","Works with your existing InDesign workflow",{"icon":240,"badge":241,"anchor":194,"title":242,"bullets":243},"LayoutGrid",{"label":213,"variant":214},"PageScout - Automated Page Layout",[244,199,245,200,246,201,247],"Create page plans with templates or from scratch","Drag-and-drop for manual adjustments","Export as zip -> import to InDesign with one script","Color page management (toggle color\u002FB&W per page)","KSu1x88g6id-lmYxJmEHKVV77L1ZfkjKUQJlKDU87pE",1791331520281]