callas pdfToolbox Desktop Changelog

What's new in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 13.0.580

Jan 7, 2022

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]

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 10.2.503 (Apr 16, 2019)

Features:
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)
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
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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
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]

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 10.1.490 (Apr 16, 2019)

Features:
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)
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
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 10.2.503 (Apr 16, 2019)

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]
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]
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]
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]
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]

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 10.0.484 (Nov 23, 2018)

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 10.0.471 (Sep 3, 2018)

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]

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 10.0.465 (May 31, 2018)

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

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 10.0.463 (May 3, 2018)

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:
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
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 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
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]
Desktop
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
CLI
Improved reporting, when the limit of parallel processes allowed by license is exceeded so that processes have to wait [FP47312]
General
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]

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 10.0.462 (May 2, 2018)

Upgrade to pdfToolbox Server 10, pdfToolbox CLI 10 or pdfToolbox SDK 10 from earlier versions of these products requires a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA).
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:
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
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 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 in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 9.2.425 (Aug 4, 2017)

Update of pdfToolbox 9 Desktop free of charge for owners of a pdfToolbox 9 Desktop license
Update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK free of charge for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)
Features:
Convert colors using DeviceLink: Improved processing speed [FP27136; FP26846; FP27692; FP28305; FP31041; FP32837]
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 [CA1026146, 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 [FP39038]
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 [FP39714]
Actions:
Enumerate Layers: Problem solved, where objects using spot and process colors were not properly enumerated onto layers [CA1022332; 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 [FP39073]
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]

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 8.0.332 (Jun 30, 2015)

Upgrade to pdfToolbox Server 8, pdfToolbox CLI 8 or pdfToolbox SDK 8 from earlier versions of these products requires a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA). Please contact your reseller for further information.
Features:
Several new Fixups for placing pagenumbers, barcodes, text of content based on HTML on existing PDF documents
Inspect functionality for in-depth analysis of objects in PDF documents (Standalone only)
Color conversion to multichannel using n-Channel ICC profiles
Support for PDF/X-5n
Added scope optional to execute Fixups for current file, embedded files or both [CA1022809]
Retina and Windows HighDPI support
Improvements for memory usage when processing big files or files with high amounts of objects
Optimized usability of RegEx in supporting Fixups
New Profiles:
Convert to PDF/X-5n (7C Indigo TAC370 (ColorLogic))
Verify compliance with PDF/X-5n
Verify compliance with ZUGFeRD
New group "Place content" with several new Fixups (listed in section "New Fixups")
New Fixups:
Place QR-Code with specified value
Place EAN 13 barcode with specified value
Place specified text at the center of each page
Place page number in left or right corner
Place document name in gutter
Place job ID in gutter
Create additional colorants Green, Orange and Violet for 7C devices
Remove all tagging information
New Checks and Properties:
DeviceN contains same separation name more than once
Has private Illustrator information
Uses indexed color space
Page is an even page
Page is an odd page
Several new properties related to PDF/X-5n verification
Enhanced Profiles:
All "GWG 2008"-based Profiles:
New Fixup “Set black text below 12 pt to overprint” replaces “Set black text below 12 pt and black vector objects to overprint”
All "GWG 2012"-based Profiles:
Minor adjustments to thresholds used in checks for resolution of color and grayscale images as well as for bitmaps
Convert to PDF/A-2a, -2b, -2u
New Custom Fixups with extended scope for embedded files for:
Embed missing fonts
Remove XMP metadata if not compliant with PDF/A-2
List potential font problems:
Added check: "No 'cmap' entry in Simple TrueType font"
Enhanced Checks:
Resolution of color and grayscale images is less than 150 ppi inside BleedBox
Resolution of color and grayscale images is between 150 and 225 ppi inside BleedBox
Resolution of bitmap images is less than 550 ppi inside BleedBox
Resolution of bitmap images is between 550 and 800 ppi inside BleedBox
Enhanced ProcessPlans:
Convert spot to CMYK (for transparency flattened PDFs)
Optimized handling for files which already contains transparency
Fixes:
Fixups:
Convert colors: Fixed issue, where the predefined filter for text did not worked as expected [CA1023688]
Map spot and process colors: Problem solved, where renaming of spot color resulted in invisible spot color in certain cases [FP28682]
Map spot and process colors: Problem solved, where created result could not become redistilled afterwards [FP27367; FP27494; FP28445]
Map spot and process colors: Problem solved, where mapping to None was not successful more more than 1 color in some cases [CA1023407; CA1022834]
Map colors: Fixed issue, where mapping of colors was not successful in some cases [CA1023847]
Increase line width: Problem solved, where line width was not increased [CA1023861]
Increase line width: Fixed issue, where very thick short lines were not handled properly [FP28575; FP28270]
Smallest distance from box: Problem solved, where wrong distances were reported [FP]
Font to outline: Fixed issue, where some kind of transformation matrix was not properly respected and resulted in changed visual appearance [FP28625; FP28886; FP28720]
Downsample/recompress images: Problem solved, where corrupt XMP metadata in images were not properly handled [FP28138]
Make font names unique: Problem solved, where execution results in error during postprocessing [CA1023888]
General optimization of file structure: Problem solved, where an improper defined clipping path was not properly handled [FP27392]
Checks:
Problem solved, where setting for page scaling factors was not persistent
Object uses CMYK only (no spot colors): Problem solved, where clipping path objects were regarded as well [FP28857]
Length of name object / Longest name used: Adjusted behavior, so that only resolved hex values are counted [FP27755]
ProcessPlans:
Problem solved, where some layer-based fixups were not properly executed on CLI [CA1022163]
Actions:
Save as image: Fixed issue, where layers were not properly respected when set during ProcessPlans [FP26769]
Impose:
Problem solved, where processing was not successful if only text was positioned, but not PDF pages
Server:
Problem solved, where hotfolders were created in /volumes folder during startup when network volume was not mounted yet [FP28549]

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 7.6.317 (Jun 30, 2015)

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 7.6.314 (Apr 17, 2015)

FEATURES:
Enhanced Profiles:
All “Convert to PDF/A…”-Profiles
New Fixup “Replace glyphs without Unicode to SPACE characters” [CA1023466; CA1023522]
New Checks:
Has private Illustrator information [FP23244; FP26833]
Radial smooth shade without radius
Several new properties related to embedded files (especially for PDF/A-3)
Enhanced Checks:
Possibility to use negation of regular expressions in those checks added, where values can be defined
Remove object level metadata: Option to remove XMP metadata from structure elements added
New Fixups:
Replace glyphs without Unicode to SPACE characters
Enhanced Fixups:
New function to switch between normal and table view in certain Fixups [FP27603]
Set relationship entry for embedded files: “Apply to” added for more flexibility
Actions:
ToPDF: Added support for OpenOffice using 64Bit JavaVM
CLI:
UncompressImg: Extended scope, works now also for images-based Checks used in Fixups [FP27168]
Improve reporting of additionally created files from ProcessPlans
Reports:
XML-Reports: Page label is listed in page information
General:
Deactivation of licenses using Desktop and CLI
Introduced a validity period for activation with generated license file
License files used in CLI-only environments needs to be activated before deployment
Improved reporting if a Fixup is not successful for all objects (especially on CLI Fix and FixFailure will become reported now)
Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v10.1.0PlusP3n)
FIXES:
Profiles:
Verify compliance with PDF/X-4p: Problem solved, where the trailing space for RGB was not properly regarded [CA1023556]
Fixups:
Fix glyph width information: Fixed issue, where positioning of glyphs changed in certain cases [FP25990; FP26244; FP27795; CA1023570]
Fix glyph width information: Problem solved, where glyphs are distorted in some cases [FP24435]
Flatten transparency:
Problem solved, where text was not properly formatted after processing [FP24371]
Problem solved, where text vanished in certain cases [FP25667; FP27233; FP27270; FP27639]
Problem solved, where glyphs were displaced [FP26089]
Make XMP metadata compliant: Problem solved, where multiple creator entries were not respected
Make XMP metadata compliant with PDF/X-4: Fixed issue, where unusual DocInfo entry was not properly removed [FP27145]
Convert SMask to image mask: Problem solved, where processing resulted in an unexpected result [CA1023528]
Convert colors using DeviceLink profiles: Problem solved, where colorspaces in DefaultRGB or DefaultCMYK were not properly handle in some cases [CA1023656]
Remove objects outside of page area: Fixed issue, where certain cases of text placement was not properly respected [FP27658]
Make font names unique: Problem solved, where processing resulted in an improper behavior during postprocessing [FP20693; CA1022294]
Set MIME type entry for embedded files: Fixed issue, where entry was not properly set in certain cases
Set page label: Adjusted handling to enable modification of complete page ranges [FP27217]
Embed missing fonts: Problem solved, where font was not embedded due to missing Subtype-entry [FP27498]
Convert TrueType to CFF: Problem solved, where conversion was not successful in certain cases [FP26772]
Problem solved, where Smooth Shades were not properly handled in some cases [CA1022421]
Problem solved, where invalid UTF-8 font names were not corrected [CA1023559]
Checks:
Number of effectively non-empty plates: Fixed issue, where selected units for aperture was not properly respected [CA1023646]
Effective Ink coverage:
Fixed issue, where result was not properly determined if aperture was identical to sample size [CA1023392]
Optimized handling to avoid unnecessary internal rendering [CA1023410]
If custom area is defined, it will be corrected to stay inside of CropBox if original dimension exceeds this box [CA1023392]
Fixed issue, where certain PDF structures resulted in false hits [FP27559; FP27939]
Fixed issue, where some kinds of Smooth Shades were mistakenly flagged as invalid [CA1023332]
Actions:
ReDistill: Fixed issue, where processing special PDFs files causes an error [FP27494; FP27635]
Impose: Problem solved, where umlaut characters used in PlaceText resulted in an unexpected font [CA1023435]
ToPDF: Fixed issue, where the print area of XSLX-Excel-documents were not properly respected [FP27328]
ToPDF: Problem solved, where Unicode file names of TIFF files resulted in an unexpected behavior [CA1023605]
Save as image: Fixed issue, where overprint was not respected in some cases [CA1023059; FP27495]
Process Plans:
Problem solved, where reports created by sequence steps did not contained annotations [FP27963]
Problem solved, where removing of steps resulted in an improper behavior in certain cases [FP27757]
Desktop:
Reports: Problem solved, where custom PDF reports were not properly created in certain cases [FP27718; FP27979]
Variables dialog: Problem solved, where quotation marks became replaced by operating system (MacOS only) [FP27547]
Compare: Problem solved, where custom settings could not be used for reports [FP26947]
Server:
Checkpoint: Problem solved, where preview did not work for PDF with Japaneses characters in filename [FP26938]
Reports: Fixed issue, where overview reports were not properly created [FP27966]
Fixed issue, where not convertible non-PDF files were moved into “Processed”- instead of “Error”-folder [FP26835]
General:
Fixed problem, where special characters in name of Output Intent avoided a proper profile export [FP28111]
Desktop: Fixed issue, where text was not properly displayed (MacOS Retina only)
CLI:
Improved handling of hotfolders when user “nobody” is used (Linux only)
Problem solved, where no template based PDF reports were created if ProcessPlans has been used [FP27087]

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 7.5.307 (Dec 19, 2014)

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 7.5.304 (Oct 2, 2014)

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 7.5.303 (Sep 26, 2014)

Features:
New Fixups
Remove bookmarks: Removes all bookmarks in a PDF [FP26479]
Set page labels (and their styles): Set page labels based on defined checks [FP25697]
Remove page label: Removes all page labels in a PDF [FP25697]
New Checks
Effective ink coverage in custom area, can be used in order to check whether a certain area on the printed sheet is empty [CA1023021]
Several new properties to find page labels and their styles [FP25697]
Page is last page: Determines if a page is the last in a PDF [CA1023021]
Page has objects using transparency [CA1022314]
Enhanced Profiles
All PDF/A-1 and PDF/X-1 and -3 based Profiles, Profiles for Online Publishing and Digital Printing -
Flatten Transparency: Internal optimization has become deprecated and has been removed from the user interface
Enhanced Fixups
All “Flatten transparency” Fixups -
Internal optimization has been deprecated and has been removed from the user interface
Enhanced Checks
Effective ink coverage: Improved calculation of trigger values. Area coverage will only be reported as trigger value if “Evaluate all pixels” is activated [FP]
Actions
ToPDF: Additional file formats supported for MS Word (.dot; .dotx; .dotm; .txt; .xml), MS Excel (.xslm; .xlt; .xltx; .xltm) and MS Powerpoint (.ppa; .ppam)
ToPDF: Font substitutions, which took place in MS Word can be reported on CLI and in SDK [CA1022584; CA1023233]
ToPDF: Support for multipage-TIFF added [CA1022701]
Impose: Improved positioning of text [FP25672; FP25112]
CLI
Timeout parameter to abort processing after a defined time frame works now also for office conversion processes [FP26251; FP26513; FP22133]
Program folder contains a new init-script that shows how to start a pdfToolbox server at system start (Linux only) [FP26507]
Distributed Processing
Improved reporting for errors on CLI [FP]
Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v10.1.0PlusP3c)
All components on MacOS are x64 now
Fixes:
Profiles
Verify compliance with PDF/VT-1: Adjusted analysis of DPart structure [CA1023271]
Fixups
Set document language to language in tagging structure: Problem solved, where Figure Tag description was removed [CA1023202]
Convert color using DeviceLink profile: Problem solved, where conversion was not applied properly [CA1022684]
Subset fonts: Fixed issue, where glyphs were removed in some cases [FP26505]
Adjust DotGain: Fixed issue, where processing resulted in improper result [FP20297; FP22585; FP23230; FP23606; CA1023240]
Flatten transparency: Problem solved, where annotations were removed during processing [FP24614; CA1022661]
Font to outline: Problem solved, where characters were not properly handled in certain cases [FP25828]
Font to outline: Problem solved, where glyphs vanished in some cases [FP25783]
Font to outline: Fixed issue, where internal structure was not properly created [FP24394]
Discard hidden layer content and flatten visible layers: Fixed issue, where invisible layers were not properly removed [FP22502; CA1023254]
Remove layer: Problem solved, where content remained in the document [FP20692; FP20710; FP21689]
Fix font encoding: Fixed issue, where text was improperly positioned in some cases [FP26069]
Remove objects outside page area: Problem solved, where objects remained outside the defined page area [FP24602; CA1022829]
Set transparency blend mode: Fixed issue, where the “apply to” filter within the Fixup settings was not properly respected [FP21385; FP19895]
Checks
Glyph width is inconsistent: Problem solved, where widths were not properly calculated in some cases [FP26600]
MD5 checksum of ICC profiles: Corrected naming of reported results
Actions
ToPDF: Problem solved, where certain PNG images were rotated
Split Layers: Fixes issue, where created files were not properly output on command line when using “singlepages” option (CLI only) [CA1023264]
Create PostScript: Problem solved, where objects were moved in some cases [FP26175]
Create PostScript: Problem solved, where text became converted to images [FP25888; FP25672]
Save as image: Problem solved, where the Output Intent was not properly respected [CA1023108]
Extract text: Fixed issue, where extracting text caused an error with some files [CA1023097]
Reports
Visualizer report: Fixed issues, where report was not properly scaled for PDFs with large dimensions [FP23315]
Font inventory report: Fixed issue, where glyphs and unicode values were not listed [FP24267; FP24680]
Desktop
Various improvements for usability and stability
Fixed problem, where creating a Check out of editing a Fixup resulted in an improper behavior [CA1023222]
Server
Problem solved, where Japanese language was not properly handled [FP25603]
General
Improved handling for font files without extension (Unix only) [CA1023053]
Problem solved, where optimization of the ContentStream resulted in vanished objects in certain cases [FP26051]
Problem solved, where processing using Solaris 10 resulted in unstable behavior [CA1023097]

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 7.4.292 (Jun 26, 2014)

Update of pdfToolbox 7 Desktop free of charge for owners of a pdfToolbox 7 Desktop license
Features:
Fixups:
Remap characters from Unicode Private Use Area: Map Unicode from PUA to another valid Unicode
Remove all tagging information: Removes all tagging structure
Checks:
Number of effectively non-empty plates: Checks for number of plates based on an offscreen rendered PDF per page
Enhanced Fixups:
Font to outline: “Apply to” added to control, which fonts are outlined
Enhanced Checks:
Effective ink coverage: Optional possibility added to render whole page to determine the complete amount of ink coverage
Desktop:
Visualizer: Added option to set simulation profile and improved handling if an OutputIntent exists
Profile editor: Several predefined filters in search field for checks and fixups
CLI:
Timeout parameter to abort processing after a defined time frame
Server, Dispatcher or Satellite can be used as service on Windows
New function –splitmergepdf to create a result PDF from split pages in one run
New function –listfonts to list all available fonts for “Set TextFont” in Imposition
Distributed processing
Optional failover for Dispatcher in Client-mode
Possibility for typification for Satellites
Timeout parameter to abort processing after a defined time frame for distributed processes
Local processing (as a fall-back) can be disabled
Optimization for connecting process between Dispatcher and Satellite
Fixes:
Fixups:
Make Pantone spot color names consistent: Problem solved, where multi-digit numbers were not handled properly
Fix glyph width information: Problem solved, where text was not properly handled for certain PDF created by PhotoShop
Rotate pages: Problem solved, where page rotation factor was not handled correctly for links in some cases
Set transparency properties for stroke: Problem solved, where processing resulted in an error
Font-related corrections: Problem solved, where false entries in PostScript font resulted in an improper behavior
Font-related corrections: Problem solved, where glyphs seemed to be corrupt when viewed in Acrobat 8
Font-related corrections: Fixed issue, where glyph widths did not match after processing
Downsample/recompress color/grayscale images: Problem solved, where downsampling was not applied properly
Downsample/recompress grayscale images: Problem solved, where recompressing JBIG2 images did not take place if used in masks
Remove JavaScript not associated with actions: Problem solved, where JavaScript in NamesTree was not properly removed
Remove actions: Problem solved, where JavaScript in NamesTree was not properly removed
Convert TrueType to CFF: Problem solved, where fixup did not work like expected
Remove additional encoding entries in cmap of symbolic TrueType fonts: Problem solved, where resulting PDF could not be processed by some RIPs
Remove layer: Problem solved, where some content on layer was not properly removed caused by “OC” entries in images and FormXObjects
Remove or adjust annotations: Problem solved, where annotation was moved outside page area instead of being flattened into page content
Remove or adjust annotations: Fixed issue, where annotations were not properly rotated
Font to outline: Problem solved, where characters defined as .notdef glyph were not properly handled in certain cases
Font to outline: Problem solved, where not embedded fonts were not converted
Font to outline: Problem solved, where some glyphs were not completely filled in after processing in some cases
Font to outline: Fixed issue, where processing resulted in improper result
Subset fonts: Optimized handling for width entries of unused glyphs
Remove invisible image data: Problem solved, where processing of inline images resulted in an error
Remove invisible image data: Problem solved, where images with no size were not properly handled
Unsharp masking of images: Fixed issue, where processing did not succeed as expected
Make font names unique: Problem solved, where errors occurred during postprocessing in certain cases
Substitute characters using .notdef glyph with space characters: Fixed issue, where text was moved during processing
Create bookmarks from headings: Problem solved, where existing bookmarks were removed
Convert page into image: Problem solved, where improper nested geometry boxes resulted in unexpected dimension of created image
Checks:
Document contains actions: Fixed issue, where JavaScript in NamesTree was not properly detected
Document contains JavaScript: Fixed issue, where JavaScript in NamesTree was not properly detected
Symbolic TrueType font has Encoding dictionary: Problem solved, where unusual encoding entry was not detected properly
MD5 checksum of ICC profiles: Adjusted names and comments to better explain how the checksum is computed
Character references .notdef glyph: Problem solved, where .notdef glyphs were not recognized in certain cases
Effective ink coverage: Fixed issue, where trigger value for amount of ink was wrong
Effective ink coverage: Adjusted usage of simulation profile for page blending to match expected results
Actions:
ToPDF: Support for latest Pages (Version 5.2) for Mac
ToPDF: Problem solved, where rotation info in TIFF images was not respected in certain cases
ToPDF: TXT files will be handled by MS Office if no OpenOffice is installed (Windows + MacOS)
Impose: Improved reporting if needed fonts are not available on the system
Impose: Problem solved, where text in positioned pages was moved in certain cases
Save As Image: Harmonized used simulation profiles for PNG to those used for other image formats ('sRGB IEC61966-2.1', 'Dot Gain 15%' or 'ISO Coated v2 (ECI)')
Reports:
Template-based PDF-Reports: Corrected use of time zone of local computer time
Desktop:
Some Problems solved, where user interface did not work as expected
Switchboard: Letterhead: Improved handling for multi-page documents
Switchboard: Flatten transparency: Adjusted settings to those used by profiles
Acrobat PlugIn:
Problem solved, where batch processing resulted in an improper behavior in Acrobat 9
General:
Desktop: Optimized handling of unused conditions
Desktop: Improved indexing of check and fixup names during import of profiles
ProcessPlans: Optimization for PostCheck when standard conversion is used
Checks: Optimized analysis to reduce needed amount of memory
Fixups: Problem solved, where optimization of content stream did not handle unnecessary clipping paths correctly
Distributed processing: Problem solved, where saving as image resulted in error if pagerange was used
Distributed processing: Problem solved, where merging PDF was not successful if an output filename was defined

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 7.3.280 (Mar 25, 2014)

Features:
Switchboard:
Added function to outline page geometry boxes
Server/CLI:
Added possibility to use cachefolder for distributed processing
Added function to empty fontcache and profilecache when cachefolder-mechanism is used (CLI only)
Fixups:
Flatten transparency: Added option to define kind of image compression used [FP23306]
New and enhanced Profiles:
Verify compliance with PDF/VT-2
All PDF/A-1 and PDF/X-1 and -3 based Profiles, Profiles for Online Publising and Digital Printing
Flatten transparency: Internal optimization deactivated
Flatten transparency: Color images created by the flattener are not always using JPEG
All GWG2012-Profiles
Minor adjustments for “black object”-checks to match requirements of the latest specification errata document
All “Convert to PDF/A-2-…”- and “Convert to PDF/A-3…”-Profiles
Added new fixup “Insert missing F and UF entries for embedded files”
New and enhanced ProcessPlans:
Check for non-CMYK color, create a report, convert to CMYK (ISO Coated v2) and flatten transparency
New and enhanced Fixups:
All “Flatten transparency” fixups
Internal optimization deactivated
Color images created by the flattener are not always using JPEG
Convert to grayscale: Adjusted settings to preserve objects from conversion, which are using only black already [FP23065]
Set layer name: Added fixup to set layer name based on a check
All “Downsample bitmap|color|grayscale images” fixups
Recompression will not take place if images are not downsampled
New and enhanced Checks:
New Properties to find transparent objects on xobject- or page-level
New Property to find if a JBIG2 compression is marked as lossy or lossless
CLI:
Action Overlay: Added option to parameter “placebelow” to define which document is used for number of pages in resulting document [FP24201]
Fixes:
Profiles:
Convert to PDF/X-4: Problem solved, where multiple metadats namespaces were not properly handled in certain cases [FP24371]
Fixups:
Problem solved, where glyph problems occured during PDF/X-4 conversion [CA1022608]
Font to outline: Problem solved, where glyph widhts were not properly respected in certain cases [FP24485]
Font to outline: Problem solved, where glyphs were distorted in some cases [FP24011; FP24207; FP24318]
Add missing SPACE glyph: Problem solved, where processing resulted in improper result [FP24479; FP24528]
Convert colors: Problem solved, where objects seemed to be changed in position afer processing [FP23659]
Flatten transparency: Problem solved, where processing on files with removed Output Intent resulted in improper behaviour [FP23556, FP24316]
Flatten transparency: Problem solved, where resulting images were not created in requested resolution when Raster/Vector balance is set to “0” [CA1022603]
Remove Output Intent: Problem solved, where removing resulted in an error in certain cases [FP24284]
Generate bleed from page content: Problem solved, where created bleed was not properly scaled and positioned [FP22575; FP23525]
Unsharp masking of images: Problem solved, where images smaller than defined threshold resulted in improper behaviour [FP24549]
Convert SoftMask to ImageMask: Problem solved, where images were not visible after processing
Actions:
ToPDF: Problem solved, where EPS files were not converted to PDF (Linux x64 only) {FP24287]
ToPDF: Added possibility to use LibreOffice on more Linux distributions
Reports:
Template-based PDF-Reports: Problem solved, where reports were not created using Linux [FP23117]
Compare reports: Problem solved, where images were not scaled correct (Desktop only) [FP24235]
CLI:
Implode profiles: Problem solved, where OutputIntent was not properly added again from exploded profiles [FP23674]
Enumerate profiles: Added support for variables used in ProcessPlans [CA1022677]
General:
Problem solved, where PowerPoint files could not be converted when using MS Office 2013
Improved usage of system ressources on x64-based installations [FP23489]
Distributed processing: Problem solved, where umlauts in filename resulted in improper behaviour in some cases (Linux only) [FP24372]
Problem solved, where a special combination of custom fixups resulted in instable processing [FP24262]
Fixes issue, where time zones with different offset than a full hour were not properly handled in the XMP metadata
Standard14 fonts: Adjusted recognition, so that an existing FontDescriptor is tolerated
Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v10.1.0PlusP2k)

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 7.2.262 (Jan 31, 2014)

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 7.2.261 (Jan 27, 2014)

Features:
General:
ProcessPlans: Improved performance [CA1021808]
Fixups:
Outline page geometry boxes: Several new options added
Generate bleed from page content: Option added to create images in DeviceCMYK
New Checks:
Transparency group has transparent objects
Transparency group on page level has transparent objects
Reports:
Customizable PDF-Reports: Can also be created using pdfToolbox Desktop
Customizable PDF-Reports: Localization added
Actions:
ToPDF: PostScript to PDF conversion now also x64 when using Linux x64 [FP23753]
ToPDF: New optional warning if font substitution takes place in PDFs created from MS Word documents [CA1022584]
ToPDF: New parameter to create PDFs for MS Excel documents according to the Excel behavior [CA1022382, FP23677, FP21000]
CLI:
Action Overlay: Support for more file formats
ProcessPlan: Support for variables used in impose actions [FP]
Fixes:
Fixups:
Convert Colors: Problem solved, where inconsistent encoding entries in images resulted in improper result[FP23626]
Downsample/Recompress images: Problem solved, where downsampling was not applied for some kinds of SoftMasks [FP23527]
Scale pages: Problem solved, where objects defined as pattern were not handled properly in some cases [FP23617, FP23672]
Fix glyph width info: Problem solved, where glyphs were not properly handled [FP21681, FP22548, FP22125]
Checks:
Fixed problem, where special usage of resource dicts in PDF ended up in unexpected result [FP24057]
CLI:
ToPDF: Optimized conversion handling for OEM integration [CA1022639]
ToPDF: Problem solved, where file permissions form original file (read-only) were also applied to the result PDF [CA1022305]
General: Fixed problem, where longer processing time could result in improper behavior in OEM integration [CA1022632]
Cachefolder: Fixed handling of global temp directory (Linux only) [FP23117]
Reports: Problem solved, where Inventory reports were not created as expected [FP23676]
Switch configurators:
Profiles: Improved validation of Switch flows [FP23440]
Actions: SplitPDF: Added missing tokens
Actions: MergePDF: Improved handling for folders with ”.” in name [FP23103]

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 7.1.258.1 (Dec 20, 2013)

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 7.1.258 (Dec 17, 2013)

Update of pdfToolbox 7 Desktop free of charge for owners of a pdfToolbox 7 Desktop license
Features:
Fixups:
ConvertColors: Updated engine for color conversion incl. support for ICC v4 profiles integrated [CA1022482]
Actions:
CreateEPS: New options for color workingspaces added [FP]
CLI:
ToPDF: Added parameter to set searchpath for fonts to be used during PostScript conversion [FP23128]
Fixes:
Profiles:
Embed missing fonts: Problem fixed where fonts were not properly embedded during conversion to PDF/X-4 [FP23494]
PDF/A: Problem solved, where Unicode information was not properly handled in some cases [CA1022448]
PDF/A: Problem solved, where text information vanished in certain cases [CA1022466]
Fixups:
Adjust DotGain: Problem solved, where SmoothShades were not properly handled [FP22587]
Flatten annotations and form fields: Problem solved, where position of signatures were not kept [CA1022502]
Convert page into image: Optimized handling of colorspaces to ensure correct color values in result [FP23195]
Subset fonts: Problem solved, where glyphs were not handled properly in certain cases [FP23228]
Rotate pages: Problem solved, where patterns were not rotated [CA1022457]
Remove additional encoding entries in cmap of symbolic TrueType: Problem solved, where text was not properly handled [FP23369]
Remove Differences array from TrueType fonts: Problem solved, where processing resulted in improper file in certain cases [FP23494]
Checks:
Enhanced stability during analysis of partly corrupt files [FP23531]
Is set to overprint: Improved recognition of SmoothShades
Actions:
CreateEPS: Harmonized workingspace for RGB: set to “sRGB IEC61966-2.1” also in Desktop
CreateEPS: Problem solved, where generated EPS was not well formed (x64 on Windows and Linux only)
ToPDF: Enhanced handling for outsized TIFF-images [CA1022596]
ToPDF: Added handling for JPEG images, where resolution is only available in Adobe Photoshop private area [FP23323]
ToPDF: Added support for images using progressive JPEG compression [FP21658; FP23515]
MergePDF: Problem solved, where processing was not successful [FP22579]
SaveaAsImage: Problem solved, where resulting image was rendered in wrong size in certain cases
Compare: Problem solved, where generated files did not use correct naming syntax [CA1022570]
Reports:
HTML-Template based reports: Problem solved, where reports were not created on Linux [FP23117]
XML: Problem solved, where Lab color values were not properly reported [CA1022438]
Desktop/PlugIn:
Problem solved, where setting as variable check was removed when severity was changed [FP23133]
Problem solved, where references in ProcessPlans were not properly adjusted when moved
Problem solved, where importing a DeviceLink profile resulted in a false warning in some cases [FP23559]
ProcessPlans: Identical variables used in different sequence steps will now only cause a single dialog during runtime
Acrobat PlugIn:
Problem solved, where verification for PDF/X-4 resulted in false hits [FP23652]
Convert page into image: Problem solved, where page was not converted [FP23034]
Problem solved, where embedding of fonts failed in certain cases [FP23182]
Server:
Enhanced processing stability [FP23592]
Problem in ServerUI fixed, where processed files remained visible [FP23519
CLI:
Problem solved where creation of PDF/A files failed during fallback processing [CA1022502]
Distributed processing:
SOAP: HTTP Get handler enabled for retrieving status information [CA1022535]
SOAP: WDSL documentation added for developers wanting to use the SOAP interface

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 7.0.251 (Dec 17, 2013)

Upgrade to pdfToolbox 7 Desktop requires upgrade fee for owners of a pdfToolbox 4, 5 or 6 Desktop license
Upgrade to pdfToolbox 7 Desktop free of charge for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA) for pdfToolbox 6 Desktop
Features:
New internal engine for rendering, transparency flattening, optimization and creation of PS/EPS
New internal engine for font handling
Checkpoint for pdfToolbox 7 Server:
Ability to interactively review and modify PDF files during Server and CLI processing
Also supported by a new Switch Configurator
New and enhanced Profiles:
All PDF/A-1 and PDF/X-1 and -3 based Profiles:
Flatten transparency: “Convert text to outline” option has been deactivated by default
All GWG2012-Profiles:
Replaced existing check for ICC-profile version with 2 new profiles to enhance reporting
Modified check: Transparency blend color space not DeviceGray or DeviceCMYK in softmask of type Luminosity
Settings in Custom Fixups will override settings from automatically generated Fixups from Standard-Conversion (Wizard)
New and enhanced Fixups:
Flatten Transparency (all Fixups):
“Preserve Overprints” works also on pages that do not contain transparency
“Convert text to outline” option has been deactivated by default
Set transparency property for page objects (filled or stroked)
Remove all object level XMP metadata [FP22876, FP17553]
Convert page into image: extended settings so that it is now e.g. possible to convert those pages that have certain problems
Crop images to visible area (hard remove image areas, thereby making the PDF smaller and avoid unnecessary hits for hidden objects)
Crop page to visible page area improved because the page area is now determined based on rendered page
Enlarge page by adding space to a defined edge [FP22179]
Outline page geometry boxes [CA1021680]
Remove objects based on check for objects [FP21956]:
Remove all objects using Registration color inside TrimBox
Remove all objects using spot color with specified name
Set MIME type entry for embedded files (for PDF/A-3)
Add Modification Date to an embedded file's Params dictionary (for PDF/A-3)
Convert page into image (extended settings)
Convert page content into CMYK image (150 ppi, high JPEG quality)
New and enhanced Checks:
Effective text x-height is below 0.9 / 1.2 mm
ToUnicode CMap has syntax problems
Line width is 0 pt [FP22452]
New Properties in order to determine possible PDF version entries in a PDF file
Acrobat Extension Level
Developer names in Extension dictionary
Developer Extension Level BaseVersion does not match Version entry in Catalog
Value of version in PDF header his lower than Version entry in Catalog
Version entry in Catalog
New and enhanced Reports:
Compare: PDF separations can be compared, e.g. in order to convert only black (only text) or only CMY (ignoring black text) [FP21284]
Overview-Report customizable based on HTML-template (available in Server and CLI; Windows and MacOS only)
New an enhanced actions in CLI:
Duplicate pages [FP22103]
pdfToolbox Standalone:
Added update notification and direct download link for latest version (MacOS and Windows)
Fixes:
Profiles:
Convert to PDF/X-1a: Improved handling of invalid fonts [CA1017018]
Convert to PDF/X-1a: Problem solved, where text was not properly displayed after conversion [FP21101]
Convert to PDF/X-4: Improved conversion to ensure proper handling of .notdef glyphs and TrueType encoding entries
Convert to PDF/A: Problem solved, where text could not be copied after processing [CA1022072]
Fixups:
Rotate pages: Problem solved, where gradients were not properly handled in some cases [FP22350]
Problem solved with profiles containing ICC-Profiles (some special MacOS 10.8 and Linux environments only) [FP22444]
Set transparency blend color space: Problem solved, where processing was not successful in some cases (Linux 64bit only) [FP22537]
Remove Layers: Usage of RegEx improved [FP20269; FP20489]
Derive page geometry boxes from crop marks: Problem solved, where processing failed (Windows only) [FP22529]
Remove objects outside…: Problem solved, where special XObjects were not properly handled [CA1022224]
Remove signature (flatten): Problem solved, where signature was improperly positioned in some cases [CA1022143]
Map spot and process colors:
Problem solved, where objects were not properly processed
Problem solved, where spot color object were not handled properly after CMYK conversion [CA1022141; FP22626]
Clarified usage of option (German translation) [FP21956]
Downsample/recompress grayscale images: Problem solved, where objects vanished in certain cases [CA1022184; FP22380]
Set page geometry boxes: Problem solved, where documents were not handled properly [CA1021721]
Convert SMask to ImageMask: Problem solved, where objects vanished in certain cases [CA1022181]
Prepare annotations for PDF/A-1: Problem solved, where processing failed [CA1022168]
Make font names unique: Problem solved, where glyphs were not visible after processing [FP22126]
Convert TrueType fonts to CID: Improved for certain cases [FP22890]
Font to outline:
Problem solved, where glyphs were changed during conversion [CA1022012]
Problem solved, where processing failed due to usage of 2 different encodings in an embedded font [CA1013199]
Problem solved, where glyphs were malformed in some cases [FP18830; FP18722]
Problem solved, where special glyphs vanished in certain files [FP22366; FP22564]
Fix glyph width:
Problem solved, where result was not displayed properly in some viewers [CA1022318]
Problem solved, where image objects were affected [FP21863]
Save as PDF 1.x: Problem solved, where fonts were not handled properly(Acrobat Plug-In only) [CA1019067]
Remove additional encodings of CMap fonts
Problem solved, where glyphs were no more visible in certain cases [FP22344]
Fixed issue, where processing did not work as expected [FP21034]
Problem solved, where text was not properly handled [CA1021563]
Subset fonts:
Problem solved, where glyphs were missing after processing [FP223695]
Fixed issue, where processing failed on certain files [FP22064]
Problem solved, where appearance of glyphs changed in an unexpected way [FP21218]
Embed missing fonts:
Problem solved, where font was not embedded successfully [CA1019010]
Problem solved, where text was not handled properly in some cases [FP20244]
Fixed issue, where processing resulted in invalid file [CA1021420]
Enhanced handling of fonts in ”.dfont” file format (MacOS only) [FP17743]
Set black to overprint: Problem solved, where Type3 fonts were not converted properly [FP18571]
Substitute characters using .notdef glyph: Problem solved, where glyphs moved in certain cases [FP21202; FP21403]
Repair invalid ToUnicode CMap information: Extended function to ensure valid mapping to Unicode [FP19442]
Newspaper Ads: Problem solved, where processing was not successful [CA1022247]
Flatten transparency:
Fixed issue, where text was not handled properly [CA1022123; CA1022026; FP16862; FP22712; CA1022020; CA1021953; FP17129; FP21167; FP21696; CA1014743; CA1014932; CA1015574; CA1016800; FP5964]
Problems solved, where objects were not properly flattened [FP19461; FP20366; CA1019350; FP6944; FP20686; CA1018570; FP22300; FP22009; FP22103; FP18660]
Enhanced handling of overprinting objects [CA1018477; CA1018680; FP21842; CA1018519; FP22456; FP18210; FP17257; FP17163; FP19615; FP19777]
Improved usage of different ICC-profiles (Linux only)
Problem solved, where text could not be copied after processing (MacOS only) [FP17952]
Increased stability of processing [FP18330; CA1021060; FP22569; FP22009]
Flatten overprints: Problem solved, where overprinting objects were not properly reduced [CA1022196; FP22662]
Optimization: Problem solved, where processing resulted in improper PDF [FP3439]
Checks:
Standard14 fonts: Adjusted recognition, so that an existing FontDescriptor is tolerated [FP22533]
Effective ink coverage for separated plates: Fixed issue, where values were not properly determined [FP22942]
ICC-Profile Version: Adjusted reporting of version (GWG profiles) [FP22321]
Ink coverage: Improved recognition of visible and hidden objects
Font analysis: Improved speed of checks [CA1022278]
Compatible to PDF version: Problem solved, where anaysis were not properly handled [CA1022278]
Number of plates: Problem solved, where some varieties of pattern were not properly regarded [FP22998]
Resolution of color/grayscale images: Problem solved, where UserUnits (Scalingfactor) were not taken into account in a correct way
Actions:
Create PostScript: Problem solved, where conversion was not successful [CA1021411; FP19854; FP7056; FP19836; CA1021759; FP18176]
Create Encapsulated PostScript: Problem solved, where conversion was not successful [FP20962]
Create Encapsulated PostScript: Problem solved, where text was not properly handled [CA1022151
ReDistill: Fixed issue, where objects were not properly handled [FP18837]
ReDistill: Increased stability of processing [FP21787; FP16490; FP17342]
Imposition: Improved handling of defined text size for positioned text
SplitPDF: Problem solved, where processing did not work as expected [CA1022160]
Office conversion: Problem solved, where Excel pages with footer were not properly created [CA1020853]
Office conversion: Problem solved, where Excel files were not converted in special cases [CA1020625]
Save as image: Improved usage of black point compensation during rendering [CA1022090]
Save as image: Rendering of transparent PNGs adjusted to match expected appearance [CA1022103]
Desktop/PlugIn:
Problem solved, where files could not be displayed properly [CA1021131; FP7435; FP20835; CA1022330]
Harmonized settings of transparency flattening in Switchboard to those of Fixups [FP21842]
Switchboard: Adjusted file handling during batch-processing [FP21884]
Problem solved, where loading profiles took unusual long time [FP22903]
Server/CLI:
Distributed processing: Problem solved, where dispatcher could not be monitored (Linux only) [FP19911]
Activation: Problem solved, where activation failed (Linux only)
Visualizer: Fixed issue, where process separation was shown inverted if a spot colors existed [FP22348]
Reports:
Overview-Report: Fixed issue, where creation of PDF/A-3-report resulted in unstable behaviour of application [Wat3567816]
XML Report: Added values for Check “Effective ink coverage for separated plates” [CA1022167]
XML Report: SequenceSteps from ProcessPlans and Fixups of last step are added
XML Report: Various information added about PDF version and Developer extensions level
Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v10.1.0PlusP2b, Solaris Intel: v10.1.0Plus2a)

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 6.3.225 (May 18, 2013)

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 6.3.223 (Apr 3, 2013)

FEATURES:
Switchboard:
Create Bleed: New function for creating bleed by mirroring of content added
Sharpen images: New function to increase contrast of images
Profiles:
New profile for optimized conversion of Office documents to CMYK (based on recommendations of FOGRA/PSD)
Fixups:
New Fixup to create embedded thumbnails of pages
New Fixup: Disambiguate APPROX values in JPEG2000 images
Folder used in fixups for config files can now directly opened
Actions:
SplitInHalf: New parameter to make content outside of TrimBox invisble [CA1021627; FP21490; FP21736]
Switch:
Added support for reports created by ProcessPlans [FP20924]
Added support for creation of bleed to Booklet, Step&Repeat, Fillpage, Nup [FP21258]
Reports:
Extended Visualizer-reports to create separations in respective color (CLI only)
FIXES:
Desktop:
Explore Layers: Problem solved, where new default view was not properly saved [FP20126; FP20954; FP20354]
Improved provision for OutputIntents when displaying PDFs [CA1017453; CA1017807]
Problem solved, where general graphic state property could not be selected from list [FP21693]
Improved recognition of already existing Fixups when importing profiles [CA1017022]
Problem solved, where usage of variables resulted in error for certain profiles
Profiles:
“List potential font problems”: Check “Text cannot be mapped to Unicode” added
“GWG 2012”-Profiles: Check “Alternate color space does not use DeviceCMYK” replaced with “Alternate color space does not use DeviceCMYK or DeviceGray”
“GWG 2012”-Profiles: Adjusted destination profiles for “Convert alternate of spot colors…”-fixups depending on printing target
PDF/X-4p: Problem solved, where OutputIntent was embedded although not needed
Fixups:
Map spot and process colors: Problem solved, where import of spot colors via PDF does not work as expected [CA1021672]
Rotate pages: Problem solved, where some content was inadvertedly affected [FP21073]
Crop pages to bounding box: Problem solved, where the Fixup did not work as expected in some cases [FP21426]
Flatten Transparency: Problem solved, where text using Type 3 font was changed [FP16953]
Remove objects outside bleedbox: Problem solved, where vector shape were changed [FP20877; FP20947; FP21208]
Remove ICC source profiles if identical to OutputIntent profile: Problem solved, where profiles were not removed [FP7385; FP21171]
Knockout white vector and/or text objects: Problem solved where execution of fixup was not properly reported [CA1021912]
Set page scaling factor: Decimal values are now allowed [FP21365]
Unsharp masking of images: Problem solved for images using indexed colorspace [CA1021845]
Problem solved, where a false coded inline image caused an improper result [CA1021751]
ProcessPlans:
Problem soved, where JobOptions were not respected [FP21573]
“Certify” is now also available for ProcessPlans
Minor adjustments in availability and handling of reports
Actions:
Create PS: Problem solved, where creation failed in some cases [FP16693]
SaveAsImage: Problem solved, where resolution was not respected when colorspace CMYK used [FP21556; FP21750]
Create EPS / PS: Problem in conjunction with some legacy systems solved [FP21814]
Office conversion: Problem solved, where table of content was not properly converted (OpenOffice only) [FP21213]
Impose: Added support for empty strings used in variables
Booklet: Problem solved, where given –voffset and –pageheight were not properly respected [CA1021883]
SaveAsImage: Added support for exporting pages into uncompressed multichannel TIFFs [CA1021761]
Server:
Improved recognition of changes in profiles in “Edit Job”-dialogue
Enhanced handling of PDFs when additional parameter –certify is used
Distributed processing: Problem solved, where XSLT-files for reports were not forwarded to satellite
Problem solved, where process plans containing a single impose action with sheetconfig.pdf resulted in unexpected result
CLI:
Improved handling of temporary working directories to avoid problems with simultaneous processes
Problem solved, where listing of variables did not work with process plans [CA1021914]
SaveAsImage: Problem solved, where created dimension differed from requested one [FP21318]
SaveAsImg: Added new parameter for smoothing to avoid favoring of thin lines [FP21815]
Reports will automatically be moved to the folder defined in -f/–outputfolder, if not otherwise defined in –report
Problem solved with assertion during saveasimg in special cases (Linux only) [FP21446]
Changed reporting of standard-fixups (Convert to PDF/A, PDF/X, PDF/E): If conversion is not successful, it will show up as FixFailure
Problem solved, where UTF16 encoding was not properly respected (SunOS only) [FP21451]
ConvertColors: Improved reporting when conversion was not successful
Reports:
Improved reporting of MD5-Hash-values for ICC Profiles used by objects or Output Intents
Improved reporting of spot color names as trigger values [FP21005]
Problem solved, where Layer report had unnecessary layer entry [CA1021902]
Added optional parameter to list ink coverage in % and sqcm in XML reports (CLI only)
Acrobat Plug In:
Summary report: Problems solved, where purpose text was not wrapped [CA1020742]
Problem solved, where processing failed on certain PDFs [CA1021943; FP21536]
Sanity: Improved performance and stability for office files [FP17838]

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 6.2.212 (Jan 10, 2013)

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 6.2.208 (Dec 4, 2012)

Features:
New fixups:
Generate bleed by adding images of content at edges and corners
Predefined: Decalibrate ICCbased CMYK by converting them to DeviceCMYK
Actions:
Fillpage adds empty slots to generate cutmarks on all edges
Desktop:
Improved dialogue for dynamic variables during runtime
Checks and Fixups containing variables are now marked in the edit dialogue for profiles
Arrange: Fillpage adds empty slots to generate cutmarks on all edges
Acrobat Plug In:
Support for Acrobat 11
Server:
Added reports to all severities in ServerUI
CLI:
Enumeratelayers: Language can now be defined by –language
SplitPDF: Optimized handling to increase performance of processing [CA1021368; CA1021543]
Step and Repeat, Fillpage, N-Up and Booklet: Bleed creation without cutmarks
Reports:
Resolution of images in PDF reports can be defined by additional CLI parameter
PDF reports get suffix “_report” if no explicit output filename is specified
Results from optional “When it does not fire, report as…” are now also listed in XML-Reports [FP20836]
Fixes:
Fixups:
Increase line width: Problem solved where processing resulted in improper changes of filled vector objects [FP20660; FP20443]
Convert to PDF/X-4: Fixed issue where PDF could not be converted due to failure in XMP metadata correction [CA 1020132]
Convert to PDF/X-4p: Fixed issue where PDF version was changed to 1.3 [FP20582]
Downsample/Recompress: Problem solved where Color Key Masking resulted in improper converted image [FP20136]
Downsample/Recompress: Problem solved where inline images where not properly handled [FP20230]
Convert fonts to outlines: Problem solved where objects were not properly converted [CA1021622]
Convert colors: Problem solved where some objects in DeviceN were not processed correctly [CA1021543]
Convert colors: Fixed issue where conversion to grayscale resulted in visual differences
Checks:
Plates per page: Problem solved where registration color resulted in an increased number [CA1021666]
Line width: Problem solved where check reported problems although they were already fixed within the same profile [CA1020413]
Actions:
Save as image: Problem solved where combination of –rect and –resolution resulted in unexpected results [FP19001]
Save as image: Changed default rendering intent to “Relative Colorimetric” [FP20283]
Save as image: Problem solved where colors differ between normal PNG and transparent PNG [FP20684]
Desktop:
Added support for quotes in labels and default values of variables
Switchboard: Problem solved where converting to PDF/X-4 resulted in invalid XMP Metadata [FP20371]
Server:
Fewer empty lines in CLI-logfiles (Problem was on Windows only)
Problem solved where processing took much longer in Server than using the CLI [FP20853; FP20596]
Problem solved where processing seems to freeze [FP19824]
Reports:
Fixed issue where a corrupt PostScript function in PDF resulted in missing report after processing [CA1021562]
PDF Mask reports: Problem solved where Layers where listed twice [CA1021564]
Improved reporting of used plates [CA1021460]
Impose:
Problem solved where PDF file becomes much larger after impositioning [CA1021652]

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 6.1.198 (Dec 4, 2012)

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 6.1.197 (Dec 4, 2012)

Features:
New profiles:
Prepress: Added 7 profiles for validation and conversion accordingly to the “Ghent Workgroup PDF Specification 2012 CMYK”
Analyze pages for effectively used plates (based on rendered pages)
New properties:
Effective ink coverage for separated plates (based on rendered pages)
Checks:
Effective ink coverage: Enhanced for average inside sample size [FP20121]
Desktop:
Search field in all lists of Profiles, Fixups and Checks
Ability to create, duplicate or edit profiles, checks and fixups via direct links in processplans, profiles or fixups
New Switchbard-function in group colors: “Map a process color into a spot color”
Server:
New option to delete originals after processing
CLI:
Compare: Added function to create only those pages in reports that have differences
Split PDF: Extended parameters to define an end page [CA1020779]
Visualizer: Added function to render individual separations
Visualizer: Added function to create only those pages that have problems
Fixes:
Fixups:
Increase line width: Problem solved where line width was not changed in some cases [CA1020817]
Convert colors: Enhanced handling of different encodings in policy [FP16716]
Map spot and process colors: Problem solved where conversion from DeviceN black into CMYK resulted in 4c black [FP16715]
Scale pages: Problem solved where combination with certain fixups in one profile resulted in an error [FP18312], [FP18352]
Checks:
Effective ink coverage: Problem solved where improper results were determined [CA1021152]
Actions:
Redistill: Problem solved where some vector objects changed their appearance [FP16868]
Redistill: Problem solved where image was not properly handled [FP16942]
Redistill: Problem solved where smooth shades resulted in improper result [FP17215]
Passe partout: Problem solved where objects with certain blend mode vanished [FP18829]
Passe partout: Problem solved where boxes were improperly handled [CA1016305]
Reports:
Improved layout of filenames in compare reports [FP16489], [CA1020687]
Fixed issue where plates used in document were not properly reported in XML report [CA1021516], [CA1021501]
Problem solved where reports for images and colors were created malformed [FP20176]
Problem solved where fixups are missing in the summary page of the PDF-Layer report [CA1021259]
Impose:
Problem solved where defined color value of cropmark were not respected [FP17079]
CLI:
Support for empty variables [FP18708]
Problem solved where conversion of large TIFF into PDF were not handled properly [FP18141]
Server:
Problem solved where text reports were not moved into correct output destination [FP19873]
Acrobat Plug In:
Problem solved where removal of document structure compression failed [FP18305]
Problem solved where ICC profiles were not searched in system folder
Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library 9.1 integrated (v9.1.0PlusP4s)

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 6.0.185 (Dec 4, 2012)

Upgrade to pdfToolbox 6 Desktop requires upgrade fee for owners of a pdfToolbox 4 or 5 Desktop license
Upgrade to pdfToolbox 6 Desktop free of charge for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA) for pdfToolbox 5 Desktop
Features:
ProcessPlans:
Allows you to combine Profiles, Checks, Fixups and Actions into a defined sequence with variable execution of steps depending on previous results
Variables:
Consolidation of used variables within a Profile or ProcessPlan
Server:
Completely new Server User Interface
Processing can be distributed to other servers
Setting up hotfolder jobs from any pdfToolbox standalone on a remote server
Load balancing using pdfToolbox Server as a “Dispatcher” within an arbitrary number of “Satellites” in a network
New and enhanced Profiles:
General:
Regular Expressions - all Fixups and Checks allowing RegEx have a new help feature
Added new “Convert references to notdef into valid references” as custom fixup:
All “Convert to PDF/A-…”-Profiles
All “Convert to PDF/X-…”-Profiles
All Profiles based on the recommendations of the Ghent PDF Workgroup
New and enhanced Fixups:
Map spot and process colors: New mapping of process colorants into spot color colorants
Convert colors: New setting to include SoftMasks [CA1021345; FP18507]
Convert references to .notdef glyphs into valid references
Remove Layer
New and enhanced Checks:
Find negative font size
Find multiple Unicode mappings
New and enhanced Actions:
Create EPS: Added support for “Clean 7 bit EPS” [FP7178]
Reports:
Overview pages of reports containing links to page with occurance [CA102340]
Added timezone into XML-Reports [CA1021271]
Added UserUnits (Scalingfactor) into XML-Reports if used [CA1021213]
CLI:
Action “Save as image”: Support for pagebox “MediaBox” added
Action “Save as image”: Support for transparent PNG-files added
Report: “Overview” can be created separately
General:
Improved handling of multiple usage of fonts [FP16967]
Improved handling of existing bookmarks [CA1016503]
Desktop:
Replace fonts: Added support for fonts using build-in encoding and differences array [CA1019457]
Fixes:
Fixups
Convert colors: Problem solved where some kind of DeviceN objects became invisible [CA1021165]
Convert colors: Improved handling of special combinations of transparency modes [FP17849]
Convert colors: Problem solved where objects may disappear in special constellation [FP17172]
Convert colors: Improved results when previous processing steps altered the PDF file [FP18560]
Convert colors: Problem solved where some CalRGB objects where not properly handled [CA1020468]
Convert colors: Problem solved where results were improperly handled in special fixup combinations [CA1021320]
Convert colors: Improved handling of PDFs using incomplete Form XObjects [CA1021336]
Convert colors using DeviceLink: Problem solved where special filter settings for Process and DeviceN were not respected [CA1014206]
Convert colors using DeviceLink: Problem solved where processing may result in improper result [FP17652]
Convert registration color to black: Problem solved where not all occurances where converted with a single run [FP17427]
Crop to visible: Improved recognition of objects [CA1018617]
Derive page geometry boxes from crop marks: Improved recognition of CropMarks [FP16985; CA1021385]
Derive page geometry boxes from crop marks: Improved handling of existing CropBox [FP7009]
Derive page geometry boxes from crop marks: Problem solved where fixup failed on certain PDFs [FP18290; FP18313]
Downsample/recompress images: Problem solved where image masks were not downsampled in some cases [CA1020747]
Downsample/recompress images: Problem solved where processing special PDF files causes an error [CA1019830]
Downsample/recompress bitmaps: Problem solved where image became inverted [FP17301]
Fix potential font problems: Problem solved where glyphs were missing in certain PDFs [CA1020735]
Embed missing fonts: Improved font-encoding for embedding Type1 fonts as a Base14 Font [CA1021049]
Flatten transparency: Improved handling of multiply used SmoothShase patterns [FP16668; FP17790]
Map spot and process colors: Problem solved in handling of DeviceN channels with value “None” [FP19417]
Map spot and process colors: Problem solved where processing with special settings resulted in an error [FP18417]
Map spot and process colors: Improved handling of setting “Use source color” [FP18287]
Remove additional encoding entries in cmap of symbolic TrueType fonts: Improved usage and better handling of special combinations [CA1021293]
Remove objects out of trimbox: Improved recognition of painting parts of objects [FP17987]
Checks:
Page orientation with tolerance: Problem solved where setting was not properly respected [FP7344]
Problem solved where ink coverage was not correctly determined in special cases [CA1020818]
Improved handling of memory when analyzing files [CA1021226]
Improved handling for content streams to avoid unneccessary changes in document in certain cases [FP19103]
Problem solved where font error was not properly detected [CA1014901]
Actions
Enumerate Layers: Problem solved where spot colors were not handled correctly [CA1021173]
To PDF: Added handling of TIFF-images using sample value = 5 per pixel [CA1021037]
To PDF: Problem solved where PostScript to PDF conversion with certain joboptions caused move of glyphs [FP17534]

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 5.3.150 (Dec 19, 2011)

Features
New check to find ligatures [CA1020734]
Japanese language support
Rendering images based on page geometry boxes or custom boxes
Extended fixups
Scale pages with more options
Split PDF: new tokens for file names [FP16756]
Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library 9.1 integrated
MacOS X Lion support
Fixes
Checks
Improvement with “Ignore objects outside” in a check that is used in fixup [FP6381]
“Light object set to overprint” does only affect vector objects [FP6783]
Fixups
Downsample / Compress Color/Grayscale Images [FP7403, FP16455, FP16591, FP16693, FP7297]
Flatten transparency [FP6824, FP7080, CA1020657]
Fonts to outlines [FP7075]
Subset fonts [FP16486]
Scale pages
Executed now after downsampling of images [FP6042]
Problem solved where scaling down did not properly work [CA1020756]
Convert colors
Problem solved where not all spot colors were converted properly [CA1020424]
Problem solved where office documents were not handled properly [FP16655]
Problem solved where DeviceN colorants were not converted when using RegEx [CA1020716]
Map spot and process colors [CA1020652, FP6591]
Manage colors [FP16771]
Force blend color space [FP6343]
Set ICC profile for Output Intent [FP7381]
Set overprint and knockout [FP6510]
Overprint black
Problem solved where white text disappeared [FP7245; FP16467]
Flatten annotations and form fields
Problem solved with flattening of checkboxes [FP6903]
Discard hidden layer content and flatten invisible layers [FP7086]
Reports
XML: Problem solved where special characters were not handled properly [FP16654]
XML: If fonts cannot be embedded fonts they are reported in the fixups details [CA1020827]
Impose
Problem solved where damaged PDF with unrecognized token may be created [CA1020739]
Problem solved where an image as input and an additional pre-processing-profile results in no output [CA1020828]
Problem solved where pre-processing-profiles containing only checks (are not supported here) resulted in an error [FP7372]
Standards
Problem solved where an inactive PDF-version setting did not avoid performing automatic checks [CA1020839]
Problem solved where OpenType fonts are flagged within PDF 1.6 (Acrobat 7) [FP16742]
Problem solved in PDF/X-4 validation [FP7239, FP6583]
Problem solved where PDF/VT validation failed caused by multiple referenced XObjects [FP7125]
Desktop
Imppose: Problem solved where imposing a booklet created missing/shifted page [FP16589]
Office conversion: Problem solved where PowerPoint message interrupted processing [FP7254]
CLI
Action “Create PDF”: Problem solved where processing an TIFF ended with warning [CA1020828]
Action “Create PDF”: Problem solved where TIFF-images did not keep their original resolution [CA1020816]
Action “Save as image”: Output will also get a suffix number if source PDF contains only one page [CA1020830]
Action “Save as image”: Problem solved where rendering intent was not respected
Action “Save as image”: Problem solved where colorspace could not be combined with simulation profile
Problem solved where plugins on Linux were not always found [CA1020484]
Improvements for Linux x64 [FP7197, FP16548, FP7220]
Improved handling of locked files [CA1020825]
Files handling [FP7175; FP7263]
Improved handling for invalid or encrypte PDF files [CA1017995, CA1019727, CA1020706]
Problem solved when more than one image uses one softmask [CA1019329]
Problem solved with handling of very small arrays within PDF [CA1020540, CA1020831]

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 5.0.137 (Dec 19, 2011)

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 5.0.135 (Dec 19, 2011)

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 5.0.134 (Dec 19, 2011)

Features
New checks for analyzing objects close to TrimBox and BleedBox [CA1020520, FP6254]
New properties
Smallest distance from TrimBox
Smallest distance from BleedBox
Corrections for pages improved
New fixups
Scale page content only [FP6584]
Fixups enhanced by an Apply to option to restrict the fixup to specified pages
Rotate pages [CA1020480]
Scale pages
Crop pages
Create bleed
Option added to create customizable profiles of standard analysis and conversion profiles like PDF/A and PDF/X
New profiles and fixups (not automatically set up in Desktop version when updating, they can be downloaded from here: http://www.callassoftware.com/downloads/callas_pdfToolbox_5v0MR2_new_profiles.zip)
Profiles
Object closer to TrimBox than specified value
Object closer to TrimBox than specified value (binding edges are not checked)
Scale pages to A4 if not larger than A3
Fixups
Rotate pages to landscape if portrait
Rotate pages to portrait if landscape
Scale page content only to specified value
pdfToolbox Desktop
Simultaneous export of several profiles [CA1013728, CA1017434]
User interface optimized by moving all Manage options to Options menu
pdfToolbox CLI
Improved control of number and types of reported values in XML report [CA1020392]
Japanese support
Japanese language support added
Japanese destinations added to Switchboard Actions Process conversion and Office PDF to CMYK
Fixes
Fixups
Convert colors: Problem solved where page object had not been converted into destination color space
Convert colors: Problem solved where colors were not handled properly during RGB-conversion [FP7057]
Convert fonts to outlines: Problem solved where glyphs were not outlined properly [FP6639, FP6936, FP6781]
Set XMP Metadata field: Problem solved where metadata entry was not inserted [CA1020605]
Create TrimBox: Problem solved with rotation entry in PDF [FP6691]
Derive page geometry boxes from crop marks: Problems solved with some kinds of Japanese style crop marks
Downsample/compress color images: Problem solved where indexed color space is used in images [CA1020529]
Flatten annotations and form fields: Problem solved where stamps return to their original size
Remove Differences array from TrueType fonts for PDF/A-1: Problem solved where processing did not succeed
Flatten transparency: Problem solved where processing may cause unexpected errors [FP5994]
Checks
Problem solved where checking for registration color outside of a specified page box did not generate a hit [FP6490, FP6480, FP6301, CA1018541]
Glyph in subset font missing: Problem solved where check triggered an improper hit
Desktop
Action Convert colors: Problem solved where custom destination profile could not be chosen
Minor improvements and fixes in Compare feature
pdfToolbox Server
Problem solved in Action “Place PDF” where processing triggered an error [FP7010]
Problem solved in command line where numbering of output files was not applied properly [FP6852, CA1017262]
Problem solved in usage of expressions for Action “Split PDF” in CLI [FP6768]
Improved handling when huge amount of files to be processed using Server UI [CA1014973, CA1017564, CA1020562]
Configurators for Enfocus Switch
Problem in Visualizer action of Actions configurator solved where Resolution or pixel width was not applied properly [FP6912]
Problem in Create PostScript action of Actions configurator solved where processing could not be started [FP6777]
Problem solved where configurators were not installed when executing 64 bit pdfToolbox Server installer [FP6531]
Fixup “Discard all embedded files” removed from PDF/A-1 conversion to improve handling of PDF Portfolios [CA1020601]
Action Extract ICC profiles: Problem solved where file name of ICC profile was truncated [CA1020593]
Action PostScript to PDF: Problem solved where particular fonts from operating system were not embedded [FP6597]
Action Convert to PDF: Problem solved where annotations in Word documents are visible after converting in special cases
Action Save as image: Problem solved where the certain resolutions caused an error [CA1018070, CA1018452]
Problem solved in predefined PDF/X-4 validation profile where PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-3 files where analysed according to with their respective standard
Problem solved in PDF/VT validation where PDF/X-4 related problem was not found
Problem solved in PDF/A conversion where glyphs of symbolic TrueType font with PDF encoding were not handled properly [FP6930, CA1020545]
Problem solved in PDF/A comversion where processed PDF files with JPEG2000 images may cause unstable behaviour [CA1020504]
Problem solved in PDF/A conversion where embedded files are removed without notice [CA1020601]
Problem solved in PDF/A validation where analysis stopped because of invalid XMP metadata [FP6759]
Problem solved where use of present Output Intent for PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-3 not handled properly [CA1019444]
Problem solved where effective ink coverage was not evaluated properly on specific files [FP6080]
Problem solved where more actual versions of Output Intent shall replace modified ones during update process [CA1017285]
Minor changes in displaying values in profiles, checks and fixups
Implemented changes of PDF/X-5g and PDF/X-5pg caused by changes in Technical Corrigendum
Creation of logfiles for failed conversions using Action Re-Distill and Post Script To PDF [FP6597, FP6748]
Schema of XML report updated [CA1020564]

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 5.0.132 (Dec 19, 2011)

Fixups
Convert colors: Problem solved where image defined in CalRGB was not converted properly
Convert fonts to outlines: Problem solved where glyphs were not outlined properly
Fix glyph width information: Problem solved where width information could not be fixed
Remove printer marks and Remove objects outside page area: Problem solved where text was shifted
Flatten transparency:
Problem solved where shape of glyph was modified
Problem solved where processing ended with error message
Discard hidden layer content and flatten visible layers: Problem solved where page objects on invisible layer became visible
Compare
Problem solved where highlighting was not updated properly when switching between documents
Problem solved where file names of destination file in the compare report was not correct
Problem solved where pages in the compare report were stretched when page sizes differed
Problem solved where page was marked as difference in the compare report although “No difference highlighting” was chosen
Problem solved where Loupe view was different to page view in pdfToolbox Standalone
Default check “Compare converted document with original” adapted to higher resolution to get a more detailed analysis
Desktop
Problem solved where error message about missing ICC profile appeared
Problem solved where Output Intents were written in kfpx profile during export although they were not necessary
Problem solved where lines did not wrap in the profile summary and inventory report
Problem solved where prior version of ISO Coated v2 (ECI) was installed
Problem solved in batch processing where files with same name but different suffix were overwritten
Problem solved where missing page boxes were not properly inserted
Problem solved where DPart was not properly analysed when validating for PDF/VT
Problem solved in the installation programs under Windows where start menu entries were removed when uninstalling
Problem solved where trigger values for color related checks did not show all color spaces

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 5.0.130 (Dec 19, 2011)

Features
Visual comparison of PDF documents
Preflight Certificate for safer document delivery
Redistilling of PDF documents
Font and document structure optimization
Support of PDF based ISO Standards:
PDF/VT
PDF/A-2
PDF/X-4:2010
File format conversions extended:
Conversion to PDF from
Images (TIFF, JPEG, PNG)
PostScript
MS Office 2011 Mac
MS Publisher (32-bit and 64-bit)
MS Visio (32-bit and 64-bit)
MS Project (32-bit and 64-bit)
iWork 09 Pages
OpenOffice.org 3.3
Conversion from PDF to
PostScript
Improvements to the Desktop version
Batch function added to several Switchboard actions
Output Preview
New action to Create TrimBox
New actions to extract text and content
New actions to embed files in PDF documents
Smoothing parameter added to action Image export
Sidebar added for embedded files and bookmarks
Optimized activation process
“Open recent…” option in File menu
Control via keyboard extended, e.g. for scrolling pages
Revert option to undo changes and get back to original file
New fixups
Derive page geometry boxes from crop marks
Adjust colors for PDF based ISO standards
Remove unnecessary transparency groups
Remove CIDSet
Remove CharSet
Make document XMP Metadata compliant with PDF/A-2
Remove all xmpMM:Manifest metadata entries
Recompress images with JPEG 2000 as JPEG
Extended fixups
Flatten transparency extended to resave images as ZIP when choosing Optimization setting Best quality
Convert colors extended to specify decalibration before color converting via user inferface
Color mapping fixups extended to specify tint value and keep alternate color definition if already present in the PDF
Convert fonts to outlines extended to process fonts that are not embedded
Remove non-compliant XMP Metadata extended to support PDF/A-1, PDF/A-2 and PDF/X-4
New properties
Detect visual differences
Layer metadata
Several new properties for PDF/VT and PDF/A-2
Page description errors of PDF files are reported with detailed error messages
Several new predefined Profiles, Checks and Fixup (can be filtered with “v5.0” in search field of Desktop version)
Conversion to PDF/A extended to compress all uncompressed objects using lossless ZIP compression
Support for metadata of layers
pdfToolbox Server application
Smoothing parameter added to image export
XML report exteneded to list annotations
Support of 64-bit of Server, CLI and SDK for Windows, Linux, Solaris Sparc and AIX
Performance improvement in CLI through caching of kfpx profiles and reducing command line output
Memory handling improved
CLI options added:
to Overlay to change order of PDF documents
to enumerate kfpx profiles
for emptying font cache
to Save as image and Create EPS to specify number of digits when indexing output files
Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library 9.1 integrated
Configurators for Enfocus Switch adapted to latest features
Fixes
Fixups
Convert colors
Problem solved where conversion ended with error message because of an invalid color space of a JPEG 2000 image
Problem solved where alternate color space did not get decalibrated
Convert colors using DeviceLink profile
Problem solved where error message occured during the conversion
Problem solved where processing ended with out of memory
Map colors
Problem solved where combination of mapping parameters did not created expected result
Embed missing fonts
Problem solved where font embedding or substitution failed
Problem solved under Linux where font folders where not properly scanned
Convert fonts to outlines
Problem solved where character was not rendered properly
Problem solved where spot color object remained in the PDF after color conversion
Subset fonts
Problem solved where fonts could not be subsetted
Fix glyph width information
Problem solved where width information could not be fixed
Convert True Type fonts to CID fonts
Problem solved where characters were not rendered properly
Flatten layers
Problem solved where page object was slightly shifted
Remove page objects which are completely outside of page area
Problem solved where error message was displayed in Acrobat 8 when opening processed document
Set author entry
Problem solved where author entry was not set
Set title
Problem solved where title entry was not set
Set Trapped key
Problem solved where Trapped Key entry was not set
Remove non-compliant XMP Metadata
Problem solved where non-compliant XMP Metadata could not be removed
Downsample/recompress images
Problem solved where images where not handled properly
Problem solved where white bar was visible when image with Indexed color space was resaved with CCITT filter
Increase line width
Problem solved where lines where not set to specified value
Checks
Effective ink coverage
Problem solved where property generated unexpected hit
Problem solved where page boxes were not properly regarded
Page is empty
Problem solved where hit was generated although a page object was present
Problem solved where check “Transparency used (filled object with ca value smaller than 1.0)” did not hit for images containing transparency
Problem solved where property “List of color spaces” did not return all color spaces
Standards
Problem solved where colors where not completely prepared for PDF/X-4 when converting via Switchboard action PDF/X-4
Problem solved where layers were not properly prepared for PDF/X-4
Problem solved where page object was slightly shifted during PDF/X-1a conversion
Form and Annotation handling improved when converting to PDF/A
Conversion to PDF
Problem solved where conversion stopped because of a Word dialog
Problem solved where bookmarks from Word documents were not handed over to the PDF completely
Switchboard Actions
Flatten transparency: Problem solved where transparency blend color space was not set prior transparency flattening
Convert colors: Problem solved where ISO Uncoated profile was used instead of PSO Uncoated ISO12647 (ECI)
Desktop
Problem solved where user preferences became invalid when variables where used
Problem solved where error message appeared when viewing spot color objects in Visualizer
Problem solved where save dialog could not be closed via cancel
Problem solved where details of page objects where not displayed when results dialog was opened from the Switchboard after processing an action
Problem solved in Profile Summary when options “Fire if any condition is met”, “Current file” and “Embedded file” where not listed
Optimizations in the user interface
CLI
Save as image
Problem solved where black bar appeared in image because of page rotation parameter in the PDF
Problem solved where processing did not proceed because of an invalid page in the middle of a PDF
Problem solved where spot color PDF was not properly converted into multichannel TIFF
Problem solved where image of secured file could not be created although this was allowed
Create EPS
Problem solved
Extract text
Problem solved where text secured file could not be extracted although this was allowed
Impose
Problem solved where leading zeros where stripped during token evaluation
Problem solved where PDF files where saved in PDF version 1.6
Problem solved where color values of crop marks where not properly set
Problem solved where parameter CropMarkWidth was not correct in pre-installed imposition config files
Reports
Problem solved where PDF/X entry was in report although PDF/X conversion failed
XSLT: Problem solved where file suffix was missing when a folder was specified using the report path parameter
Compact HTML: Problem solved where color labeling was not correct
Configurators for Enfocus Switch
Several minor fixes

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 4.5.086 (Jul 26, 2010)

Features:
Performance improvement especially when processing complex PDF files
Higher processing speed
Less memory consumption
Faster creation of font cache
Visualizer: Visualizes print-relevant characteristics of PDF documents (not available in Plug-In under Acrobat 8)
Organize pages: Easily move pages in PDF documents
Office document support
Documents of all file formats supported by Microsoft Office 2010 or 2007 (Windows only) and OpenOffice.org 3.2 (Macintosh, Windows and Linux) can directly be converted to PDF
Supported in pdfToolbox Desktop 4, pdfToolbox Server 4, pdfToolbox CLI 4 (Linux only) and pdfToolbox SDK 4 (Macintosh, Windows and Linux)
Keep visual and semantic reproducibility by direct export from the office application
Common issues of PDF files created from Office applications are repaired
Office documents that can not be exported from Microsoft Office can be processed via OpenOffice.org
Support for page scaling factors (user units) to handle sheet sizes larger than 200 by 200 inches
Latest PDFX-ready profiles pre-installed (Version 1.3)
PDF/X-4 and PDF/X-4p conversion extended to preserve page objects in RGB by tagging with ICC profile
PDF/A-1 conversion and validation adapted to the modified PDF/A-1 requirements as defined in the ISO Technical Corrigendum 2 for the standard
Fontsubstitution activated for Arial and Helvetica when converting to PDF/A
Image export extended
Image format TIFF (LZW) supported
JPEG quality maximum and minimum added
Color space of image can be set to RGB, CMYK (TIFF only) and Gray
RGB images are tagged with ICC profile sRGB
pdfToolbox Desktop
Switchboard
New action: Visualizer: Allows for visualizing print-relevant characteristics of PDF documents (not available in Plug-In under Acrobat 8)
New action: Organize pages: Allows for organizing pages of one or several PDF documents
New action: Create bleed: Bleed is created by a slight upscaling of the pages
New action: Add marks: Creates crop and bleed marks according to the page geometry boxes
New action: Office to PDF: Create print-ready PDF files from office documents
New action: Image export: Create JPEG, PNG or TIFF images of PDF documents
New action: EPS export: Create single page EPS files of PDF documents
Action Embed fonts extended to optionally substitute fonts if the required font is not available
Action Overlay extended by overlays “Draft” and “Confidential”
Transparency blend color space is always set with the proper color space after processing of the actions Process conversion, Office PDF to CMYK, Spot to process, Convert to RGB and DeviceLink conversion
Power Tools
Fixups
New fixup: Remove unnecessary transparency groups
Functionality also executed when fixup Flatten transparency, Switchboard actions Process conversion, Office PDF to CMYK, Spot to process, Convert to RGB and DeviceLink conversion and Server/CLI action Convert colors are executed
New fixup: Add marks
New fixup: Create bleed
New fixup: Set page geometry boxes (page box dimensions)
New fixup: Set page scaling factor
Convert colors extended
to allow tagging of page objects with ICC profiles
to set transparency blend color space
Map colors extended
Improved support of smooth shades
Map spot colors extended
Improved support of smooth shades
Option added to specify destination color space and values
Embed missing fonts extended
Settings for font substitution improved to substitute more fonts (updater need to remove fontsubstitution.cfg in user prefs in advance)
Rotate pages extended to apply page rotation factors
Initial view extended to support magnification 100%
Relevant fixups extended by option to factor in page scaling factors (user units)
Checks
New check: Effective ink coverage
Relevant checks extended by option to factor in page scaling factors (user units)
Profiles, checks and fixups can be deleted via options menu
Several new predefined Profiles, Checks and Fixup (can be filtered with “v4.5” in search field)
pdfToolbox Standalone:
Control via keyboard extended, e.g. for scrolling pages
Revert option to undo changes and get back to original file
Status whether Switchboard is open or not is remembered until the next start of pdfToolbox
Installation software for Windows improved to better support user rights and have smaller installation package
Fixes
Power tools
Fixups
Convert colors:
Problem solved where processing ended with error message
Problem solved where page objects were converted when source and destination ICC profile were identical
Problem solved where black text was in all process channels when fixup was executed together with fixup Flatten transparency
Problem solved when converting to RGB where color shift in smooth shade occurred
Problem solved where processing of an already converted PDF file took longer than necessary
Problem solved were created PDF file could not be processed on specific RIP
Convert colors using DeviceLink profiles:
Problem solved were page object was not converted
Problem solved were created PDF file could not be processed on specific RIP
Convert Registration color to black: Problem solved where error message occurred
Flatten transparency: Problem solved where smooth shade was modified
Set transparency blend color space: Problem solved where blend color space in soft mask was not handled properly
Embed missing fonts:
Problem solved where font could not be embedded
Problem solved where font could not be fully embedded
Convert fonts to outlines: Problem solved where glyph was modified
Convert TrueType fonts to CID fonts: Problem solved where processing stopped with error message
Subset fonts:
Problem solved where error message occurred
Problem solved where subsetting failed
Add missing SPACE glyph: Problem solved where glyph width was modified
Make font name unique: Problem solved where fixup failed
Set overprint and knockout: Problem solved where custom check for image masks could not be selected
Set ICC profile for Output Intent: Problem solved where error message occurred when ICC profile was used that was not in system folder for ICC profiles
Remove objects outside page area: Problem solved where page objects where removed that where partly inside page area
Scale pages: Problem solved where link annotations were not scaled
Auto-correct nesting of page geometry boxes: Problem solved where correction failed
Initial view: Problem solved where “Open to page” was not set
Set layer visibility dependent on a zoom level: Problem solved where layer name mistakenly was interpreted as regular expression
Checks
Number of colorants which are non-zero: Problem solved where number of colorants were not evaluated correctly
Page size, Size of TrimBox etc.: Problem solved when comma was used in the values
Embedded font contains all glyphs needed in PDF: Problem solved where SPACE glyph was evaluated that was present
Character references .notdef glyph: Problem solved where check fired where it should not fire
Switchboard Actions
Tone value adjustment: Problem solved where tone values of RGB and device-independent colors were not modified
Spot colors: Problem solved where spot color could not be renamed to “None”
Replace font: Problem solved where font could not be replaced
Import as layer: Problem solved where only one layer could be inserted, no second one
Optimize for internet: Fixups Flatten overprinting (and transparency) and Save as PDF 1.3 (Acrobat 4) removed to create smaller file sizes
DeviceLink conversion:
PDF/X info is now removed after processing
Last settings are saved until next use of the action
Split layers: Problem solved where invalid PDF file was created
Impose: Problem solved where overprint status was changed after processing
Split in half: Problem solved where pages were not split properly
Workspace: Problem solved where executing of a profile with variables caused error message
pdfToolbox Standalone: Problem solved on Mac where progress bar did not show progress
Reports
Problem solved in layer report where no layer was created when checking for missing glyphs

New in callas pdfToolbox Desktop 4.4.060 (Dec 17, 2009)

Features:
Performance improvements on Windows, up to 350% faster
Widely enhanced imposition features
Custom definition of imposition sheet sizes in actions Booklet, N-Up, Step & Repeat and Reader Spreads
More control in the Impose action with an easy-to-use micro-wizard
Placement of cut marks and bleed improved
Creation of creep improved
Transparency flattening
New in Windows Desktop, Server, SDK and Linux CLI, SDK
Based on Adobe PDF Library 9 and additionally highly improved file optimization like improved preservation of image quality
Full support for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Full support for Windows 7
Use of most recent version of Adobe PDF Library 9
Improved software licensing
New pre-installed color conversion profiles for:
PSO LWC Improved (ECI)
PSO Uncoated ISO12647 (ECI)
DeviceLink Add-on extended by the following profiles:
Convert using DeviceLink Web offset, LWC improved to Japan
Convert using DeviceLink Web offset, LWC improved to US (SWOP)
Convert using DeviceLink Web offset, US (SWOP) to LWC improved
Convert using DeviceLink Sheetfed offset to Web offset on improved LWC paper
Convert using DeviceLink Sheetfed offset, coated to uncoated paper (PSO)
Convert using DeviceLink Web offset (LWC improved) to Newspaper (IFRA)
Convert using DeviceLink Sheetfed offset, uncoated, reduce to 280% ink limit (PSO) (Server/CLI only)
Convert using DeviceLink Web offset, reduce to 300% ink limit (PSO) (Server/CLI only)
Convert using DeviceLink Web offset, reduce to 300% ink limit with GCR (PSO) (Server/CLI only)
Power Tools
Fixups
Embed missing fonts: Pre-installed setting “Arial and Helvetica” for font substitution extended to support styles bold, italic, bold italic, narrow, narrow bold and narrow bold italic
Checks
New Properties to check for types of smooth shading
New Property to check whether orientation and size is equal for all pages with settings for tolerance and page box
Wizard check “Page size or page orientation is different from page to page” uses a tolerance of 2 pt
Loupe window in pdfToolbox Standalone
Chinese language version extended
Registration for international and chinese version can be combined on one machine
Reports improved
Icons added to PDF overview page
PDF comments report: added name of check to content of comment
PDF comment and layer report: Annotations and layer masks are sorted by severity
Fixes
Power tools
Fixups
Convert colors
Problem solved where processing ended with error message
Problem solved where page object was shifted after processing
Problem solved where page objects were not converted when fixup “Convert RGB colors using Quick Conversion (Office-RGB)” was contained in pdfToolbox profile
Problem solved where inline images were not converted
Convert colors using DeviceLink profiles
Problem solved where processing ended with error message
Map colors: Problem solved where objects were not mapped to destination color
Set Overprint and Knockout: Problem solved where OPM was not set for DeviceCMYK object
Embed missing fonts: Problem solved where PDF could not be printed or EPS creation failed after processing
Convert fonts to outlines
Problem solved where fonts were not converted to outlines although conversion was possible
Problem solved where error message was displayed after processing
Problem solved where appearance of glyph changed after processing
Subset fonts:
Problem solved where glyphs of special characters where modified
Problem solved where EPS creation failed after processing
Fix glyph width information: Problem solved where EPS creation failed after processing
Add missing space glyph: Problem solved where EPS creation failed after processing
Convert TrueType fonts to CID fonts: Problem solved where error message was displayed after processing
Convert to PDF standard: names of Output Condition Identifier and Output Condition not properly written to embedded Output Intent
Convert to PDF/E: Problem solved under Unix where conversion ended with error message
Downsample/Compress images: Problem solved where appearance of JPEG 2000 image was modified
Increase line width: Problem solved where page object was modified that should not be modified
Adjust or remove annotations: Problem solved where annotations were not modified as requested
Checks
Problem solved where analysis ended with error message because of a certain type of pattern object
Switchboard Actions
Correct 4c Black: Problem solved where pixel in images were modified
Split layers: Problem solved where error message was displayed after processing
Import as layer: Problem solved in Standalone where error message occurred when open file was imported as layer in itself
Split in half: Problem solved where page was not properly split
Standalone
Problem solved where PDF was not rendered when page boxes are malformed

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