pdfToolbox Desktop

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Version: 15.0.632

Verfügbar seit: 12.03.2024 | Aktuelle Demos & Downloads

Features

Desktop

• Simplified Profile editor
  
• Profiles window: New possibility to select multiple Profiles and assign them to another group [FP75559]
  
• Object inspector: New functionality to derive a Check from object properties
  
• Object inspector: RGB color values are now also showing color values based on the (0…255) range [FP75360]
  
• Switchboard: New function "Enumerate XObjects" in group Layers visualizes the form XObject hierarchy using layers
  
• General PDF preview: All types of Output Intents are now taken into account and ICC profiles for all color spaces are listed as possible simulation profiles in output preview mode [CA1026640, FP72044]
  
• Variables: Ask at runtime dialogue support for JavaScript based configuration to order, hide or disable Variable input fields
  
• Visualizer: Very small objects view: "Thresholds" section has been added
  
• Testmode: Several new functionalities like Loupe, Layer view, Show custom area, Shape preview with original page content, Show hit results only
  
• Text editor for Variables and other config files: New sidebar with advanced settings menu
  
• Support for Desktop licensing via License Server [FP76002]

Process plans

• New option: Do not save modified input file
  
• Actions in Process plans: Several new options for naming output files (e.g. prefix, creation of subfolders or overwriting of existing files)

New Fixups

• Place text on path
  
• Split dieline at break points
  
• Flatten all form XObjects into page content streams
  
• Set page level transparency groups to non knockout [FP74786]

Enhanced Fixups

• Convert colors: New advanced parameters to define the tolerance for RGB gray [FP70148]
  
• Convert colors: Support for page level Output Intents (only for PDF 2.0 files) [FP64975]
  
• Derive page geometry boxes from crop marks: New options to specify color space for crop marks
  
• Derive page geometry boxes from crop marks: New parameters to limit the search area within the page
  
• Derive page geometry boxes from crop marks: New option to only derive boxes if TrimBox is missing or equals MediaBox [FP35137, FP37895]
  
• Derive page geometry boxes from crop marks: Support for crop marks in images
  
• Derive page geometry boxes from crop marks: New parameter to specify if BleedBox shall be set [FP56205]
  
• Generate bleed at page edges: New option "Auto determine bleed generation offsets"
  
• Generate bleed at page edges: New option "Suppress empty color channels" for "CMYK, keep spot colors" [FP75251]
  
• Convert PDF internal names to UTF-8, while "Convert font names to UTF-8" and "Convert spot color names to UTF-8" have been deprecated
  
• Create and apply shapes: New create shape method "From joined vector paths" which connects vector path objects if endpoints are at the same position but not connected
  
• Generate bleed for irregular shapes: New option to create bleed at inner borders of a shape [CA1032858; FP72642]
  
• Generate bleed for irregular shapes: New option "Suppress empty color channels" for "CMYK, keep spot colors"
  
• New option "Smart resolution for page dimension > 75cm" for internal rendering reduces the rendering resolution for pages where at least one dimension exceeds internal thresholds: >75cm: 0.75; >150cm: 0.5; >200cm: 0.25; >400cm: 0.1. Affected:
  
  • Convert page content into image
    
  • Create and apply shapes
    
  • Create spot color plate based on ink amount
    
  • Crop to visible based on rendered page
    
  • Generate bleed at page edges
    
  • Generate bleed for irregular shapes
    
  • Set page geometry boxes
  
  
• Downsample/compress bitmap images: Enabled page-based Checks for "Apply to" selection [FP75619]
  
• Downsample/compress color images: Enabled page-based Checks for "Apply to" selection [FP75619]
  
• Downsample/compress grayscale images: Enabled page-based Checks for "Apply to" selection [FP75619]
  
• Upsample/recompress color and/or grayscale images: Enabled page-based Checks for "Apply to" selection
  
• Upsample/recompress bitmap images: Enabled page-based Checks for "Apply to" selection

New Properties

• Smallest size of quiet zone for bar-/matrixcodes
  
• Quiet zone has sufficient size for bar-/matrixcodes
  
• Number of narrow curves and sharp angles on path object
  
• Number of narrow curves and sharp angles all path objects on page
  
• Rotation of barcode / matrix code
  
• Create a hit (or not) for pages
  
• Create a hit (or not) for page areas
  
• Length of a stroked vector object [CA1033164]
  
• Angle of stroked vector object
  
• Corner radius of stroked vector object
  
• Is part of a Form-XObject
  
• Is part of a Type3 font CharProcs
  
• Is part of a tiling pattern content stream
  
• Page is knockout transparency group [FP74786]
  
• Specified DPart DPM property uses specified value

Enhanced Properties

• All Barcode-related Checks: Reviewed and optimized analysis for improved recognition of codes on a page (e.g. inverted codes or above colored background) [CA1031990, FP70742, FP70793, FP73434]
  
• New option "Smart resolution for page dimension > 75cm" for internal rendering reduces the rendering resolution for pages where at least one dimension exceeds internal thresholds: >75cm: 0.75; >150cm: 0.5; >200cm: 0.25; >400cm: 0.1. Affected:
  
  • Find barcodes
    
  • Shape definition
  
  
• New option "Smart sample size for page dimension > 75cm for internal rendering reduces the rendering resolution for pages where at least one dimension exceeds internal thresholds: >75cm: 0.75; >150cm: 0.5; >200cm: 0.25; >400cm: 0.1. Affected:
  
  • Effective ink coverage
    
  • Effective ink coverage in custom area
    
  • Effective ink coverage for registration color
    
  • Effective ink coverage for separated plates
    
  • Effective total area coverage (TAC)
    
  • Number of effectively non-empty plates
    
  • Area effectively covered by ink amount above threshold

New or enhanced predefined Profiles and Process plans

• Library: PDF Standards:
  
  • PDF/A-2u: Outline non-Unicode text if it is below specified share of all text: Reviewed and optimized JavaScript Variables to ensure better results
    
  • Convert to PDF/A-2…, PDF/A-3…, PDF/A-4…: Added "Convert PDF internal names to UTF-8", while "Convert font names to UTF-8" and "Convert spot color names to UTF-8" have been deprecated and removed
    
  • Convert to PDF/X-4…, PDF/X-5n, PDF/X-6…: Added "Convert PDF internal names to UTF-8", while "Convert font names to UTF-8" and "Convert spot color names to UTF-8" have been deprecated and removed
    
  • Convert to PDF/X-4… and PDF/A-2…: Added "Convert PDF internal names to UTF-8", while "Convert font names to UTF-8" and "Convert spot color names to UTF-8" have been deprecated and removed
    
  • Convert to PDF/X-6… and PDF/A-4…: Added "Convert PDF internal names to UTF-8", while "Convert font names to UTF-8" and "Convert spot color names to UTF-8" have been deprecated and removed
    
  • Fix problems in PDF tagging structure: Added "Convert PDF internal names to UTF-8", while "Convert font names to UTF-8" and "Convert spot color names to UTF-8" have been deprecated and removed
    
  • Convert to PDF/A-2u: New text handling for image conversion: Set to "OCR for invisible text"
    
  • Convert to PDF/A-3u: New text handling for image conversion: Set to "OCR for invisible text"
    
  • Verify compliance with PDF/A-4e: Added "DeviceRGB used in an 3D annotation but no PDF/A OutputIntent"

New or enhanced predefined Fixups

• Library: Prepress, Color and Transparency:
  
  • Add crop and bleed marks: Will now use register color by default (separation "All")
    
  • Convert PDF internal names to UTF-8
    
  • Generate 2mm bleed at specified dieline (spot color)
    
  • Remove layers and content that are initially invisible
    
  • Flatten all Form XObjects into page content streams
    
  • Settings updated to take advantage of "Smart resolution":
    
    • Convert page content into CMYK image if number of vector objects is above 10000
      
    • Convert page content into CMYK image if number of bitmap images is above 10000
      
    • Convert page content into CMYK image if number of smooth shades is above 2000
      
    • Convert pages with complex page descriptions into images
      
    • Convert page content into CMYK image (150 ppi, high JPEG quality)
      
    • Convert page content into CMYK image if size of content stream is greater than 5MB
      
    • Generate 2mm bleed from page content
      
    • Generate 3mm bleed at TrimBox, excluding specified spot color
      
    • Generate 3mm bleed by stretching border area
      
    • Crop all pages to visible based on rendered page
      
    • Crop to visible based on rendered page (if TrimBox doesn't match specified size)
      
    • Generate 5mm bleed at dieline (Processing Steps)
    
    
  • Added the new advanced parameters to define the tolerance for RGB gray tolerance (light gray will use 1%, midtone gray 2% and dark gray 3% tolerance)
    
    • Convert color to Coated GRACoL 2006 (convert spot colors to CMYK)
      
    • Convert color to Coated GRACoL 2006 (keep spot colors)
      
    • Convert color to Coated GRACoL 2013 (convert spot colors to CMYK)
      
    • Convert color to Coated GRACoL 2013 (keep spot colors)
      
    • Convert color to ISO Coated v2 (ECI) (keep spot colors)
      
    • Convert color to Japan Color Coated 2001 (convert spot colors to CMYK)
      
    • Convert color to Japan Color Coated 2001 (keep spot colors)
      
    • Convert color to Japan Color Coated 2011 (convert spot colors to CMYK)
      
    • Convert color to Japan Color Coated 2011 (keep spot colors)
      
    • Convert color to PSO Coated v3 (ECI) (convert spot colors to CMYK)
      
    • Convert color to PSO Coated v3 (ECI) (keep spot colors)
    
    
  • Library: Shapes, Variables, JavaScript, Place content:
    
    • Settings updated to take advantage of "Smart resolution":
      
    • Generate 3 mm bleed by pixel repetition
      
    • Generate 3 mm bleed by mirroring
      
    • Create partial varnish for images
      
    • Create varnish for printed content (excl. white areas)
      
    • Create varnish for printed content (incl. white areas)
      
    • Generate bleed by specified method
      
    • Set TrimBox based on visible content
    
    
  • Library: PDF Standards:
    
    • Convert PDF internal names to UTF-8

New or enhanced predefined Checks

• Library: Prepress, Color and Transparency:
  
  • Page has more than 6 dieline corner issues
    
  • Settings updated to take advantage of "Smart resolution":
    
    • Effective ink coverage above specified value
      
    • Effective CMYK ink coverage above 0%
      
    • Effective ink coverage above 0%
    
    
  • Library: PDF Standards:
    
    • MCID IDs are not unique within content stream

Actions

• Unified concept for units in Actions and limited to one unit setting per Action, which now also support Variables [FP62523, FP62569, FP63690, FP65143, FP74181]
  
• ToPDF: Support for CF2 files
  
• Booklet: New Parameter "Shingling offset" [CA1033060]
  
• Extract Dieline: Added the possibility to edit, duplicate, create new and import Checks for the filter functionality
  
• Image export: New Option "Do not embed ICC profile" to create uncalibrated image files [CA1028662, FP26060, FP23195, FP30710, FP53882, FP63982, FP70090]

Quick Fix

• Distribute form XObjects on layers: Visualizes the form XObject hierarchy using layers
  
• Convert PDF internal names to UTF-8 [FP74998]

Reports

• HTML-template based Reports:
  
  • Extended reporting of Process plans
    
  • Additional views for small objects can be ordered via the manifest.xml (see online docu for further details) [FP75702]
    
  • Additional views for images below threshold resolution can be ordered via the manifest.xml [FP75702]
    
  • Possibility to create certain visualizer images only for pages with issues via the manifest.xml [FP75702]
    
  • Support for custom parameters in manifest.xml via an JavaScript object
    
  • All settings changed via the manifest.xml can now also be adjusted via the new "app.context.report.manifest" JavaScript object
    
  • Improved reporting if a section (e.g. spot colors) has nothing to report [FP72090]
    
  • Support for JSON v2 report to be requested via the manifest.xml
  
  
• New JSON v2 report, which lists contents similar to the XML report
  
• XML report: Embedded Output Intents on page level are now also reported (PDF 2.0)

CLI

• Booklet: New Parameter "Shingling offset" [CA1033060]
  
• SaveAsImage: New Option "Do not embed ICC profile" to create uncalibrated image files
  
• Extract XMP metadata: New additional output format XMP [CA1033089]

General

• PDF/A fallback conversion: New option to derive text via OCR
  
• JavaScript Variables: JavaScript result object contains more Barcode related properties

Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v18.0.4PlusP2r)

Most recent version of Adobe PDF Converter integrated (PostScript to PDF conversion; v3.2.0PlusP1e)

Fixes

Desktop

• Issues fixed, where certain windows were not properly displayed when initially opened using high DPI monitors on Windows
  
• Testmode will now also show if file has syntax issues [FP75711]
  
• Switchboard: Add border: Issue fixed, where MediaBox was created with double border size than CropBox [FP75779]
  
• Switchboard: Duplicate pages: Issue fixed, where the setting was not properly regarded in a certain case [FP75518]

Fixups