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Features

Desktop

• Test mode: Several smaller improvements, e.g. loupe now shows page geometry boxes and page content is displayed in bleed preview
  
• Manage Libraries: Support for n-channel ICC profiles

Process plans

• Compare: A compare report can now also be created if no differences were found [FP77465]
  
• Split and reorder: Support for output options like folder, prefix and suffix

New Fixups

• Adjust dot gain using script variables
  
• Create spot color plate based on ink amount using script variables
  
• Place file on page [CA1032298, CA1033402]

Enhanced Fixups

• Remove printer marks: New setting "Objects outside TrimBox" [CA1028061, CA1030705]
  
• Create and apply shapes: New option to keep existing alternate spot color definition [FP74482]
  
• Set page geometry boxes (based on page content): Support for page-range Checks [FP63269]
  
• Convert colors: Support for page-based Black Point Compensation entries (requires PDF 2.0)

New Properties

• Size of image
  
• Size of page object
  
• Color distance between barcode / matrix code and background
  
• Bounding box of effectively used page area

New or enhanced predefined Profiles and Process plans

• Library: PDF Standards:
  
  • Verify compliance with PDF/A-2u: Adjusted algoritm for allowed ToUnicode values [FP74044]
    
  • PDF/UA-1 validation: Element does not use standard tag: Improved detection of recursive RoleMaps
  
  
• Library: Prepress, Color and Transparency:
  
  • Added 34 new Profiles for validation and conversion accordingly to the Ghent Workgroup "GWG 2022 R1 Specification":
    
  • Digital Print
    
  • Large Format Printing (LFP)
    
  • Newspaper and Magazine Ads
    
  • Packaging Flexo / Gravure / Offset
    
  • SheetCMYK / SheetSpot
    
  • WebCMYK / WebSpot

Actions

• To PDF: Automatic fallback for office files to use OpenOffice/LibreOffice if no MS Office is available (Windows only) [FP54688]

CLI

• SaveAsImage New optional parameter to define working color spaces for RGB, CMYK and Gray on CLI [FP51617]
  
• --logexecution: Support for defining a custom output folder [CA1033429]

General

• Log Profile execution: A runlist debugger log file will be created automatically if the Impose Action is executed
  
• Log Profile execution: For "Create and apply shapes" / "From joined vector paths" new images show single path objects in distinct colors
  
• RegEx used in Checks and Fixups: Wrong RegEx syntax will be reported during execution [CA1033344]
  
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v18.0.4PlusP2z)
  
• Internal HTML converter updated to callas pdfChip (v2.5.084.1)

Fixes

Desktop

• Manage Libraries: Problem solved, where importing of a JavaScript based runlist was not properly done [FP77406]
  
  • Process plan editor: Problem solved, where un-protecting a protected Process plan wasn't possible anymore [FP76360, FP76499]
    
  • Process plan editor: Problem solved, where a defined Variable from certain process plan steps was not properly exported [FP77138, FP77401]
    
  • Profile editor: Issue fixed where a Profile without a name could be created [FP77756]
    
  • Object inspector: Problem solved, where certain PDF files could not be analyzed [CA1033239, CA1033482]
    
  • Output preview: Issue fixed, where selected RGB or Gray ICC profiles had no effect on displayed color swatches
    
  • Output preview: Problem solved, where a PDF/X-5n could not be rendered properly [FP68178]
    
  • Switchboard: Generate bleed: Issue fixed, where bleed was not created correctly [FP77696, FP76697, FP77042, FP77238, FP77437]
    
  • Switchboard: Impose: Issue fixed, where importing a sheetconfig with syntax issues resulted into an unexpected result
    
  • Switchboard: Issue in batch processing fixed, where certain functions were not properly executed when files were processed on a network path (Windows only) [FP76983]
    
  • Layer explorer: Issue fixed, where a wrong display value for Processing Steps metadata "Positions > CodingMarking" was used [FP77305]
    
  • Visualizer: Issue fixed, where view was not refreshed when page or document was changed [FP75428]

Fixups

• Crop to visible based on rendered page: Issue fixed, where CropBox was set larger than MediaBox and an unnecessary ArtBox was introduced
  
• Crop to visible based on rendered page: Problem solved, where the option "ignore objects using Registration color" was not properly regarded in some cases [CA1027164, CA1030546]
  
• Create and apply shapes:
  
  • Issue fixed, where an open path object was not joined for the created Shape using the option "From joined vector paths" [CA1033235]
    
  • Problem solved, were a stroked shape was not correct when certain rendering resolution was used [CA1033367]
    
  • Problem solved, where page was not sufficiently enlarged [CA1031419, FP75848]
    
  • Issue fixed, where shape from joined vector path was not created as expected in certain case [CA1031498]
    
  • Issue fixed, where shape was slightly misaligned for certain page with large dimension [FP76038]
    
  • Problem solved, where after clipping thin white lines appeared in existing page content [FP77056]
  
  
• Create link for page objects: Issue fixed, where new link annotations were not positioned on top of existing link annotations
  
• Create bleed for irregular shapes: Problem solved, where shape generation was not properly executed for certain multi-page PDFs [CA1033428]
  
• Create bleed for irregular shapes: Issue fixed, where page scaling factors were not properly regarded
  
• Create invisible text via OCR: Problem solved, where an improperly nested CropBox/MediaBox had an incomplete result [FP62342]
  
• Derive page geometry boxes from crop marks: Reviewed and optimized analysis to detect more variants of crop marks [FP7137, FP21571, FP17912, FP21077, FP30987, FP52238, FP61575, FP63193, FP63629, FP64901, FP73582, FP76423, FP76514, CA1030373, CA1032395]
  
• Discard hidden layers: Problem solved, where removing a layer could result in missing resources [FP61033]
  
• Downsample/recompress images:
  
  • Issue fixed, where a FixFailure was reported for ZIP compressed images and re-compression [CA1029723, CA1033472]
    
  • Issue fixed, where an JPEG2000 image with smask could not be converted [FP60689]
    
  • Issue fixed, where a smask was not properly handled [FP70689]
    
  • Problem solved, where re-compression was not properly executed on a certain, very large PDF [CA1033109]
    
  • Issue fixed, where processing took very long on a certain file with a very high number of very small images (Windows only) [CA1031829]
  
  
• Remove empty layers: Problem solved, where certain layer-related entries remained in PDF [CA1032936]
  
• Flatten transparency: Issue fixed, where the time out setting was not regarded with certain PDFs [FP76436]
  
• Generate bleed at page edges:
  
  • Problem solved, where the resulting PDF was not fully correct for certain PDFs and if bleed was set to overprint [FP76417]
    
  • Issue fixed where an unnecessary TR2 entry was inserted [FP77486]
    
  • Issue fixed, where deriving the bleed offset automatically did not properly work [FP76594]
  
  
• Spotify: Issued fixed, where spot color library was not completely included in an exported Profile in some cases [FP77338]
  
• Subset fonts: Issue fixed, where .notdef glyph used for space characters became visible in certain viewers if its Unicode referenced non-breaking space character [FP76876]
  
• Place content on page: Issue fixed, where layers were not merged although name, default visibility and Process Steps metadata were matching
  
• Place content on page: Issue fixed, where the "Order" array of already existing Layers was not properly maintained [CA1032253]
  
• Font processing: Problem solved, where certain result fonts triggered a warning for an unavailable font in certain PDF viewers [CA1033213, CA1033438]
  
• Recompress JPEG2000 images as JPEG: Issue fixed, where certain JPEG2000 image could not be converted [FP64642]
  
• Remove printer marks: Problem solved, where objects were not removed on all pages if referenced by more than one Form XObject [CA1031544]

Properties

• Number of hits in this check / Number of hits in this check in document: Improved handling of defined limits to avoid unnecessary high memory usage and to improve performance
  
• Find barcodes: Limit rendering to CropBox even if a custom area is defined and exceeds it to avoid unnecessary memory consumption [FP76799]
  
• Number of plates: Issue fixed, where smooth shades using only black were reported as "more than 1 plate used" [FP19765, CA1021954]
  
• Text on page: Problem solved were multiple word repetitions occurred in the trigger value for OCR text [FP65713; FP77064]
  
• Has transfer function: Issue fixed, where a TR2 entry was also taken into account in some cases, although not relevant [FP77532]
  
• Sifter-based properties: Issue fixed, where processing together with a "Convert colors" Fixup within one Profile was not successful [FP76597, FP76903]
  
• Syntax issues: Multiple defined "object streams" with identical order numbers in PDF stream added to internal list of checks [CA1033431]
  
• Arbitrary JavaScript controlled Check: Problem solved, where list values from a predefined Check were not properly handled [FP75807]

Actions

• Compare: A wrong path was written for a preview image in cals_params.js when used with a report template
  
• Duplicate pages: Issue fixed, where the transparency blend color space was not properly maintained [FP76346]
  
• Save as image:
  
  Problem solved, where rendering of a certain font was not possible [FP77270]
  
  • Issue fixed, where conversion to TIFF using CMYK and multichannel resulted in an unexpected CMYK color shift [CA1033206]
    
  • Issue fixed where rendering outside of the CropBox was no longer possible
    
  • List Variables: Issue fixed, where certain Variable information was missing for a Process plan [CA1033257]
    
  • QuickFix: ResavePDF: Problem solved, where wrong header was written in a certain cases [FP76675]
    
  • QuickFix: Enlarge pages: Issue fixed, were certain pattern used in a smooth shade was not properly handled [CA1033177]
    
  • Imposition: Issue fixed where a page scaling factor was not properly regarded if JavaScript-based imposition was applied [FP77661]
  
  
• To PDF for images:
  
  Problem solved, where PDF creation resulted in wrong dimension for certain JPEG [CA1030102, FP31134, FP54034, FP64150]
  
  • Problem solved, where a certain way of placing text in a SVG resulted in an unexpected result [FP76914, FP77240]
    
  • Issue fixed, where a CMYK TIFF was not completely converted to PDF [FP68946]
    
  • Problem solved, where transparent regions from CMYK TIFF files became white [FP74524]
    
  • Problem solved, where 8bit CMYK TIFF files with Photoshop alpha layers were not converted to PDF correctly [FP67874]
    
  • Issue fixed, where conversion from TIFF with a smaller BBox than Path-to-clip resulted in a thin white line [CA1032876]
    
  • Issue fixed, where conversion of certain high-resolution TIFF resulted in a slightly shifted result [FP4157]
    
  • Issue fixed, where a multichannel TIFF could not be properly converted to PDF [FP28281]
    
  • Problem solved, where a TIFF using the deprecated "Old-style JPEG (in TIFF)" compression could not be converted [CA1031774]
    
  • Issue fixed, where an uncompressed grayscale TIFF using 8-Bit could not be converted properly [FP75240]
    
  • Issue fixed, where conversion of a certain TIFF using 16-Bit resulted in gray tiles [FP73457]
    
  • Issue fixed, where a CMYK TIFF using 8-Bit with JPEG compression was converted correctly [FP75281]
    
  • Problem solved, where a TIFF containing an ICC profile with issues could not be converted [FP61561, FP64047]
    
  • Issue fixed, where a TIFF with Photoshop alpha layers exceeding the dimension of the image itself was not handled properly [CA1029777]
    
  • Problem solved, where the dimension of a certain JPG image using a resolution with decimal values was not properly maintained [FP47035, FP73807]
  
  
• To PDF: Problem solved, where a certain type of scaling in a CF2 file was not properly interpreted [FP76692]
  
• ZUGFeRD: Issue solved, where XMP entry for Version was set to "1p0" instead of "1.0" [CA1033016]
  Reports
  
  • HTML template based report: Issue fixed, where visualizer images could not be requested using the legacy manifest.xml entry (used up to and including pdfToolbox 14) [FP77396]
    
  • QuickCheck: Issue fixed, where ICC source profiles were not listed in the created report (Linux only) [CA1033276]
    
  • XML/JSON: Explicit reporting of default color spaces
    
  • JSON v2: Issue fixed, where no report was generated for password protected PDFs
    
  • JSON v2: Issue fixed, where no report was generated for PDFs with an invalid colorspace type for an image mask
    
  • JSON v2: Issue fixed, where embedded files with AF entry were not listed
    
  • XML: XML schema (XSD) adjusted to cover output_intents entries [FP77546]
  
  Server
  
  • Issue fixed, where a specified limitation of parallel processes was internally always set to 8 processes even the License Server was used
  
  CLI
  
  • To PDF: Problem solved, where PostScript-to-PDF conversion could result in unnecessary high memory consumption [CA1028600, FP77263]
    
  • Profile execution: Optimized handling for hits per document if no report option is selected in order to increase performance [CA1033174]
  
  Distributed processing
  
  • Problem solved, where result files of Actions using sub-folders were not transferred back to the Client
    
  • Problem solved, where placing PDFs using the "Place content on page" Fixup was not properly done [FP77271]
  
  General
  
  • Actions in ProcessPlan: Issue fixed, where a defined sub-folder structure was not regarded
    
  • Process plans: A "File pick up" step now restores the original file name as well [FP76750]
    
  • Process plans: Problem solved, where a combination of "Rename PDF" and "Do not save modified input file" resulted in an error [FP76767]
    
  • Issue fixed, where a Process plan execution was not successful with the first runs but was successful later [CA1033239]
    
  • Problem solved, where Profile execution was not successful if certain Fixups were using certain settings [CA1033292, FP77773]

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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

Verfügbar seit: 14.12.2023 | Aktuelle Demos & Downloads

Fixes

Desktop

• Problem solved where certain combinations of region and language settings resulted in unstable behaviour (macOS only) [CA1032326; FP75186]
  
• Issue fixed where external variable script editing was no longer possible in VS Code (macOS only) [FP75135]

Fixups

• Create and apply shapes: Issue fixed, where an invisible pattern became visible when a certain spot color was excluded [CA1032830]
  
• Place rectangle: Problem solved where rectangle was placed at offset position when radius was defined [CA1032941]
  
• Remove .notdef glyphs: Problem solved where missing but required CMap entry was not handled properly [CA1032893]
  
• Set colors: Issue fixed, where certain Properties like "is in custom area" could not be used in a Check [CA1032944]
  
• Set transparency blend color space: Issue fixed, where the blend color space was changed with the setting "is missing" even though the entry already existed [FP75258]
  
• Font processing: Problem solved, where some glyphs were removed if identical fonts were contained in the PDF in certain cases [FP74861]

Actions

• To PDF: Problem solved, where conversion of TIFF files was not successful (Windows 32bit only)

General

• Fast VDP mode: Problem solved, where single-page documents with multiple usage of Form XObjects were not properly processed [CA1032881]

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Features

Desktop

• Switchboard: New functionality "Rasterize" in group "Pages"
  
• Switchboard: New functionality "Fill page (repeat)" in group "Arrange"
  
• Switchboard: "Import from library" option for runlist and sheetconfig files added
  
• Process plan editor: Transitions without an assigned destination step will be handled as connection to "End" [FP66937]
  
• Process plan editor: Enhanced highlighting of transitions and connected steps [FP66937]
  
• Process plans and Profile editors: Improved handling of custom Templates for Variables (Ask at runtime dialog)
  
• Explore DPart: Import of DPart structures into a PDF
  
• Support for High DPI monitors on Windows
  
• Action editor: "Import from library" option for runlist and sheetconfig files added
  
• Search Libraries: Imposition configuration files are now available as listed resources [FP71940]

New or enhanced predefined Profiles

• Fix problems in PDF tagging structure: Added "Insert or repair IDTree in StructTreeRoot" Fixup

PDF/UA-1 validation:

• Added "List encloses improper structure type"
  
• Added "Table encloses improper structure type"
  
• Adjusted "Annotations not inside Annot tag"
  
• Adjusted "Annotation lacks both Contents entry and Alt entry"
  
• Adjusted "Neither Scope nor Headers/IDs for TH cell" [CA1032688]

PDF/A-1... validation:

• Adjusted "PDF contains data after end of file marker"
  
• Adjusted "Text cannot be mapped to Unicode" for PDF/A-1a

PDF/A-2... validation:

• Adjusted "OutputIntent uses a referenced destination profile"
  
• Adjusted "No transparency group entry for transparent object and no PDF/A OutputIntent present"
  
• Adjusted "PDF contains data after end of file marker"
  
• Adjusted "Text cannot be mapped to Unicode" for PDF/A-2u

PDF/A-3... validation:

• Adjusted "OutputIntent uses a referenced destination profile"
  
• Adjusted "No transparency group entry for transparent object and no PDF/A OutputIntent present"
  
• Adjusted "PDF contains data after end of file marker"
  
• Adjusted "Text cannot be mapped to Unicode" for PDF/A-3u

PDF/A-4... validation:

• Added "DeviceRGB used in an 3D annotation but PDF/A OutputIntent not RGB"
  
• Added "Incorrect annotation type used: FileAttachment"
  
• Added "Embedded file has invalid MIME type entry"
  
• Adjusted "OutputIntent uses a referenced destination profile"
  
• Adjusted "No transparency group entry for transparent object and no PDF/A OutputIntent present"
  
• Adjusted "PDF contains data after end of file marker"
  
• Adjusted "Text cannot be mapped to Unicode"

New or enhanced predefined Fixups

• Convert page content into CMYK image if size of content stream is greater than 5MB

New or enhanced predefined Checks

• Content stream size of page greater than 5MB

New Fixups

• Derive spot color from softmasks

Enhanced Fixups

• Convert colors: New advanced setting: "Decalibrate with filters"

New Properties

• URI of action in link annotation [FP68840]

Actions

• Quick Fix: New option for Resave PDF: "Repair image streams (ZIP)" to repair incorrect length entries and insert missing EOD (end of data) markers [CA1032568; CA1032639; FP74023]

Reports

• PDF Mask report: Support for highlighting of barcode / QR code hits added

Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v18.0.4PlusP2f)

Internal HTML converter updated to callas pdfChip (v2.5.084)

Fixes

Desktop

• Action editor: Reviewed, reordered and optimized display of possible options for several Action types
  
• Action editor: Issue solved, where naming was not checked for identical Actions and no auto-indexing took place upon import
  
• Action editor: Corrected swapped strings for custom box in image export [FP74181]
  
• Problems solved in more than one monitor setups, where certain parts of the user interface were displayed on the wrong monitor in certain cases
  
• Compare Profiles: Issue fixed, where comparing 2 specific Profiles was not successful
  
• General font processing: Problem solved, where analysis was not successful due to some rare and unusual Encoding entries [FP74269]
  
• JavaScript editor: Issue fixed, where installation of callas VSCode auto-complete component did not work (Windows only)
  
• Layer Exporer: Reviewed and revised handling of layers
  
• Process plans: Issue fixed, where a failing Fixup did not stopp processing in Desktop [FP74444]
  
• Process plans: Issues fixed, where changes to the plan were reported, although the plan was unchanged
  
• Problem solved, where update notification created an assertion when a proxy was used [FP74089]
  
• QuickFix editor: Issue solved, where naming was not checked for identical QuickFixes and no auto-indexing took place upon import
  
• Switchboard: Problem solved, where folders for failures were not properly created during batch processing [FP73553]
  
• Test mode: Problem fixed, where certain Quick Fix combinations with file pick up resulted in a warning message [FP74531]
  
• Test mode: Issue fixed, where hotkeys for zoom levels were not functional (Windows only) [FP71939]
  
• Variable editor: Several issues fixed, where "Show evaluation results" did not work as expected in certain cases
  
• Variable editor: Problem solved, where logging profile execution was not successful [FP74158]

Fixups

• Convert colors:
  
  • Issue fixed, where identical (legacy) configuration files became indexed during import of previously exported process plan
    
  • Problem solved, where some Form XObjects were missing after processing in certain PDF files [CA1032716]
    
  • Problem solved, where certain Default ColorSpace definitions were not properly decalibrated [FP73443]
  
  
• Convert page content into image:
  
  • Issue fixed with JPEG compression, where process colors in DeviceN where not rendered
    
  • Problem solved, where some page objects were visually changed if "Except page objects" filter was used [FP67080; FP71301]
    
  • Problem solved where in certain cases some lines of pixels were not rendered [FP74646]
  
  
• Create and apply shapes:
  
  • Issue fixed, where using a layer-based page filter resulted in unexpected behavior [FP74444]
    
  • Problem solved, where a page rotation factor was not properly regarded [CA1032570]
    
  • Issue fixed, where an additional rectangle path was added outside of the document area in certain cases [FP72887]
  
  
• Downsample/recompress images: Issue fixed, where proportions of images were not maintained if used together with a "Convert colors" Fixup in the same Profile [CA1032564]
  
• Downsample/recompress images: Problem solved, where certain images using a Mask or an SMark entry were not properly handled [CA1032308; CA1032545; CA1032553; FP74510]
  
• Embed missing fonts: Issue fixed, where font embedding replaced a certain glyph if the respective glyph was not available in the font file [FP73453]
  
• Embed missing fonts: Problem solved, where Unicode values from encoding entries for glyphs were not maintained in certain cases [CA1032659]
  
• Generate bleed for irregular shapes: Problem solved, where resulting bleed used slightly wrong color [CA1032858; FP68973; FP72642]
  
• Generate bleed for irregular shapes: Issue fixed, where process colors were not properly handled in certain cases
  
• Map colors:
  
  • Problem solved, where mapping of Gray to Separation Black resulted in an unexpected output [FP73701]
    
  • Images will only be converted between color spaces if "Include intermediate color values" is enabled
    
  • Issue fixed, where result was not properly displayed in certain PDF viewers after processing [CA1032715]
    
  • Problem solved, where certain DeviceGray objects could not be mapped to spot color [CA1032712]
    
  • Profile description for Output Intent: Issue fixed, where properties of ICC v4 profiles could not be determined [FP74319]
  
  
• Remove page objects completely outside page area: Problem solved with a certain file [CA1032654; FP74520]
  
• Set transparency blend color space: Issue fixed, where blend color space was not properly set in certain cases [FP73586]
  
• Subset fonts: Problem solved, where a "npspace" glyph was mistakenly replaced [FP74330]

Checks

• Create invisible text via OCR: Problem solved, where processing was not successful on Linux in some cases [FP74099]
  
• ICCbased ...: Form XObjects no longer taken into account [FP73586]
  
• PDF file contains data after the end-of-file marker: Issue fixed, where a "Newline" (0A) was not regarded [CA1032852]
  
• Sifter-based Properties:
  
  • Issue solved, where objects outside shapes were not properly detected with certain PDFs [CA1032698; FP74166; FP74187; FP74784]
    
  • Issue fixed, where a file from previous processing could not be analyzed in certain cases [FP69716]
    
  • Problem solved, where checking distances did not work properly [FP73788]
    
  • Problem solved, where a layer with an incomplete OCProperties entry was falsely classified as invisible and therefore not regarded [CA10327726]
• Smallest distance from TrimBox: Problem solved, where the defined threshold was not properly regarded [CA1032065]
  
• Content stream analysis: Problem solved, where processing a certain PDF resulted in endless processing [FP73680]

• Compare: If only one of the PDFs has an Output Intent, this Output Intent will now be used for both PDFs [FP74190]
  
• Extract dieline: Problem solved, where rectangular strokes were not exported as closed paths [FP72538]
  
• Overlay: Issue fixed, where layers were not properly handled [FP44717]
  
• To PDF:
  
  • Problem solved where certain JPEG images were unproportionally scaled when converted to PDF [FP74437]
    
  • Issue fixed, where certain TIFF files using Lab colors were only partially converted
    
  • Problem solved, where 16Bit TIFF files with "NoMac" byte order were not properly converted [CA1032713; FP73200; FP74424]

Quick Fix:

• General issue fixed, where certain dates were not properly handled [CA1032829]
  
• Apply rotate key: Issue fixed, where processing resulted in an error on certain PDFs [CA1032570]
  
• Set MediaBox to origin: Issue with UserUnit entry fixed [CA1032604]
  
• Resave PDF: Problem solved, where processing was not successful for a certain PDF with metadata issues [FP74242]
  
• Rotate pages: Problem solved, where result could not be displayed in certain PDF viewers [FP74605]
  
• Rotate pages: Issue fixed, where page scaling factor (UserUnit) was not properly maintained [FP73288]
  
• Split PDF / Split and merge PDF: Problem solved, where processing a file with font issues was not successful [FP74125]
  
• Split PDF / Split and merge PDF: Issue fixed, where certain PDFs used extraordinary long processing time [FP73432]

• Reports are created without overview according to settings [FP74332]

• Optimized implicit repair for files with syntax issues [CA1031639; FP73502]

• Inventory report: Problem solved, where report was not properly created for one page PDFs in Desktop in certain cases
  
• JSON: Issue fixed, where some special characters (like umlauts) were escaped
  
• Quick Check: Issue fixed, where a configuration with CR line endings was not properly regarded [CA1032578]

• Issue fixed, where graceful shutdown failed for Dispatcher/Satellite

• When used for Distributed Processing, options like --lspool and --lsmessage used in the Client call will only be forwarded to the Satellite when the Client also specifies a --licenseserver

• JavaScript Variables: Problem with a certain combination of operators solved [FP73754]
  
• JavaScript Variables: Issue fixed, where xml.xpath did not work as expected for attributes [FP62815]
  
• Problem solved, where internal syntax optimization did not restor a specific structure of color spaces [FP73698]
  
• Problem solved, where file processing resulted in a syntax issue with certain PDFs [FP74598]
  
• Issue fixed, where incorrect Windows version was reported in some cases [CA1032618]
  
• Log Profile execution: Issue fixed, where the app.json file was empty for barcode / QR code Checks [FP73901]

Updateinfos

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Fixes

Fixups

• Derive page geometry boxed from crop marks: Issue fixed, where boxes from certain marks were not correctly recognized [FP73640]
  
• Map spot and process colors: Problem solved, where image masks were no longer converted [FP73735]

Checks

• Sifter-based properties: Problem solved, where processing was not correctly executed for certain PDFs [FP73638]

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Features

Desktop

• Process plans: Improved handling of Variables in input/pop-up fields
  
• Manage Libraries: Quick Check items are now listed in a separate Group

Enhanced Fixups

• Convert page content into image: New color space options "CMYK,keep spot colors" and "Output Intent if present or CMYK"
  
• Convert page content into image: Sifter-based Checks can now be used in "Except page objects"

New Properties

• Number of subsequent points with different location in sub path [FP72888]
  
• Page description is not valid: Pages are internally rendered and errors are reported in the trigger value [FP69734; FP72888]

Enhanced Properties

• Properties determining the number of points or nodes in vector paths use improved algorithms [FP72954]

Actions

• Apply structures: New action to apply DPart and bookmark structures

CLI

• Modify structures: New action (--modifystructures) to extract and apply DPart and bookmark structures

Reports

• JSON report: Comments of Checks and Fixups used in a Profile have been added [FP73542]

License Server

• Support for Cartridge pools for CLI (--lspool; requires License Server v1.2)
  
• Support for developer licenses for CLI (--lsdev)

General

• "Relaxed rendering" supports rendering of PDF files with minor syntax issues [FP72888]
  
• New supported operating system: Linux ARM (e.g. Amazon Graviton) [FP70543]

Most recent version of Adobe PDF Converter integrated (PostScript to PDF conversion; v1.1PlusP4a)

Fixes

Desktop

• Action editor: Improved handling of imposition configuration files when updating or replacing files in a configuration
  
• Manage Libraries: Issue fixed, where number of library changes were not properly calculated when resources were copied [FR71863]
  
• Compare: Issue fixed, where loupe window was not properly synced in certain cases
  
• Quick Fix: Issue fixed, where adding an "Output Intent" setting was not possible in an empty Library

Fixups

• Convert colors: Problem solved, where decalibrating RGB images resulted in unexpected output [FP69017]
  
• Convert colors: Issue fixed, where conversion of certain black DeviceN objects to RGB or gray was not properly done [FP53165; FP59242]
  
• Create and apply shapes: Issue fixed, where using a custom box on a page with UserUnit resulted in an incorrect shape [CA1032493]
  
• Create link: Issue fixed, where link annotations were created twice in some cases (Linux Only) [FP65713]
  
• Convert page content into image:
  
  • Problem solved, where conversion to RGB did not respect overprint settings [FP73213]
    
  • Problem solved, where excluding certain objects resulted in a unexpected visual change [FP65768]
    
  • Issue fixed, where not converted objects were kept but also rendered [CA1032470; FP67218]
    
  • Problem solved, where defined compression setting was not properly regarded [CA1032466]
  
  
• Map colors: Issue fixed, where multiple conversion settings were not properly taken into account [FP73355]
  
• Remove objects outside page area: Issue fixed, where removal of objects was not properly done [CA1032492]
  
• Remove objects outside page area: Problem solved, were objects inside were removed in certain cases [CA1032544]
  
• Set overprint and knockout: Issue fixed, where changes were reported although the Fixup was set to "Unchanged" when an "Apply to" filter was used [FP67034]
  
• Trim clipped vector paths: Problem solved, where processing resulted in a changed visual appearance with a perticular PDF [CA1032258]

Checks

• Font not valid: Issue solved, where CID-Fonts were falsely reported as not embedded as CID [FP73468]
  
• Find barcode: Issue fixed, where the same barcode was found twice in some cases [CA1032265]
  
• Number of hits per page: Problem solved, where analysis took unnecessarily long [CA1032433]
  
• Sifter-based properties: Problem solved, where visible objects were falsely classified as invisible in certain cases [FP66159; FP69594; FP73261]
  
• Sifter-based properties: Issue fixed, where an object covered by the opaque part of an image with SMask was not identified as invisible

Actions

• Visualizer: Content outside of the CropBox will no longer be displayed e.g. in the safety zone view
  
• Save as image: Content outside of the CropBox will no longer be rendered, even if the rendering rectangle is enlarged or set to the MediaBox
  
• Save as image: Problem solved, where content was not rendered if defined PDF dimension exceeded 14400pt [CA1032259]
  
• To PDF: Problem solved, where 16-bit CMYK TIFF with spot or alpha channels were not properly converted [CA1032261; FP73200]
  
• To PDF: Problem solved, where certain types of CMYK TIFF files using JPEG compression were not properly converted to PDF [FP69255; FP72101; FP72232]
  
• To PDF: Issue fixed, where a certain Word document using the wrong MIME type could not be converted to PDF [CA1032436]

CLI

• CreateCustomDict: Issue fixed, where Variables used for name or comment were not properly regarded [FP73090]

Reports

• Template-based report: Issue fixed, where wrong ink coverage values were reported [FP73232]
  
• QuickCheck: Issue fixed, where the "open" status for bookmarks was not reported

License Server

• Problem solved, where requesting a licenses from a License Server without a matching Cartridge was not properly executed

General

• Problem solved, where a particular image without resolution entry in a PDF was not properly handled [CA1032551]

Updateinfos

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Features

Desktop

• User interface for Process plans, Actions etc.: Improvements regarding display of content and usability [FP56043; FP65165]
  
• Arbitrary JavaScript controlled Check/Fixup: Separate tabs for script and resources
  
• Test mode: Shortcuts for displaying page geometry boxes added [FP71939]
  
• Imposition: New import function for config files and PDF sheetconfig templates
  
• Process plan: Improved automatic scrolling when (multiple) objects are selected and moved [FP66937]
  
• Process plan: Auto-complete of the "app" object is also available when editing JavaScript in VS Code as external editor

Enhanced predefined Profiles

• PDF/A-4... validation: Adjustments made to match veraPDF requirements:
  
  • Binary comment in the file header is missing or does not comply PDF/A requirements
    
  • ToUnicode CMaps using incorrect values
    
  • Additional action (AA) entries
    
  • Detection of certain encryption settings in a PDF [CA1032376]

Enhanced Fixups

• Create and apply shapes: New option to enlarge page size if needed [CA1031419]
  
• Create and apply shapes: New option to suppress separations from rendering [FP65812]
  
• Map spot and process colors: New option "Convert to alternate color" [FP64780]
  
• Map spot and process colors: New option for "Adjust spot colors" to map spot color tint values proportionally [FP71149]
  
• Map colors: DeviceGray images can be mapped to a spot color [FP71858]
  
• Map colors: Improved processing speed for documents with high number of pages [CA1029678]

Enhanced Properties

• Font not valid: "Embedded CID-Font not embedded as CID" added [CA1024021]
  
• Sifter-based properties: Enhanced recognition for object detection [FP69419]
  
• Actions
  
  • SaveAsImage: Support for pagebox / custom rectangle for image format PDF [FP23454; FP68014]

CLI

• Support for Amazon Linux 2023 LTS

Reports

• Custom PDF Report: New parameter "listpages" in manifest.xml to suppress ink coverage information on page level
  
• Quick Check: Extended information for images properties on page- and document-level [FP71205]

General

• Page selectors now support an end page in multipage expressions [CA1031848]
  
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v18.0.4PlusP1u)
  
• Internal HTML converter updated to callas pdfChip (v2.5.082)

Fixes

Desktop

• Report dialog: Issues fixed, where not all step types of a Process plan were reported or Process plans included in Process plans were reported incorrectly
  
• Report dialog: Issue fixed, where Variable values were not displayed properly
  
• Plug-in: Problem solved, where flatten transparency was not successful (Windows only) [FP71814]
  
• Plug-in: Issue fixed, where the Action "Resample to JPEG2000" could not be used
  
• Explore PDF: Issue fixed, where font size for content stream display was too small
  
• Manage Libraries: Issue fixed, where Variable keys were not shown with their complete length [FP55085]
  
• Problem solved, where an ICC profile using JPEG compression for its data stream was not handled properly and no syntax issues were reported

Fixups

• Adjust dot gain: Problem solved, where values of indexed color spaces were changed mistakenly changed [FP71374]
  
• Bring to front: Issue fixed, where content was not handled properly when the document used a certain, unproportionally scaled transformation matrix [CA1032359]
  
• Convert colors: Problem solved, where certain inherited color space definitions were not handled properly [FP71924]
  
• Create and apply shapes:
  
  • Issue with certain custom box definitions fixed
    
  • Issue fixed, where a shape based on a vector path was not properly created if "Reduce to outer borders" was activated [CA1031498}
    
  • Problem solved, where an existing page scaling factor (UserUnit) was not taken into account [FP72361]
    
  • Issue fixed, where a defined image resolution affected the shape generation although "from vector paths" was selected [CA1032215]
    
  • Problem solved, where large PDF files were not processed successfully when a high rendering resolution was requested [CA1032250]
    
  • Issue fixed, where shape was not properly created if a page rotation key was present [FP69186]
  
  
• Create bookmarks from headings: Issue fixed, where empty bookmarks were created [FP70994]
  
• Flatten transparency: Problem solved, where processing resulted in occasional failures in rare cases [CA1031821]
  
• Generate bleed from page content: Problem solved, where certain settings of the page selector resulted in unexpected output [FP71782]
  
• Generate bleed for irregular shapes: Issue fixed, where unexpected visual result from vector path was created in certain cases [FP57630]
  
• Map spot and process colors: Issue fixed, where not all spot color occurrences were processed [FP62294]
  
• Resolve ICCbased default color spaces into object color spaces: Issue fixed, where processing was not successful in certain case [FP69606]
  
• Remove invisible objects: Problem solved where visible objects were affected in certain cases [FP69016]
  
• Remove page objects completely outside page area: Problem solved, where pattern objects were not handled properly in some cases [FP57374; FP62316; FP71155]
  
• Set keywords entry: Issue fixed, where entries were not properly harmonized with those existing in XMP metadata [FP52071; CA1031127; CA1032136]
  
• Subset fonts: Problem solved, where diacritical points of glyphs were not maintained in certain cases [FP68942]
  
• Subset fonts: Problem solved, where a Type 1 font glyph with ID 0 was removed in some cases [FP68941]
  
• Trim clipped vector paths: Problem solved, where Fixup was not executed in certain cases when option "Form XObjects" was activated [CA1032366]

Checks

• Device independent via color space in group entry: Problem solved, where objects were not properly detected
  
• Effective ink coverage: Issue fixed, where ink coverage outside page area was reported, although no visible content present there [CA1032257]
  
• Sifter-based properties: Problem solved, where a certain combination of multiple Checks in 1 Profile resulted in incorrect hits [FP72075]
  
• Sifter-based properties: Issue fixed, where PDFs with certain empty content stream commands could not be analyzed properly [FP70870; CA1032398]
  
• Smallest distance from TrimBox|BleedBox: Issue fixed, where using a comma as decimal delimiter resulted in a broken Check configuration [FP59385]
  
• Will display when document is opened: Issue fixed, where visibility was not correctly determined in some cases [CA1032254]

Actions

• Imposition: Issue fixed, where a negative shingling value was not taken into account [FP72685]
  
• JavaScript-based imposition: Problem solved, where no UserUnit entry was added when maximum size of 14400 pt was exceeded [CA1032331]
  
• Save as image: Problem solved, where certain, large PDF files could not be rendered to JPEG in higher resolutions [FP70219; FP70739]
  
• SplitPDF: Fixed return codes for password protected PDFs [CA1032161]
  
• To PDF: Problem solved, where certain layer sizes and compression in a TIFF resulted in an improper behavior [FP72316]

CLI

• Quick Check: Missing input tag with file details added to StdOut

Reports

• HTML-template based Reports: Minor issue with step icons fixed
  
• HTML-template based Reports: Issue fixed, where overview page did not show total amount of Fixups
  
• HTML-template based Reports: Issue fixed, where "show="0"" parameter was not respected [FP72090]
  
• Layer reports: Problem fixed, where report creation was not successful when Sifter check had to be reported [CA1032371; FP71984; FP72680]
  
• Optimize PDF: Problem solved, were a complete optimization took inadequate long [CA1032264]
  
• Problem solved, where names of sequence steps, which were defined by Variables were not regarded in reports [FP68341]
  
• Quick Check: Issue fixed, where certain DeviceN constructs with spot colors and "None" were not properly listed [CA1032291]
  
• Quick Check: Problem solved, where a certain kind of recursive structure in the content stream was not properly handled [FP72812]

General

• Protected Profiles: Problem solved, where protected Profiles could not be executed [CA1032232]
  
• Issue fixed, where activation requests were falsely indicated as failed [FP35231; FP65154]
  
• Process plans: Problem solved, where an incorrect return code was reported (3 or 8 = error), although this was not the result of the last step [FP71756]
  
• Problem solved, where a certain font data structure could result in an improper behavior [CA1032231; FP71999]
  
• Problem solved, where certain formatting of inline images resulted in a changed visual appearance [FP71647]

Updateinfos

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Features

Desktop

• New function to bulk-export Profiles as separate kfpx files or into a zipped archive file (e.g. for distribution via GitHub)
  
• Protected Profiles: Several minor improvements regarding handling and usage

New Fixups

• Create link for page objects (identified by a Check) [FP65713]
  
• Create link at page area [FP65713]

Enhanced Fixups

• Convert page content into image: Possibility to limit rasterization based on Processing Steps added [CA1032125]
  
• Create and apply shapes: Support for beveled corners [CA1031870]

New Properties

• Glyph uses overlapping path objects [CA1031932; CA1032003; FP27205]
  
• Text is un-proportionally scaled [FP70746]
  
• Text is fake italic using skewing [FP70746]

Enhanced Properties

• Sifter-based Checks: Reviewed and optimized analysis, e.g. for cropped objects to increase processing speed [FP65044; FP65294]

Actions

• JavaScript-based imposition: SHEET_DEF_TRIMBOX is now available as possible parameter to be able to define a TrimBox [FP68772]
  
• ToPDF: New topdf_parameter option "WholeSpreadsheetLayout" on CLI to enforce the whole spreadsheet in its original format [CA1031794]

Quick Fix

• Search and replace text: New parameter giving external fonts precedence to the ones that are embedded
  
• Search and replace text for VDP: New parameter giving external fonts precedence to the ones that are embedded

General

• Process plans: Duration of previous steps are now available in JS-Variables and JSON reports
  
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v18.0.4PlusP1n)
  
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Converter integrated (PostScript to PDF conversion; v1.1PlusP3r)
  
• Internal HTML converter updated to callas pdfChip (v2.5.080)

Fixes

Desktop

• Windows installer: Problem solved, where Plug-in was installed in older versions than Acrobat DC [FP70538]
  
• QuickFix UI: Issue fixed, where QuickFix type sorting did not take localization into account [FP70790]
  
• Results dialog: Issue fixed, where result list did not scroll to the last step [FP65526]

Fixups

• Flatten transparency:
  
  • Problem solved, where text vanished in certain cases (Windows only) [FP69113]
    
  • Problem solved. where a bitmap image became clipped [FP69113]
    
  • Issue fixed, where text used as a clipping path resulted in vanishing objects [CA1031993]
    
  • Problem solved, where some glyphs were not properly maintained during processing [FP65562; FP71571]
  
  
• Font to outline:
  
  • Problem solved, where processing specific TrueType fonts could result into distorted glyphs [FP50175; FP55477; FP68146; FP69208; FP69505; FP70142]
    
  • Problem solved, where glyphs from certain Type 3 fonts were not properly converted [CA1028912; FP58310]
    
  • Issue fixed, where processing resulted in displaced diacritical marks for some composite glyphs [FP69208]
  
  
• Embed missing fonts: Problem solved, where an incorrect ToUnicode-CMap could result into false glyph assignments [CA1031998]
  
• Create and apply shape: Problem solved, where processing was not successful when a certain resolution for some PDFs was used [CA1031291]
  
• Convert colors: Problem solved, where DeviceN objects with multiple "None" colorants and Black were not properly handled when converted to RGB [FP61770; FP70262; FP70606]
  
• Downsample/recompress images: Issue fixed, where DeviceN CMYK images were not compressed as JPEG as requested [FP60717]
  
• Map colors: Issues fixed, where especially the conversion to Gray did not always create the expected results

Checks

• Smallest distance from Trimbox: Problem solved, where strokes were not properly measured in some cases [FP61479]
  
• Effective ink coverage in custom area: Issue fixed, where analysis was not properly done when "Sample size" was the same as "Width" [FP70808]
  
• Find barcode: Problem solved, where processing was not successful in certain cases [FP70793]
  
• Find barcode: Issue fixed, where a barcode was not found when the "Barcode value" property was negated [FP70793]
  
• Sifter-based Checks: Problem fixed, where objects were not properly detected although reaching into a custom shape in certain cases [FP71006; FP71228]

Actions

• To PDF: Problem solved, where a SoftMaskImage in a PostScript file was not properly regarded during conversion to PDF [CA1031459]
  
• Save as image: Corrected naming of quality setting [FP70635]
  
• Save as image: Problem solved, where a defined pagebox for rasterization was ignored on some PDFs when converted to TIFF with certain resolution [FP70739]
  
• JavaScript-based imposition: Problem solved, where variables were not passed through to imposition engine on CLI [FP70532]

Process plans

• Compare: Issue fixed, where in a Process Plan a compare report was created even if there were no differences [FP68727]
  
• Improved import handling for Process plans which differ only by their layouts
  
• Problem solved, where the overwrite option for reports was not properly regarded [FP70444]

Quick Fix

• Search and replace for VDP: Problem solved, where processed PDF contained syntax issues in certain case [FP70873]
  
• Set page geometry boxes: Issue fixed, where result could not be processed properly with specific PDF [FP69545]

CLI

• List Variables: Issue fixed, where Variables in objects of nested Process plans were not listed [CA1031571]

General

• JavaScript Variables: Issue fixed, where the position of a found barcode was not available in the JS result object [FP65713]
  
• JavaScript Variables: Issue fixed, where a JavaScript controlled Check with at least one global Variable resulted into an empty Ask-at-runtime dialog [CA1031962]

License Server

• Problem solved, where checking for the License Server after each Process plan step could result into a terminated process if License Server could not be reached [FP67389; FP71141]

System requirements

• Mac: MacOS X (Intel or ARM / M1), version 10.13 or newer, 64-bit-compliant

Updateinfos

Kostenloses Upgrade für folgende Versionen:
Kostenlos für Anwender mit einem gültigen Wartungsvertrag und Kunden, welche eine pdfToolbox Desktop Lizenz 14 einsetzen

Kostenpflichtiges Upgrade für folgende Versionen:
Upgrades werden für Version 12 und 13 angeboten. Für frühere Versionen ist kein Upgrade mehr verfügbar!

Verfügbar seit: 24.01.2023 | Aktuelle Demos & Downloads

callas software hat einige Verbesserungen für pdfToolbox 14.1 vorgenommen

Updates für Profile und Prozesspläne

Eine der bemerkenswertesten Neuerungen in pdfToolbox 14.1 ist die Möglichkeit, Profile und Prozesspläne in großen Mengen zu exportieren. Mit dieser Funktion können Benutzer mehrere Profile und Prozesspläne aus verschiedenen Bibliotheken auswählen und sie in einem Zug in ein ZIP-Archiv exportieren. Dieses Archiv kann dann in einer Automatisierungssoftware wie GIT abgelegt werden, um die aktualisierten Profile weiter zu verarbeiten.

Erstellen von Link-Anmerkungen

Eine weitere neue Funktion ist die Möglichkeit, Link-Anmerkungen zu erstellen, indem mit Hilfe einer Preflight-Prüfung nach bestimmten Texten oder Objekten gesucht wird. Dies erleichtert die Wiederverwendung von Druckdokumenten für die digitale Nutzung, z. B. durch die Suche nach QR-Codes und die Dekodierung der darin enthaltenen URLs.

Schulung

Damit die Anwender die Leistungsfähigkeit von pdfToolbox vollständig verstehen und nutzen können, haben wir auch PDF-basiertes Selbstschulungsmaterial erstellt, das sich auf die Profilerstellung konzentriert. Dieses Material kann auf den callas Online-Hilfeseiten gefunden oder direkt von hier herunterladen und enthält Übungen mit Lösungen und Erklärungen.

callas pdfToolbox 14.1 ist ein kostenloses Update für alle aktuellen Anwender von pdfToolbox 14. Es steht ab sofort auf unserer Website zum Download bereit. Für Kunden mit einer älteren Version von pdfToolbox oder für weitere Fragen zu Verfügbarkeit, Preis, Optionen oder Return on Investment wenden Sie sich bitte an vertrieb@impressed.de

Updateinfos

Kostenloses Upgrade für folgende Versionen:
Kostenlos für Anwender mit einem gültigen Wartungsvertrag und Kunden, welche eine pdfToolbox Desktop Lizenz 14 einsetzen

Kostenpflichtiges Upgrade für folgende Versionen:
Upgrades werden für Version 12 und 13 angeboten. Für frühere Versionen ist kein Upgrade mehr verfügbar!

Verfügbar seit: 30.09.2022 | Aktuelle Demos & Downloads

Fortschrittliche PDF-Automatisierung wird noch einfacher

Berlin, 30. September 2022 - callas software, der Marktführer für automatisierte PDF-Qualitätskontroll- und Archivierungslösungen, veröffentlicht heute ein umfangreiches Update für sein Flaggschiff, die pdfToolbox-Produktlinie. Das Update bietet Unterstützung für die schnellere Verarbeitung von personalisierten Dokumenten (VDP), verschiedene Verbesserungen der JavaScript- und Prozessplan-Engines in pdfToolbox, um die fortgeschrittene Automatisierung schneller und leistungsfähiger zu machen, sowie eine einfachere Engine für benutzerdefinierte Berichte.

"pdfToolbox begann vor vielen Jahren als Preflight-Werkzeug, um zu prüfen, ob PDF-Dateien für ihre Aufgabe geeignet sind", bemerkt Dietrich von Seggern, Geschäftsführer von callas software: "Inzwischen wird es eingesetzt, um PDFs produktionsreif zu machen, um alternative Versionen zu erstellen, wenn dies für die Produktion, das Proofing oder die Kommunikation mit Kunden erforderlich ist, und in vielen Fällen sogar, um mehr administrative Dokumente zu erzeugen. pdfToolbox Version 14 fügt nicht nur neue Funktionen hinzu, um neue Marktsegmente anzusprechen, sondern macht die bestehende Technologie auch für Anfänger und fortgeschrittene Benutzer zugänglicher."

Der Bedarf an Geschwindigkeit: personalisierte Dokumente

callas weiß seit langem, dass die Verarbeitungsgeschwindigkeit in manchen Umgebungen entscheidend ist. In früheren Versionen von pdfToolbox wurden Technologien wie Quick Check und Quick Fix eingeführt, bei denen eine hoch optimierte Engine PDF-Dateien für bestimmte Aufgaben viel schneller verarbeitet als jede herkömmliche Preflight-Engine. In pdfToolbox 14 wurden Funktionen hinzugefügt, um personalisierte Dokumente - typischerweise Dokumente mit vielen ähnlichen Inhalten auf jeder Seite und einer sehr hohen Seitenzahl - ebenfalls viel schneller zu verarbeiten.

Die Erstellung von personalisierten Dokumenten aus PDF-Vorlagen in Kombination mit strukturierten Daten ist ein weiteres Merkmal der neuen Version. Dies ermöglicht das Einfügen von Textinhalten, Barcodes oder QR-Codes in Vorlagendokumente. Generell enthält pdfToolbox Version 14 auch eine generische Textsuche und Ersetzungsfunktion, die natürlich auch außerhalb des VDP-Bereichs nützlich ist (frühere Versionen von pdfToolbox waren auf die Textsuche beschränkt).

Leistungsfähigere anpassbare Berichte

Die Preflight-Engine in pdfToolbox kann Berichte in vielen verschiedenen Formaten erzeugen: PDF, XML, HTML, JSON... Für die interne Kommunikation oder die Kommunikation mit Kunden sind die PDF-Berichte ideal geeignet, insbesondere weil sie mit HTML-basierten Vorlagen vollständig personalisiert werden können. Die Erstellung dieser Vorlagen, insbesondere für komplexere Report-Layouts, ist jedoch nicht einfach. pdfToolbox 14 enthält Aktualisierungen der Report-Generierungs-Engine, die diese Aufgabe auch für Nicht-Experten vereinfachen. Dies eröffnet die Möglichkeit, benutzerdefinierte PDF-Berichte für mehr Arbeitsabläufe zu nutzen.

Verbesserungen bei Prozessplänen und JavaScript

Prozesspläne sind das Herzstück von callas pdfToolbox. Der visuelle Editor ermöglicht die einfache Erstellung komplexer PDF-Verarbeitungs-Workflows; die Integration von JavaScript-Unterstützung sorgt für unbegrenzte Flexibilität.

Für Prozesspläne bietet pdfToolbox 14 bessere Exit-Codes für die sofortige Interpretation von Verarbeitungsergebnissen, ermöglicht das Speichern von Prozessplänen mit fehlenden Verbindungen (oft nützlich während der Erstellungs- und Testphase), erleichtert das Aktivieren/Deaktivieren von Quick Check- und Quick Fix-Schritten und vieles mehr.

Kunden, die JavaScript verwenden, werden sich über die zusätzliche Autovervollständigung bei der Eingabe im integrierten Editor, die Möglichkeit zur einfachen Bearbeitung von JavaScripts in Visual Studio Code anstelle des integrierten Editors und die Möglichkeit zur gleichzeitigen Bearbeitung verschiedener JavaScripts in einem Prozessplan in Visual Studio Code freuen.

Geschützte Profile

Profile und Prozesspläne können recht komplex sein; daher enthalten sie viel geistiges Eigentum. Mit pdfToolbox 14 können Sie solche Profile oder Prozesspläne schützen. Sie können Copyright-Informationen wie einen Titel und eine Beschreibung, eine URL, unter der weitere Informationen zu finden sind, sowie eine Haupt- und Nebenversion hinzufügen. Und dann erlaubt pdfToolbox die Aktivierung dieser Profile für eine begrenzte Zeit nach der Installation und/oder die Beschränkung ihrer Verwendung auf bestimmte pdfToolbox-Installationen.

Dies gibt Partnern die Möglichkeit, Bibliotheken mit geschützten Profilen und Prozessplänen zu erstellen und diese in Rechnung zu stellen; im Wesentlichen werden sie als Dienstleistung an Kunden verkauft.

Einfachere Nutzung des callas License Server

Zusammen mit pdfToolbox Version 14 veröffentlicht callas auch eine SaaS-Version der License Server-Lösung. Der Lizenzserver ist eine alternative Lizenzierungsmethode für pdfToolbox, bei der die Software nicht auf einem bestimmten Rechner aktiviert wird, sondern ihre Berechtigung zur Ausführung von einem zentralen Lizenzserver erhält.

Während dieser Lizenzserver früher lokal installiert werden musste (was ein gewisses technisches Know-how erfordert, insbesondere wenn ein Cluster von Lizenzservern zur Redundanz betrieben wird), bietet callas jetzt den callas License Server auch zusätzlich in der Cloud als Service an. Dabei handelt es sich um einen vollständig redundanten Cluster von Lizenzservern, der von callas gewartet wird und sofort genutzt werden kann (nach dem Kauf der erforderlichen Prozess- oder Credit-Cartridges).

Weitere Verbesserungen in pdfToolbox 14

Natürlich sind dies nicht die einzigen neuen Funktionen in pdfToolbox 14. Zu den kleineren neuen Funktionen gehören:

• Native Unterstützung für macOS auf ARM (den Apple Silicon Prozessoren).
  
• Ein stark erweiterter JSON-Preflight-Berichtstyp, der entweder kompakter sein kann oder wesentlich mehr Informationen enthält (z. B. Informationen zur Farbdeckung).
  
• pdfToolbox kann nun so konfiguriert werden, dass immer ein XML- oder JSON-Preflight-Report erzeugt wird, auch bei beschädigten PDF-Dateien oder wenn PDF-Dateien passwortgeschützt sind.
  
• Bei der Erzeugung eines JSON- oder XML-Preflight-Reports aus einem Prozessplanlauf werden nun mehr Informationen über die ausgeführten Schritte bereitgestellt.
  
• Eine neue Preflight-Prüfung des JPEG-Qualitätsfaktors (der den Grad der Komprimierung eines JPEG-Bildes angibt).
  
• Eine neue Schaltfläche "Duplizieren" beim Erstellen von Korrekturen mit vielen verschiedenen Einstellungen (die Verwendung der Schaltfläche "+" in früheren Versionen erzeugte immer eine leere Einstellung).
  
• Beim Einfügen neuer Seiten kann nun festgelegt werden, welche Objekte auf die neue Seite kopiert werden.
  
• Die Korrektur "Farben zuordnen" ist jetzt flexibler in Bezug auf die zu ändernden Farben, da es eine Toleranz pro Farbkanal gibt.
  
• Aktionen, die sich auf Ausschießkonfigurationsdateien beziehen, erlauben es, diese direkt aus der Aktion heraus zu bearbeiten.
  
• Ausschießdateien für Lauflisten und Bogenkonfigurationen können jetzt direkt im Schaltschrank (im Bedienfeld "Ausschießen") gelöscht werden.
  
• Prüfungen in Prozessplänen können jetzt einen Schweregrad haben (vorher waren sie immer auf "Fehler" eingestellt).
  
• Die Aktion "Stanzlinie extrahieren", die das Extrahieren einer PDF-, SVG- oder CF2-Stanzlinie ermöglicht, kann jetzt in einem Prozessplan verwendet werden.

Verfügbarkeit und Preise

callas pdfToolbox 14 ist ab sofort verfügbar

• pdfToolbox Desktop für die manuelle Verarbeitung als Plug-in in Adobe Acrobat oder als Standalone-Version ist ab 625 EUR erhältlich. Ein Upgrade von pdfToolbox 13 kostet 250 EUR, und ein Upgrade von pdfToolbox 12 kostet 375 EUR
  
• pdfToolbox Server, CLI und SDK für die vollautomatische Verarbeitung und Integration in andere Lösungen gibt es ab 5.000 Euro. Upgrades auf pdfToolbox Server / CLI / SDK 14 sind im Wartungsvertrag enthalten.
  
• Der callas License Server als Service in der Cloud erfordert keine lokale pdfToolbox License Server-Lizenz aber die Miete (Subskription) von Prozess- und/oder Credit-Cartridges auf dem Cloud-Dienst. Prozess-Cartridges sind ausschließlich als Subskription für 120 €/Monat, 1.200 €/Jahr erhältlich, die Preise für Credit Cartridges sind wie folgt
  Credit Cartridge - 50 000 Credits: 625
  Credit Carttridge - 500 000 Credits: 5.000

Kunden ohne aktiven Wartungsvertrag oder mit weiteren Fragen zu Verfügbarkeit, Preis, Optionen oder Return on Investment wenden sich bitte an den callas software Vertriebspartner Four Pees unter sales@fourpees.com. Eine voll funktionsfähige, zeitlich begrenzte Testversion können Sie unter www.callassoftware.com herunterladen.

Über callas software:

callas software findet einfache Wege, um komplexe PDF-Herausforderungen zu bewältigen. Als Technologie-Innovator entwickelt und vermarktet callas software PDF-Technologie für das Publishing, die Druckproduktion, den Dokumentenaustausch und die Dokumentenarchivierung. callas software unterstützt Agenturen, Verlage und Druckereien bei der Bewältigung ihrer Herausforderungen, indem es Software zum Preflighten, Korrigieren und Wiederverwenden von PDF-Dateien für die Druckproduktion und das elektronische Publishing bereitstellt. Unternehmen und Behörden in aller Welt vertrauen auf die zukunftssicheren, vollständig PDF/A-konformen Archivierungsprodukte von callas software. Darüber hinaus ist die Technologie von callas software als Programmierbibliothek (SDK) für Entwickler mit Bedarf an PDF-Optimierung, -Validierung und -Korrektur verfügbar. Software-Anbieter wie Adobe®, Quark®, Xerox® und viele andere haben die Qualität und Flexibilität dieser callas-Werkzeuge erkannt und in ihre Lösungen integriert.

callas software unterstützt aktiv internationale Standards und arbeitet in DIN, ISO, CIP4, der European Color Initiative, der PDF Association, BITKOM und der Ghent Workgroup mit. callas software ist Gründungsmitglied der PDF Association und war von Anfang an im Vorstand des internationalen Verbands vertreten.

callas software hat seinen Sitz in Berlin, Deutschland. Weitere Informationen finden Sie auf der callas software Website unter: www.callassoftware.com.

Updateinfos

Kostenloses Upgrade für folgende Versionen:
Kostenlos für Anwender mit einem gültigen Wartungsvertrag.

Kunden, welche eine pdfToolbox Desktop Lizenz 13 (ohne Wartung, Vollprodukt oder Upgrade) nach dem 14.6.2022 gekauft haben, haben im Rahmen der GracePeriod ebenfalls Anrecht auf ein kostenloses Upgrade

Kostenpflichtiges Upgrade für folgende Versionen:
Upgrades werden für Version 12 und 13 angeboten. Für frühere Versionen ist kein Upgrade mehr verfügbar!

Verfügbar seit: 30.09.2022 | Aktuelle Demos & Downloads

Features

Desktop

• Switchboard: New functionality "Replace text" in group "Text"
  
• Profile, Check and Fixup steps: New possibility to limit processing using page selector settings
  
• Protected Profiles: Allows making content of a Profile or Process plan inaccessible and to limit the use to certain serial numbers
  
• New "Fast fix" for single Fixups and Quick Fixes in Desktop, which will limit the extent of post-processing analysis of the resulting PDF
  
• Fixup settings: New "Duplicate" button for settings
  
• Action editor for imposition: Direct access to editor and related functionalities
  
• Test mode: Preview for extracted text for Quick Fix "Search and replace text" and "Search and replace text for VDP" in Process plan context
  
• Test mode: New "Short overview (faster)" mode, which will limit the extent of post-processing analysis of the resulting PDF
  
• Switchboard: Extract dieline has been extended to work with a user selected page geometry box
  
• Switchboard: Impose: RunLists and SheetConfig files can be deleted and other minor usability improvements
  
• Impose RunList debugger: Now lists console.log() statements for JavaScript-based runlists
  
• Test mode: Optional "Preflight only pages" to limit processing to the defined page range
  
• JavaScript Variables editor: Support for using VS Code as external editor
  
• JavaScript Variables editor: Extended functionality to evaluate the results in a context with e.g. a previous step in a Process plan
  
• JavaScript Variables editor: Auto complete for JavaScript objects, Variables, Quick Check parameters and other minor usability improvements
  
• Profile window: "Search Libraries" has been replaced with "Import from Library", which offers more functionalities

Process plans

• Process plan steps Checks, Fixups, Profiles: Introduced a page selector input field per step [FP67632]
  
• New Action type: Extract dieline
  
• "Fast VDP mode" checkbox for Process Plans: Form XObject will be analyzed and processed only once, even if used multiple times within the PDF (designed especially for variable and transactional PDF files)
  
• Checks: The severity of a hit can now be set
  
• Compare PDF: Enhanced handling, so reports will be created only if differences were found [FP68727]
  
• Processing: Optimized application of running a generic post check (e.g. will not happen in Process plans with just an Action)
  
• Preliminary process plans can be saved
  
• Extended settings for JSON reports

New or enhanced predefined Profiles

• All "GWG 2022"-based Profiles targeting "Packaging Gravure": Adjusted recognition for allowed color spaces
  
• All "GWG 2022"-based Profiles targeting "WebSpot": Adjusted recognition regarding spot color naming
  
• PDF/UA-1 validation: Improved reporting for untagged PDFs [FP68324]
  
• PDF/A-4... validation: Added "CMYK source profile identical with blend color space profile"
  
• PDF/A-4... conversion: Added "Remove all alternate images" and "Discard image interpolation flag" Fixups
  
• Convert to PDF/X-... (Japan Color 2011 Coated)
  
• Convert color to Japan Color Coated 2011 (convert spot colors to CMYK)
  
• Convert color to Japan Color Coated 2001 (keep spot colors)
  
• Embed Output Intent Japan Color 2011 Coated

Extended and enhanced Fixups

• Create and apply shapes: New "Apply to pages" filter in all "Create shape" methods to create different shapes e.g. for even and odd pages [FP64197; CA1030598]
  
• Create and apply shapes: New Option "Existing transparent page content overlaps opaquely" which puts the existing page content into an isolated group XObject
  
• Map colors: Introduced individual tolerance per source colorant for better adjustment. Old tolerance settings will be applied for each colorant separately now [CA1022449; CA1031354; FP53858; FP54090; FP58197]
  
• Add white background: New Option "Existing transparent page content overlaps opaquely" which puts the existing page content into an isolated group XObject [FP68320]
  
• Set transparency blend color space: New options to limit to certain color spaces [FP68044]
  
• Insert page: New page content filter to limit the type of objects to be duplicated
  
• Remove page objects outside: Changed object recognition to Sifter technology for better analysis [CA1026869; CA1030849; CA1031669; CA1031766; FP46932; FP50227; FP53544; FP53819; FP58548; FP61468; FP64974; FP61666; FP61672; FP69158; FP69233; FP69635]
  
• Processing Steps can be selected in the UI for the following Fixups:
  
  • Convert colors
    
  • Crop to visible based on rendered page
    
  • Generate bleed at page edges
    
  • Generate bleed for irregular shapes
    
  • Map spot and process colors
    
  • Remove objects
    
  • Set Overprint and Knockout

New Properties

• CMYK object redefined to ICCbased CMYK via its transparency group
  
• Effective total area coverage (TAC) [FP64078]
  
• Area effectively covered by ink amount above threshold
  
• Create a hit (or not): Allows to set to create a hit or a trigger value e.g. based on a previously determined result (e.g. from a Quick Check or JavaScript-Variable)
  
• Determine JPEG quality factor [CA1031362]

Enhanced Properties

• Object uses Cyan|Magenta|Yellow|Black: ICCbased colors can optionally be taken into account (without applying color management)
  
• Object uses Cyan|Magenta|Yellow|Black with a percentage of: ICCbased colors can optionally be taken into account (without applying color management)

Actions

• Visualizer: Safety view: Color for TrimBox harmonized to other usages and highlighting for BleedBox added
  
• Impose: New SheetConfig "25x38 inch, 8up US Letter"

Quick Fix

• Search and replace text
  
• Search and replace text for VDP (to create PDFs with dynamic content)

Reports

• HTML-template based Reports: Completely redesigned and restructured default template, various additional views can be ordered via the manifest.xml (see online docu for further details)
  
• JSON report:
  
  • New mode "compact" to write report in single-line mode
    
  • New mode to request analysis for ink coverage
    
  • A Quick Check can optionally be requested, the results of which are then included in the report
    
  • Extended sequence step information for process plans
  
  
• XML report: Extended sequence step information for process plans

CLI

• Fast VDP mode: New optional parameter "--fastvdpmode" for Profile execution: Form XObject will be analyzed and processed only once, even if used multiple times within the PDF (designed especially for variable and transactional PDF files)

General

• Log Profile execution: Lists type of step and logging path into process.log
  
• XML & JSON reports with an appropriate message will now also be generated for encrypted or patially parseable PDFs [FP59022]
  
• Generic syntax checks now have a custom ID (e.g. in reports or app.doc.results)
  
• Optimized initialization of Profiles to enhance processing time for PDF files with a high number of page pages

Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v18.0.4PlusP1e)

Internal HTML converter updated to callas pdfChip (v2.5.076)

Fixes

Desktop

• Problems solved, where certain parts of the user interface were vanishing if window was moved to a second screen in certain cases (MacOS only) [CA1031345; FP66959; FP68206; FP69274; FP69435; FP70001]
  
• Process plans: Improved automatic scrolling when mouse is outside canvas [FP66937]
  
• RunList editor: Issue fixed, where no proper ask at runtime dialog was shown in test mode

Fixups

• Downsample/recompress images: Issue fixed, where page numbers with a FixFailures were reported zero-based (and not starting with "1")
  
• Downsample/recompress images: Problem solved, where invalid images were falsely flagged as successfully processed [FP69980]
  
• Convert page content into image: Problem solved, where hidden text was taken into account [FP69417]
  
• Convert page content into image: Problem solved, where a certain type of smooth shade was not properly converted [FP69599; FP69925; FP69987]
  
• Flatten transparency: Issue fixed, where processing took unnecessary long on specific PDFs [CA1030865]
  
• Flatten transparency: Problems solved, where defined timeout was not properly respected [FP68592]
  
• Flatten annotations or form fields: Problem solved, where certain annotation appearances could result into an improper result [CA1031691; CA1031756]
  
• Set transparency blend color space: Changed "All" to "All excluding soft masks"
  
• Map colors: Limited conversion of images to mapping within the same color space [FP48912]
  
• Map colors: Reviewed and optimized object recognition using the "Apply to" filter [CA1026860]

Checks

• Find bar codes: Optimized recognition of bar codes [CA1030800]
  
• Context aware object detection (Sifter): Problem solved, where MediaBox was not extended, if created shape exceeded this box [CA1031802]
  
• Context aware object detection (Sifter): Problem solved, where an excessive usage of extremely small patterns resulted in a long processing duration [FP69419]
  
• Arbitrary JavaScript controlled Check: Problem solved, where execution failed although successful in the past [FP69921]

Actions

• AddXMP: Problem solved, where certain XMP structure could not be properly handled [CA1029394]#
  
• Extract content: Issue fixed, where created XML report for text split UTF-8 glyphs into two entries (Linux only) [FP70188]
  
• Extract text: Problem solved, where processing failed with specific PDF [CA1030894]
  
• Split layers: Issue fixed, where file naming based on layer names did not work if filename contained "." [FP49501; FP69603]
  
• Extract dieline: Problem solved, where creation did not properly work for certain CropBox/MediaBox combinations [CA1030864]
  
• To PDF: Problem solved, where content of specific TIFFs file was not properly converted [CA1029317]
  
• To PDF: Problem solved, where a specific PSD file resulted in an improper behavior [FP69870]
  
• N-up: Issue fixed, where page content was not properly positioned if page scaling factor (UserUnits) had to be added or adjusted [CA1031402]
  
• Impose: Issue fixed, where page content was not properly positioned if a page scaling factor (UserUnits) had to be added or adjusted [FP68009]
  
• Save as image: Problem solved, where a certain usage of a transformation matrix resulted into black image using "no simulate overprint" [CA1031477]
  
• Add grommets: Issue fixed, where userUnits were not taken into account [FP66328]
  
• Quick Fix: Reviewed handling of multiple instructions within one Quick Fix to avoid conversion of one object multiple times

General

• Embedded file handling: Problem solved where conversion to PDF/A-2 failed on certain PDF [CA1029445]
  
• JavaScript-based Variables: Issue fixed, where the app.doc.pages area did not contain a page property to identify the page
  
• Page selector: Problem solved, where a defined page range with values out of possible range for current document was handled as an empty page range [CA1031720]

Reports

• XML: Issue fixed, where certain UTF-8 glyphs resulted into issues during report generation (MacOS only) [FP62319]
  
• XML: Issue fixed, where Quick Fixes in a Process Plan were not properly listed [FP68341]
  
• Quick Check: Problem solved, where creation failed when the input filename contained an umlaut in some cases (Linux Only) [FP69481]

Server

• Problem solved, where job name with command glyphs (e.g. a "tab") resulted in a locked situation in some cases [FP69125]
  
• JSON report is now available as report type

System requirements

Mac: MacOS X (Intel or ARM / M1), version 10.12 or newer, 64-bit-compliant

Updateinfos

Kostenloses Upgrade für folgende Versionen:
Kostenlos für Anwender mit einem gültigen Wartungsvertrag.

Kunden, welche eine pdfToolbox Desktop Lizenz 13 (ohne Wartung, Vollprodukt oder Upgrade) nach dem 14.6.2022 gekauft haben, haben im Rahmen der GracePeriod ebenfalls Anrecht auf ein kostenloses Upgrade

Kostenpflichtiges Upgrade für folgende Versionen:
Upgrades werden für Version 12 und 13 angeboten. Für frühere Versionen ist kein Upgrade mehr verfügbar!

Verfügbar seit: 13.04.2022 | Aktuelle Demos & Downloads

Features

Desktop

• Editor for resource files: New test button for immediate execution and possibility to save current state while editing [FP67501]
  
• Ask-at-runtime dialog: Sidecar files as used in pdfToolbox Server can now be imported as well [FP67377]

New Profiles

• Added 34 new Profiles for validation and conversion accordingly to the Ghent Workgroup “GWG 2022 Specification”
  
  • Digital Print
    
  • Large Format Printing (LFP)
    
  • Newspaper and Magazine Ads
    
  • Packaging Flexo / Gravure / Offset
    
  • SheetCMYK / SheetSpot
    
  • WebCMYK / WebSpot

New Fixups

• Trim clipped vector paths: Reduces filled and stroked vector objects to the dimension of a defined box [CA1030021; FP59332; FP60226]

Extended Fixups

• Place content: Support for transparency parameters [FP67863]

Enhanced predefined Fixups

• Add link to URL: Improved RegEx for recognition of web addresses [CA1031072]

New Checks

• Equivalent but not identical spot color names - on Document and Page level
  
• Total amount of process color ink for fill / Total amount of process color ink for stroke

Enhanced Checks

• Text on page: Positions of found text will now be reported (e.g. in trigger values or JavaScript Variables) [FP65897]

License Server

• Support configuration file with defined IPs for the automatic use of License Servers added
  
• Support for some non-PDF processing actions added (like --listvariables) [FP67818]
  
• Improved handling for lost connections of the client to the License Server (now processing continues and will properly terminate as soon as License Server is available again) [FP67389]

Fixes

PDF Standards

• Conversion to PDF/A-...: Problem solved, where a PDF without any XMP metadata could not be properly converted to PDF/A in certain cases [FP66490]
  
• Conversion to PDF/A-2/-3/-4: XFA resource entries will now be removed by default
  
• Conversion to PDF/X-4: Issue fixed, where missing document title caused reporting in a FixFailure, although PDF was PDF/X compliant afterwards [FP48942: FP63354]
  
• Validation for PDF/UA-1: Issue fixed, where the type of an annotation was not properly regarded in certain cases [FP67862]

Desktop

• Several usability features added, like list of open files in "Window" menu, possibility to copy some contents in result dialog, improved shortcut handling across open windows, filter for referenced and not referenced objects for Checks and Fixups
  
• Visualizer: Issue fixed, where total ink coverage was not shown anymore in certain views [FP67456; FP68408]
  
• Acrobat Plug-in: Issue fixed, where Plug-in component was also loaded in Acrobat Reader (only Acrobat Pro is supported; Windows only) [FP67374]
  
• JavaScript and text editor: Issue fixed, where settings were not saved [FP62841]
  
• Switchboard - Decorate: Problem solved, where adding empty pages resulted in an error (non-english UI only) [FP67514]

Fixups

• Add missing SPACE glyphs: Problem solved, where corrupt PostScript code in font resulted in incorrect UniCode representation for text [FP67980]
  
• Adjust or remove annotations: Issue fixed, where annotation remained inside page if executed together with "Scale pages" Fixup [FP67553]
  
• Arbitrary JavaScript controlled Fixup: Issue fixed, where predefined Variable values (like "font_family") could not be used as parameter values in JavaScript
  
• Bring to front: Problems solved, where overprint settings and scaling of handled content was not properly maintained in certain cases [FP66890]
  
• Convert colors: Problem solved, where 1-Bit DeviceGray images were not properly converted to CMYK [FP60358]
  
• Convert colors: Problem solved, where smooth shade became duplicated if Fixup "Map spot and process colors" was executed within same Profile in certain cases [FP65384]
  
• Downsample/recompress images: Problem solved, where recompression of inline images using 8 bits per component resulted into a scrambled appearance [FP67448]
  
• Downsample/recompress images: Problem solved, where images used as pattern were not downsampled [FP67305]
  
• Downsample/recompress images: Issue fixed, where downsampling resulted into an improper result in rare cases [FP65244]
  
• Fix glyph width information: Problem solved, where using a "nbspace" without a "space" glyph in the font caused problems when file is flattened [FP67070]
  
• Font processing: Problem solved, where the length of a UTF-8 compliant font name with a unique suffix caused issues in later processing [FP65098]
  
• Font processing: Problem solved where "Make font names unique" together with "Subset fonts" failed for certain Type 1 font with issues [FP67650]
  
• Font to outline: Problem solved, where processing was not successful in some rare cases [FP63990]
  
• Generate bleed at page edges: Problem solved, where a CustomBox defined outside the page area resulted into an aborted processing [CA1031319]
  
• Generate bleed at page edges: Issue fixed, where corners where no longer created with certain settings [FP67397]
  
• Remove invisible image data: Problems solved, where content was visual changed in some cases [FP63243; FP64044; FP66821]
  
• Remove objects: Issue fixed, where not all specified objects were removed during first attempt [FP65537]
  
• Resolve ICCbased default color spaces into object color spaces: Problem solved, were processing failed in rare cases [FP67775]
  
• Set transparency blend color space: Problem solved, where soft masks were properly excluded [CA1031288; FP50367]

Checks

• Added boolean operators to several Properties, which were not configurable before [FP68324]
  
• Font is not valid: Issue fixed, where a font with an invalid array was not properly detected [CA1021489]
  
• Font is not valid (strict): Issued fixed, where an incorrect version number in a font was not reported [CA1031294]
  
• Include other Check: Problem solved, where a hit was created, although the included Checks did not fire [FP64716]
  
• Problem solved, where generic setting "Ignore objects outside ..." was no more regarded in certain cases [FP67735]
  
• Problem solved, where a barcode was found randomly when different rasterization settings were used in separate Checks [FP68217]
  
• Report PDF syntax issues: Issue fixed, where page description errors were not reported in certain cases [FP66631]
  
• Text on page: Issue fixed, where specific text on page was not properly found [CA1029820]

Actions

• Compare: Issue fixed, where Compare.log was not listing all values correctly [FP67446]
  
• ExtractContent: Issue fixed, where defined --pagerange was no longer respected [FP67801]
  
• Impose: Problem solved, where processing failed in some rare cases [FP58059]
  
• Impose: Tagging structure will be completely removed during processing [FP66353; FP68185]
  
• JavaScript-based Impose: Issue fixed, where a defined clipping mode was not working as expected [FP68463]
  
• ToPDF: Problem solved, where an embedded CFF font in a PostScript file caused an error in some cases [CA1028844]
  
• ToPDF: Problem solved, where a corrupt font cache could cause a very high memory consumption when processing files [FP66235]
  
• ToPDF: Problem solved, where certain CMYK JPEG images became inverted [FP49215; FP61916; FP67874]

Process plans

• Rename PDF: Problem solved, where created filenames were not consistent between CLI and Desktop [FP64920]

General

• Problem solved, where Variables used in JavaScript-based Checks were not properly respected if such a Check was referenced inside a Sifter Check [CA1031307]
  
• Problem solved, where overwriting the input file with the resulting PDF could result into an error [CA1031328]
  
• Issue fixed, where a defined --maxmemory could result into issues with font embedding in certain cases [FP67989]
  
• Improved performance for certain Processing Steps related Checks based on "Print Surface"
  
• Problems solved, where an inherited rotate entry was not properly handled in certain cases [FP66160; FP68060]
  
• Issue fixed, where Black when used in a softmask (which do not render directly) was reported as an existing plate [CA1031269]
  
• General review of internal logic for Checks (e.g. "Fire if any condition is met" and "Invert Check result" etc.)

Variables

• Problem solved, where results from a previous Fixup or Check step were not contained in app.doc.result [FP68018]

Distributed processing

• Issue fixed, where defining a pagerange was not properly handled [FP67515]

License Server

• Issue fixed, where no fallback to local licenses took place if IP addresses were not properly configured in the UI [FP67156]

Reports

• Quick Check: Issue fixed, where negative values of BBox positions had no leading zero [CA1031432; FP65789]
  
• Quick Check: Problem solved, where a certain kind of inline image was not properly handled [CA1031265]
  
• JSON: Problem solved, where hits for document properties directly requested in Profile settings were not reported [FP67658]
  
• JSON: Fixed issue, where trigger values did not have a unique ID and therefore the context could be unclear
  
• HTML-based template reports: Issue fixed, where some reports with additional views resulted in mixed pages for overview report [FP67546]
  
• XSLT: Issue fixed, where creation without a defined output method resulted into an error [FP67662]

CLI

• Issue fixed, where a wrong return code was issued for invalid PDF, which resulted into false file handling in Server in some cases [FP67913]

Most recent version of Adobe PDF Converter integrated (PostScript to PDF conversion; v1.1PlusP3k)

Updateinfos

Kostenloses Upgrade für folgende Versionen:
Kostenlos für Anwender von Version 13 und Anwender mit einem gültigen Wartungsvertrag

Kostenpflichtiges Upgrade für folgende Versionen:
v12 und v11

Verfügbar seit: 12.04.2022 | Aktuelle Demos & Downloads

callas software veröffentlicht pdfToolbox 13.1

Kleines, aber wichtiges Update für das pdfToolbox-Flaggschiff von callas verfügbar 

callas softwarehat heute das erste Update zur pdfToolbox 13 freigegeben. Das Update berücksichtigt die Veröffentlichung der Spezifikationen 2022 durch die Ghent Workgroup (GWG) und bringt verschiedene kleine, aber interessante neue Funktionen mit sich. 

callas software veröffentlicht jedes Jahr größere Updates für seine pdfToolbox-Produktlinie. Hinzukommen kleinere Updates, die auf Marktveränderungen reagieren oder Probleme bzw. Fehler beseitigen. Die nun verfügbare Version pdfToolbox 13.1 beinhaltet neue Funktionen sowie Korrekturen und unterstützt die neuen GWG-2022-Spezifikationen. 

Unterstützung der GWG-2022-Spezifikationen

„Die Unterstützung von Standards war schon immer ein wichtiger Eckpfeiler unserer Strategie und ist sowohl für unsere OEM-Partner als auch für uns von hoher Relevanz“, sagt Dietrich von Seggern, Geschäftsführer von callas software. „Wir versuchen, alle relevanten Standards im grafischen Bereich zu implementieren, unabhängig davon, ob sie von der ISO oder der Ghent Workgroup stammen. Wir freuen uns, dass wir mit pdfToolbox 13.1 so schnell auf die Veröffentlichung der 2022er-Spezifikationen der Ghent Workgroup reagieren konnten.“ 

pdfToolbox 13.1 hat sämtliche Varianten der GWG-Spezifikationen implementiert. Um diese ganzheitlich zu unterstützen, waren einige Anpassungen und zusätzliche Funktionen für die Preflight-Engine von pdfToolbox notwendig. Die Preflight-Profile, die alle Varianten vollständig unterstützen, sind in der pdfToolbox-Preflight-Bibliothek abgelegt. 

Verbesserungen zur Unterstützung von GWG 2022

Die GWG-2022-Spezifikationen erfordern, dass Preflight-Anwendungen prüfen, ob das Dokument Bereiche mit zu viel Farbe enthält. Neu ist dabei, dass teilweise nur Prozessfarben oder teilweise auch Schmuckfarben geprüft werden müssen. Dies ist nun in pdfToolbox 13.1 möglich. 

Ein wichtiges Merkmal der GWG-2022-Spezifikationen ist, dass sie Preflight-Anwendungen erlauben, PDF-Dateien intelligent zu prüfen. Sie können nun Objekte ignorieren, die in der Produktion keinesfalls Probleme verursachen würden. Das einfachste Beispiel ist, dass Objekte, die unsichtbar sind, ignoriert werden können. Dies reduziert die Anzahl der sogenannten „False Positives“ – also PDF-Dateien, die Fehlermeldungen auslösen, obwohl diese gar nicht vorhanden sind. Die Minimierung solcher falschen Fehlermeldungen ist vor allem bei der reibungslosen Produktion vorteilhaft. Um dies zu erreichen, verfügt pdfToolbox bereits seit Jahren über die Sifter-Technologie. Diese hat callas software in pdfToolbox 13.1 weiter optimiert, sodass diese Version eine höhere Performance, insbesondere bei größeren und komplexeren Dokumenten erzielt. 

Weitere Verbesserungen in pdfToolbox 13.1

pdfToolbox 13.1 unterstützt die Optimierung komplexer Vektorobjekte. Vektorpfade werden vereinfacht, indem die Teile, die über ihren Beschneidungspfad hinausgehen, durch eine gerade Linie ersetzt werden. Dies entfernt die gesamte Komplexität, die nicht sichtbar ist, weil sie ohnehin beschnitten wird. Da dies in einigen komplexen Dateien häufig vorkommt, kann somit die Dateikomplexität erheblich reduziert werden. 

Der callas License Server wird in einigen Anwendungen oft zur Lizenzierung von pdfToolbox eingesetzt. Dies hat jedoch Auswirkungen auf die einfache Nutzung von pdfToolbox. Die Informationen über den/die License Server müssen bei jedem Aufruf auf Kommandozeile oder in jedem im Einsatz befindlichen Enfocus-Switch-Konfigurator ausgegeben werden. pdfToolbox 13.1 beinhaltet nun eine neue Konfigurationsdatei, die direkt neben der ausführbaren pdfToolbox-Datei liegt, um die License-Server-Informationen bereitzustellen.

Darüber hinaus unterstützt pdfToolbox in Version 13.1 Transparenzen (Angabe von Deckkraft, Mischmodi usw.), wenn die Place-Content-Technologie zum Hinzufügen von Inhalten zu einem PDF-Dokument verwendet wird. 

Verfügbarkeit und Preis

callas pdfToolbox 13.1 steht ab sofort als kostenloses Update von Version 13 zur Verfügung. 

Updateinfos

Kostenloses Upgrade für folgende Versionen:
Kostenlos für Anwender von Version 13 und Anwender mit einem gültigen Wartungsvertrag

Kostenpflichtiges Upgrade für folgende Versionen:
v12 und v11

Verfügbar seit: 07.01.2022 | Aktuelle Demos & Downloads

Features

Desktop

• Editor for JavaScript-based runlists: Functionality to insert e.g. app.doc Variables added [FP66075]

Extended Fixups

• Convert colors using n-channel profile: New option to include softmasks [FP66248]
  
• Convert colors using DeviceLink: New option to include softmasks [FP66248]
  
• Convert colors using n-channel DeviceLink profiles: New option to include softmasks [FP66248]

Actions

• Extract dieline: Support for page selection added [CA1031166]
  
• Split PDF: Added possibility to define multi packages to split expressions (e.g. "2x3,2x2") [FP55574]

Variables

• Value of CLI parameter --jobid is now availabe as app.env.jobID object inside of JavaScript Variables [FP66816]
  
• Ask-at-runtime: Custom templates can now also be defined for Process plans

Reports

• QuickCheck: Reporting for "Plates" added [CA1030678]

Fixes

Desktop

• Process plans: Problem solved, where a defined report template could be lost after re-saving in certain cases [FP66987]
  
• Imposition: Issue fixed, where modified JavaScript-based runlists were not properly saved [FP66712; FP66936]
  
• Standalone: Issue fixed, where the page size shown in the footer was not correct in some cases [FP66769; FP66769; CA1031143]

Fixups

• Convert fonts to outlines: Issue fixed, where Properties from the document, colors or page description area were not allowed in apply to filter Checks [FP48039]
  
• Resolve ICCbased default color space into object color space: Issue fixed, where certain default color spaces were not resolved [FP67169]
  
• Remove invisible image data: Problem solved, where images inside page area could be affected in certain cases [FP64807; CA1031066]
  
• Map colors: Problem solved, where RGB image data could be modified when mapping certain colorant combinations into into spot color [CA1026277; CA1031180]
  
• Convert colors: Problem solved, where R=G=B areas in transparent RGB image became darker in special cases [FP65480]
  
• Set MediaBox to origin: Issue fixed, where origin was not corrected in certain cases, when page box was swapped into negative area already [CA1030783]
  
• Downsample/recompress images: Problem solved, where pure recompression without downsampling could result into improperly handled images in certain cases [FP66830]
  
• Create an invisible text copy for all text: Issue fixed, where marked font was highlighted as a thin line in some PDF viewers (e.g. Chrome browser) [CA1030381]

Checks

• Report PDF syntax errors: Improved recognition for FormXObject using a Dict instead of a Stream (which could into RIP errors) [FP66839]
  
• Image is not valid: Improved recognition for invalid /DecodeParams entries in streams [FP66753]

Actions

• Impose: Problem solved, where processing with a JavaScript-based runlist could result into an error [FP67000]
  
• Impose: Problem solved where defined clip mode not respected [FP67122]
  
• Impose: Fixed issue, where a rotation of 180 degrees were not properly regarded when using a JavaScript-based runlist [FP67128]
  
• MergePDF: Issue fixed, where an AcroForm entries from merged PDFs were not properly maintained [CA1028474; CA1030338; CA1031087]

General

• Font handling: Problem solved, where some unusual referencing of resource dicts was not properly maintained and resulted in a visual difference [CA1031098]
  
• File processing: Problem solved, where missing resources for Marked Content could result into visual differences certain cases [CA1030984]

Reports

• HTML-template based Reports: Problem solved, where the report could not be made fully localizable using a CustomDict [CA1031151]
  
• HTML-template based Reports: Issue fixed, where creating visualizer images via the manifest.xml was not successful anymore [FP66935]
  
• HTML-template based Reports: Problem solved, where combination with Layer report did not work properly [FP66756]
  
• XML: Issue fixed, where created report contained incomplete strings for certain Asian languages (e.g. Thai) [FP66790]
  
• XML: Issue fixed, where creating a report resulted into an error if no trigger values existed due to inverted Check results [FP67026]

Updateinfos

Kostenloses Upgrade für folgende Versionen:
A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 13 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 13 Desktop license

A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

Kostenpflichtiges Upgrade für folgende Versionen:
v12 und v11

Verfügbar seit: 06.12.2021 | Aktuelle Demos & Downloads

Fixes

Fixups

• Place text: Convert colors: Problem solved, where a Type 3 font was not properly handled in certain cases [FP66672]

General<

• Problem solved, where processing of nested Process plans was not successful [CA1031142]

Updateinfos

Kostenloses Upgrade für folgende Versionen:
A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 13 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 13 Desktop license

A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

Kostenpflichtiges Upgrade für folgende Versionen:
v12 und v11

Verfügbar seit: 23.11.2021 | Aktuelle Demos & Downloads

Fixes

• Fixups
  
  • Place text: Problem solved, where a page label could not be derived from certain PDF structure [FP66621]
  
  
• Actions
  
  • Save As Image: Issue fixed, where rendering of PDFs with an extreme high number of spot colors resulted in a very long processing time[CA1030956]
    
  • Save As Image: Issue fixed, where processing a pixel size larger than 32.767 was not successful in certain cases [FP59980]
  
  
• General
  
  • Problem solved, where Variables in Fixups migrated from "Set page geometry box" into the new Fixup format were not properly handled
  
  

Updateinfos

Kostenloses Upgrade für folgende Versionen:
A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 13 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 13 Desktop license

A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

Kostenpflichtiges Upgrade für folgende Versionen:
v12 und v11

Verfügbar seit: 15.11.2021 | Aktuelle Demos & Downloads

Hier finden Sie die Online-Dokumentation zu den Neuerungen in pdfToolbox 13

New Features

pdfToolbox 13 Desktop

• Edit Profiles: Defined Checks and Fixups from other Libraries can easily imported into the current Library while editing
  
• Edit Fixups: Several editors for config files added
  
  • Create spot color place based on ink amount
    
  • Embed missing fonts
    
• Switchboard:
  
  • New:
    
    • Fonts: Unembed all fonts
      
    • Images: Resample to JPEG2000
    
    
  • Several editors for config files added
    
    • Arrange - Impose: Imposition scheme (runlist) and sheet configuration (sheetconfig)
      
    • Arrange: Page sizes
    
    
  • Layers - Split layers: Improved support for Processing Steps layers
    
  • Pages - Generate bleed: BleedBox will always be corrected based on the generated bleed width for both mirroring methods
  
  
  • Process plan UI:
    
    • Added default values to several step types to facilitate the configuration
      
    • Several usability improvements like better visualisation of transitions, the possibility to save the current state in between [FP65534; FP65323]
      
    • Defined Profiles, Checks etc. from other Libraries can easily imported into the current Library while editing
    
    
  • A Quick Fix or Action can be directly exported as kfpx and will imported as a single step Process plan
    
  • Search all Libraries view: New option to import a Profile, Check etc. into the current Library via the menu
    
  • Delete Profiles/Process Plans with all their objects
    
  • Standalone: New marquee zoom functionality (CTRL + mouse)

General

• Unified concept for defining page areas to harmonize configuration possibilities in Checks and Fixups
  
  • Fixups:
    
    • Place Barcode
      
    • Create and apply shapes
      
    • Create links for text
      
    • Set page geometry boxes ("Set page geometry boxes (page box dimensions)" has been deprecated)
    
    
  • Properties:
    
    • Is in custom area
      
    • Barcode is in area
      
    • Effective ink coverage in custom area
      
    • Find Barcodes
      
    • Text on page
      
    • Shape definition
    
    
  • Page selector: Allows using multiple and mixed page expressions for various Checks, Fixups and Actions [FP61162]

• Process plans
  
  • Create PDF copy: New option to create temporary copies, so that the copy is deleted after processing
    
  • Compare: Support for threshold for contiguous areas (mm)
    
  • Compare: Support for selecting Processing Steps types used for comparison
    
  • Compare: Support for page selector (separately for input and output file)
    
  • Add Files: Support for page selector
    
  • Split layers: Improved support for Processing Steps layers
    
  • New report type JSON added for all suitable transitions
    
  • Reports: Various new options like subfolders, suffix, ink coverage etc. can be defined depending on the respective report type
  
  
• Variables
  
  • JavaScript Variables: Type of environment of script and homeDir available in app.env
    
  • JavaScript Variables: Find barcode Check: Position of a Bar-/QR-Code is now supplied in result.checks.hits

New and enhanced predefined Profiles and Process plans

• Library: Prepress, Color and Transparency:
  
  • Generate 3 mm bleed (pixel repetition on pages with text objects close to Trimbox, else mirroring): BleedBox will always be corrected based on the generated bleed width
• Library: Shapes, Variables, JavaScript, Place content
  
  • Place individual text per page

New Fixups

• Remove empty layers
  
• Upsample images|monochrome images [CA1030008]

Enhanced Fixups

• Convert colors: Apply conversion for specified pages only
  
• Downsample/compress ... images: Additional sampling methods: Lanczos and BlackmanSinc [FP62635]
  
• Place content: Identical layer names will become indexed, if initial visibility or Processing Steps metadata is different
  
• Place Text / Place Barcode: New functionality to select font files (which will also be included in an exported Profile) or to a webfont
  
• Create and apply shapes: Create separate vector stroke objects per found shape if "Reduce shape to outer borders" is active [CA1030088, FP65218]
  
• Create links for text: Support for deriving the destination URL from the matching text [FP64301]
  
• Arbitrary JavaScript controlled Fixup: Enhanced handling for external resources [FP65525]

New and enhanced predefined Fixups

• Library: Prepress, Color and Transparency:
  
  • Add links to URLs
    
  • Convert to B/W except first and last two pages
    
  • Upsample color and grayscale images to 300 ppi if below 225 ppi
    
  • Upsample bitmap images to 800 ppi if below 550 ppi
    
  • Downsample/compress ... images: Change used method to Lanczos
    
  • Generate .. bleed: BleedBox will always be corrected based on the generated bleed width [FP64204]
  
  
• Library: Shapes, Variables, JavaScript, Place content
  
  • Downsample/compress ... images: Change method to Lanczos
    
  • Place text / barcode"-based Fixups: Changed default font to NotoSans
    
  • Generate bleed by specified method: BleedBox will always be corrected based on the generated bleed width

New predefined Actions

• Library: Prepress, Color and Transparency:
  
  • Resample images to JPEG2000
    
  • Unembed all fonts

New Properties

• General: Support for "Processing steps" added in Check sidebar
  
• Arbitrary JavaScript controlled Checks: Allows for using JavaScript structures to represent any available Property
  
• Effective ink coverage - limit to custom area (to be combined with other "effective ink" Properties) [FP64412]
  
• Sequential page number matches page selector

Enhanced Properties

• Line width: Lines with a width of "0" (which usually are displayed as 1 pixel lines) will now be taken into account
  
• Text on page: Positions of found text made available in details of hits [FP65897]
  
• Text on page: Optimized recognition of special glyphs like e.g. "." (period) in the search term [FP64301]

New predefined Checks

• Library: Prepress, Color and Transparency:
  
  • All pages except first and last two

Actions

• New:
  
  • Unembed all fonts
    
  • Resample to JPEG2000
    
  • Tiling by number
    
  • Tiling by size
    
  • Visualizer (safety zone)
    
  • Visualizer (gamut views)
    
  • Visualizer (small objects)
    
  • Visualizer (ink coverage)
    
  • Visualizer (separations)
    
  • Visualizer (image resolution)
  
  
• Compare: Support for threshold for contiguous areas (mm)
  
• Compare: Support for selecting Processing Steps types used for comparison
  
• Compare: Support for page selector (separately for input and output file)
  
• Compare: Added optional logging functionality to enable access to details similar to those in the UI
  
• Split layers: Improved support for Processing Steps layers
  
• ToPDF: Conversion of office files using OpenOffice/LibreOffice will maintain existing form fields [FP64501]
  
• Impose: JavaScript based runlist
  
• Impose: Shingling by scaling
  
• Image export: Support for defining a custom box for rendering
  
• Image export: Support for page selector
  
• EPS export: Support for defining a custom box for cropping
  
• EPS export: Support for page selector
  
• Duplicate page: Support for page selector

New Quick Fix

• Re-order pages (with support for page selector)
  
• Embed Output Intent on page level
  
• Embed Output Intent with specified parameters [CA1030655]
  
• Embed Output Intent with specified parameters on page level
  
• Remove page level Output Intents

Reports

• New report type: JSON

CLI

• Predefined Profiles:
  
  • Downsample/compress ... images: Change method to Lanczos
  
  
• SaveAsImage: New optional parameter for parallel processes of page rendering (e.g. --parallel=8)
  
• Quick Fix: A pre-configured quickfix.json sample has been added to the installation package
  
• Compare: Support for threshold for contiguous areas (--contareathreshold)
  
• Compare: Support for selecting Processing Steps types used for comparison (--processingsteps)
  
• Compare: Support for page selector (separately for input and output file) (--pagerange_compare; --pagerange_input]
  
• EnumerateProfiles: Support for Process plans
  
• Profile execution: New report type JSON (--report=JSON)
  
• Split layers: Improved support for Processing Steps layers (--processingstepsnames)
  
• Pagerange supports page selector for Profile execution and suitable Actions [FP53004]
  
• MaxMemory: Maximum size of memory in MB to be used during processing made available for Windows and Linux (--maxmemory) [FP64720]

Improved file optimization to repair more issues in the PDF structure automatically [FP64269]

Internal HTML converter updated to callas pdfChip (v2.4.072)

Fixes

PDF Standards

• PDF/A-1 conversion: Existing page scaling factors (UserUnit) will no longer be removed automatically [CA1030627]
  
• PDF/A-1 validation: Check if size of MediaBox exceeds 14.400 pt in either direction [CA1030627]

Fixups

• Generate bleed at page edges: Problem solved, where a specified custom box was not properly handled if its size was bigger than the MediaBox [CA1030682]
  
• Generate bleed at page edges: Problem solved, where processing could become unstable under certain circumstances [CA1030768]

Desktop

• Organize pages: Several usability improvements and optimized preview handling
  
• Edit Fixups: Optimized update handling for displayed content based on selected pop-up entry
  
• Page sizes: Relaxed behavior for invalid entries in the respective config file
  
• Process plan editor: Available reports per sequence type reviewed and corrected
  
• Update notification: Improved message for updates if no internet connection is available [FP64095]
  
• Update notification: Direct link to release infos [FP65505]
  
• Output preview: Problem solved, where determining the ink coverage resulted into an error with certain mouse positions [FP64857; FP65690]
  
• Ask-at-runtime: Format of exported JSON for Variables harmonized to those created during logging execution
  
• Switchboard - Decorate: Reviewed and optimized processing to improve duration

Acrobat Plug-in

• Problem solved, where the XMP Metadata explorer resulted in an unstable behavior in certain cases
  
• Issue fixed, where barcode detection could result in an improper behavior if search area was outside MediaBox [FP65597]
  
• Visualizer functionality enabled
  
• Issue fixed, where color mapping was not successful [FP65397]

Process plan

• Compare: Settings from compare step will be used for generated compare report
  
• Compare report has been deprecated as report type for all step types except "Compare PDFs"
  
• Problem solved, where imposition resulted in an unexpected result when a negative origin was used in some cases [CA1030783]
  
• Rename PDF: Reviewed and optimized handling of filenames [FP64920]
  
• Pick up PDF: Reviewed and optimized handling of files and filenames will be restored, if file has been renamed in previous step

Fixups

• Place content: Problem solved, where logging execution resulted into an invalid prepared profile if a Variable was used for referencing a template [FP65165]
  
• Create bleed for irregular shapes: Issue fixed, where longer processing time could be observed compared to previous versions (MacOS + Linux only) [CA1030808]
  
• Map colors: Issue fixed, where intermediate color values were not properly mapped, if other color pixels were in the same image [CA1030732]
  
• Adjust or remove annotations: Problem solved, where flatten annotations resulted in a distorted result for some rare cases [FP53348; FP66047]
  
• Subset fonts: Problem solved, where processing resulted in high memory consumption and long processing time in rare cases [FP65453]
  
• Embed Output Intent with specified parameters: Issue fixed, where no ICC profile could be selected by using a path [FP64093 ]

Checks

• Text on page: Limited reported text in trigger values to matching string [FP64301; FP66007]
  
• Find barcodes: Adjusted defaults for active Bar-/QR-Codes types
  
• Find barcodes: Problem solved, where small QR-Codes were not found in some cases [FP65310]
  
• ICC profile is not valid: Problem solved, where invalid ICC profiles was not properly detected if used in alternate colorspace in certain cases [FP65204]
  
• Sifter-based Checks: Issue solved, where checking could result into an error in certain cases [FP65991]

Actions

• Compare: UserUnits will be taken into account for report type images
  
• N-up and StepAndRepeat: Problem solved, where no page scaling factor (UserUnit) was inserted in resulting PDF if sheet size exceeded 14.400 pt [CA1030729]
  
• ToPDF: Problem solved, where conversion failed for GIF if filename contains special characters (Windows only) [CA1030743]
  
• ToPDF: Problem solved, where only a part of a RGB-TIFF with alpha channel was visible after conversion to PDF [CA1030581]
  
• ToPDF: Issue fixed, where a certain TIFF could not be processed anymore [CA1030210]

Quick Fix

• Issue solved, where JSON configuration saved as UTF8 with BOM was not accepted [CA1030941]

License Server

• Issue fixed, where requesting an activation from a License Server without a matching cartridge took unnecessary long

CLI

• CreateCustomDict: Problem solved, where Checks from standard validations were not included in created XML [CA1030981]
  
• Improved progress update when executing Process plans [FP65276]
  
• SecurePDF: Adjusted usage to enable setting an open password:
  Set open password (--openpassword)
  Set permissions password (--password)

Reports

• QuickCheck: Reporting for Default Color Spaces added

General

• General file processing: Problem solved, where glyphs are moved at the bottom in seldom cases [CA1030698]
  
• Fixed issue, where processing (like PDF/A validation and conversion) had an increased duration compared to previous version [CA1030865]
  
• Fixed issue, where Boolean values for Variables where not properly handled under certain circumstances [FP65194]

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Fixes

PDF Standards

• PDF/A-1 conversion: Optimized handling of annotations to avoid unnecessary removal of AcroForm dictionary entries

Fixups

• Generate bleed at page edges: Problem solved, where a specified custom box was not properly handled if its size was bigger than the MediaBox [CA1030682]
  
• Generate bleed at page edges: Problem solved, where processing could become unstable under certain circumstances [CA1030768]

Checks

• Names of (process) plates / spot color plates: Issue fixed, where settings in lists were not properly handled [FP63968]

Server

• Problem solved, where processing could result in erratic interconnection errors on certain Windows installations [FP59756]<7ul>
  
  

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Features

New Fixups

• Resolve ICCbased default color spaces into object color spaces

Actions

• Save as image: Support for RGBA (RGB with transparency) for TIFF
  
• Save as image: Support for GrayA (Gray with transparency) for PNG and TIFF [CA1030406]

Fixes

PDF Standards

• PDF/A-1 conversion: Adjust or remove annotations: Setting for transparent objects extended to flatten those objects directly into page content [CA1028938; CA1030263]

Predefined Process plans

• Check and fix bleed: Minor adjustment to cover smooth shade objects [FP64367]

Fixups

• Downsample/recompress images: Problem solved, where processing was hanging in some special cases [FP64608]
  
• Downsample/recompress images: Issue fixed, where file size increased if executed together with "Remove invisible image data" [CA1030417]
  
• Generate bleed:
  
  • Problems solved, where bleed was not properly rendered for pages with UserUnits [CA1030575]
    
  • Problem solved, where objects on invisible layers were not ignored [CA1030382]
    
  • Issue fixed, where defined spot color was not excluded in certain cases for "mirror page objects" [CA1030462]
    Problem solved, where bleed as mirrored page objects were not properly created for pages with UserUnits when "except spot" was used [CA1030575]
  
  
• Set page scaling factor: Problem solved, where an already existing page scaling factor (UserUnit) was taken into account [CA1030600; FP64657]
  
• Embed Output Intent with specified parameters: Issue fixed, where the ICC profile could not be selected from the file system via a Variable in the Desktop version [FP64093]
  
• Adjust dot gain: Issue fixed, where the .crv file could not be selected from the file system via a Variable in the Desktop version [CA1030395]
  
• Map colors / Convert colors: Problem solved, where vector objects were converted in special cases, although not in scope [CA1030353; CA1030416; FP64549]
  
• Scale pages: Adjusted handling of page scaling factors (UserUnits), which will now be set to 1 if the resulting size does not require this entry [FP63218]
  
• Scale pages / Scale page content only: Added "Apply to" filter (e.g. for page ranges) and made multiple configurable [FP34704; FP46026; FP48227; FP53742; FP61585]
  
• Spotify: Problem solved, where using the "Browse" button in the ask-at-runtime dialog for the spot color library resulted in an error
  
• Create bookmarks from headings: Issue, fixed, where bookmark hierarchy was wrong after processing in certain cases
  
• Map spot and process colors: Problem solved, where spot color using indexed DeviceN with "None" colorants became invisible, although not in scope [FP63166]
  
• Convert fonts to outlines: Problem solved, where processing resulted in an error if Type3 font was used in a certain manner [CA1030526]
  
• Convert colors: Issue fixed, where transparency blend color space was tagged with ICC profile in certain cases, although not necessary [FP64476]
  
• Set page geometry boxes (based on page content): Issue fixed, where TrimBox was not set correctly if UserUnits were used [FP64252]
  
• Remove objects: Adjusted recognition for objects grouped by FormXObjects to ensure only objects used once are removed (e.g. if outside CropBox) [CA1029102; CA1029653]
  
• Remove objects: Problem solved, where combined fill and stroke vector objects were not properly handled [CA1028805]

Checks

• Names of (process) plates / spot color plates: Issue fixed, where settings in lists were not properly handled [FP63968]
  
• PDF/UA validation: Issue fixed, where a special, invalid PDF tagging structure could result in an unstable behavior [FP63578]
  
• Object is invisible: Issue fixed, where an object was falsely flagged as invisible [FP51352; FP55212]
  
• Ignore objects outside ...: Issue solved, where clipped parts of objects were taken into account [FP64182]
  
• Effective ink coverage for separated plates: Adjusted behavior of operators: "less than / less than or equal to" will ignore 0%, while "highest value is less than / highest value is less than or equal" will consider 0%
  
• Find barcodes: Problem solved, where a barcode could not be found in certain cases [CA1030536]

Process plans

• Optimized execution of a generic post check as the last step only in cases when a report etc. is requested

Actions

• Place grommets: Issue solved, where an existing page scaling factor (user unit) was not taken into account [FP64130]
  
• Impose: Support for setting a slot as an isolated transparency group setting during dynamic imposition [FP64882]
  
• Save as image: Problem solved, where rendering to MultiChannel using the MediaBox resulted in a failure in some cases [CA1023759]
  
• Save as image: Problem solved, where rendering was not successful in a certain size was chosen [FP35113; FP60074; CA1030412]
  
• QuickFix: Problem solved, where setting the page geometry boxes with 2 settings was not successful [FP64213; FP64503]
  
• QuickCheck: Issue solved, where stopping processing after the defined timeout took rather long [CA1029997]
  
• ToPDF: Issue fixed, where certain structures in a TIFF file could result in extremely long processing time and an exhausting cache folder [CA1030656]

Reports

• PDF reports: Issue fixed, where highlighting did not use the correct colors for highlighting [FP60552; CA1030164]

Desktop

• Problem solved, where Checks could not be edited or created in the Japanese user interface [FP64730]
  
• Ask-at-runtime: Import for Variables now supports variables.json created by log Profile execution [CA1029289]

Plug-in

• Problem solved, where installation of the Plug-in was not successful in some cases (Windows only) [FP64178]
  
• Issue fixed, where an attempt was made to load the Plug-in in the Acrobat sandbox mode

General

• Problem solved, where the license request was not properly generated on certain machines (Windows only)
  
• JavaScript Variables: Added "details" as available value to app.doc.result.checks.hits.triggers [CA1030453]
  
• Font processing: Problem solved, where Type fonts were not properly handled in some cases [FP64478; FP64613]

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Fixes

Checks

• Number of hits in this check: Problem solved, where number of hits were not determined properly [CA1030410]
  
• Include other check: Problem solved, where certain kind of nesting of Checks did not result in the expected hit [FP64080]

Actions

• QuickCheck: Problem solved, where Form XObjects could result into an invalid result [FP64055; FP64048]

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Features

New Profiles

• Library: PDF Standards
  
  • Convert to PDF/X-4 and PDF/A-2 (for Coated GRACoL 2006, Coated GRACoL 2013, ISO Coated v2, Japan Color 2001 (Coated), PSO Coated v3, US Web Coated (SWOP) v2)
    
  • Convert to PDF/X-6 and PDF/A-4 (for Coated GRACoL 2006, Coated GRACoL 2013, ISO Coated v2, Japan Color 2001 (Coated), PSO Coated v3, US Web Coated (SWOP) v2)

Enhanced Profiles

• Library: PDF Standards
  
  • Fix problems in PDF tagging structure: Fixup "Remove re-mapping of predefined tags" added

Desktop

• Plug-in: Support for 64bit Acrobat Pro on Windows (Desktop installer contain 32bit and 64 bit, separate Server installer containing either 32bit or 64bit Plug-in)
  
• Process plan UI: Several improvements implemented, e.g. multi-selection, mouse gestures for scroll and zoom, easier selection of transitions for re-assignments
  
• Test mode: Snap view added to show objects detected by a Check
  
• Test mode: Diff view added which highlights areas with visual changes

General

• Ask-at-runtime for Variables: New options to control display of Variables in UI (app.context.steps, app.context.dialog.___ )

New Fixups

• Convert PDF internal names to UTF-8: Completely revised approach to correct invalid UTF-8 encodings (will also be used for respective font and spot color name Fixups) [CA1029930]
  
• Convert colors using n-channel DeviceLink profiles [CA1030075]

Enhanced Fixups

• Adjust or remove form fields: New option "Repair invalid form fields" to repair e.g. form fields with wrong BBox entries [FP62940]

New Properties

• Specified XMP property uses specified value: Detect XMP metadata values for Document Metadata + Object Metadata [FP24290; FP62427; CA1029984]

Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v18.0.3PlusP1m)

Most recent version of Adobe PDF Converter integrated (PostScript to PDF conversion; v1.1PlusP3f)

Fixes

PDF Standards

• Validation for PDF/A-4..: Some minor adjustments (e.g. regarding valid entries in XMP "pdfaid:rev")
  
• Validation for PDF/X-5n: Issue fixed, where an ICC profile was marked as invalid, although compliant [CA1030278]

Desktop

• Organize pages: Several minor issues reviewed and optimized
  
• Footer bar: Issue fixed, where displayed values for UserUnits were rounded to 1 digit (will list up to 6 digits now)
  
• Standalone: Reviewed and improved scrolling behavior for track pads and similar devices (e.g. Apple MagicMouse) [FP56734]
  
• Variables: Problem solved, where editing a locked Variable resulted in a locked situation [CA1030215]

Process Plans

• Action "Split or reorder": Issue fixed, where the option "replace original" was not available [FP63819]
  
• Issues fixed, where Variables in steps could not be created in some cases
  
• Problem solved, where a "Rename step" in a Process plan triggered a wrong return code (now it will be "5") [FP63837]
  
• Problem solved, where Fixups (set to active via Variables) in a Profile were executed although Profile itself was set to "Do not apply Fixups" [FP63633]
  
• Problem solved, where Variables in a Compare step were not properly handled or stored [CA1030245]

Fixups

• Downsample/recompress images: Problem solved, where the "Apply to" filter was not properly respected and a wrong number of corrections were reported [FP61041; CA1029723]
  
• Downsample/recompress images: Issue fixed, where softmasks were not properly handled in some cases [FP20263; FP58121]
  
• Downsample/recompress images: Problem solved, where certain usage of softmask images could result in a visual change [FP61697]
  
• Generate bleed at page edges: Issue fixed, where defined unit was not used for "Custom box" values [CA1030118]
  
• Generate bleed at page edges: Problem solved, where output was not properly created if MediaBox was set to maximum size already [CA1030285]
  
• Make document XMP Metadata compliant with PDF/X-4: Problem solved, where certain image metadata could not be corrected [FP63577]
  
• Set page zoom for bookmark destinations: Issue fixed, where processing resulted into another zoom behavior in certain cases
  
• Create bookmarks from headings: Problem solved, where bookmarks were created for page breaks in some cases
  
• Set text render mode: Problem solved, where stroke could not be generated if text was drawn with a pattern color space
  
• Fix glyph width information: Problem solved, where text was shifted caused by wrong types defined in used CID font [FP63217]

Checks

• Image not valid: Problem solved, where certain invalid JPEG image streams were not detected [FP62943]
  
• Effective ink coverage for separated plates: Issue fixed, where the combination of inverted and normal Checks resulted in an error [CA1030028]
  
• Number of Output Intent entries: Issue fixed, where processing could result into an error [FP63404]
  
• lace content: Issue fixed, where placed content of PDF was cropped at the TrimBox [FP62628]

Actions

• Overlay: Corrected default behavior for --placebelow: the input file name will be used for the naming of resulting file and contained number of pages
  
• Overlay: Issue fixed, where page scaling factors in PDFs were not properly respected
  
• Fill page: Issue fixed, where a minimal bigger size of A4 caused problems when placing 2 pages on an A3 sheet [FP58700]

License Server

• Issue fixed, where option --timeout_licenseserver did not count the time correctly [FP60957]
  
• Issue fixed, where an invalid IP for a License Server caused in a complete failure for using other License Server [FP63028]

• QuickCheck: Problem solved, where a certain use of a default color space was not properly reported [CA1030297]
  
• QuickCheck: Added "PieceInfo" to $.aggregated to enable easier access to certain data structures [FP63167]
  
• SaveAsImage: Issue fixed, where contours in images were created with rough edges for higher resolutions [FP63377]
  
• SaveAsImage: ArtBox is now available as area for --pagebox
  
• SaveAsImage: Syntax of --pagerange extended to support a selection of pages or operators like "-1" (similar syntax like e.g. in SplitPDF") [CA1030080]
  
• SaveAsImage: New option to exclude all Processing Steps: --excludeprocessingsteps
  
• Visualizer: New option for all modes to exclude all Processing Steps: --excludeprocessingsteps
  
• Visualizer: Problem solved, where single channel (gray) images or PDF files could not be created
  
• ToPDF: Problem solved, where certain EPS structures could result into a blank PDF [CA1028511; CA1030147]
  
• CreateEPS: Support for page box and page area selection [CA1030214]
  
• Impose: Problem solved, where "Page scaling factors" (UserUnits) were not properly regarded [FP63359]
  
• Compare: Changed default behavior: only overlapping areas of documents will be compared [CA1029783]
  
• Overlay: Issue fixed, where a UserUnit entry was not respected for overlay PDFs [FP62878]

Reports

• XML: Issue fixed, where values for UserUnit and page geometry boxes were rounded to 1 or 3 digits (will list up to 6 digits now) [CA1030289]
  
• XML: Changed default INKCOV resolution to 10ppi (can be adjusted when using the CLI) [CA1030249]
  
• Compare: Issue fixed, where no compare report was created when only checks were executed [CA1030339]

CLI

• Issue fixed, where reporting was insufficient if defined --pagerange started outside of the number of pages of the document [CA1030254]
  
• Problem solved, where incorrect data types for Variables were not rejected and processing was reported as successful [CA1029991]

General

• Issue fixed, where a certain invalid image stream resulted in endless analysis [FP61362]
  
• Problem solved, where a RegEx back-reference in a destination string was not properly handled anymore [FP63829]

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Fixes

• Problem solved, where "Place content"-based Fixups + HTML-based Template reports could not be created (MacOS only)

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Features

New predefined Profiles

• Convert to PDF/X-1a (US Web Coated (SWOP) v2)
  
• Convert to PDF/X-3 (US Web Coated (SWOP) v2)
  
• Convert to PDF/X-4 (US Web Coated (SWOP) v2)
  
• Convert to PDF/X-6 (US Web Coated (SWOP) v2)

New Fixup

• Remove color space from transparency group entries

Extended Fixups

• Map spot and process colors: New option to define a spot color tint value [CA1029943]
  
• Set rendering mode for text: New options: "Line width for stroke" and "Line join for stroke"
  
• Convert page content into image: New option: "Keep text as clipped images (uses original fonts)"

New Properties

• Objects close to each other (Sifter based)
  
• Number of nodes on page [CA1030013]

Extended Properties

• Effective ink coverage: based Properties: New operators "highest/lowest value lower/greater than" [FP62651]

Desktop

• Process plan UI: Several improvements (e.g. editing Variables in Actions, auto-scroll when drawing a transition, usage for Actions etc.)
  
• Process plans can now also be set to hidden in list of Profiles [FP61460]
  
• Variables: Improved handling when "Esc" is pressed during editing [FP61829]

Actions

• Impose: Page scaling factors (UserUnits) are now taken into account

Extended Actions in Process plans

• Compare PDF: Area threshold to define minimum area with differences required to generate a hit

Internal HTML converter updated to callas pdfChip (v2.3.070)

Most recent version of Adobe PDF Converter integrated (PostScript to PDF conversion; v1.1PlusP3e)

Fixes

Desktop

• Compare: Issue fixed, where custom values were not remembered [CA1022451]
  
• Compare: Issue fixed, where a page scaling factor (UserUnits) was not properly taken into account in certain cases
  
• Object inspector: Issue fixed, where a page scaling factor (UserUnits) was not taken into account for some object details in some cases
  
• Switchboard: Extract dieline: Support Variables in Checks added [FP62200]
  
• Export Profiles for previous version: Adjustments to fix some backward compatibility issues [FP62307]
  
• Testmode: Issue fixed, where a Process plan in a Process plan resulted in an error warning in some cases [FP62427; FP62570]
  
• Problem solved, where editing a Fixup from within a Process plan could results into an unstable behavior or mixed display of entered text [FP62866]

PDF Standards

• Validation for PDF/A-4.. and PDF/X-6..: Some minor adjustments to clarify reporting
  
• Convert to PDF/A-4e: Adjusted handling for annotations to avoid removal of 3D annotations [CA1030074]

Process Plans

• Actions: Issue fixed, where negative values for e.g. offsets were not properly handled [FP62549]
  
• Actions: Issue fixed, where no Pop-up for simulation profile was available for Image export [FP62308]
  
• Actions: Problem solved, where input values of page numbering were not interpreted as expected (e.g. "First page" had to be "0", now it is "1")
  
• User interface: Issue fixed, where selected zoom was not kept when the window was resized [FP62751]
  
• Reports: Issue fixed, where the report type "PDF overview" could not be selected multiple times per setting
  
• Actions + QuickFix: Issue fixed, where the "More details" button created an error message in non-English environments [FP62550; FP62658]

Fixups

• Downsample/recompress images: Problem solved, where using the "Upsampling" algorithm created corrupt images [FP32839; CA1030008]
  
• Convert colors: Problem solved, where result contained corrupt images in certain cases [FP59623]
  
• Repair invalid bookmark hierarchies: Problem solved, where bookmark destinations were changed in certain cases [CA1030041]
  
• Insert pages: Problem solved, where a missing "Resource" dict resulted in issues in other processing applications [FP62852]
  
• Set page geometry boxes: Issue fixed, where the generic even/odd page filter did not work properly [FP62428]
  
• Condense into single spot color: Problem solved, where specified color was removed from the PDF in certain cases [FP61492]
  
• Create links for text: Issue fixed, where processing could lead to a high memory consumption in certain cases
  
• Create invisible text via OCR: Fixed issue, where invisible text was not properly placed on rotated pages in some cases
  
• Convert colors: Problem solved, where result was not as expected when "Convert colors using DeviceLink profiles" was also included in the same Profile [CA1029280; FP60335]
  
• Convert spot color names to UTF-8: Problem solved, where conversion did not work as expected in some cases [FP60511]

Checks

• Find barcodes:
  
  • Issue fixed, where "PDF 417" barcodes were seldom detected
    
  • Problem solved, where barcodes with the symbology "RSS Expanded" were not properly detected
    
  • Issue fixed, where "Bar Width Reduction" measurements did not match the expected values [CA1029932]
    
  • Issue fixed, where wrong bounding box for "EAN 13 + 2" was reported
    
  • Optimized reporting if multiple barcode properties are combined in a Check to avoid unnecessary redundancy in reporting
    
  • ssue fixed, where a barcode check did not derived a proper result anymore [FP62402]
  
  
• Text on page: Issue fixed, where RegEx icon was missing [FP62840]
  
• Text on page: Problem solved, where some operators were not properly handled [FP62839]
  
• Font processing: Problem solved, where a Type0 fonts sharing the same CID font was not properly handled [CA1029907]
  
• Font processing: Problem solved, where processing certain Type3 fonts could cause font issues in the PDF [CA1029470]

Actions

• ToPDF
  
  • PostScript:
    
    • Problem solved, where conversion with raster images resulted in random performance issue on Windows [CA1027172}
      
    • Problem solved, where no ToUnicode was inserted when an Identity-V CMap was used [CA1027909]
      
    • Issue fixed, where a Font was replaced with Courier although the font was available in rare cases [CA1028521]
      
    • Issue fixed, where processing was not successful with a certain PS file [CA1028445]
    
    
  • Compare PDF: Issue fixed, where a compare report wasn't created in a Process plan step
    
  • Overlay: Issue fixed, where handling of Variables wasn't correct

Reports

• Problem solved, where creating a custom HTML template report from a Process plan step failed [CA1029852]
  
• Quick Check: Problem solved, where certain type of inverted requests in the config file took unexpected long with complex PDFs [FP61985]
  
• HTML-template based Reports: Issue fixed, where certain kind of expressions in the manifest.xml where not properly interpreted [FP62857]

CLI

• --logexecution: Issue fixed, where Variables in a Profile could caused in an error 1000 [FP62884]
  
• --logexecution: Issue fixed, where Process.log listed unnecessary errors for Variables of different types [FP58289]

General

• Problem solved, where a PDF with invalid marked content definition could not be processed anymore after layer were added [CA1029914]
  
  
• Compare: Corrected return/error code when used as Process plan step [FP62851]
  
• QuickCheck: Issue fixed, where the return/error code was not correct if input file does not exist [FP62825]
  
• Problem solved, where MacOS version info was not correct reported for MacOS BigSur [FP62551]
  
• Problem solved, where a PDF file couldn't be converted to PDF/A-1b without APDFL optimization [CA1030022]

Updateinfos

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Graceperiod seit 16.9.2020:

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Features

• PDF/X-6 Support
  
• PDF/A-3 Support
  
• PDF/VT-3 Support
  
• Quick Fix: Perform high-performance corrections as CLI action or as Process plan step
  
  • Adjust page tree
    
  • Adjust spot colors
    
  • Apply Rotate key
    
  • Auto-correct page geometry boxes
    
  • Duplicate pages
    
  • Embed Output Intent
    
  • Enlarge pages
    
  • Flip pages
    
  • Inject DPart
    
  • Insert empty pages
    
  • JavaScript based configurations
    
  • Merge spot colors
    
  • Remove all Output Intents
    
  • Remove pages
    
  • Remove page geometry boxes
    
  • Rename spot colors
    
  • Rotate pages
    
  • Scale page content only
    
  • Scale pages
    
  • Set MediaBox to origin
    
  • Set layer visibility
    
  • Set page geometry box
    
  • Set page geometry box by dimensions
    
  • Set Processing Steps metadata for layer

• Desktop
  
  • Actions for Process plans can now be created and edited directly using a new user interface
    
  • Listing of page geometry boxes in separate Pop-up in page size display in footer
    
  • Visualizer: Heatmap views for ink coverage below/above per separation
    
  • Visualizer: Heatmap views for out of gamut comparison
    
  • Visualizer: Page border/Bleed area views: merged into one new view, where security width can be adjusted
    
  • Compare: New comparison methods "Delta E" and "Delta C" (both for 1976 and 2000 specifications)
    
  • Compare: Resolution and navigation keys added along with zoom functionality [FP25739; FP30051; FP32420]
    
  • Optimization of PDFs when saved can now be adjusted in the user preferences
    
  • License Server: Settings for Server can now be defined in the user interface
    
  • New "Free tools" in Standalone, which can be used without activation
    
  • Export Profiles for a previous pdfToolbox version
  
  
• Process plans
  
  • New step type "Add files" for adding additional documents as file attachments to the PDF
    
  • New step type "Compare PDFs" which allows an automated comparison of files (based on rendered pages)
    
  • New "Quick Fix" for performing high-performance corrections are available as new step type
  
  
• General
  
  • Page scaling factors (UserUnits) are now taken into account for all reported values (e.g. text sizes, line widths, image resolutions, ...) [FP26307; FP51807; FP56594; CA1028939; FP57968; FP58614]
    
  • Optimization of PDF structure when saved will no longer optimize fonts
  
  
• New Profiles and Process plans
  
  • Library: PDF Standards
    
    • Convert to PDF/A-4, A-4e, A-4f (without fallback conversion)
      
    • Convert to PDF/X-6 (for Coated GRACoL 2006, Coated GRACoL 2013, ISO Coated v2, Japan Color 2001 (Coated), PSO Coated v3)
      
    • Convert to PDF/X-1a, X-4, X-6 (Coated GRACoL 2013)
      
    • Verify compliance with PDF/A-4, A-4e, A-4f
      
    • Verify compliance with PDF/X-6, X-6n, X-6p
      
    • Verify compliance with PDF/VT-3
      
    • PDF/A-2u: Outline non-Unicode text if it is below specified share of all text
    
    
  • Library: Prepress, Color and Transparency
    
    • Create DPart record information from headings
      
    • White underlay for print content on transparent foil
      
    • White underlay for print content on transparent foil (with bleed)

Verfügbar seit: 01.07.2020 | Aktuelle Demos & Downloads

Fixes

• Fixups
  
  
  • Map spot and process colors using script variables: Issue fixed, where Fixup did not work properly [CA1029385, FP60291]
    
  • Create and apply shapes: Problem solved, where using a page-range Check via "Include other Check" resulted in an improper result [FP59766]
    
  • Create and apply shapes: Issue fixed, where "suppress rendering outside shape" caused an invalid result in certain cases [FP59897]
    
  • Subset fonts: Problem solved, where glyph became invisible in some special cases for Type 1 Simple fonts [FP26748; FP36978; FP59430]
    
  • Conversion to PDF/A: General font handling: Fonts will be converted to CFF in most cases for non-symbolic TrueType fonts to avoid several issues in post processing [CA1029282]
    
  • Conversion to PDF/A: Improved error handling for certain annotation issues on CLI and SDK to match reporting in Desktop [CA1029390]
    
  • Conversion to PDF/A: Issue fixed, where annotations were not properly handled in certain cases [CA1029390]

• Checks
  
  
  • Problem solved, where combined "Include other Check" Properties with "Fire if any condition is met" didn't work properly, e.g. when used in a Fixup [FP59870; FP60064, FP57904; FP59766]
    
  • Problem solved, where a combination of 2 "Include other Check" Properties did not find the intersection of both Checks [FP57904; FP59870]

• Actions
  
  
  • ToPDF: Issue fixed, where a random unstable behavior during conversion of PostScript occurred (Windows only) [CA1028342]
    
  • ToPDF: Problem solved, where a defined bounding box was not honored properly [CA1028811]
    
  • ToPDF: Problem solved, where TIFF images with certain layer configurations from Photoshop were not properly converted [CA1029386]
    
  • ToPDF: Improved handling for multiple, parallel executed LibreOffice conversions [CA1029433 CA1029224]
    
  • ToPDF: Improve handling of SVG files without explicitly defined page size (viewBox is used if existing) [FP53757; FP60300]
    
  • Extract dieline: Moved "transformation matrix" into a SVG group element to ensure compatibility with older devices [FP60217]

• Desktop
  
  
  • Process plan: Issue fixed, where "Rename PDF" if used as last step lost its transition to the "End" [FP59983]
    
  • Profile import: Issue fixed, where a hash error was displayed, although not necessary [FP60018]

• CLI
  
  
  • ToPDF: Issue fixed, where a --topdf_parameter had to be written in upper case [CA1029391]

• Reports
  
  
  • XML: Problem solved, where XML version 1 and text reports were not created [CA1029383]

• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Converter integrated (PostScript to PDF conversion; v1.1PlusP3c)

Updateinfos

Kostenloses Upgrade für folgende Versionen:
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Kostenpflichtiges Upgrade für folgende Versionen:
v10 und v9

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Features

General

• Process Plans: Support for HTML-based template reports in Process Plan steps
  
• Support for ZUGFeRD 2.1

New Fixup

• Remove separations: Removes objects in the specified separations, but keeps the effects of the objects in the remaining separations [CA1029073]

Desktop

• Standalone: New zoom functionality, page navigation and unit selector for page dimensions in footer
  
• Variables: JavaScript-Editor with enhanced functionalities like highlighting of errors for exceptions during script evaluation
  
• Impose: Text-based logging/debugging function for testing of imposition schemes
  
• Split or reorder: New option "Replace original" for Actions using "Merge again" to replace original input file in Process Plans [FP52850]

New Action

• New --addbookmark option to add a bookmark structure from a XML file

Distributed Processing

• Support for files sizes larger than 4 GB [FP59049]

Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v15.0.4PlusP7d)

Most recent version of Adobe PDF Converter integrated (PostScript to PDF conversion; v1.1PlusP3a)

Fixes

Desktop

• Visualization of tagging structure as HTML: Issue fixed, where URLs starting with "https://" were extended with "http://" [CA1029313]
  
• Reviewed and revised handling of window tiling, page zooming and the compare mode
  
• Improved behavior and new logging functionality for cases when a Library contained invalid references [FP59002]
  
• Ask-at-runtime for Variables: Revised and improved error handling [FP58831]
  
• Process Plans: Problem solved, where new user interface for creating and editing Process Plans did not work properly in Acrobat Plug-In using MacOS
  
• Process Plans: Issue fixed, where a password could not be pasted into respective field [FP58794]
  
• Problem solved, where Chinese language was no more available using Windows [FP58443]
  
• Layer explorer: Issue fixed, where usage of Layer settings resulted in an unstable behavior in certain cases (MacOS only) [FP58027]
  
• Manage Libraries: Problem solved, where a Profile could not be added into a newly created Library [CA1027535]

PDF Standards

• All PDF/A-2 and PDF/A-3 conversions: Added Fixups "Convert spot color names to UTF-8" and "Convert font names to UTF-8" to ensure conversion
  
• All PDF/X-4 and PDF/X-5 conversions: Added Fixups "Convert spot color names to UTF-8" and "Convert font names to UTF-8" to ensure conversion
  
• All PDF/X-4 and PDF/X-5 conversions: Added Fixup "Fix glyph width information" [CA1029105]
  
• All PDF/X-4 and PDF/X-5 conversions: Issue fixed, where a mismatch of the Creation date caused by invalid entries in DocInfo and XMP was not repaired [FP53968]
  
• All PDF/X-4 and PDF/X-5 validations: Adjusted recognition of JPEG 2000 images using more than 1 color space [FP53585]

Enhanced Profiles

• All "GWG 2015"-based Profiles: Removed Custom Fixup "Fix glyph width information" (is part of PDF/X-4 conversion now)
  
• All "Digital printing" Profiles: Checks for "White object is not set to knock out" adjusted to ignore registration color [FP58849]

Enhanced Process Plans

• Check and fix bleed: Issue solved, where bleed for facing pages was not properly determined

Fixups

• Flatten annotations and form fields: Completely reviewed and revised integration to solve several issues [CA1022908; FP54968; FP57888]
  
• Prepare annotations for PDF/A-2: Issue fixed, where annotations with no defined size got a size entry [CA1029035; CA1028573]
  
• Place content: Problem solved, where certain special characters in the kfpx or template file name resulted into an error (Linux only) [FP59599]
  
• Place content: Issue fixed, where positioned PDFs were losing contained link annotations [CA1028214]
  
• Discard hidden layer and flatten visible layers: Issue fixed, where processing resulted in missing resource in certain cases [CA1025441; FP59567]
  
• Put objects on layer:
  
  • Issue solved, where unmatched operators in contents stream could be created under certain circumstances
    
  • Issue fixed, where separating objects did not work for imposed PDFs [CA1025261]
    
  • Problem solved, where processing resulted in an unnecessary complex and big file in certain cases [CA1029073]
  
  
• Extract spot colors from DeviceN one by one:
  
  • Problem solved, where objects vanished in specific cases, e.g. with filled vector objects, using a SmoothShade as Pattern [CA1028305; CA1028260]
    
  • Problem solved, where processing took rather long on a certain, quite simple file [CA1028305]
    
  • Problem solved, where resulting file had a high increase in file size in certain cases [CA1029152]
  
  
• Extract all colors from DeviceN one by one: Problem solved, where resulting file has missing objects in certain cases
  
• Set page geometry boxes (page box dimensions): Issue fixed, where UserUnit was changed to a whole number but the dimension was changed for the first setting only [CA1028467]
  
• Create and apply shapes:
  
  • Problem solved, where sharp angles could result in unnecessarily long pinnacles [CA1029213]
    
  • Problem solved, where deriving shapes from certain kinds of vector objects did not work properly [FP55279]
    
  • Issue fixed, where similar inside/outside settings for page boxes resulted in different results [FP55598]
    
  • Problem solved, where "reduce to outer borders" triggered the creation additional unnecessary lines [FP54492; FP55279]
    
  • Problem solved, where page scaling factor ("user units") were not taken into account [CA1029154]
  
  
• Create bleed for irregular shapes: Issue fixed, where shape was not properly created for contours with very sharp angles [CA1029122]
  
• Create bleed for irregular shapes: Problem solved, where spot alternates of created bleed were different than the original spot color [CA1028962]
  
• Outline page geometry boxes: Problem solved, where page scaling factor ("user units") were not taken into account [CA1029154]
  
• Create content entry for link annotations: Issue fixed, where TOC bookmarks were not regarded for creation [FP58469]
  
• Flatten transparency: Problem fixed, where certain glyphs became corrupted and an error warning occurred in PDF viewers [FP56785]
  
• Flatten transparency: Problem fixed, where outlined text became malformed if file was imposed afterwards [FP27204]
  
• Create bleed by upscaling: Problem solved, where page scaling factor ("user units") were not taken into account [CA1029154]
  
• Remove invisible image data: Problem solved, where images were not handled properly in certain cases [FP55921; CA1028998; FP58231; FP27921]
  
• Remove XMP Metadata compliant with PDF/X-4: Issue fixed, where removal was not successful in some cases [FP57149; FP58137]
  
• Set overprint and knockout: Problem solved, where Smooth Shades were converted with default filters (e.g. for text) [FP54135]
  
• Font processing: Issue fixed, where font embedding failed on a system with non-latin characters [CA1028656]
  
• Font processing: Problem solved, where conversion resulted into an invalid 2-Byte value entry in bfrange in certain cases [CA1029174]
  
• Embed missing fonts: Problem solved, where processing resulted into shifted glyphs in special cases [CA1028940]
  
• Embed missing fonts: Issue fixed, where processing resulted in shrunken capital glyphs with specific font [CA1028989]
  
• Set line width: Added inch as possible unit [CA1029039]
  
• Convert colors: Issue fixed, where advanced settings were not shown, if Profile was exported from Preflight [FP55987]
  
• Convert spot color names to UTF-8: Reviewed and improved handling of non-compliant spot color names with umlauts [CA1029140]
  
• Convert colors using n-channel: Issue fixed, where ICC profile was not shown in edit dialog, when the ICC profile had no description [FP57843]
  
• Convert font names to UTF-8: Problem solved, where invalid UTF-8 names were not repaired in certain cases [FP52034]

Checks

• Sifter-based Properties:
  
  • Issue solved, where stacking of objects was not properly derived in certain cases [CA1028919]
    
  • Issue solved, where logging the execution resulted in an unstable behavior (MacOS only) [FP53306]
    
  • Problem fixed, where analysis took very long under certain circumstances [FP57033]
    
  • Issued solved, where some thin lines were not properly detected [FP50812]
    
  • Problem solved, where certain complex Vector objects where not properly classified regarding the overlapping of page boxes [CA1029034]
  
  
• Issue fixed, where Processing Steps objects were not properly detected when part of a Form XObject [FP55706; CA1029073]

Actions

• ToPDF:
  
  • Images:
    
  • Support for TIFF using 16Bit with Big Endian [FP55012; FP57008]
    
  • Problem solved, where certain PSD files resulted into an invalid PDF [CA1028898]
  
  
• Office:
  
  • New --topdf_parameter "NoBitmapMissingFonts" for MS Office, which do not rasterize fonts if embedding is not possible (fonts will be substituted by another font then) [FP44692]
    
  • New --topdf_parameter "CSV_IMPORT" for LibreOffice to define field separator, text delimiter and character set (as ASCII values) for CVS file import [CA1029054]
    
  • Problem solved, where office conversion wasn't successful on Windows 2008 Server R2 SP1 64bit [CA1029298]
    
  • Issue fixed, where conversion in MS Excel failed due to missing external pivot sources [CA1029253]
    
  • Issue fixed, where an Excel file could not be converted when --topdf_useexcelpagelayout was used (caused by empty pages) [CA1029061]
    
  • Problem solved, where office conversion failed due to a missing .dll file [FP57863; FP59621]
    
  • Issue fixed, where a Unicode encoded string indicating an error from Office was not properly displayed in the STDOUT (e.g. on a Japanese system) [CA1029175]
  
  
• PostScript:
  
  • Problem solved, where processing was not successful randomly when converting PostScript to PDF (Windows only) [CA1028903; CA1029121]
    
  • Problem solved, where Chinese, Japanese and Korean fonts were not properly handled in certain cases (might affect conversion of PostScript files which extract internal resources during processing like reported by [CA1027902]) [CA1029251]
  
  
• Pre-separate pages: Registration color is now also included in the generated separations [FP52665; FP52942; FP56488; CA1026318]
  
• Pre-separate pages: Issue fixed, where an image mask was not properly handled [CA1029073]
  
• Render to buffer: Issue fixed where annotations were not rendered (only for SDK) [CA1028834]
  
• Impose:
  
  • Problem solved, where calculations could not exceed values bigger than 1.000.000
    
  • Crop marks will now get a clipping to avoid overlapping of content in certain cases [FP35510]
    
  • New slot definition parameter in SheetConfig "ClipMode" to define basis for crop mark positioning (page or slot) [FP52916]
    
  • New slot definition parameter in SheetConfig "TrGroupMode" to create a slot as a non-isolated transparency group [FP42398]
  
  
• Reports
  
  • Mask reports: Fixed issue, where the "hide" option had no effect on created bookmarks for the respective severity [CA1029302]
    
  • QuickCheck: Issue fixed, where reported info about embedding status was not correct for Type3 font [FP58737]
    
  • QuickCheck: Problem solved, where file could not be parsed although it had no syntax issues [FP57608]
    
  • XML report: Problem fixed, where report creation with ink coverage was not successful on PDFs with non UTF-8 compliant spot color names [FP57743]

Server

• Process Plans: If output from "Save PDF copy" is in a subfolder, this subfolder is now created in the output folder as well

• Variables: Improved error reporting when referenced DeviceLink profiles do not exist

• Problem solved, where some types of processing could result in unnecessarily extensive memory usage [CA1029088]
  
• Problem solved, where order of Properties in a Check could cause different results if "Fire if any condition is met" is active [FP57904]
  
• Issue fixed, where file structure optimization resulted into an error with certain files [FP58088]
  
• Issue fixed, where resources dictionary was not fixed when --nooptimization was used [CA1029052]
  
• Problem solved, where internal optimization of the file structure resulted in an unstable behavior [CA1028988]
  
• Issue fixed, where logging file was not properly filed in certain cases (e.g. with "Convert pages with very complex page descriptions into CMYK images") [FP57546]
  
• Problem solved, where certain structures of signed PDFs could not be properly validated [CA1028730]
  
• Problem solved, where images using a specific "JPEG2000 Codestream Format" could not be analyzed [CA1028930

Updateinfos

Kostenloses Upgrade für folgende Versionen:
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v10 und v9

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Fixes

Desktop

• Stability issues resolved in Process Plan editor for very complex Process Plans with QuickCheck steps [FP57715]
  
• Stability improved for variable editor [FP57517]

Updateinfos

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Ein Upgrade auf pdfToolbox Server 11, pdfToolbox CLI 11 oder pdfToolbox SDK 11 von früheren Versionen dieser Produkte erfordert einen Softwarewartungsvertrag (SMA).

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Features

Desktop

• Process Plans: New objects can now be inserted into transitions between existing steps
  
• Process Plans: Newly added steps have all transition types activated by default
  
• JavaScript Variables: New, built-in editor for improved visualisation and usability

Enhanced Fixups

• Adjust dot gain, Convert colors, Convert colors using DeviceLink: Checks from Group "Object Metadata" are now available in the "Apply to:" filter [FP54242]
  
• Put objects on layer: Checks from the Group "Context aware object detection" are now available in the "Apply to:" filter [FP56397]

New Properties

• Font is not valid (specific problems): New Property to find certain errors in fonts; can be used with the trigger values of "Font is not valid (strict)" for find a single problem

Fixes

Fixups

• Remove page objects completely outside page area: Problem solved, where some kind of pattern was removed within page area in certain cases [FP19024]
  
• Generate bleed at page edges: Issue fixed, where method "Mirror page objects" could not be properly executed when "Except spot colors" filter was used [CA1028963]
  
• Scale pages: Problem solved, where the page scaling was done based on the MediaBox instead of the TrimBox [FP34799; FP56726; FP56796; FP56810; CA1028951]
  
• Generate bleed at page edges: Problem solved, where page geometry boxes were not properly adjusted if basis for bleed generation was set to BleedBox [CA1028887]
  
• Convert fonts to outlines: Problem solved, where text (used as a clipping path) appeared as a gray box after processing in special cases [CA1027161; FP53392; FP54904]
  
• Convert fonts to outlines: Problem solved, where certain text parts with missing UniCode representation were shifted [CA1028884]
  
• General font handling: Issue fixed, where certain encoding issues resulted in missing glyphs or .notdef glyphs after processing [CA1027731; CA1028398]
  
• General font handling: Enhanced repair for certain syntax problems in embedded CFF fonts [CA1028835]
  
• Discard hidden layer content and flatten visible layers: Problem solved, where some text objects were vanishing caused by old, invalid layer information in the PDF [FP51777; FP55098]

Checks

• Derive geometry boxes from crop marks: Complete review and improved implementation of crop mark detection [FP35137; FP21571; FP22185; FP22688; FP24054; FP25803; FP26986; FP46356; FP48391; FP52184; FP53488; FP54566; FP54626; FP27691; FP27743; FP32730; FP37895; FP41479; FP49280; FP50890; FP52355; FP26071; FP35137; FP24494; FP29377; FP50549; FP22185; FP22743; FP37895; FP35137; FP55784; CA1028067; CA1028055]
  
• Sifter-based Properties: Optimized analyzing for defined custom areas on pages with a rotate entry
  
• Number of hits in this check: Issue fixed, where an "Number equal to = 0" was not properly handled [FP56627; FP56641]

Actions

• Extract Dieline: Issue fixed, where a Variable for the used Check was not accepted [CA1028960]

Desktop

• Process Plan UI: Problem solved, where editing of details resulted in an empty window on non-English systems in some cases [FP56621]
  
• Process Plan UI: Problem solved, where an error message occurred when saving in some cases [CA1028915; FP57372]
  
• Ask-at-runtime for Variables: Problem solved, where Variables specified using "app.requires" in a JavaScript Variable did not result in a PopUp [FP56208; FP56232; FP56975]
  
• Issue fixed, where certain special glyphs caused an incomplete activation request and therefore a failing activation
  
• Switchboard: Problem solved, where the new Process Plan step "Rename PDF" could not be used with Batch processing [FP56550]

CLI

• Problem solved, where using a path to an ICC-Profile as a Variable was not properly handled [FP56923]
  
• ZUGFeRD: Issue fixed, where XML schema was not found if references using UNC paths [FP56979]

Reports

• QuickCheck: Issue fixed, where an improperly defined image resolution was listed as "inf", which caused a JSON syntax issue (will be listed as "null" object now) [FP57203]
  
• PDF: Problem solved, where file size of generated reports increased due to fully embedded Asian fonts [FP57421; CA1028050]
  
• XML: Problem solved, where names of Process plan sequence steps were not translated, although included in a CustomDict [FP56639]
  
• XML: Issue fixed, where certain spot color names using special characters (like "_") were not properly listed as a resource in some cases [CA1028876]
  
• XML: Issue fixed, where reports generated by Process Plan steps did not contain the "" and "" parts [FP52624]

General

• Issue fixed, where an unlimited License was nonetheless limited to 8 parallel processes in some cases [CA1028882]
  
• Issue fixed, where a moved pdfToolbox installation resulted in an unstable behavior in certain cases [CA1028922]
  
• Problem solved, where certain usages of spot colors resulted in a significant longer processing time than in previous versions [CA1028895]

Updateinfos

Kostenloses Upgrade für folgende Versionen:
Ein Upgrade auf pdfToolbox Server 11, pdfToolbox CLI 11 oder pdfToolbox SDK 11 von früheren Versionen dieser Produkte erfordert einen Softwarewartungsvertrag (SMA).

Kostenpflichtiges Upgrade für folgende Versionen:
v10 und v9

Verfügbar seit: 06.11.2019 | Aktuelle Demos & Downloads

Features

Desktop

• Process Plans: Completely new user interface for creating and editing Process Plans
  
• Variables: New, HTML-template-based Ask-at-runtime dialog, which can also be adjusted to individual requirements
  
• New toolbar offers direct access to various functionalities
  
• DPart viewer allows in-depth analysis of the DPart metadata structure of respective PDF files
  
• Shortcut for direct Profile export (Mac: CMD+E / Windows: CTRL+E)
  
• Saved Actions are now listed in the list of Fixups

Profile, Checks and Fixups

• New option to set a Profile to invisible in list of existing Profiles (incl. respective filter to show such "invisible" Profiles)
  
• New option to set a Check to invisible in list of existing Checks (incl. respective filter to show such "invisible" Checks); they will only be listed in the Custom Checks section of Profiles, within the "Apply to" filter of single Fixups and in Process plan steps of type "Check"
  
• New option to set a Fixup to invisible in list of existing Fixups (incl. respective filter to show such "invisible" Fixups); they will only be listed in the Custom Fixups section of Profiles and within Process plan steps of type "Fixup"

General

• Process plans
  
  • Add new step type "Rename PDF" to define the output filename [FP49471]
    
  • Create PDF copy: All input fields can now be used with Variables [FP49112]
    
  • New option to skip a Process plan step (can also be set via a Variable) [FP49158]
    
  • Profile sequence step: "Do not apply Fixups" can now also be controlled using a Variable
  
  
• Variables
  
  • New function "app.setTimeout(seconds)" to define the timeout for JavaScript evaluation [CA1028659]
    
  • Geometry information are now available in to app.doc.result.checks[i].hits
  
  
• Server
  
  • JobTickets: Allow to define an individual processing configuration for each file
    
  • Sidecar files: New functionality to define Variables per incoming file and to retrieve information from previous processing steps

New Profiles and Process Plans

• Convert RGB to CMYK (PSO Coated v3) with specified R=G=B tolerance
  
• Convert spot to CMYK and replace overprint with transparency where needed
  
• Find barcode value in a specified area and print the value on the page
  
• Check and fix bleed: Analyses bleed and safety zones to determine required bleed and add bleed if needed
  
• Convert pages with very complex page descriptions into CMYK images
  
• Overprint issues related to spot color if converted to CMYK

Enhanced Profiles

All Profiles with "Convert colors"-Fixups have been updated to use "Advanced settings" instead of Policy files

New Fixups

• Create bleed for irregular shapes: Generates bleed for arbitrary contours based on e.g. a dieline vector object [CA1028144, CA1026338]
  
• Spotify: Create spot color version from an input PDF using a customizable number of spot colors, optionally based on a custom spot color library
  
• Place circle/ellipse
  
• Place line
  
• Place rectangle
  
• Map colors using script variables: New variant of the existing "Map colors"-Fixup, where the settings can be defined using JSON expressions
  
• Map spot and process colors using script variables: New variant of the existing "Map spot and process colors"-Fixup, where the settings can be defined using JSON expressions

Enhanced Fixups

• Create bleed at page edges:
  
  • Several new parameters, e.g. a Filter for objects to be taken into account for bleed creation and to except certain spot colors [CA1026524, FP54063]
    
  • Extended possibilities to create bleed with different widths for each edge [CA1026463, CA1027547, CA1027514, FP44596]
    
  • New parameters to define overprint and whether the generated bleed should be placed behind existing page content
    
  • Page box used as basis for bleed generation can be selected [FP32942]
    
  • Offset (to page geometry box) for basis of bleed generation can be defined [CA1028143, FP50268]
  
  
• Convert colors:
  
  • New area "Advanced settings", which replaces the deprecated Policy files
    
  • All settings from the "Advanced settings" dialog can be controlled using Variables
  
  
• Convert colors using DeviceLink:
  
  • New Parameters for compression method and quality for processed images [FP27577, FP39515, FP41009, FP52929]
    
  • Global policy files for DeviceLink are deprecated (if present, overwrite the Fixup settings for backwards compatibility)
  
  
• Set Overprint and Knockout: New option to leave OPM unchanged
  
• Set Overprint Mode to 1:Is deprecated, use "Set overprint and knockout" Fixup instead

New and enhanced predefined Fixups

• Convert colored Type 3 fonts to outlines
  
• Generate 5mm bleed at dieline (Processing Steps)
  
• Generate 3mm bleed at TrimBox, excluding specified spot color
  
• Spotify: Creates a spot-color only version of the PDF's page content
  
• Place black circle at specified position
  
• Place red rectangle at specified position
  
• Place blue line at specified position

• Text on page: Finds text on pages or within page areas; can be combined with Action "Split at mark"
  
• Several new barcode/matrix code related Properties:
  
  • Barcode is in area
    
  • Barcode value
    
  • Barwidth reduction (%|mm|pt)
    
  • Height of barcode / matrix code (mm|pt)
    
  • Width of barcode / matrix code (mm|pt)
    
  • Module width of barcode / matrix code (mm|pt)
    
  • Symbology (type of barcode / matrix code)
    
  • "Log Profile execution" will save the created rendered areas as images into the temporary log folder for review
• Stream object is uncompressed

• All Sifter-based properties: Extended possible combinations with other types of Properties and further enhanced analysis [FP49241]

• Is colored Type 3 font
  
• Type 3 font has all required resources
  
• Is dieline (Processing Steps)
  
• Find specified text: Searches for the specified text on all pages
  
• Object uses RGB color definitions
  
• Find barcode in specified area
  
• Barwidth reduction is above 10%
  
• R=G=B with a specified tolerance
  
• Size is not equal for all pages

• Prepress - Spotify: Create spot color version from an input PDF using a customizable number of spot colors, optionally based on a custom spot color library
  
• Spotify inspector: Interactive tool to determine the best settings for processing a file into a spot color version
  
• Arrange - Split at mark: Splits the PDF into parts based on pages identified by a Check
  
• Document - Extract dieline: Extracts a dieline as SVG, DXF or CF2 file from a PDF based on a Check
  
• Reports - Read barcode: Detect value and other technical details of a barcode in a specified area of a page

• Spotify: Create spot color version from an input PDF using a customizable number of spot colors, optionally based on a custom spot color library
  
• SplitAtMark: Splits the PDF into parts based on pages identified by a Check
  
• ExtractDieline: Extracts a dieline as SVG, DXF or CF2 file from a PDF based on a Check
  
• ToPDF: Support for conversion of TIFF files with CuttingPaths [FP54684]
  
• ToPDF: Support for conversion of TIFF files with Transparency [FP54348, FP55777]
  
• ToPDF: Support for PSB files ("Photoshop Big") [CA1028643]
  
• ToPDF: Support for .vtx und .vxd files (MS Visio) with MS Office and Open/Libreoffice [CA1028797]
  
• QuickCheck: Extended sample configuration file with more comments and examples

• Custom HTML-based reports: All kinds of visualizer images can be requested via the manifest.xml [FP44896, FP51472]
  
• XML reports: Added references for Annotations to reported hits [CA1028541]

• New parameter for Profile execution: --visiblelayers which will run Checks for visible layers only
  
• ToPDF: Several new --topdf_parameter for handling of Office in MS Office:
  
  • NoMemoryOptimization: Disables the internal memory optimization [CA1028735]
    
  • DoNotHideOffice: The respective MS Office will show up and not work hidden in the background [CA1028588]
    
  • UpdateChangedFields: Requests a content update from MS Office to update fields (e.g. page numbers in the table of content) [CA1028703]
    
  • Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v15.0.4PlusP6d)
    
  • Most recent version of Adobe PDF Converter integrated (PostScript to PDF conversion; v1.1PlusP2h)
    
  • Internal HTML converter updated to callas pdfChip (v2.1.062)

Fixes

Fixups

• Flatten transparency
  
  • Problem solved where recursion of Form XObjects in the content stream resulted into infinite processing [CA1028081]
    
  • Problem solved where flattening resulted in displaced Asian glyphs in certain cases [FP55230]
    
  • Issue fixed where bullet glyphs were removed in some cases [FP55510]
    
  • Issue fixed where bullet glyphs were converted to "F" glyphs in specific font situation [FP53756]
    
  • Issue fixed where square bullets became .notdef glyphs after flattening [FP54933]
    
  • Issue fixed where some kind of ligatures were converted to .notdef glyphs [CA1028410]
    
  • Issue fixed where quotation marks became .notdef glyphs after flattening [FP54005]
    
  • Issue fixed where glyph (defined as .notdef) was no more embedded after flattening and resulted in a warning in some PDF viewers [FP51831, FP52450]
    
  • Problem solved where background images using Indexed color spaces with Separation Black were not properly handled [FP43490]
    
  • Problem solved where flattening resulted in a completely rasterized page although only small areas were affected by transparency [FP54839]
    
  • Problem solved where processing caused a distortion of text [CA1028677, CA1028679]
    
  • Issue fixed where flattened PDF triggered a font error warning in certain PDF viewers (MacOS only) [FP54967]
    
  • Issue fixed where flattening with high resolution resulted in damaged fonts in certain cases (MacOS only) [CA1027815]
    
  • Problem solved where processing wasn't successful with specific PDF [FP54550]
    
  • Problem solved where resulting PDF had different glyph widths in PDF and embedded font [FP39612, FP41268, FP46431]
• Remove printer marks: Problem solved where page content was removed under certain circumstances [FP54608, FP55162]
  
• Add unique ID to Note elements in tagging structure: Issue solved, where Endnotes mapped to Notes via RoleMap were not properly handled [CA1028667]
  
• Convert to PDF/A-2: Issue fixed where invalid XMP was created during PDF/A conversion in some cases [CA1028397]
  
• Convert to PDF/A-2: Issue fixed where the conversion failed due to a missing Subtype entry [FP52794]
  
• Create and apply shapes: Problem solved where overprinting for spot colors was not properly respected [CA1028459]
  
• Create and apply shapes: Clarified the naming for some settings [FP53395]
  
• Remove pages: Issue solved where remaining page label were not properly corrected after removal of a page [CA1028252, FP47709]
  
• Generate bleed at page edges: Problem solved where invisible layers were also used for bleed generation [CA10286258]
  
• Make font names unique: Problem solved where glyphs were not properly handled in certain cases [FP53519]
  
• Set MediaBox to origin: Problem solved where MediaBox was not properly set when Fixup was executed together with e.g. "Add marks" or "Create bleed at page edges" [FP33738, FP33737, FP33737; FP45010]
  
• Convert colors using DeviceLink: Issue fixed where changing the image compression to ZIP resulted in improper PDFs in certain cases [CA1024644; FP39515]
  
• Convert font to outlines: Problem solved where certain variants of text used as clipping paths were not properly handled [CA1028621]
  
• Remove invisible image data: Problem solved where images were slightly displaced after processing in certain cases [FP24845, FP29858, FP34569]
  
• Scale pages: Enhanced handling for dimensions which exceed the 200 inch limit (Page scaling factor will be adjusted accordingly) [FP27707, CA1028762]
  
• Scale pages: Issue fixed where objects were missing in resulting file (Linux only) [FP55792]
  
• Set transparency properties for fill: Issue fixed where certain layer constructions used with Form XObjects were not properly respected [FP55706]

• Image compression ratio (percent): Corrected compression ratio in trigger value
  
• Sifter: Problem solved where page rotation was not taken into account in certain cases [CA1028468]
  
• Verify compliance with PDF/A-2b: Issue fixed where validation failed caused by a unnecessary hit for "Signature has no ByteRange entry" [CA1028726]
  
• Shape definition: Issue fixed where selected unit was not properly handled in certain cases [FP55403]
  
• General analysis: Issue fixed where an incomplete InfoDict of a PDF resulted in an unknown error [CA1028306]
  
• All Annotation and FormField properties: Problem solved where the usage of "Fire if any condition is met" with only one configured Property resulted in an error [FP54027]

• ToPDF: Issue fixed where office files using special characters (like % or #) in their filename resulted in errors with LibreOffice (Windows only) [CA1028556]
  
• ToPDF: Adjusted the predefined Default.joboptions file (used for PostScript conversion) to create PDF 1.6 instead of older versions [FP1028463]
  
• ToPDF: Fixed issue, where certain kind of transparent PNG were not properly converted [CA1028394]
  
• CreatePS: Problem solved where PostScript export of specific PDF resulted in an unstable behavior [CA1028500]
  
• OptimizePDF: Issue fixed where multiple identically named fonts were resulting in rectangles for some glyphs after merging the fonts [CA1028302]

• Problem solved where using a License Server based activation could not be used in the Acrobat Plug-In [FP55867]
  
• Object inspector: Alternate values for spot colors added
  
• Object inspector: Issued fixed where a filter for objects was not properly respected on multi-page documents [FP53499]
  
• Improved window handling, especially for tiled views
  
• Issue fixed where certain kind of user interaction resulted in unnecessary internal warning logs in MacOS console [FP28132]
  
• Library manager: "Custom template reports" and "Ask at runtime dialog templates" added as resources
  
• Switchboard: Process plans with Batch processing: Issue fixed where certain actions were not properly handled [FP55034]

• Improved information when Server, Dispatcher or Satellite is started without a valid license

• Timeout: Issue fixed where some additional seconds were added to the given time limit in certain cases
  
• --uncompressimg: Problem solved where parameter was not taken into account for the Properties "Object uses ... with a percentage of" [CA1016082, CA1023953, FP21005, FP54373]

• PDF reports: Issue fixed where some kind of diacritical marks in e.g. Check names avoided the successful creation of the report [FP52347]

• Office conversion: A 64-bit installation of pdfToolbox requires a 64-bit version of OpenOffice/LibreOffice (similar for 32-bit)
  
• DeviceLink Profiles: Issue fixed where export and import resulted in the loss of localization
  
• MacOS installer for CLI: Format changed to .pkg

Updateinfos

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Fixes

Fixups

• Map spot and process colors: Issue fixed, where a defined Check in "Apply to" was not respected anymore [FP53896; FP53340; FP54009]
  
• Substitute characters using .notdef glyph: Problem solved, where Type0 font characters resulted in doubled text [FP52469]
  
• Create Content entry for Link annotations: Problem solved, where content entries were not created for all missing entries [FP54389]
  
• General: Fixed issue, where executing Convert colors and DeviceLink Conversion in a ProcessPlan resulted in Missing XObject for certain Type 3 fonts [FP53816]
  
• General: Fixed issue, where font processing and Convert colors within one Profile resulted in a missing Extended Graphic State for certain uncolored Type 3 objects [FP54129]

Checks

• Dash array of a stroked path object: Issue fixed, where analysis resulted in an unstable behavior [FP54316]
  
• Difference between colorant channels: Problem solved, where processing resulted in unexpected result for a specific PDF [FP54005]
  
• General: Problem solved, where analyzing a certain TrueType structure in a PDF resulted in an unstable behavior [FP53817]

Actions

• SplitLayers: Problem solved, where resulting PDF with text also contained inline images in certain cases [FP53160]
  
• ToPDF: Issue fixed, there import from Tiff resulted in a wrong size for the created PDF [FP33813]

CLI

• Installer: Added "Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (x86)" to installation package (Windows only) [CA1028423]

Distributed Processing

• Compare: Problem solved, where processing was not successful [FP41110]
  
• SplitPDF/MergePDF: Problem solved, where wrong output path was created when --outputfile was used [FP54308]

General

• Apply Layer view setup: Problem solved, where Layers were no more visible in Acrobat afterwards [CA1028370]
  
• Issue fixed, where the office conversion component reported an older version number than in previous versions [CA1028384]

Internal HTML converter updated to the latest version of callas pdfChip (v2.1.060) [CA1028415]

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Fixes

Desktop

• Edit Profiles: Problem fixed, where removing a Check from a Profile (which was switched with a Variable) resulted in the loss of the Variable assigned to other Checks (if the same Variable was used) [FP53760]
  
• Problem solved, where certain Libraries could not be opened in French version [FP53686]
  
• Switchboard: Issue fixed, where Batch processing resulted in empty folders [FP53713]
  
• Test mode: Changed default displayed PDF from initially for Test mode used file to the currently open file [FP53615]

Actions

• ToPDF: Office: Support for file formats .wmf, .emf, .pcx, .bmp and .pgm to be converted using LibreOffice [CA1027903]

Reports

• Profile execution: Identical Checks (e.g. contained as Custom Check and via Standard validation) will not be merged anymore but reported separately

Server

• Edit jobs: Problem solved, where editing a job with a "Remote" Profile resulted in the loss of defined report settings [FP51919]

CLI

• Profile execution: Identical Checks (e.g. contained as Custom Check and via Standard validation) will not be merged anymore but reported separately
  
• Updated translations for non-major languages (cz, da, fi, ko, nl, no, pl, pt, sv, zh_CN, zh_TW) [CA1028207]

General

• Variables: Problem solved, where multiple identical Checks (switched by a Variable) could result in improper results [FP53726]

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Kunden mit einem zum Release-Tag gültigen Wartungsvertrag und Anwender der Version 10 können auf diese Version kostenlos updaten.

Kostenpflichtiges Upgrade für folgende Versionen:
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Features

Desktop

• Test mode: Several enhancements (optional page geometry box view, result of QuickCheck is displayed, visualization of generated shape for Checks) [FP52010]
  
• Compare PDF: Origin of page positioning can be defined
  
• Object inspector: Some minor improvements related to information about overprinting [FP52425]
  
• Switchboard: Batch-processing of Profiles with Variables in Workspace: New option to ask for Variables for each file during runtime [FP52981]
  
• Standalone now shows an indicator in the footer areas if PDF is encrypted
  
• QuickCheck: Available QuickChecks are now available in a separate menu item in the QuickCheck editor
  
• Switchboard: Batch processing for Process Plans if linked into Workspace [CA1025609; FP21963; FP36198; FP37937; FP44284; FP49498; FP51444]

Profile

• New option "PDF Version 2.0" in Document group to check if a PDF contains features which require this PDF version

New Fixups

• Set PDF version in header: Sets the PDF version independent from what features are used in the PDF

Actions

• ToPDF: Added support for page scaling factor (UserUnit) in resulting PDF, if input image exceeds the maximum dimension of a PDF page [CA1027771; FP21635; CA1026629]

Enhanced Fixup

• Convert fonts to outlines: Extended scope to Type 3 fonts CA1022867; FP37894; FP47760; FP49088; CA1027964; FP52417]
  
• Flatten transparency: New option to set a timeout, after which the whole page gets rasterized [CA1027633; CA1027399; CA1025453; FP52925]
  
• Flatten transparency: Some conflicting settings will be handled in a more intelligent way (e.g. "JPEG" compression and "lossless" quality) [FP52633]
  
• Outline page geometry boxes: Multiple settings for different configurations (e.g. for even and uneven pages) enabled [FP52651]
  
• Convert colors using n-channel: Support for .icm profiles as destination profile added [FP53305]
  
• Remove actions: New option "With invalid destination" [CA1027518]
  
• Convert page into image: New option to take layer visibility into account and to preserve invisible layers [FP52513]
  
• Create invisible text copy for all text: When deactivating the new checkbox "Merge all font resources", the existing fonts will be reduced and used with empty glyphs [FP51573]
  
• Set PDF version if compatible: Has been renamed from "Set PDF version" and sets the PDF version in the PDF header only if all features in the PDF are defined in that version.

New Properties

• Colored Type 3 font
  
• Uncolored Type 3 font

Reports

• QuickCheck: Content stream length can be determined e.g. to detect very complex files [FP53584]
  
• QuickCheck: Support for DPart metadata
  
• XML Report: Added color space for image masks [FP48021]

CLI

• Compare: Origin of page positioning can be defined [CA1027644]
  
• OpenPassword: New parameter to define an "open" password for encrypted PDFs: "--openpassword=..." [CA1027735]

License Server

• Support for activation using the callas License Server for Desktop and CLI

Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v15.0.4PlusP5c)

Most recent version of Adobe PDF Converter integrated (PostScript to PDF conversion; v1.1PlusP2d) [CA1028034]

Internal HTML converter updated to the latest version of callas pdfChip (v2.1.059)

Fixes

Desktop

• Edit Variables: Issue fixed, where external editing of JavaScript did not opened the assigned default application (Windows only) [FP51586]
  
• Compare PDF: Several adjustments to improve functionality and page display [FP36165; FP35778; FP52636; FP53407]
  
• Object inspector and Visualizer: Issue fixed, where displayed content was not updated after the execution of Fixups [CA1026589]
  
• New dialog with additional information if PostScript or Office conversion to PDF fails
  
• Variables: Issue fixed, where a Variable classified as "String" in editing UI, was handled as a "Number" in ask-at-runtime dialog
  
• Edit Fixups: Issue fixed, where Variables could be lost if list view for settings was used [FP52481]

Acrobat Plug-In

• Issue fixed, where a PDF could not be converted to a PDF/X-Standard under certain circumstances [FP52578]

PDF Standards

• PDF/A and PDF/X conversions: Added Fixups "Remove page level output intents" and "Remove Black Point Compensation entries" to ensure conversion of PDF 2.0 files to the respective standard
  
• PDF/A validation: Adjusted detection of compressed object level metadata

Fixups

• Several Fixups to split up DeviceN colorants: Several improvements to increase processing speed and to prevent visual changes in the resulting file [CA1027850; CA1028092]
  
• Flatten transparency:
  
  • Issue fixed, where certain, already embedded fonts became unembedded after flattening [FP52550]
    
  • Problem solved, where flattening resulted in visible text, which was invisible before [FP48363, CA1027364]
    
  • Problem solved, where processing resulted in a missing image [CA1027286]
    
  • Issue fixed, where bookmarks lost their not destination after processing [CA1027772]
    
  • Problem solved, where certain glyphs got damaged after processing [CA1027900]
    
  • Issue fixed, where visible glyph defined as .notdef was removed [FP51831; FP5245]
    
  • Issue fixed, where transparent objects remained in PDF under certain circumstances [FP53244]
  
  
• Substitute characters using .notdef glyph with space characters: Problem solved where certain Type 3 font became bullets after processing [FP53093]
  
• Convert page content into image: Problem solved, where invisible layers from the PDF were visible in the resulting output image
  
• Discard hidden layer content and flatten visible layers: Problem solved, where visible layers were removed in some cases [CA1028003]
  
• Map colors: Issue fixed, where defined combination of CMYK colorant values in an image was not properly mapped to a spot color
  
• Map spot and process colors: Issue fixed, where objects using DeviceN with multiple "None" colorants were not properly converted [FP38404; FP51529; FP52525; FP52774; FP52982]
  
• Map spot and process colors: Problem solved, where unnecessary conversion of pixel data resulted in an unusual long processing time [FP52553]
  
• Convert colors: Enhanced handling for Type 3 fonts to avoid visual changes
  
• Convert colors: Issue fixed, where inconsistent spot colors remained in PDF, although Fixup "Make spot color appearance consistent" was contained in same Profile [FP50429; FP37675; FP52557]
  
• Remove printer marks: Problem solved, where textual page content was also removed in certain cases [CA1027857; FP53028; FP53045]
  
• General: Automatic repair for Type 3 fonts which are using very unusual resource dictionaries introduced by certain DTP software [CA1028093]
  
• General: Length of Code Ranges in ToUnicode CMap Streams is now adjusted to 255 to match specification [CA1028128]
  
• General: Problem solved, where text got displaced, caused by positioning of vectors within text objects which is not allowed [CA1028126; CA1027936]
  
• General: Non-existing property resources are now be removed during the automatic optimization of the Content Stream references (by adding an empty dictionary in the BDC or DP commands) [FP52994]

Checks

• Problem solved, where initial analysis on specific PDFs resulted in an unstable behavior or long processing time [CA1028230; CA1028157; CA1028080]
  
• Issue fixed, where a certain way of color space definition for Pattern resulted in an error during analysis [FP52350]
  
• Font is embedded: Problem solved, where a certain PDF with empty FontBBox values resulted in an unstable behavior [FP52795]
  
• Context aware object detection: Issue fixed, where a combination of shape definitions was not properly regarded

Actions

• Create PostScript: Problem solved, where creation was not successful with certain PDF [CA1027780]
  
• ToPDF:
  
  • PostScript:
    
  • Problem solved, where conversion of PostScript (which extracted internal resources during processing) could not be properly processed [CA1027902]
    
  • Problem solved, where glyph positioning changed while converting certain PostScript files [CA1027912]
    
  • Issue fixed, where objects below a certain scaling factor were dropped in certain PostScript files [CA1027914]
    
  • Issue fixed, where PostScript could not be converted if a specific font was installed on the system [CA1028016]
  
  
• TIFF:
  
  • Issue fixed, where rather large TIFF files (3 GB or more) could not be converted to PDF [CA1021439; FP25090]
    
  • Problem solved, where conversion of certain TIFF files resulted in an un-proportionally scaled result [FP52287]
    
  • Issue fixed, where TIFF with AlphaChannels (spot color) were not properly converted [CA1027782, PPD; CA1028201]
    
  • Issue fixed, where 16bit TIFF images were not properly converted [FP19497]
    
  • Issue fixed, where existing image XMP metadata was not preserved [CA1023497]
    
  • Problem solved, where RGB TIFF with alpha channels could not be converted [CA1024806; FP39228]
    
  • Issue fixed, where certain types of shadows resulted in striped output [FP33818]
    
  • Problem solved, where certain TIFF resulted in a very different visual result [FP52285]
    
  • Problem solved, where specific, ICC-tagged TIFF resulted in shifted colorants [FP52468]
    
  • Issue fixed, where transparency in TIFF was not properly regarded [CA1027593; CA1023947; CA1027813]
    
  • Problem solved, where CMYK TIFF with additional spot channels could not be converted [FP34428]
    
  • Problem solved, where some JPEG compressed TIFF images resulted in un-proportionally scaled result [FP27294; FP28140; FP30095; FP39228]
  
  
• JPEG
  
  • Issue fixed, where a JPEG without a proper resolution could not be converted to PDF (will be set to 72 ppi by default now)
    
  • Problem solved, where certain very big JPEG images could not be converted to PDF [FP22503]
  
  
• PSD
  
  • Issue fixed, where PSD images with an obsolete entry for spot colors could not be converted [CA1027171]
    
  • Problem solved, where PSD images marked as CMYK, but also included spot color data, were converted to CMYK only [CA1027298]
    
  • Issue fixed, where certain files using n-color- or alpha-channels could not be converted
  
  
• SaveAsImage: Problem solved, where invisible layers from the PDF were visible in the resulting output image
  
• Slice: Problem solved, where separation of objects into 2 files did not work properly anymore [FP52354; FP52501; FP52911; FP53079]

Reports

• HTML-based template report: Issue fixed, where default images were not properly resized
  
• HTML-based template report: Problem solved, where report could not be created using Linux [FP52526]
  
• Layer reports: Adjusted report creation if a downsampling of the report is requested to avoid false reporting for low-res images [FP30414; FP52526]

Server

• Problem solved, where Server jobs could not be started when path was a certain type of mounted SMB Share [FP53235]
  
• Problem solved, where report generation failed if output PDF was already locked by another application [CA1027996]
  
• Issue fixed, where original PDF was moved to "Success" folder instead of "Processed" when Profile error code was "0" (= no Hit, no Fixups executed)

CLI

• Server/Dispatcher on CLI: Issue fixed, where wrong layout glyphs were shown in the command shell on first startup (Windows only) [FP52648]
  
• Log execution: Issue fixed, where not all resources where available in installation package [FP53365]
  
• Variables: Issue fixed, where name of Process Plan could not be used to set as a value in XMP metadata [FP49671]
  
• Improved management for temporary files to avoid remaining data in TEMP folder
  
• Trace: Added process ID to UUID to avoid creation of identically named logging folders [FP52561]
  
• Adjusted error codes in cases where report creation failed due to encrypted input PDFs [FP52526]

General

• Problem solved, where imposed documents could not be properly rendered or saved as an image in pdfToolbox [CA1027927; CA1028035]
  
• Problem solved, where certain PDFs could not be rendered properly anymore [CA1027843, CA1028229]
  
• Windows Service: Updated to .NET 4.0 framework to avoid installation issues on latest Windows Server versions
  
• Installer: On Unix based systems the installer will not extract into the "basename" directory of the respective package [FP52486]
  
• Problem solved, where ICC profiles could not be loaded under certain circumstances [FP53438]
  
• Activation: Improved handling for all non-ascii glyphs
  
• Variables: Improved handling when "," is used as a delimiter for a numeric value
  
• Variables: Problem solved, where file object "File.exists" was not supported within a JavaScript Variable [FP52323]

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Features

Desktop

• Improved visualization of non-supported custom Checks from Acrobat Preflight Profiles

Actions

• ToPDF: Added support for page scaling factor (UserUnit) in resulting PDF, if input image exceeds the maximum dimension of a PDF page [CA1027771; FP21635; CA1026629]

Distributed Processing

• New option "--noshadowfiles" to suppress the creation of a place holder file (which normally reserves the intended file name in the file system) [FP50894]
  
• New option "--setvariablepath", which will transfer the referenced file or folder to the satellite (e.g. as additional resources)
  
• The log files in the shared preferences folder are now created on a daily basis and are named accordingly for Dispatcher and Satellite
  
• New option "--verbosity" to activate extensive logging for debugging processing problems

Most recent version of Adobe PDF Converter integrated (PostScript to PDF conversion; v1.1PlusP1m) [CA1027549; CA1027597; CA1027594; CA1027595; CA1027605]

Internal HTML converter updated to the latest version of callas pdfChip (v2.0.056)

Fixes

Desktop

• Batch processing: Problem solved, where resulting files were not stored according to their severity in the correct output folder [FP52157]
  
• Visualizer: Added zoom functionality to wire frame mode [FP32420]
  
• Extract ICC profiles: Problem solved, where 7c n-channel ICC profiles could not be extracted successfully
  
• Fixed issue, where custom Fixups or Checks could not be removed from a Profile in certain cases [CA1027851]

PDF Standards

• PDF/A conversion: Annotations with "NoView" flag will be removed [FP50434]
  
• PDF/A conversion: Improved handling for PDF 2.0 files [CA1027743]
  
• PDF/A-2u conversion: Problem solved, where errors regarding Unicode values occurred after processing [CA1027552]
  
• PDF/A validation: Adjusted recognition to detect invalid XMP metadata with more than one occurrence of "pdf:Producer" [FP45634]

Fixups

• Convert colors: Existing Matte entries are now calculated into the image data to prevent color shifts in the resulting PDF [FP49499; FP52185]
  
• Improved resource handling for multiple used objects deactivated to avoid extensive processing time (can be activated on CLI) [FP51750; FP52090]
  
• Problem solved, where de-calibration of objects to DeviceCMYK left a reference to an ICC profile which caused a processing error in certain cases [FP52219]
  
• Adjust or remove annotations:

Problem solved, where annotations became rotated in rare cases [FP51279]

Problem solved, where white background rectangles for "Square" annotations appeared in certain cases [CA1027804]

Fixed issue, where annotations became scrambled due to page rotation [CA1026832]

• Embed missing fonts: Issue fixed, where glyph widths for Latin glyphs in Asian fonts were not respected properly for CID fonts [CA1027420]
  
• Embed missing fonts: Possibility to map defined glyph names of a font to an Adobe glyph names using the FontSubstitution config file [CA1027497]
  
• Convert TrueType font to CFF: Issue fixed, where umlauts were changed to rectangles [FP38342]
  
• Convert TrueType font to CFF: Added support for simple TrueType fonts using rendering mode 3 [CA1027678]
  
• Merge adjacent headings if heading level is the same: Problem solved, where certain nesting of table fields was not properly handled [CA1025709]
  
• Font handling: Fixed issue, where certain .notdef glyph encodings in the Differences array were not removed [FP48002]
  
• Content stream analysis: Problem solved, where invalid command resulted in loss of content after processing under certain circumstances [CA1027602; CA1027220]

Actions

• ToPDF: Problem solved, where the Exif information regarding the image orientation was not respected properly [FP51829]
  
• ToPDF: Issue fixed, where conversion of large images resulted in false cropping of the image content [FP51880]

Reports

• Problem solved, where certain special characters like umlauts were not encoded properly in PDF reports [FP51757; CA1027738; FP52173]
  
• QuickCheck: Added escaping ("\") for values like ":" (which is normally used as a delimiter) in config file to allow access to objects using a ":" in their object name [FP52069]
  
• QuickCheck: Problem solved, where orientation of page boxes was not counted correctly [FP51995]

CLI

• Problem solved, where long file paths were not properly handled as destination for output file (Windows only) [CA1027806]
  
• Issue fixed, where a non-supported Check from a Acrobat Preflight Profile was listed multiple times on STD OUT [FP52268]
  
• Log execution: Issue fixed, where logging resulted in an error in certain cases [FP51641]

Distributed Processing

• Reviewed and improved STD OUT information for running Satellite and Dispatcher
  
• Optimized job handling, logging and communication between Dispatcher, Satellite and Client to improve stability and performance [FP46404; FP42456]
  
• Issue fixed, where --password could not be used when distributing jobs [FP51676]
  
• Problem solved, where naming of output files was not respected in certain cases [FP40363; FP42648; FP49077; FP25217]
  
• Improved error message when trying to start an additional Satellite, Dispatcher or Server on the same system
  
• Problem solved, where very long filenames resulted in an unstable behavior of the Satellite [FP47616]

General

• Problem solved, where processing time has increased due to unnecessary evaluation loops for JavaScript-Variables [FP51750]
  
• Process Plans: Reviewed internal logic for file analysis to improve processing speed for Fixup-only steps where no Checks are used within the Fixup of the respective Process Plan step [FP51750]

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Fixes

Fixups

• New DeviceLink Profiles: Issue fixed, where conversion of objects was not properly executed [FP51596; FP51693; FP51702]

Actions

• ToPDF: Implemented improved handling for certain TIFF variants (e.g. some JPEG compressions) to ensure proper conversion to PDF [CA1022291; CA1022778; FP30125; FP41742; FP51155; FP41742; CA1027636; FP31061]

Reports

• Problem solved, where XML reports were not created with certain PDFs (MacOS only) [FP51643]

CLI

• Fixed issue, where stopping pdfToolbox (when started as a Service) was not successful (Windows)

General

• Problem solved, where certain localized strings were not properly encoded and an error was shown [FP51717]
  
• Updated internal HTML converter to the latest version of callas pdfChip (v2.0.053)
  
• Variables: Issue fixed, where the usage of the Date formatter in JavaScript resulted in an unstable behavior [CA1027740]

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Features

• Support for conversion of the most common variants of Photoshop files (PSD) and GIF to PDF, directly as input file as well as when referenced in HTML
  
• Desktop
  
  • Unchanged Profiles, Fixup, Checks and Process Plans in default Libraries will be automatically updated with latest settings in the future (can be disabled in Library settings)
    
  • New Switchboard Action in Document group: "Remove invisible objects", which removes objects that are completely covered, clipped or outside of the page area
    
  • New Switchboard Action in Arrange group: "Split or reorder", to split certain pages or page ranges into several or single PDF
    
  • Various "Decorate" functions in new Switchboard group to add objects or pages:
    
    • Place folding marks
      
    • Text
      
    • Page number
      
    • Date
      
    • Logo/Image
      
    • Watermark
      
    • Mail stamp
      
    • Letter background
      
    • Add summary page
      
    • Add divider page
      
    • Move objects
      
    • Add empty pages
    
    
  • Variables: Defined JavaScript objects are now available across all Libraries
    
  • Libraries: Possibility to create a new empty Library, which includes the default resources (e.g. Output Intents, curve files etc)
    
  • Compare Libraries: Included settings of the scope of a specific check (e.g. limited to boxes or including soft masks etc.) to the comparison result for checks
  
  
• New Profiles
  
  • 53 new DeviceLink Profiles, free for use for Desktop and Server/CLI customers:
    
  • RGB to ISO/PSO Coated (4 Profiles)
    
  • Conversion between standards Europe (25 Profiles)
    
  • Conversion between standards Europe / Japan (4 Profiles)
    
  • Conversion between standards Europe / US (7 Profiles)
    
  • Total area coverage (TAC)/Ink coverage reduction (13 Profiles)
  
  
• Updated Profiles, Fixups, Checks and Process Plans
  
  • Fix potential font problems: Replaced Fixup "Make font name unique for all fonts" with new Fixup "Make font name unique for all fonts with same name"
    
  • Sheetfed offset (CMYK, RGB and spot colors) (GWG 2015): Replaced previous Profile with a new one due to some misconfiguration
  
  
• New and enhanced predefined Fixups
  
  • Make font name unique for all fonts with same name
    
  • Set all black text and vector objects to overprint (no objects using transparency) [CA1025554]
  
  
• New and enhanced predefined Checks
  
  • Origin of MediaBox is not 0/0 [FP48381]
  
  
• New Fixups
  
  • Remove from Layer: Remove selected objects from a Layer
    
    • Several new Fixups to split up components of DeviceN objects:
      
    • Extract CMYK from DeviceN: Separate CMYK from spot colorants as DeviceCMYK
      
    • Extract CMYK from DeviceN one by one: Split up all CMYK channels into individual Separation colorants
      
    • Extract spot colors from DeviceN one by one: Split up all spot channels into separate colorants
      
    • Extract all colors from DeviceN one by one: Split up all channels into separate colorants
      
    • Extract selected color from DeviceN: Isolate single channels into a separate colorant
      
    • Condense into single spot color: Remove all but one spot channel from the document
      
    • DeviceCMYK to CMYK DeviceN: Convert objects using DeviceCMYK to DeviceN with CMYK as colorants
    
    
  • Rotate page content: Rotates the page content by a given degree and optionally enlarge the page accordingly [CA1026711; CA1027435]
    
  • Remove all clipping paths: Removes all clipping paths, e.g. to optimize a PDF for production on certain cutting devices [CaBT1026869]
  
  
• Enhanced Fixups
  
  • Convert colors: Improved resource handling for conversion of single pages or page ranges of a PDF, e.g. to convert only inner pages to grayscale [FP46055; FP48931; FP49013]
    
  • Remove XMP Metadata: Extended with possibility to define namespace and properties to be kept or to removed [FP50448]
    
  • Convert fonts to outlines: Enabled page-based Checks for "Apply to" selection
    
  • Increase line width / Increase line width for multicolored lines: New option to exclude lines drawn with a distorted transformation matrix (when this matrix is unproportionally scaled, objects appear distorted, e.g. a square becomes a rectangle) [FP41862; FP20486]
    
  • Discard private data from other applications: Has been extended to remove private information also in the PieceInfo [FP51081]
    
  • Insert pages: Page geometry boxes are also inserted for new empty pages [FP49025]
    
  • Place text / Place barcode: Improved fallback for fonts if the default fonts (Arial/Helvetica, Times, Courier) can not be found on the respective system
  
  
• New Properties
  
  • Current transformation matrix (CTM) is unproportionally scaled: When the CTM is not scaled proportionally, objects appear distorted, e.g. a square becomes a rectangle
  
  
• Enhanced Properties
  
  • Context aware object detection (Sifter): New option if layer visibility is taken into account or not
  
  
• Reports
  
  • QuickCheck: Several new details made available, e.g. about tagging structure, page geometry boxes, transparency and overprint, document level XMP metadata, annotations and form fields and some more
  
  
• CLI
  
  • New DeviceLink Profiles added, old Profiles have been removed from installation package
    
  • New parameter for Profile execution "--logexecution" which creates a folder with logging information for the specific processing in the user preferences
    
  • QuickCheck: More sample configuration files added to installation package
  
  
• General
  
  • Variables: Current Profile name is now available as a JavaScript object [FP49671]
    
  • Log profile execution: Contains now also intermediate result from "Place content" Fixups as well as the used template and logging information
    
  • Log profile execution: For "Context aware object detection" based checks, a visual report will be created in the respective logging folder
  
  
• Updated internal visualizer of tagging structure to the latest version of callas pdfGoHTML (v2.0.025)
  
• Updated internal HTML converter to the latest version of callas pdfChip (v2.0.052)
  
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v15.0.4PlusP4e)

Fixes

• Desktop
  
  • Variables: Improved evaluation and editing of JavaScript Variables; implemented a timeout for evaluation to prevent endless loops while editing
    
  • Variables in Checks or Fixups: Improved handling of predefined numeric values when a Variable is inserted [FP47656]
    
  • Profile editing: "Report PDF syntax issues" option is no more active in newly generated Profiles
    
  • Profile editing: Issue fixed, where order of dialog boxes was wrong when editing a Variable in certain cases (MacOS only) [FP50297]
    
  • Added missing keyboard shortcut for "Object inspector"
    
  • ToPDF: PostScript files will now use the selected PDF setting (joboption) from the Switchboard action, even when "Drag'n'Dropped" on the canvas
    
  • Standalone: Issue fixed, where size of an opened or processed PDF was not properly adjusted to the size of the window [FP47803; FP48378]
    
  • Layer explorer: Problem solved, where removing layer metadata resulted in an unstable behavior (MacOS only) [CA1026482]
• Fixups
  
  • Conversion to PDF/A-2 and PDF/A-3: Improved handling to set the overprint mode (OPM) for ICCbased CMYK object also if DefaultCMYK is introduced during processing [CA1027162]
    
  • Flatten transparency: Issue fixed, where rendering or flattening resulted in cropped image in certain cases [FP49028]
    
  • Insert pages: Issue fixed, where multiple settings were not properly regarded
    
  • Set Line Width: Certain line width (like "0") not properly handled [CA1027473]
    
  • Convert colors using DeviceLink / Adjust dotgain: Issue fixed, which resulted in unnecessary long processing time in certain cases (MacOS only) [FP47587 + FP47589]
    
  • Place content: Improved handling of existing Layer of placed PDF documents
    
  • Remove printer marks: Problem solved, where some objects were not properly handled in certain cases [FP39789; CA1026929; CA1017847; FP32714; CA1019332; FP17475]
    
  • Remove objects outside page area: Reviewed functionality to ensure proper handling of objects
    
  • Set layer default to On/Off: Issue fixed, where layers remain visible in certain cases [FP51310]
    
  • Downsample/compress color/grayscale images: Issue fixed, where processing results in visual differences due to improper handling of Matte entry [CA1027129]
    
  • Convert colors: Problem solved where certain inline images were not properly handled when image downsampling took place in the same profile [CA1027679]
    
  • Create bookmarks from headings: Issue fixed, where tag tree was not properly recognized [CA1027492]
    
  • Place text: Issue fixed, where the used font was not embedded as an indirect object [FP48225]
    
  • Discard hidden layer content and flatten visible layers: Problem solved, where text color changed during processing in certain PDF [FP50980]
    
  • Embed missing fonts: Issue fixed, where certain fonts with Unicode characters in their font name were not properly determined (Unix only) [FP49361]
• Properties
  
  • Number of effectively non-empty plates: Issue fixed, where the unit of the sample size was not taken into account properly
    
  • Context aware object detection: Problem solved, where the unit for parameters was not taken into account properly [FP50378]
    
  • Context aware object detection: Issue fixed, where clipping paths with holes were not properly interpreted when determining the visibility of objects [FP51352]
• Actions
  
  • SplitPDF: Fixed general performance issues and avoided creation of very large temporary files [CA1027389]
    
  • Save as image: Problem solved, where certain PDF with transparencies resulted in a very long rendering time [CA1027190]
    
  • ToPDF: Issue fixed, where conversion of certain JPG (created by some mobile devices) resulted in a blank pages [FP49150]
    
  • ToPDF: Issue fixed, where conversion of TIFF containing a special kind of thumbnail preview of the content resulted in a 2-page PDF [FP29704]
    
  • ToPDF: Problem solved, where conversion from SVG to PDF resulted in an empty PDF [CA1027173]
    
  • ToPDF: Problem solved, where certain corrupt PDFs resulted in an unstable behavior [FP49271]
    
  • Tiling: Optimized template to avoid embedding of an Output Intent and PDF/X-1a entry
• Reports
  
  • QuickCheck: Problem solved, where some font infos were not correctly listed in the resulting JSON report [FP48305]
    
  • QuickCheck: Issue fixed, where Hex-coded values in the DocInfo of a PDF was not properly listed in the resulting JSON report [FP51257]
• CLI
  
  • Issue fixed, where wrong error level was given if processing was tried with expired trial license [FP51471]
    
  • Problem solved, where processing sporadically resulted into an error (Linux only) [CA1024691]
    
  • Problem solved, where a defined cachefolder was not properly respected [FP47604]
• General
  
  • Variables: Reviewed evaluation of JavaScript Variables to ensure proper update of all values, especially after user interaction in ask-at-runtime dialog [FP50722]
    
  • Problem solved, where some incomplete PDF structure of an incoming file resulted in an unstable behavior [CA1027625]
    
  • Issue fixed, where a Process plan used as a step in a Process plan was not properly handled in certain cases [FP50380]
    
  • Problem solved, where processing of a certain PDFs resulted in an unstable behavior [CA1027573]
    
  • Improved setting of the transparency blend color spaces when converting to PDF/X and PDF/A when an CMYK Output Intent already exists
• Distributed Processing
  
  • Increased default value for waiting time for free satellites by the Dispatcher to 10 seconds

System requirements

Mac

• MacOS X (Intel), version 10.9 or newer, 64-bit-compliant (PlugIn requires also Acrobat DC 64-bit)

• Windows Server 2008 R2 / 7 / Server 2012 / 8 / 10

• Debian 7 (and derivates like Ubuntu 12.x )
  
• RedHat RHEL6 (and derivates like CentOS6)
  
• SuSE SLES11 (and derivates like OpenSuSE11)
  
• Other Linux distributions are also supported as well if the version of the glibc is at least v2.12

• Solaris 11 (v5.11) or newer

• AIX 6.1 (oslevel 6100-09) or newer

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Features

• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v15.0.4PlusP3w)
  
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Converter integrated (PostScript to PDF conversion; v1.1PlusP1g)
  
  Server
  
  • The "Server.log" logfiles in the shared preferences folder are now created on a daily basis and are named accordingly [FP33277]

Fixes

• Desktop
  
  • Switchboard: Problem solved, where changed PDF wasn't marked as such, therefore no "Save as" was requested when closing the document
    
  • Switchboard: Issue fixed, where deleting a saved Action wasn't successful [FP49208]
    
  • Switchboard: Problem solved, where some Actions in the "Large Format" section couldn't be executed successfully anymore [FP49161]
    
  • Variables dialog: Fixed several issues regarding the determination and the display of JavaScript Variables
    
  • Test mode: Issue fixed, where the lock status of a Process Plan was not properly regarded [FP47859]
    
  • Process Plans: Issue fixed, where Process Plans in Process Plans could not be properly edited in some cases [FP49114]
  
  
• Standalone
  
  • Recently saved files are now also included in the "Open recent files" menu
    
  • Compare: Issue fixed, where "Min/Max differences" and "Area" values were not properly updated
  
  
• Checks
  
  • Context aware object detection: Several improvements regarding recognition of visibility or obliteration of objects
    
  • Context aware object detection: Problem solved, where a check for visible RGB object didn't find an object [FP49322]
  
  
• Fixups
  
  • Flatten transparency: Issue fixed, where processing resulted in shifted glyphs and other objects in certain cases [FP48007]
    
  • Flatten transparency: Problem solved, where glyphs were changed and wrong glyph widths were created in some cases [FP43490]
    
  • Font to outline: Problem solved, where processing resulted in missing glyphs if specific TrueType font was converted to CFF beforehand [CA1027405]
    
  • Make Pantone spot color names consistent: Optimized handling of NChannel entries to avoid color shifts [FP48936]
  
  
• Actions
  
  • Imposition: Issue fixed, where the PDF version entry of a PDF 2.0 was not properly handled [FP42268]
  
  
• Reports
  
  • Issue fixed, where e.g. Names of Checks defined via Variables were extended by some additional glyphs (Linux only) [FP49522]
  
  
• Server
  
  • The "Server.log" logfile in the shared preferences folder will now be continued and not overwritten after a server restart [FP46404]
  
  
• CLI
  
  • Issue fixed, where types of Variables were not properly detected [FP49291]
  
  
• General
  
  • Problem solved, where rendering of certain PDFs with transparency took abnormally long [CA127190]
    
  • Variables: Several improvements of the general handling and determination of JavaScript Variables
    
  • Variables: Issue fixed, where Custom Fixups could not be set to on/off by a JavaScript Variable under certain circumstances [FP49104; FP49148]

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Fixes

• Fixed issue, where editing of Fixup was not possible on a Japanese system [CA1027296]

Server/CLI

• Problem solved, where files could not be stored on a SMB shared volume after processing (Windows) [CA1027303]
  
• Variables: Problem solved, where values defined by --setvariable were not properly classified as number, string, ... [FP48345]

Actions

• ToPDF: Office files will be opened as read-only to allow conversion of files protected against editing (Microsoft Word on Windows only) [CA1027263]

General

• Variables: Fixed issue, where one of multiple Custom Fixups in a Profile was executed even though it was switched off using a Variable in certain cases [FP49000]

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Features

New Fixups

• Repair invalid or empty FontBBox values [FP32539; CA1027156]

Enhanced Fixups

• Merge adjacent line fragments: Optional "Apply to" and multiple settings added
  
• Fix glyph width information: Extended scope to fix also font widths of Type 3 fonts [FP37894; CA1027057; FP47580]

New Properties

• Embedded font file uses invalid or empty BBox values [FP32539; CA1027156]

General

• Variables: Variables can now be deleted in the app.vars object

Fixes

Fixups

• Convert colors: Problem solved, where inline images were not properly handled if executed together with "Downsample/Recompress images" Fixups in certain cases [CA1026756]
  
• Create and apply shapes: Issue fixed , where Lab color space was not properly created
  
• Font to outline: Issue fixed, where a certain combination of invisible and clipping text objects was not properly handled [FP43980]
  
• Generate bleed from page content: Problem solved, where Smooth Shades on larger pages were not taken into account in certain cases [FP41771]
  
• Generate bleed from page content: Issue fixed, where page geometry boxes were always set, although not requested [FP41604]
  
• Create and apply shapes: Issue fixed, where shape was not created properly [FP41250]
  
• Fix glyph width: Issue fixed, where fonts were displaced when Fixup was executed together with "Embed missing fonts"
  
• Font to outline: Problem solved, where glyphs were displaced if executed together with "Fix glyph width" and "Embed fonts" [FP40683; FP42802]
  
• Embed missing fonts: Issue fixed, where font style was not properly regarded in certain cases [FP42804]
  
• Make font names unique: Problem solved, where already unique fonts were processed as well [CA1026408]
  
• Make font names unique: Issue fixed, where fonts used in SoftMask were not properly handled in certain cases [CA1026851]
  
• Put objects on layer: Problem solved, where objects identified by their ICC profile were not put on a layer

Checks

• OPI: "File Name (%ALDImageFilename)": Issue fixed, where simple file specification resulted in unstable behavior [CA1026684]

Actions

• Pre-separate pages: Problem solved, where empty colorants were not properly regarded [FP43482]
  
• Overlay: New option to create a non-isolated transparency group for imported content to avoid e.g. overprinting issues [FP34715; FP42398]
  
• SaveAsImage: Issue fixed, where transparency was not properly handled, if images were rendered as PNG with color space RGBA (transparent background) [CA1025691]

Reports

• XML reports and Result dialog: Graphic state details for Smooth shades added [CA1027092]

Desktop

• Variables dialog: Optimized switching between "Script" and "Value" to show correct values
  Variables: Issue fixed, where numeric values became strings after the ask-at-runtime dialog

Plug-in

• Problem solved, where the Plug-in was not installed in older Acrobat Pro versions [FP47798]

General

• Issue fixed, where some rare font structures resulted in an unstable behavior [FP47705]
  
• Problem solved, where some new PDF structures (introduced with PDF 2.0) were not properly handled [CA1027222]
  
• Problem solved, where a rare usage of PostScript code in a font resulted in an unstable behavior [FP44454]
  
• Variables: JavaScript objects can now always be assigned to the app.vars object

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Features

Standalone

• Reviewed and improved zoom functionality

General

• Checks can now be a part of other Checks using the Property "Include other check"
  
• New option in Checks: "Invert check result"
  
• Process Plans
  
  • New Sequence step type "Process Plan" to include other Process Plans as sub-parts
    
  • New Sequence step type "Save PDF copy" allows to save intermediate results, optionally with suffix, prefix or in a sub-folder of the output path
    
  • New Sequence step type "Quick Check" allows for high-speed determination of a custom set of PDF details as a JSON expression
    
  • New Sequence step type "File pick up" allows for getting back to a previous state of the processed file and for using this version for further processing [CA1026498]
  
  
• Profiles: Severity for generic syntax checks can be defined
  
• Variables:
  
  • Profiles: Severity for generic syntax checks can be defined
    
  • Variables:
    
    • Licensing details are now listed in JavaScript object app.env [FP47319]
      
    • Created files from Sequence steps are logged in the app.doc.result.resultfiles JavaScript object
      
    • Results for all Sequence steps are stored in the app.doc.result.fixups JavaScript object
      
    • Page scaling factor (UserUnits) is available in the app.doc.pages JavaScript object
      
    • Create a checkbox in the ask at runtime dialogue (via the app.requires object) [FP46975]Licensing details are now listed in JavaScript object app.env [FP47319]
      
    • Created files from Sequence steps are logged in the app.doc.result.resultfiles JavaScript object
      
    • Results for all Sequence steps are stored in the app.doc.result.fixups JavaScript object
      
    • Page scaling factor (UserUnits) is available in the app.doc.pages JavaScript object
      
    • Create a checkbox in the ask at runtime dialogue (via the app.requires object) [FP46975]
    
    
  • Reports
    
    • Template based PDF reports can be used as an overview page in all PDF reports
      
    • Bookmarks have been added to all PDF report types
    
    
  • License Server: Manages activation of pdfToolbox in cloud environments

New Profiles and Process Plans

• Verify compliance with Processing Steps (ISO 19593-1) for packaging and label
  
• Packaging Flexo (GWG 2015) [FP33523]
  
• Packaging Gravure (GWG 2015)
  
• Packaging Offset (GWG 2015)
  
• Uses PDF 2.0 Features
  
• Quick Check example
  
• Bring 100% black text to front

Enhanced Profiles and Process Plans

• Convert to CMYK and spot colors and generate images of pre-separated pages
  Enhanced Profiles and Process Plans
  
  • Convert to CMYK and spot colors and generate images of pre-separated pages
    
  • List page objects, grouped by type of object: annotations are now also listed
    
  • List Processing Steps metadata information
    
  • Convert spot to CMYK (for transparency flattened PDFs)
    
  • Prepare PDF for specified page size
    
  • Analyze pages for effectively used platesList page objects, grouped by type of object: annotations are now also listed
    
  • List Processing Steps metadata information
    
  • Convert spot to CMYK (for transparency flattened PDFs)
    
  • Prepare PDF for specified page size
    
  • Analyze pages for effectively used plates
  
  New Fixups
  
  • Bring to front
    
  • Send to back
    
  • Set line width now adds a stroke if not present beforehand
    
  • Convert Type 1 and CFF fonts to CID [FP44018]
    
  • Disjoin graphics objects
    
  • Merge adjacent line fragments
  
  Enhanced Fixups
  
  • Create and apply shape: Tracing can be limited to a single or a combination of separations
    
  • Create and apply shape: New option to create a shape based on the print surface (Processing Steps)
    
  • Adjust or remove annotations can now create appearance streams for annotations
    
  • Place content: Optional content (layers) in placed PDF files will be maintained
    
  • Place content: Page scaling factor (UserUnits) is available in cals_doc_info.js
  
  New and enhanced predefined Fixups
  
  • Convert alternate color space for spot colors to CMYK (PSO Coated v3 (ECI))
    
  • Duplicate all pages
    
  • Insert empty pages as 2nd and last but one page
    
  • Re-encode images with Indexed color space to base color space
    
  • Convert DeviceN CMYK to DeviceCMYK
    
  • All "Place content"-based Fixups: New templates and utility functions (available in new Libraries)
    
  • Convert colors: New sample configuration file added, which avoids changes to the transparency blend color space during conversion of the alternate color space of spot colors [CA1025949]
    
    • New setting will be used in new Prepress Libraries for the following Fixups:
      
      • Convert alternate color space for spot colors to CMYK (PSO Coated v3 (ECI))
        
      • Convert alternate color space for spot colors to CMYK (Coated GRACol 2006)
        
      • Convert alternate color space for spot colors to CMYK (ISO Coated v2 (ECI))
        
      • Convert alternate color space for spot colors to CMYK (ISOnewspaper26v4 (IFRA))
  
  New Properties
  
  • Various new Properties in the new Group "Context aware object detection" (Sifter)
    
    • Context aware object detection (Sifter)
      
    • Object below other object
      
    • Object covered by other object
      
    • Object covers other object
      
    • Object crosses other object
      
    • Object crosses shape
      
    • Object inside other object
      
    • Object inside shape
      
    • Object is completely clipped
      
    • Object is completely obliterated
      
    • Object is invisible
      
    • Object is partially clipped
      
    • Object is partially obliterated
      
    • Object is visible
      
    • Object not below any other object
      
    • Object not on top of any other object
      
    • Object on top of other object(s)
      
    • Object outside other object
      
    • Object outside shape
      
    • Object reaches into edge area of a shape
      
    • Shape definition
    
    
  • Various new Properties to determine different details of path objects
    
    • Stroked but not filled
      
    • Filled but not stroked
      
    • Filled and stroked
      
    • Number of sub paths
      
    • Number of open sub paths
      
    • Number of closed sub paths
      
    • Number of points in path object
      
    • Smallest number of points in sub path
      
    • Largest number of points in sub path
      
    • Number of straight lines in path object
      
    • Number of curved lines in path object
      
    • Number of rectangles in path objectStroked path object is solid line
      
    • Stroked path object is dashed line
      
    • Stroked path object is dotted line
      
    • Stroked path object is line with dashes and dots
      
    • Dash array of a stroked path object
      
    • Effective length of shortest dash in stroked path object
      
    • Effective length of longest dash in stroked path object
      
    • Effective average length of dashes in stroked path object
      
    • Effective length of shortest gap in stroked path object
      
    • Effective length of longest gap in stroked path object
      
    • Effective average length of gaps in stroked path object
    
    
  • Number of hits in this check in document
    
  • Various new properties to determine values of text and character spacing [CA1026843]
    
    • Character spacing of text
      
    • Word spacing of text
      
    • Text leading
      
    • Text rise
    
    
  • Unicode of ligature (via ToUnicode CMap) does not match PDF encoding [CA1026930]
    
  • Various new properties for Processing Steps:
    
    • Document has Processing Steps metadata
      
    • Page has Processing Steps metadata
      
    • Processing Step layers missing on page
      
    • Processing Step does not have type entry
  
  New and enhanced predefined Checks
  
  • 100% black text below other objects
    
  • Small text or thin line knocking out background
    
  • Text crosses edge of rendered non-text content
    
  • Text too close to edge of rendered content
    
  • Text too close to line using spot color "Cutline"
    
  • Gray objects using CMY or RGB
    
  • Size of black filled vector object larger than 5 by 5 cm
    
  • Aspect ratio of TrimBox does not correspond to European standard sizes (A4, A3, ...)
    
  • Uses ICCbased RGB
  
  Reports
  
  • HTML-based template reports:
    
  • Optional creation of more than one page preview image
    
  • Variables from executed Profile are now available in cals_params.js
    
  • Pages with hits from executed Checks are now listed in cals_params.js
  
  Server
  
  • Server jobs from pdfToolbox 9 can now be imported at first startup of the Server component for pdfToolbox 10
  
  CLI
  
  • New high-speed functionality to determine a custom set of information of the PDF file (--quickcheck)
    
  • Creating and using custom dictionaries for Profiles to use custom translations for Profiles, Fixups, Checks etc. in reports (--createcustomdict, --customdict)
    
  • Multiple reports can be created using different languages in a single CLI call [FP27467]
    
  • New report type: VARDUMP: Dumps the app.vars object of used Variables into a JSON file
    
  • New option to create JSON log files for Profile execution during runtime (--trace)
    
  • Tiling: New option to use a custom template to define the visual appearance of the created output (--template)

Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v15.0.4PlusP3e)

Most recent version of Adobe PDF Converter integrated (PostScript to PDF conversion; v1.1PlusP1c) [CA1026884]

Fixes

Profiles

• Fixed issue, where generic check "Font is not embedded" was not properly executed

Fixups

• Flatten transparency:
  
  • Fixed issue, where softmask objects were removed in certain cases [FP38452]
    
  • Problem solved, where vector objects vanished in some cases [FP32906; CA1025031; CA1026758; FP34801; CA1025815; CA1026873; CA1025940; CA1026726]
    
  • Problem solved, where image objects vanished in certain cases [FP32811]
    
  • Problem solved, where resulting PDF was visually changed [CA1025706; CA1026257]
    
  • Fixed issue, where objects were slightly shifted after processing [FP26401]
    
  • Problem solved, where processing resulted in an unstable behavior [CA1023301]
    
  • Problem solved, where link destinations were not properly maintained [CA1026663]
    
  • Fixed issue, where glyphs from a Helvetica font were not properly handled in a specific case (MacOS only) [CA1026810]
  
  
• PlaceContent: Fixed issue, where processing was not successful when ink info in template was requested [CA1027004; FP46174]
  
• Font to outline:
  
  • Fixed issue, where diacritical marks were shifted after processing [FP28166; FP28721; FP42886; FP43814]
    
  • Problem solved, where text was not properly handled in some cases [FP46991]
    
  • Fixed issue, where some text operators ("BT") remained in content stream after font to outline [CA1027019]
  
  
• Map spot and process colors: Added Checks using Properties of group "Images" to "Apply to" filter
  
• Map spot and process colors: Fixed issue, where multiple settings for different pages were not properly regarded [CA1026675]
  
• Convert colors using DeviceLink: Problem solved, where a "Matte" entry of images was not properly regarded [FP44990]
  
• Problem solved, where .notdef glyphs were not properly handled [CA1026671]
  
• Fixed issue, where PDF/A-2b conversion using a Profile resulted in width information problems [FP28837; FP45489]
  
• Fixed issue, where glyphs were replaced with .notdef glyphs in certain cases [CA1026995]

Checks

• Image is not valid: Fixed issue, where a corrupt image was not properly detected [FP42196]
  
• Number of hits in this check: Fixed issue, where "0" as value was not properly handled [FP46339]
  
• Size of page geometry box: Variables enabled for "Measurement unit" and "Ignore orientation" [FP34885; CA1025372]
  
• Output condition (of Output Intents): Fixed issue, where Output Intents could not be properly added to the list [FP46093]

Actions

• To PDF:
  
  • Problem solved, where text from PostScript files was not properly rendered after conversion [CA1026689]
    
  • Problem solved, where PostScript could not be processed in certain cases [CA1026984]
    
  • Added handling for "Unsupported formula" warning in Microsoft Excel files [CA1026918]
  
  
• Create PostScript:
  
• Fixed issue, where created PostScript was not valid [FP42852]
  
• Problem solved, where objects were missing in resulting PostScript file [FP27516]
  
• Problem solved, where created PostScript resulted in shifted glyphs on certain output devices [FP42850]
  
• Fixed issue, where visual appearance of some objects was changed after processing [FP23626]

• ReDistill
  
  • Fixed issue, where images were not properly handled in certain cases [FP35975]
    
  • Problem solved, where spot color images were not properly converted[FP24553]
  
  
• Optimize PDF
  
  li>Problem solved, where data after the end-of-file marker in the file structure were not properly handled in certain cases [FP43293]
  
  • Fixed issue, where some invalid references in the file structure were not repaired and resulted in an error [CA1026538]
  
  
• SaveAsImage: Problem solved, where some shadings were not properly rendered in high resolutions [FP41649]
  
• N-Up / Step and repeat: Fixed issue, where files were not placed properly in certain cases [FP41839]
  
• Add grommets: Added support for PDFs using a page scaling factor (UserUnits) [FP42478]
  
• EnumerateLayers: Fixed issue, where not all spot color objects were put on the respective layer [CA1024551]
  
• Compare/Visualizer: Fixed issue, where PDF as image format was not properly handled [FP45556; FP47709]
  
• Impose: Problem solved, where positioning of text also resulted in embedding of "Courier" font, although not used for the positioned text [FP45224]
  
• Pre-separate pages: Fixed issue, where empty or grayscale pages resulted in wrong page labels [CA1027170]

Reports

• XML Report: Added trigger values for generic syntax Checks [CA1027097]

• Variables:
  
  • Order of Variables in ask-at-runtime is now derived from the KEY value (in alpha-numerical order) [FP20130; FP47024]
    
  • Problem solved, where Variables stored in a JSON file could not be loaded [FP43762]
    
  • Fixed issue, where a Variable could not be used properly in the "When check does not fire" field [FP45401]
    
  • Fixed issue, where a Library could not be imported [CA1026209]
    
  • Problem solved, where a JavaScript encoded as "UTF8 with BOM" was not properly handled (MacOS only) [FP43026]
• Deactivation of a Server license will now also remove the Desktop activation (if Desktop was activated via the Server license) [FP45399]
  
• Default values for number of displayed hits result dialog increased

• mproved reporting, when the limit of parallel processes allowed by license is exceeded so that processes have to wait [FP47312]

• Process Plans: Fixed issue, where processing could not be executed successfully in certain cases [FP47321]
  
• Fixed issue, where processing a password-protected file resulted in a wrong error code [CA1027122]
  
• Problem solved, where in certain cases changes from Fixups were not taken into account by the "Flatten transparency" Fixup when part of the same Profile [CA1026737]
  
• Optimized generation and analysis of ToUnicodes CMaps to improve performance [CA1026591]
  
• Process Plans: Fixed issue, where special diacritical characters in an imposition configuration were not properly encoded [FP41047]
  
• Problem solved, where certain rare function operators in the content stream resulted in unstable behavior [FP45295]

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Features

Desktop

• Display of activation status: Only activated components will be shown
  
• Standalone
  
• Go to page: Jump to entered page number in current document

General

• Save as image: PDF files, where the permission setting "Copying content" is set to "allowed" can now also be saved as images [FP44878]
  
• ToPDF: Added support for WordPerfect (.wpd) as input files [CA1026745]

Fixes

Fixups

• Convert to PDF/A-1: Problem solved, where recompression of JPEG2000 to JPEG resulted in a color shift in some cases
  
• Convert to PDF/X-4: Problem solved, where result PDF was displayed with scrambled glyphs and an error warning in certain PDF viewers [FP44306]
  
• Remove objects completely outside ...: Optimized handling of objects in Form XObjects [FP7329; FP41579; FP44796]
  
• Convert colors using DeviceLink: Fixed issue, where color space of ICC profiles defined using Variables was not properly determined [FP44629]
  
• Convert colors: Adjusted handling for objects, where the source ICC profile is identical to Output Intent ICC profile: OPM will not be changed in such constellations to avoid visual differences [FP42762]
  
• Place content: Fixed issue, where using a Variable to define the template path was not properly working

Desktop

• Explore Metadata: Fixed issue, where preview images were not properly displayed (MacOS only)
  
• Switchboard - Standards - Digital printing: Fixed issue, where outdated Profiles were used for conversion or the conversion was not successful at all

Plug-in

• Compare: Support for the latest Acrobat DC version [FP44987]

CLI

• ToPDF: Fixed issue, where conversion of non-PDF formats failed for certain licensing types [CA1026877; FP44840]
  
• ToPDF: Fixed issue, where HTML files with a "#" character in their name could not be processed [CA1026885]
  
• ToPDF: Problem solved, where empty Excel sheets resulted in an error in certain cases [CA1026819]

General

• Fixed issue, where Profile property "Font is not embedded" was not properly regarded [CA1026813]
  
• Problem solved, where editing Profiles was not possible in certain cases [CA1026887; CA1026797]
  
• Fixed issue, where special characters in Variables were not properly handled [CA1026785]

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Features

Desktop

• Explore PDF: Unique indicators for font issues (to avoid confusion) [FP43221]

CLI

• ToPDF for PostScript: Font substitution is now reported on CLI StdOut and in SDK [CA1026670]

Fixes

Fixups

• ConvertColors: Fixed issue, where RGB-stroked objects were not converted in rare cases

Desktop

• Switchboard - Document - PostScript to PDF: Fixed issue, where selected joboptions settings were not properly respected [FP43042]

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Features

Standalone

• Compare Libraries and Profiles
  
• Explore PDF: New views of PDF structure and possibility to export selected objects into a new PDF
  
• Output Intents on page level will be listed in the footer of the standalone and in the result dialog (PDF 2.0 Feature)

New Fixups

• Insert pages: Insert empty pages or duplicates from previous or following page
  
• Remove measurement properties (Viewport) [FP34538]
  
• Several new Properties for PDF 2.0:
  
• Embed Output Intent on page level
  
• Embed Output Intent with specified parameters on page level
  
• Remove page level Output Intents
  
• Remove all Black Point Compensation entries
  
• Set Black Point Compensation

New Checks and Properties

• Size of filled vector object [CA1026362]
  
• Uses ICCbased RGB
  
• Difference between colorant values: To determine the maximum difference between colorant values to identify e.g. gray objects in RGB color
  
• Page uses measurement properties (Viewport) [FP34538]
  
• Several new and extended Properties for PDF 2.0:
  
  • Has halftone origin entry (HTO)
    
  • Value of the Black Point Compensation entry
    
  • Requirements array in Catalog requires PDF 2.0
    
  • Output Intent has Mixing Hints entry
    
  • Printing Order entries in Mixing Hints dictionaries consistent across document
    
  • Solidities entries in Mixing Hints dictionaries consistent across document
    
  • Has Black Point Compensation entry
    
  • Has page level Output Intent
    
  • Set PDF version: Added "2.0" as possible version entry

CLI

• Suppress generic syntax checks or define a specified severity with new parameter: --syntax checks

General

• Support for PDF 2.0 [FP42268]
  
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v15.0.4PlusP2p)

Fixes

PDF Standards

• PDF/A-2 + PDF/A-3 conversion: Fixup "Reduce bit depth for 16 bit images to 8 bit" removed
  
• PDF/A-1 validation: Adjusted analysis for Type3 font with empty ResourceDict to avoid unnecessary hits [CA1026094]
  
• PDF/UA-1 validation: Fixed issue, where untagged images were not properly recognized [CA1026588]
  
• PDF/VT-1 validation: Adjusted recognition of nesting of encapsulated XObjects and their respective graphic states
  
• PDF/X conversion: Fixed issue, where setting in Custom Fixup "Embed Output Intent" did not overrule the PDF/X conversion settings [CA1026544]
  
• PDF/X-5n conversion: Fixed issue, where multichannel Output Intent from Custom Fixup was not respected in color conversion for PDF/X [CA1026361

Fixups

• Embed Output Intent with specified parameters: Added missing PDF/X-5n entry [CA1026575]
  
• Flatten transparency: Fixed issue, where rotation of graphic was not properly respected [CA1026519]
  
• Flatten transparency: Fixed issue, where processing was not successful with certain PDF [FP40660]
  
• Flatten transparency: Problem solved, where bookmarks became invalidated [CA1022850; CA1023146; CA1023301]
  
• Font to outline: Problem solved, where resulting file could not be properly handled in some viewers and RIPs [FP42385; FP42660]
  
• Generate bleed from page content: Fixed issue, where resulting images became tagged with an ICC profile, even when option is disabled if color space was set to "Use Output Intent" [FP42310; FP40948]
  
• Put objects on layer: Problem solved, where objects were no more properly assigned to a layer [FP42224; CA1026579; FP42628; FP42783]
  
• Create and apply shapes: Problem solved, where endings of created lines were not created as expected [CA1026547]
  
• Create and apply shapes: Fixed issue, where enlargement of contours were not properly created [CA1026481]
  
• Convert TrueType to CFF: Fixed issue, where resulting file could not be properly displayed in viewers [CA1026574]
  
• Convert TrueType to CFF: Problem solved, where glyphs exceeding the allowed size were nor properly handled [CA1026488]
  
• Repair invalid ToUnicode CMap information in fonts: Fixed issue, where processing resulted in missing glyph after processing in some cases [CA1026445]
  
• Make font name unique: Problem solved, where hyphen or softhyphen were not properly displayed in certain viewers [CA1026329]
  
• Set XMP Metadata: Improved handling of empty settings in Fixup to avoid unstable behavior
  
• Merge adjacent headings if heading level is the same: Problem solved, where redundant entries in Role Map were not properly handled in certain cases [CA1024489]
  
• Map spot and process colors: Fixed issue, where mapping of separation colors using process color names was not successful [FP42603]
  
• Map spot and process colors: Problem solved, where mapping of one SmoothShade color to an existing color resulted in a rendering error with resulting PDF [CA1025948]
  
• Map spot and process colors: Added Checks using Properties of group "Pages" to "Apply to" list [CA1026675]
  
• Uncompress XMP Metadata objects: Problem solved, where processing resulted in an unexpected result if "Remove XMP Metadata" were contained in same Profile [FP42113]
  
• Added optional "Apply to" to several Fixups (and/or made multiple settings available):
  
  • Remove objects outside page area
    
  • Add marks [FP28206]
    
  • Remove printer marks
    
  • Add white background
    
  • Set|Remove page scaling factor
    
  • Increase line width of multicolored lines
    
  • Convert colors using DeviceLink profiles [FP42305]

Checks

• Set PDF Version: Automatic check for PDF version was executed, although Fixup was disabled using a Variable [CA1026297; FP42998]
  
• Smallest distance from TrimBox: Optimized recognition of objects [FP40299]

Actions

• SaveAsImage: Problem solved, where page scaling factor (UserUnit) was not take into account for created image [FP42862]
  
• SaveAsImage: Optimized listing of created files during runtime on StdOut [CA1023383; CA1026634]
  
• ToPDF: Fixed issue, where umlauts or unicode characters in filename of jobsetting or logfile were not properly handled [CA1026563]
  
• ToPDF: Added dialog handling for invalid references in Excel files to default dialog handling [CA1026571]
  
• Optimization: Problem solved, where processing resulted in shifted glyphs [CA1026434]
  
• EnumerateProfile: Fixed issue, where invalid path in Variable resulted in an error [FP42450]

Desktop

• Switchboard - LFP - Grommets: Fixed issue, where grommets were not properly positioned in certain cases [FP42195]
  
• Variables: Added "artBox" property to list of available boxes for app.doc.pages [CA1026601]
  
• Edit Profiles dialog: Fixed issue, where button for Profile export became grayed out after export (MacOS only) [CA1026531]

CLI

• Fixed issue, where resulting file could not be stored on a mounted device with high nesting depth of folders [FP41631]

Reports

• Layer reports: Problem solved, where hits were no more assigned to respective layer [FP42114]
  
• XML: Fixed issue, where specified number of "hitsperdoc" and "hitsperpage" were not properly respected [FP42663]

General

• Problem solved, where processing of specific file resulted in an error [CA1026630]
  
• Logging: Fixed issue, where umlauts in Profile name were not properly handled [FP42032]
  
• Logging: Fixed issue, where JSON was not written in case of errors [FP42393]
  
• Updated signing of pdfToolbox installer for MacOS [FP42382]

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Fixes

Fixups

• Reduce bit depth for 16 bit images to 8 bit: Issue fixed, where image was not properly converted
  
• Place content: Problem solved, where processing was not successful, if generated overlay PDF contained less pages than base PDF
  
• Pre-separate pages: Issue fixed, where page labels were not properly set for multi-page input documents [FP41612]

Actions

• EnumerateProfiles: Issue fixed, where values of variables were not properly listed [CA1026454]

Plug-In

• Issue fixed, where the Plug-In was not installed in Acrobat Pro 2017 [FP41726]

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Features

New in Switchboard

• Prepress - Pre-separate pages: Creates a separate page for each CMYK or spot color used in the PDF [CA1026318]
  
• Standards - GWG based Actions: Target for conversion can now be selected ("GWG 2008" or "GWG 2015")

Fixups

• Re-encode images using Indexed color spaces to their base color space [CA1021547; CA1022910; CA1022911]
  
• Remove objects + Remove all objects except: Property "Sequential page number" can now be used in "Apply to" filter [FP41361]

Checks and Properties

• Aspect ratio of CropBox|BleedBox|TrimBox|ArtBox: Determines the aspect ratio the respective dimensions[FP]
  
• Font is not valid/Font is not valid (strict): Extended scope to find glyphs with corrupt data [CA1025806]

Desktop

• Variables: Values in Ask-at-runtime dialog will now be remembered during one session and can be exported/imported as JSON to be used on command line or with the library [CA1025547]

Standalone

• More recently opened files are available at the corresponding menu item [FP40629]
  
• Organize pages: Multiple pages can now be selected by using the "Shift"-key [FP27341; FP36065]

CLI

• --setvariables: Support for values as JSON added, e.g. for values exported from Desktop [CA1025547]

Distributed Processing

• Enhanced display of status and details when components are started using CLI

General

Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v15.0.1PlusP2f)

Fixes

Analysis

• PDF/A: Fixed issue, where a certain kind of duplicate XMP metadata resulted in an unnecessary hit [FP39255]
  
• PDF/A-3: Adjust Validation for embedded files (will now accept an "array of file specifications")
  
• Fixed issue, where analysis resulted in an error due to certain, corrupt structures within the PDF [FP39060; CA1026245]
  
• Validation of ZUGFeRD: Problem solved, where Names entry using UTF-16 encoding resulted in a hit [FP41113]

Fixups

• Flatten transparency: Fixed issue, where content became clipped in certain cases [CA1026118; CA1026184]
  
• Effective ink coverage for separated plates: Fixed issue, where option "Evaluate all pixels" was not properly respected [FP39210]
  
• Create any apply shapes: Problem solved, where an error was shown, when "Apply to" was set to "None" [FP41147]
  
• Create and apply shapes: Problem solved, where shape was not properly created in certain cases (MacOS only) [FP]
  
• Convert colors: Corrected usage for configuration parameter "Using Destination-CompressionMethod" [FP39515]
  
• Convert colors: Fixed issue, where images (using only some CMYK channels as DeviceN) were not properly converted [CA1025702; CA1025916; CA1026389]
  
• Convert colors: Optimized handling of SMask Matte entries to reduce color shifts [FP39118]
  
• Convert colors to n-channel: Fixed issue, where spot colors in DeviceN became converted, although "Any colors except spot colors" was selected [CA1026144]
  
• Font to outline: Problem solved, where text was moved, when certain filter settings were used [CA1026197; CA1026394; CA1025775]
  
• Font to outline: Fixed issue, where selective outlining of certain fonts resulted in missing glyphs of other fonts [CA1025636]
  
• Generate bleed from page content: Fixed issue, where result PDF was not properly created [FP37676; FP41179]
  
• Remove all objects except: Fixed issue, where certain objects were not removed
  
• Set page geometry boxes (based on page content): Problem solved, where processing was not successful if no custom check was defined [FP39852; FP40062; FP40657; CA1026368]
  
• Remove invisible image data: Problem solved, where contours of clipped images were not properly handled [FP37577; FP41086]
  
• Set halftone dictionary: Fixed issue, where Angle and Frequency were not accurately interpreted as set up in the user interface [CA1026248]
  
• Map spot and process colors: problem solved, where importing ASE files containing spot color alternates with 3 values were not properly handled [FP39694]
  
• Set transparency blend color space: Fixed issue, where an ICC profile from the system was used although there was one attached to the Profile [CA1025748]
  
• Place content: Problem solved, where unused spot colors in the PDF resulted in an improper behavior [FP32353]
  
• Remove transfer curves: Fixed issue, where transfer curves were not removed [CA1025753]
  
• Convert TrueType to CFF: Problem solved, where glyphs were missing after conversion in certain cases [CA1026170; FP38874]
  
• General font handling:
  
  • Fixed issue, where glyphs were not properly handled in some cases [FP26860]
    
  • Fixed issue, where an empty composite glyph could not be properly processed [FP40205]
    
  • Problem solved, where certain not well formed glyph charstrings for Type3 fonts resulted in a modified visual appearance [CA1026312]
    
  • Problem solved, where a specific encoding with a wrong encoding table entry resulted in invisible glyphs [CA1026193]

PDF Standards

• Remove glyphs with invalid encoding definition: Optimized handling to exclude symbolic fonts [CA1025348]

General

• Fixed issue, where some unnecessary coordinate values were not properly handled [CA1036366]
  
• Problem solved, where a wrong syntax in the PDF was not properly corrected so that the result file contained empty pages [CA1026313]

Actions

• Impose: Fixed issue, where certain text was not placed as defined (Linux only)
  
• ToPDF: Fixed issue, where TIFF file names containing double bytes resulted in missing pages in generated PDF [CA1026378]
  
• SaveAsImg: Problem solved, where certain resolution/dimension combinations resulted in an error [CA1026272]
  
• EnumerateLayers: Fixed issue, where not all objects were put on the respective layer [CA1024551]

Desktop

• Activation: Fixed issue, where request could not be sent to the activation server (MacOS only) [FP41216]
  
• Edit Variables: Improved evaluation handling for JavaScript variables that already contain all required values
  
• Manage Libraries: Fixed issue, where searching for e.g. Curve files did not properly work
  
• Problem solved, where a certain Process Plan could not be deleted [FP39772; FP41461; CA1026071]
  
• ToPDF: Location for log files created during conversion of PostScript files changed to user preferences
  
• Edit Process Plans: Fixed issue, where moving the first sequence step resulted in an unstable UI behavior in certain cases [FP38177]
  
• Log Profile execution: Intermediate results for "Place content" (HTML-Template, calsDocInfo.js and PDF) are saved as well
  
• Variables in Process Plans: Fixed issue, where Variables set by 1st step were overwritten by default values of identically named Variables in the 2nd step [FP40740]
  
• ToPDF for Office files: Improved error message, if no Office application is installed on the respective system [FP38812]
  
• Overlay: Fixed issue, where processing was not successful [FP38945]

Standalone

• Problem solved, where parts of the PDF became cropped [FP35374]

Plug-In

• Fixed issue where processing was not successful for some functions with the latest Acrobat DC update [FP39995; FP41161; FP40402]

CLI

• ToPDF for PostScript files: Fixed issue, where sub-folders of additional search paths for fonts were not taken into account [FP38112]
  
• ToPDF for PostScript files: Fixed issue, where font folders of the system where taken into account, although "--topdf_psfontsonly" was used
  
• ExtractContent: Added extractcontent.xsd to installation package [CA1026230]Tiling: Fixed issue, where missing values for --tilesvertical or --tileshorizontal resulted in an error [CA1026169]

Distributed Processing

• Compare: Problem solved, where resulting PDF report was not properly transferred back to client [FP41110]
  
• Problem solved, where "/" or "\" in values of variables where not correctly transmitted to the satellite [FP41110]

Reports

• XML report: More accurate trigger values for "Effective ink coverage" checks (if properly configured in a new checkbox)

Updateinfos

Kostenloses Upgrade für folgende Versionen:
Kunden mit Version 9.x sowie Kunden mit einem Wartungsvertrag können auf diese Version kostenlos updaten

Kostenpflichtiges Upgrade für folgende Versionen:
Alle Versionen der pdfToolbox Desktop 7.x und 8.x. Frühere Versionen können nicht mehr upgegradet werden

Verfügbar seit: 26.05.2017 | Aktuelle Demos & Downloads

Features

• Convert colors using DeviceLink: Improved processing speed [FP27136; FP26846; FP27692; FP28305; FP31041; FP32827]

Fixes

Fixups

• Generate bleed from page content: Improved handling for PDFs with larger dimensions [FP24673; FP27298]
  
• Remove invisible image data: Problem solved, where images were not properly handled when used in patterns [CA1025812; CA1025671]
  
• Set page geometry boxes (based on page content): Problem solved, where settings were not properly respected anymore [CA1024146, CA1024826; FP38902; CA1026081]
  
• Outline page geometry boxes: Result is a single path if possible to better support cutting devices [FP39424]
  
• Outline page geometry boxes: Fixed issue, where area was not filled after processing [FP38902; CA1026081]
  
• Convert colors: Fixed issue, where the alternate color values of a DeviceN "Black" were not properly set for the resulting Separation "Black" in certain cases [FP22079]
  
• Font to outline: Problem solved, where glyphs were not placed correctly [FP23209]
  
• Font to outline: Problem solved, where fonts with extensive use of division commands were not properly handled [CA1026142]
  
• Rotate pages: Problem solved, where Fixup was not executed if performed together with a PDF/X conversion [FP38812]
  
• Set MediaBox to origin: Fixed issue, where Fixup was not properly executed when processed together with another Fixup to set page geometry boxes [FP22485; FP22583]

Desktop

• Problem solved, where Korean characters were not properly handled in some input fields [FP38525]
  
• Fixed issue, where Checks could not be edited in the Japanese version [CA39772]

Actions

• Enumerate Layers: Problem solved, where objects using spot and process colors were not properly enumerated onto layers [CA1022232; CA1026011]
  
• Impose: Fixed issue, where certain text was not placed as defined
  
• Impose: Fixed issue, where brackets used in variables for placing text were not properly handled [FP36707]

General

• Process Plans: Fixed errorlevel reporting for hits for embedded files [CA1026135]
  
• Optimization: Problem solved, where text was not visible after conversion to PDF/X-1a and post-processing optimization [FP25218; FP25913]

Updateinfos

Kostenloses Upgrade für folgende Versionen:
Kunden mit Version 9.x sowie Kunden mit einem Wartungsvertrag können auf diese Version kostenlos updaten

Kostenpflichtiges Upgrade für folgende Versionen:
Alle Versionen der pdfToolbox Desktop 7.x und 8.x. Frühere Versionen können nicht mehr upgegradet werden

Verfügbar seit: 13.04.2017 | Aktuelle Demos & Downloads

Fixes

• PDF Standards
  
• PDF/A-1 validation: According to veraPDF real numbers too close to zero are not a problem, check removed

Updateinfos

Kostenloses Upgrade für folgende Versionen:
Kunden mit Version 9.x sowie Kunden mit einem Wartungsvertrag können auf diese Version kostenlos updaten

Kostenpflichtiges Upgrade für folgende Versionen:
Alle Versionen der pdfToolbox Desktop 7.x und 8.x. Frühere Versionen können nicht mehr upgegradet werden

Verfügbar seit: 10.04.2017 | Aktuelle Demos & Downloads

Features

Desktop

• Cross-Library-Search
  
• Explore Fonts with more information
  
• Use external Text-Editor for JavaScript-Variables
  
• Improved Handling Keyboard Shortcuts in Ask-as-runtime and Variables Editor
  
• Switchboard: Dynamic button to corresponding help article
  
• Standalone application on Windows is now also available as 64-Bit [FP34993]

PDF Standards

• PDF/A validation: Compatibility with veraPDF Test Corpus
  
• PDF/A-1 validation: Adjusted validation and correction for form fields u.a.
  
• PDF/A-1 conversion: Improved creation of appearance streams for PDF/A-1
  
• PDF/A-1 conversion: Improved "Prepare forms" to cover hidden form fields as well
  
• PDF/A-1 conversion: Improved "Prepare annotations" to avoid removal of file attachment annotations
  
• PDF/A-2 and PDF/A-3 conversion: New Fixup: Set Supplement entry in CIDSystemInfo of CIDFont to corresponding entry in CMap
  
• All PDF/A conversions: Improved "Remove actions" to cover more types of actions (e.g. hidden ones) [CA1025903]
  
• All PDF/A conversions: StemV entry for fonts will be added automatically if missing (and if insertion is possible)
  
• All PDF/X conversions: Added Fixup "Remove all view and print area settings in ViewerPreferences dictionary"
  
• All GWG 2015 validation Profiles: Adjusted recognition of used transparency blend color spaces

Fixups

• Place text/page number: optional white background
  
• Outline page geometry boxes: selective outline of edges
  
• Rotate pages: multiple configurable [FP33043]
  
• Insert empty page: multiple configurable
  
• Enlarge page: new settings for top/bottom, left/right, all; multiple configurable
  
• Embed OutputIntent with specified parameters
  
• Set Supplement entry in CIDSystemInfo of CIDFont to corresponding entry in CMap
  
• Set page zoom for bookmarks
  
• Remove all view and print area settings in ViewerPreferences dictionary [FP36867]
  
• Convert colors: New set of policy parameters (e.g. "RGBImage-R_eq_G_eq_B_is_Black_ExcludeBlendModes") to suppress special rules for white/gray/black objects using specified bland modes, but apply regular CMYK conversion instead [CA1025230; CA1025554; CA1025637]
  
• Place date (YYYY-MM-DD)

New Checks and Properties

• Font is not valid (strict): To determine problems that are usually not critical in embedded fonts
  
• Blend mode (cumulative): To determine effective blend modes  objects nested in Form XObjects
  
• Blend space in Luminosity soft mask [CA1024860]
  
• Color values for fill/stroke: Operators "is contained in list" and "is not contained in list” are now available [CA1025514]

Actions

• Impose: Overprinting for placed text in runlists can be defined
  
• ToPDF: Support for LibreOffice v5.x (Linux + MacOS) [CA1025782]

Reports

• XML: Details of OutputIntent are listed

General