callas pdfToolbox Server Changelog

What's new in callas pdfToolbox Server 14.4.621

Nov 16, 2023

A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 14 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 14 Desktop license
A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)
Features:
Desktop:
Switchboard: New functionality "Rasterize" in group "Pages"
Switchboard: New functionality "Fill page (repeat)" in group "Arrange"
Switchboard: "Import from library" option for runlist and sheetconfig files added
Process plan editor: Transitions without an assigned destination step will be handled as connection to "End" [FP66937]
Process plan editor: Enhanced highlighting of transitions and connected steps [FP66937]
Process plans and Profile editors: Improved handling of custom Templates for Variables (Ask at runtime dialog)
Explore DPart: Import of DPart structures into a PDF
Support for High DPI monitors on Windows
Action editor: "Import from library" option for runlist and sheetconfig files added
Search Libraries: Imposition configuration files are now available as listed resources [FP71940]
New or enhanced predefined Profiles:
Fix problems in PDF tagging structure: Added "Insert or repair IDTree in StructTreeRoot" Fixup
PDF/UA-1 validation:
Added "List encloses improper structure type"
Added "Table encloses improper structure type"
Adjusted "Annotations not inside Annot tag"
Adjusted "Annotation lacks both Contents entry and Alt entry"
Adjusted "Neither Scope nor Headers/IDs for TH cell" [CA1032688]
PDF/A-1... validation:
Adjusted "PDF contains data after end of file marker"
Adjusted "Text cannot be mapped to Unicode" for PDF/A-1a
PDF/A-2... validation:
Adjusted "OutputIntent uses a referenced destination profile"
Adjusted "No transparency group entry for transparent object and no PDF/A OutputIntent present"
Adjusted "PDF contains data after end of file marker"
Adjusted "Text cannot be mapped to Unicode" for PDF/A-2u
PDF/A-3... validation:
Adjusted "OutputIntent uses a referenced destination profile"
Adjusted "No transparency group entry for transparent object and no PDF/A OutputIntent present"
Adjusted "PDF contains data after end of file marker"
Adjusted "Text cannot be mapped to Unicode" for PDF/A-3u
PDF/A-4... validation:
Added "DeviceRGB used in an 3D annotation but PDF/A OutputIntent not RGB"
Added "Incorrect annotation type used: FileAttachment"
Added "Embedded file has invalid MIME type entry"
Adjusted "OutputIntent uses a referenced destination profile"
Adjusted "No transparency group entry for transparent object and no PDF/A OutputIntent present"
Adjusted "PDF contains data after end of file marker"
Adjusted "Text cannot be mapped to Unicode"
New or enhanced predefined Fixups:
Convert page content into CMYK image if size of content stream is greater than 5MB
New or enhanced predefined Checks:
Content stream size of page greater than 5MB
New Fixups:
Derive spot color from softmasks
Enhanced Fixups:
Convert colors: New advanced setting: "Decalibrate with filters"
New Properties
URI of action in link annotation [FP68840]
Actions:
Quick Fix: New option for Resave PDF: "Repair image streams (ZIP)" to repair incorrect length entries and insert missing EOD (end of data) markers [CA1032568; CA1032639; FP74023]
Reports:
PDF Mask report: Support for highlighting of barcode / QR code hits added
Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v18.0.4PlusP2f)
Internal HTML converter updated to callas pdfChip (v2.5.084)
Fixes:
Desktop:
Action editor: Reviewed, reordered and optimized display of possible options for several Action types
Action editor: Issue solved, where naming was not checked for identical Actions and no auto-indexing took place upon import
Action editor: Corrected swapped strings for custom box in image export [FP74181]
Problems solved in more than one monitor setups, where certain parts of the user interface were displayed on the wrong monitor in certain cases
Compare Profiles: Issue fixed, where comparing 2 specific Profiles was not successful
General font processing: Problem solved, where analysis was not successful due to some rare and unusual Encoding entries [FP74269]
JavaScript editor: Issue fixed, where installation of callas VSCode auto-complete component did not work (Windows only)
Layer Exporer: Reviewed and revised handling of layers
Process plans: Issue fixed, where a failing Fixup did not stopp processing in Desktop [FP74444]
Process plans: Issues fixed, where changes to the plan were reported, although the plan was unchanged
Problem solved, where update notification created an assertion when a proxy was used [FP74089]
QuickFix editor: Issue solved, where naming was not checked for identical QuickFixes and no auto-indexing took place upon import
Switchboard: Problem solved, where folders for failures were not properly created during batch processing [FP73553]
Test mode: Problem fixed, where certain Quick Fix combinations with file pick up resulted in a warning message [FP74531]
Test mode: Issue fixed, where hotkeys for zoom levels were not functional (Windows only) [FP71939]
Variable editor: Several issues fixed, where "Show evaluation results" did not work as expected in certain cases
Variable editor: Problem solved, where logging profile execution was not successful [FP74158]
Fixups:
Convert colors:
Issue fixed, where identical (legacy) configuration files became indexed during import of previously exported process plan
Problem solved, where some Form XObjects were missing after processing in certain PDF files [CA1032716]
Problem solved, where certain Default ColorSpace definitions were not properly decalibrated [FP73443]
Convert page content into image:
Issue fixed with JPEG compression, where process colors in DeviceN where not rendered
Problem solved, where some page objects were visually changed if "Except page objects" filter was used [FP67080; FP71301]
Problem solved where in certain cases some lines of pixels were not rendered [FP74646]
Create and apply shapes:
Issue fixed, where using a layer-based page filter resulted in unexpected behavior [FP74444]
Problem solved, where a page rotation factor was not properly regarded [CA1032570]
Issue fixed, where an additional rectangle path was added outside of the document area in certain cases [FP72887]
Downsample/recompress images: Issue fixed, where proportions of images were not maintained if used together with a "Convert colors" Fixup in the same Profile [CA1032564]
Downsample/recompress images: Problem solved, where certain images using a Mask or an SMark entry were not properly handled [CA1032308; CA1032545; CA1032553; FP74510]
Embed missing fonts: Issue fixed, where font embedding replaced a certain glyph if the respective glyph was not available in the font file [FP73453]
Embed missing fonts: Problem solved, where Unicode values from encoding entries for glyphs were not maintained in certain cases [CA1032659]
Generate bleed for irregular shapes: Problem solved, where resulting bleed used slightly wrong color [CA1032858; FP68973; FP72642]
Generate bleed for irregular shapes: Issue fixed, where process colors were not properly handled in certain cases
Map colors:
Problem solved, where mapping of Gray to Separation Black resulted in an unexpected output [FP73701]
Images will only be converted between color spaces if "Include intermediate color values" is enabled
Issue fixed, where result was not properly displayed in certain PDF viewers after processing [CA1032715]
Problem solved, where certain DeviceGray objects could not be mapped to spot color [CA1032712]
Profile description for Output Intent: Issue fixed, where properties of ICC v4 profiles could not be determined [FP74319]
Remove page objects completely outside page area: Problem solved with a certain file [CA1032654; FP74520]
Set transparency blend color space: Issue fixed, where blend color space was not properly set in certain cases [FP73586]
Subset fonts: Problem solved, where a "npspace" glyph was mistakenly replaced [FP74330]
Checks:
Create invisible text via OCR: Problem solved, where processing was not successful on Linux in some cases [FP74099]
ICCbased ...: Form XObjects no longer taken into account [FP73586]
PDF file contains data after the end-of-file marker: Issue fixed, where a "Newline" (0A) was not regarded [CA1032852]
Sifter-based Properties:
Issue solved, where objects outside shapes were not properly detected with certain PDFs [CA1032698; FP74166; FP74187; FP74784]
Issue fixed, where a file from previous processing could not be analyzed in certain cases [FP69716]
Problem solved, where checking distances did not work properly [FP73788]
Problem solved, where a layer with an incomplete OCProperties entry was falsely classified as invisible and therefore not regarded [CA10327726]
Smallest distance from TrimBox: Problem solved, where the defined threshold was not properly regarded [CA1032065]
Content stream analysis: Problem solved, where processing a certain PDF resulted in endless processing [FP73680]
Actions:
Compare: If only one of the PDFs has an Output Intent, this Output Intent will now be used for both PDFs [FP74190]
Extract dieline: Problem solved, where rectangular strokes were not exported as closed paths [FP72538]
Overlay: Issue fixed, where layers were not properly handled [FP44717]
To PDF:
Problem solved where certain JPEG images were unproportionally scaled when converted to PDF [FP74437]
Issue fixed, where certain TIFF files using Lab colors were only partially converted
Problem solved, where 16Bit TIFF files with "NoMac" byte order were not properly converted [CA1032713; FP73200; FP74424]
Quick Fix:
General issue fixed, where certain dates were not properly handled [CA1032829]
Apply rotate key: Issue fixed, where processing resulted in an error on certain PDFs [CA1032570]
Set MediaBox to origin: Issue with UserUnit entry fixed [CA1032604]
Resave PDF: Problem solved, where processing was not successful for a certain PDF with metadata issues [FP74242]
Rotate pages: Problem solved, where result could not be displayed in certain PDF viewers [FP74605]
Rotate pages: Issue fixed, where page scaling factor (UserUnit) was not properly maintained [FP73288]
Split PDF / Split and merge PDF: Problem solved, where processing a file with font issues was not successful [FP74125]
Split PDF / Split and merge PDF: Issue fixed, where certain PDFs used extraordinary long processing time [FP73432]
Server:
Reports are created without overview according to settings [FP74332]
CLI:
Optimized implicit repair for files with syntax issues [CA1031639; FP73502]
Reports:
Inventory report: Problem solved, where report was not properly created for one page PDFs in Desktop in certain cases
JSON: Issue fixed, where some special characters (like umlauts) were escaped
Quick Check: Issue fixed, where a configuration with CR line endings was not properly regarded [CA1032578]
Distributed Processing:
Issue fixed, where graceful shutdown failed for Dispatcher/Satellite
License Server:
When used for Distributed Processing, options like --lspool and --lsmessage used in the Client call will only be forwarded to the Satellite when the Client also specifies a --licenseserver
General:
JavaScript Variables: Problem with a certain combination of operators solved [FP73754]
JavaScript Variables: Issue fixed, where xml.xpath did not work as expected for attributes [FP62815]
Problem solved, where internal syntax optimization did not restor a specific structure of color spaces [FP73698]
Problem solved, where file processing resulted in a syntax issue with certain PDFs [FP74598]
Issue fixed, where incorrect Windows version was reported in some cases [CA1032618]
Log Profile execution: Issue fixed, where the app.json file was empty for barcode / QR code Checks [FP73901]

New in callas pdfToolbox Server 14.3.616 (Jul 18, 2023)

New in callas pdfToolbox Server 14.3.615 (Jun 29, 2023)

Features:
Desktop:
Process plans: Improved handling of Variables in input/pop-up fields
Manage Libraries: Quick Check items are now listed in a separate Group
Enhanced Fixups:
Convert page content into image: New color space options "CMYK,keep spot colors" and "Output Intent if present or CMYK"
Convert page content into image: Sifter-based Checks can now be used in "Except page objects"
New Properties:
Number of subsequent points with different location in sub path [FP72888]
Page description is not valid: Pages are internally rendered and errors are reported in the trigger value [FP69734; FP72888]
Enhanced Properties:
Properties determining the number of points or nodes in vector paths use improved algorithms [FP72954]
CLI:
Modify structures: New action (--modifystructures) to extract and apply DPart and bookmark structures
Reports:
JSON report: Comments of Checks and Fixups used in a Profile have been added [FP73542]
License Server:
Support for Cartridge pools for CLI (--lspool; requires License Server v1.2)
Support for developer licenses for CLI (--lsdev)
General:
"Relaxed rendering" supports rendering of PDF files with minor syntax issues [FP72888]
New supported operating system: Linux ARM (e.g. Amazon Graviton) [FP70543]
Most recent version of Adobe PDF Converter integrated (PostScript to PDF conversion; v1.1PlusP4a)
Fixes:
Desktop:
Action editor: Improved handling of imposition configuration files when updating or replacing files in a configuration
Manage Libraries: Issue fixed, where number of library changes were not properly calculated when resources were copied [FR71863]
Compare: Issue fixed, where loupe window was not properly synced in certain cases
Quick Fix: Issue fixed, where adding an "Output Intent" setting was not possible in an empty Library
Fixups:
Convert colors: Problem solved, where decalibrating RGB images resulted in unexpected output [FP69017]
Convert colors: Issue fixed, where conversion of certain black DeviceN objects to RGB or gray was not properly done [FP53165; FP59242]
Create and apply shapes: Issue fixed, where using a custom box on a page with UserUnit resulted in an incorrect shape [CA1032493]
Create link: Issue fixed, where link annotations were created twice in some cases (Linux Only) [FP65713]
Convert page content into image:
Problem solved, where conversion to RGB did not respect overprint settings [FP73213]
Problem solved, where excluding certain objects resulted in a unexpected visual change [FP65768]
Issue fixed, where not converted objects were kept but also rendered [CA1032470; FP67218]
Problem solved, where defined compression setting was not properly regarded [CA1032466]
Map colors: Issue fixed, where multiple conversion settings were not properly taken into account [FP73355]
Remove objects outside page area: Issue fixed, where removal of objects was not properly done [CA1032492]
Remove objects outside page area: Problem solved, were objects inside were removed in certain cases [CA1032544]
Set overprint and knockout: Issue fixed, where changes were reported although the Fixup was set to "Unchanged" when an "Apply to" filter was used [FP67034]
Trim clipped vector paths: Problem solved, where processing resulted in a changed visual appearance with a perticular PDF [CA1032258]
Checks:
Font not valid: Issue solved, where CID-Fonts were falsely reported as not embedded as CID [FP73468]
Find barcode: Issue fixed, where the same barcode was found twice in some cases [CA1032265]
Number of hits per page: Problem solved, where analysis took unnecessarily long [CA1032433]
Sifter-based properties: Problem solved, where visible objects were falsely classified as invisible in certain cases [FP66159; FP69594; FP73261]
Sifter-based properties: Issue fixed, where an object covered by the opaque part of an image with SMask was not identified as invisible
Actions:
Visualizer: Content outside of the CropBox will no longer be displayed e.g. in the safety zone view
Save as image: Content outside of the CropBox will no longer be rendered, even if the rendering rectangle is enlarged or set to the MediaBox
Save as image: Problem solved, where content was not rendered if defined PDF dimension exceeded 14400pt [CA1032259]
To PDF: Problem solved, where 16-bit CMYK TIFF with spot or alpha channels were not properly converted [CA1032261; FP73200]
To PDF: Problem solved, where certain types of CMYK TIFF files using JPEG compression were not properly converted to PDF [FP69255; FP72101; FP72232]
To PDF: Issue fixed, where a certain Word document using the wrong MIME type could not be converted to PDF [CA1032436]
CLI:
CreateCustomDict: Issue fixed, where Variables used for name or comment were not properly regarded [FP73090]
Reports:
Template-based report: Issue fixed, where wrong ink coverage values were reported [FP73232]
QuickCheck: Issue fixed, where the "open" status for bookmarks was not reported
License Server:
Problem solved, where requesting a licenses from a License Server without a matching Cartridge was not properly executed
General:
Problem solved, where a particular image without resolution entry in a PDF was not properly handled [CA1032551]

New in callas pdfToolbox Server 14.2.612 (May 11, 2023)

Features:
Desktop:
User interface for Process plans, Actions etc.: Improvements regarding display of content and usability [FP56043; FP65165]
Arbitrary JavaScript controlled Check/Fixup: Separate tabs for script and resources
Test mode: Shortcuts for displaying page geometry boxes added [FP71939]
Imposition: New import function for config files and PDF sheetconfig templates
Process plan: Improved automatic scrolling when (multiple) objects are selected and moved [FP66937]
Process plan: Auto-complete of the "app" object is also available when editing JavaScript in VS Code as external editor
Enhanced predefined Profiles
PDF/A-4... validation: Adjustments made to match veraPDF requirements:
Binary comment in the file header is missing or does not comply PDF/A requirements
ToUnicode CMaps using incorrect values
Additional action (AA) entries
Detection of certain encryption settings in a PDF [CA1032376]
Enhanced Fixups:
Create and apply shapes: New option to enlarge page size if needed [CA1031419]
Create and apply shapes: New option to suppress separations from rendering [FP65812]
Map spot and process colors: New option "Convert to alternate color" [FP64780]
Map spot and process colors: New option for "Adjust spot colors" to map spot color tint values proportionally [FP71149]
Map colors: DeviceGray images can be mapped to a spot color [FP71858]
Map colors: Improved processing speed for documents with high number of pages [CA1029678]
Enhanced Properties:
Font not valid: "Embedded CID-Font not embedded as CID" added [CA1024021]
Sifter-based properties: Enhanced recognition for object detection [FP69419]
Actions:
SaveAsImage: Support for pagebox / custom rectangle for image format PDF [FP23454; FP68014]
CLI:
Support for Amazon Linux 2023 LTS
Reports:
Custom PDF Report: New parameter "listpages" in manifest.xml to suppress ink coverage information on page level
Quick Check: Extended information for images properties on page- and document-level [FP71205]
General:
Page selectors now support an end page in multipage expressions [CA1031848]
Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v18.0.4PlusP1u)
Internal HTML converter updated to callas pdfChip (v2.5.083)
Fixes:
Desktop:
Report dialog: Issues fixed, where not all step types of a Process plan were reported or Process plans included in Process plans were reported incorrectly
Report dialog: Issue fixed, where Variable values were not displayed properly
Plug-in: Problem solved, where flatten transparency was not successful (Windows only) [FP71814]
Plug-in: Issue fixed, where the Action "Resample to JPEG2000" could not be used
Explore PDF: Issue fixed, where font size for content stream display was too small
Manage Libraries: Issue fixed, where Variable keys were not shown with their complete length [FP55085]
Problem solved, where an ICC profile using JPEG compression for its data stream was not handled properly and no syntax issues were reported
Fixups:
Adjust dot gain: Problem solved, where values of indexed color spaces were changed mistakenly changed [FP71374]
Bring to front: Issue fixed, where content was not handled properly when the document used a certain, unproportionally scaled transformation matrix [CA1032359]
Convert colors: Problem solved, where certain inherited color space definitions were not handled properly [FP71924]
Create and apply shapes:
Issue with certain custom box definitions fixed
Issue fixed, where a shape based on a vector path was not properly created if "Reduce to outer borders" was activated [CA1031498}
Problem solved, where an existing page scaling factor (UserUnit) was not taken into account [FP72361]
Issue fixed, where a defined image resolution affected the shape generation although "from vector paths" was selected [CA1032215]
Problem solved, where large PDF files were not processed successfully when a high rendering resolution was requested [CA1032250]
Issue fixed, where shape was not properly created if a page rotation key was present [FP69186]
Create bookmarks from headings: Issue fixed, where empty bookmarks were created [FP70994]
Flatten transparency: Problem solved, where processing resulted in occasional failures in rare cases [CA1031821]
Generate bleed from page content: Problem solved, where certain settings of the page selector resulted in unexpected output [FP71782]
Generate bleed for irregular shapes: Issue fixed, where unexpected visual result from vector path was created in certain cases [FP57630]
Map spot and process colors: Issue fixed, where not all spot color occurrences were processed [FP62294]
Resolve ICCbased default color spaces into object color spaces: Issue fixed, where processing was not successful in certain case [FP69606]
Remove invisible objects: Problem solved where visible objects were affected in certain cases [FP69016]
Remove page objects completely outside page area: Problem solved, where pattern objects were not handled properly in some cases [FP57374; FP62316; FP71155]
Set keywords entry: Issue fixed, where entries were not properly harmonized with those existing in XMP metadata [FP52071; CA1031127; CA1032136]
Subset fonts: Problem solved, where diacritical points of glyphs were not maintained in certain cases [FP68942]
Subset fonts: Problem solved, where a Type 1 font glyph with ID 0 was removed in some cases [FP68941]
Trim clipped vector paths: Problem solved, where Fixup was not executed in certain cases when option "Form XObjects" was activated [CA1032366]
Checks:
Device independent via color space in group entry: Problem solved, where objects were not properly detected
Effective ink coverage: Issue fixed, where ink coverage outside page area was reported, although no visible content present there [CA1032257]
Sifter-based properties: Problem solved, where a certain combination of multiple Checks in 1 Profile resulted in incorrect hits [FP72075]
Sifter-based properties: Issue fixed, where PDFs with certain empty content stream commands could not be analyzed properly [FP70870; CA1032398]
Smallest distance from TrimBox|BleedBox: Issue fixed, where using a comma as decimal delimiter resulted in a broken Check configuration [FP59385]
Will display when document is opened: Issue fixed, where visibility was not correctly determined in some cases [CA1032254]
Actions:
Imposition: Issue fixed, where a negative shingling value was not taken into account [FP72685]
JavaScript-based imposition: Problem solved, where no UserUnit entry was added when maximum size of 14400 pt was exceeded [CA1032331]
Save as image: Problem solved, where certain, large PDF files could not be rendered to JPEG in higher resolutions [FP70219; FP70739]
SplitPDF: Fixed return codes for password protected PDFs [CA1032161]
To PDF: Problem solved, where certain layer sizes and compression in a TIFF resulted in an improper behavior [FP72316]
To PDF: Problem solved, where vertical alignment of "Times", "Helvetica" and "Courier" fonts in HTML files did not match expected output after conversion to PDF (macOS only) [FP52559]
CLI:
Quick Check: Missing input tag with file details added to StdOut
Reports:
HTML-template based Reports: Minor issue with step icons fixed
HTML-template based Reports: Issue fixed, where overview page did not show total amount of Fixups
HTML-template based Reports: Issue fixed, where "show="0"" parameter was not respected [FP72090]
Layer reports: Problem fixed, where report creation was not successful when Sifter check had to be reported [CA1032371; FP71984; FP72680]
Optimize PDF: Problem solved, were a complete optimization took inadequate long [CA1032264]
Problem solved, where names of sequence steps, which were defined by Variables were not regarded in reports [FP68341]
Quick Check: Issue fixed, where certain DeviceN constructs with spot colors and "None" were not properly listed [CA1032291]
Quick Check: Problem solved, where a certain kind of recursive structure in the content stream was not properly handled [FP72812]
General:
Protected Profiles: Problem solved, where protected Profiles could not be executed [CA1032232]
Issue fixed, where activation requests were falsely indicated as failed [FP35231; FP65154]
Process plans: Problem solved, where an incorrect return code was reported (3 or 8 = error), although this was not the result of the last step [FP71756]
Problem solved, where a certain font data structure could result in an improper behavior [CA1032231; FP71999]
Problem solved, where certain formatting of inline images resulted in a changed visual appearance [FP71647]

New in callas pdfToolbox Server 14.1.606 (Jan 24, 2023)

A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 14 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 14 Desktop license
A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)
Features:
Desktop:
New function to bulk-export Profiles as separate kfpx files or into a zipped archive file (e.g. for distribution via GitHub)
Protected Profiles: Several minor improvements regarding handling and usage
New Fixups:
Create link for page objects (identified by a Check) [FP65713]
Create link at page area [FP65713]
Enhanced Fixups:
Convert page content into image: Possibility to limit rasterization based on Processing Steps added [CA1032125]
Create and apply shapes: Support for beveled corners [CA1031870]
New Properties:
Glyph uses overlapping path objects [CA1031932; CA1032003; FP27205]
Text is un-proportionally scaled [FP70746]
Text is fake italic using skewing [FP70746]
Enhanced Properties:
Sifter-based Checks: Reviewed and optimized analysis, e.g. for cropped objects to increase processing speed [FP65044; FP65294]
Actions:
JavaScript-based imposition: SHEET_DEF_TRIMBOX is now available as possible parameter to be able to define a TrimBox [FP68772]
ToPDF: New topdf_parameter option "WholeSpreadsheetLayout" on CLI to enforce the whole spreadsheet in its original format [CA1031794]
Quick Fix:
Search and replace text: New parameter giving external fonts precedence to the ones that are embedded
Search and replace text for VDP: New parameter giving external fonts precedence to the ones that are embedded
General:
Process plans: Duration of previous steps are now available in JS-Variables and JSON reports
Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v18.0.4PlusP1n)
Most recent version of Adobe PDF Converter integrated (PostScript to PDF conversion; v1.1PlusP3r)
Internal HTML converter updated to callas pdfChip (v2.5.080)
Fixes:
Desktop:
Windows installer: Problem solved, where Plug-in was installed in older versions than Acrobat DC [FP70538]
QuickFix UI: Issue fixed, where QuickFix type sorting did not take localization into account [FP70790]
Results dialog: Issue fixed, where result list did not scroll to the last step [FP65526]
Fixups:
Flatten transparency:
Problem solved, where text vanished in certain cases (Windows only) [FP69113]
Problem solved. where a bitmap image became clipped [FP69113]
Issue fixed, where text used as a clipping path resulted in vanishing objects [CA1031993]
Problem solved, where some glyphs were not properly maintained during processing [FP65562; FP71571]
Font to outline:
Problem solved, where processing specific TrueType fonts could result into distorted glyphs [FP50175; FP55477; FP68146; FP69208; FP69505; FP70142]
Problem solved, where glyphs from certain Type 3 fonts were not properly converted [CA1028912; FP58310]
Issue fixed, where processing resulted in displaced diacritical marks for some composite glyphs [FP69208]
Embed missing fonts: Problem solved, where an incorrect ToUnicode-CMap could result into false glyph assignments [CA1031998]
Create and apply shape: Problem solved, where processing was not successful when a certain resolution for some PDFs was used [CA1031291]
Convert colors: Problem solved, where DeviceN objects with multiple "None" colorants and Black were not properly handled when converted to RGB [FP61770; FP70262; FP70606]
Downsample/recompress images: Issue fixed, where DeviceN CMYK images were not compressed as JPEG as requested [FP60717]
Map colors: Issues fixed, where especially the conversion to Gray did not always create the expected results
Checks:
Smallest distance from Trimbox: Problem solved, where strokes were not properly measured in some cases [FP61479]
Effective ink coverage in custom area: Issue fixed, where analysis was not properly done when "Sample size" was the same as "Width" [FP70808]
Find barcode: Problem solved, where processing was not successful in certain cases [FP70793]
Find barcode: Issue fixed, where a barcode was not found when the "Barcode value" property was negated [FP70793]
Sifter-based Checks: Problem fixed, where objects were not properly detected although reaching into a custom shape in certain cases [FP71006; FP71228]
Actions:
To PDF: Problem solved, where a SoftMaskImage in a PostScript file was not properly regarded during conversion to PDF [CA1031459]
Save as image: Corrected naming of quality setting [FP70635]
Save as image: Problem solved, where a defined pagebox for rasterization was ignored on some PDFs when converted to TIFF with certain resolution [FP70739]
JavaScript-based imposition: Problem solved, where variables were not passed through to imposition engine on CLI [FP70532]
Process plans:
Compare: Issue fixed, where in a Process Plan a compare report was created even if there were no differences [FP68727]
Improved import handling for Process plans which differ only by their layouts
Problem solved, where the overwrite option for reports was not properly regarded [FP70444]
Quick Fix:
Search and replace for VDP: Problem solved, where processed PDF contained syntax issues in certain case [FP70873]
Set page geometry boxes: Issue fixed, where result could not be processed properly with specific PDF [FP69545]
CLI:
List Variables: Issue fixed, where Variables in objects of nested Process plans were not listed [CA1031571]
General:
JavaScript Variables: Issue fixed, where the position of a found barcode was not available in the JS result object [FP65713]
JavaScript Variables: Issue fixed, where a JavaScript controlled Check with at least one global Variable resulted into an empty Ask-at-runtime dialog [CA1031962]
License Server:
Problem solved, where checking for the License Server after each Process plan step could result into a terminated process if License Server could not be reached [FP67389; FP71141]

New in callas pdfToolbox Server 14.0.597 (Sep 30, 2022)

Features:
Desktop:
Switchboard: New functionality "Replace text" in group "Text"
Profile, Check and Fixup steps: New possibility to limit processing using page selector settings
Protected Profiles: Allows making content of a Profile or Process plan inaccessible and to limit the use to certain serial numbers
New "Fast fix" for single Fixups and Quick Fixes in Desktop, which will limit the extent of post-processing analysis of the resulting PDF
Fixup settings: New "Duplicate" button for settings
Action editor for imposition: Direct access to editor and related functionalities
Test mode: Preview for extracted text for Quick Fix "Search and replace text" and "Search and replace text for VDP" in Process plan context
Test mode: New "Short overview (faster)" mode, which will limit the extent of post-processing analysis of the resulting PDF
Switchboard: Extract dieline has been extended to work with a user selected page geometry box
Switchboard: Impose: RunLists and SheetConfig files can be deleted and other minor usability improvements
Impose RunList debugger: Now lists console.log() statements for JavaScript-based runlists
Test mode: Optional "Preflight only pages" to limit processing to the defined page range
JavaScript Variables editor: Support for using VS Code as external editor
JavaScript Variables editor: Extended functionality to evaluate the results in a context with e.g. a previous step in a Process plan
JavaScript Variables editor: Auto complete for JavaScript objects, Variables, Quick Check parameters and other minor usability improvements
Profile window: "Search Libraries" has been replaced with "Import from Library", which offers more functionalities
Process plans:
Process plan steps Checks, Fixups, Profiles: Introduced a page selector input field per step [FP67632]
New Action type: Extract dieline
"Fast VDP mode" checkbox for Process Plans: Form XObject will be analyzed and processed only once, even if used multiple times within the PDF (designed especially for variable and transactional PDF files)
Checks: The severity of a hit can now be set
Compare PDF: Enhanced handling, so reports will be created only if differences were found [FP68727]
Processing: Optimized application of running a generic post check (e.g. will not happen in Process plans with just an Action)
Preliminary process plans can be saved
Extended settings for JSON reports
New or enhanced predefined Profiles
All "GWG 2022"-based Profiles targeting "Packaging Gravure": Adjusted recognition for allowed color spaces
All "GWG 2022"-based Profiles targeting "WebSpot": Adjusted recognition regarding spot color naming
PDF/UA-1 validation: Improved reporting for untagged PDFs [FP68324]
PDF/A-4... validation: Added "CMYK source profile identical with blend color space profile"
PDF/A-4... conversion: Added "Remove all alternate images" and "Discard image interpolation flag" Fixups
Convert to PDF/X-... (Japan Color 2011 Coated)
Convert color to Japan Color Coated 2011 (convert spot colors to CMYK)
Convert color to Japan Color Coated 2001 (keep spot colors)
Embed Output Intent Japan Color 2011 Coated
Extended and enhanced Fixups
Create and apply shapes: New "Apply to pages" filter in all "Create shape" methods to create different shapes e.g. for even and odd pages [FP64197; CA1030598]
Create and apply shapes: New Option "Existing transparent page content overlaps opaquely" which puts the existing page content into an isolated group XObject
Map colors: Introduced individual tolerance per source colorant for better adjustment. Old tolerance settings will be applied for each colorant separately now [CA1022449; CA1031354; FP53858; FP54090; FP58197]
Add white background: New Option "Existing transparent page content overlaps opaquely" which puts the existing page content into an isolated group XObject [FP68320]
Set transparency blend color space: New options to limit to certain color spaces [FP68044]
Insert page: New page content filter to limit the type of objects to be duplicated
Remove page objects outside: Changed object recognition to Sifter technology for better analysis [CA1026869; CA1030849; CA1031669; CA1031766; FP46932; FP50227; FP53544; FP53819; FP58548; FP61468; FP64974; FP61666; FP61672; FP69158; FP69233; FP69635]
Processing Steps can be selected in the UI for the following Fixups:
Convert colors
Crop to visible based on rendered page
Generate bleed at page edges
Generate bleed for irregular shapes
Map spot and process colors
Remove objects
Set Overprint and Knockout
New Properties:
CMYK object redefined to ICCbased CMYK via its transparency group
Effective total area coverage (TAC) [FP64078]
Area effectively covered by ink amount above threshold
Create a hit (or not): Allows to set to create a hit or a trigger value e.g. based on a previously determined result (e.g. from a Quick Check or JavaScript-Variable)
Determine JPEG quality factor [CA1031362]
Enhanced Properties:
Object uses Cyan|Magenta|Yellow|Black: ICCbased colors can optionally be taken into account (without applying color management)
Object uses Cyan|Magenta|Yellow|Black with a percentage of: ICCbased colors can optionally be taken into account (without applying color management)
Actions:
Visualizer: Safety view: Color for TrimBox harmonized to other usages and highlighting for BleedBox added
Impose: New SheetConfig "25x38 inch, 8up US Letter"
Quick Fix:
Search and replace text
Search and replace text for VDP (to create PDFs with dynamic content)
Reports:
HTML-template based Reports: Completely redesigned and restructured default template, various additional views can be ordered via the manifest.xml (see online docu for further details)
JSON report:
New mode "compact" to write report in single-line mode
New mode to request analysis for ink coverage
A Quick Check can optionally be requested, the results of which are then included in the report
Extended sequence step information for process plans
XML report: Extended sequence step information for process plans
CLI:
Fast VDP mode: New optional parameter "--fastvdpmode" for Profile execution: Form XObject will be analyzed and processed only once, even if used multiple times within the PDF (designed especially for variable and transactional PDF files)
General:
Log Profile execution: Lists type of step and logging path into process.log
XML & JSON reports with an appropriate message will now also be generated for encrypted or patially parseable PDFs [FP59022]
Generic syntax checks now have a custom ID (e.g. in reports or app.doc.results)
Optimized initialization of Profiles to enhance processing time for PDF files with a high number of page pages
Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v18.0.4PlusP1e)
Internal bar code detection library updated to latest version
Internal HTML converter updated to callas pdfChip (v2.5.076)
Fixes:
Desktop:
Process plans: Improved automatic scrolling when mouse is outside canvas [FP66937]
RunList editor: Issue fixed, where no proper ask at runtime dialog was shown in test mode
Fixups:
Downsample/recompress images: Issue fixed, where page numbers with a FixFailures were reported zero-based (and not starting with "1")
Downsample/recompress images: Problem solved, where invalid images were falsely flagged as successfully processed [FP69980]
Convert page content into image: Problem solved, where hidden text was taken into account [FP69417]
Convert page content into image: Problem solved, where a certain type of smooth shade was not properly converted [FP69599; FP69925; FP69987]
Flatten transparency: Issue fixed, where processing took unnecessary long on specific PDFs [CA1030865]
Flatten transparency: Problems solved, where defined timeout was not properly respected [FP68592]
Flatten annotations or form fields: Problem solved, where certain annotation appearances could result into an improper result [CA1031691; CA1031756]
Set transparency blend color space: Changed "All" to "All excluding soft masks"
Map colors: Limited conversion of images to mapping within the same color space [FP48912]
Map colors: Reviewed and optimized object recognition using the "Apply to" filter [CA1026860]
Checks:
Find bar codes: Optimized recognition of bar codes [CA1030800]
Context aware object detection (Sifter): Problem solved, where MediaBox was not extended, if created shape exceeded this box [CA1031802]
Context aware object detection (Sifter): Problem solved, where an excessive usage of extremely small patterns resulted in a long processing duration [FP69419]
Arbitrary JavaScript controlled Check: Problem solved, where execution failed although successful in the past [FP69921]
Actions:
AddXMP: Problem solved, where certain XMP structure could not be properly handled [CA1029394]#
Extract content: Issue fixed, where created XML report for text split UTF-8 glyphs into two entries (Linux only) [FP70188]
Extract text: Problem solved, where processing failed with specific PDF [CA1030894]
Split layers: Issue fixed, where file naming based on layer names did not work if filename contained "." [FP49501; FP69603]
Extract dieline: Problem solved, where creation did not properly work for certain CropBox/MediaBox combinations [CA1030864]
To PDF: Problem solved, where content of specific TIFFs file was not properly converted [CA1029317]
To PDF: Problem solved, where a specific PSD file resulted in an improper behavior [FP69870]
N-up: Issue fixed, where page content was not properly positioned if page scaling factor (UserUnits) had to be added or adjusted [CA1031402]
Impose: Issue fixed, where page content was not properly positioned if a page scaling factor (UserUnits) had to be added or adjusted [FP68009]
Save as image: Problem solved, where a certain usage of a transformation matrix resulted into black image using "no simulate overprint" [CA1031477]
Add grommets: Issue fixed, where userUnits were not taken into account [FP66328]
Quick Fix: Reviewed handling of multiple instructions within one Quick Fix to avoid conversion of one object multiple times
General:
Embedded file handling: Problem solved where conversion to PDF/A-2 failed on certain PDF [CA1029445]
JavaScript-based Variables: Issue fixed, where the app.doc.pages area did not contain a page property to identify the page
Page selector: Problem solved, where a defined page range with values out of possible range for current document was handled as an empty page range [CA1031720]
Reports:
XML: Issue fixed, where Quick Fixes in a Process Plan were not properly listed [FP68341]
Quick Check: Problem solved, where creation failed when the input filename contained an umlaut in some cases (Linux Only) [FP69481]
Server:
Problem solved, where job name with command glyphs (e.g. a "tab") resulted in a locked situation in some cases [FP69125]
JSON report is now available as report type

New in callas pdfToolbox Server 13.1.586 (Apr 13, 2022)

Features:
Desktop
Editor for resource files: New test button for immediate execution and possibility to save current state while editing [FP67501]
Ask-at-runtime dialog: Sidecar files as used in pdfToolbox Server can now be imported as well [FP67377]
New Profiles
Added 34 new Profiles for validation and conversion accordingly to the Ghent Workgroup “GWG 2022 Specification”
Digital Print
Large Format Printing (LFP)
Newspaper and Magazine Ads
Packaging Flexo / Gravure / Offset
SheetCMYK / SheetSpot
WebCMYK / WebSpot
New Fixups
Trim clipped vector paths: Reduces filled and stroked vector objects to the dimension of a defined box [CA1030021; FP59332; FP60226]
Extended Fixups
Place content: Support for transparency parameters [FP67863]
Enhanced predefined Fixups
Add link to URL: Improved RegEx for recognition of web addresses [CA1031072]
New Checks
Equivalent but not identical spot color names - on Document and Page level
Total amount of process color ink for fill / Total amount of process color ink for stroke
Enhanced Checks
Text on page: Positions of found text will now be reported (e.g. in trigger values or JavaScript Variables) [FP65897]
License Server
Support configuration file with defined IPs for the automatic use of License Servers added
Support for some non-PDF processing actions added (like --listvariables) [FP67818]
Improved handling for lost connections of the client to the License Server (now processing continues and will properly terminate as soon as License Server is available again) [FP67389]
Fixes:
PDF Standards
Conversion to PDF/A-...: Problem solved, where a PDF without any XMP metadata could not be properly converted to PDF/A in certain cases [FP66490]
Conversion to PDF/A-2/-3/-4: XFA resource entries will now be removed by default
Conversion to PDF/X-4: Issue fixed, where missing document title caused reporting in a FixFailure, although PDF was PDF/X compliant afterwards [FP48942: FP63354]
Validation for PDF/UA-1: Issue fixed, where the type of an annotation was not properly regarded in certain cases [FP67862]
Desktop
Several usability features added, like list of open files in "Window" menu, possibility to copy some contents in result dialog, improved shortcut handling across open windows, filter for referenced and not referenced objects for Checks and Fixups
Visualizer: Issue fixed, where total ink coverage was not shown anymore in certain views [FP67456; FP68408]
Acrobat Plug-in: Issue fixed, where Plug-in component was also loaded in Acrobat Reader (only Acrobat Pro is supported; Windows only) [FP67374]
JavaScript and text editor: Issue fixed, where settings were not saved [FP62841]
Switchboard - Decorate: Problem solved, where adding empty pages resulted in an error (non-english UI only) [FP67514]
Fixups
Add missing SPACE glyphs: Problem solved, where corrupt PostScript code in font resulted in incorrect UniCode representation for text [FP67980]
Adjust or remove annotations: Issue fixed, where annotation remained inside page if executed together with "Scale pages" Fixup [FP67553]
Arbitrary JavaScript controlled Fixup: Issue fixed, where predefined Variable values (like "font_family") could not be used as parameter values in JavaScript
Bring to front: Problems solved, where overprint settings and scaling of handled content was not properly maintained in certain cases [FP66890]
Convert colors: Problem solved, where 1-Bit DeviceGray images were not properly converted to CMYK [FP60358]
Convert colors: Problem solved, where smooth shade became duplicated if Fixup "Map spot and process colors" was executed within same Profile in certain cases [FP65384]
Downsample/recompress images: Problem solved, where recompression of inline images using 8 bits per component resulted into a scrambled appearance [FP67448]
Downsample/recompress images: Problem solved, where images used as pattern were not downsampled [FP67305]
Downsample/recompress images: Issue fixed, where downsampling resulted into an improper result in rare cases [FP65244]
Fix glyph width information: Problem solved, where using a "nbspace" without a "space" glyph in the font caused problems when file is flattened [FP67070]
Font processing: Problem solved, where the length of a UTF-8 compliant font name with a unique suffix caused issues in later processing [FP65098]
Font processing: Problem solved where "Make font names unique" together with "Subset fonts" failed for certain Type 1 font with issues [FP67650]
Font to outline: Problem solved, where processing was not successful in some rare cases [FP63990]
Generate bleed at page edges: Problem solved, where a CustomBox defined outside the page area resulted into an aborted processing [CA1031319]
Generate bleed at page edges: Issue fixed, where corners where no longer created with certain settings [FP67397]
Remove invisible image data: Problems solved, where content was visual changed in some cases [FP63243; FP64044; FP66821]
Remove objects: Issue fixed, where not all specified objects were removed during first attempt [FP65537]
Resolve ICCbased default color spaces into object color spaces: Problem solved, were processing failed in rare cases [FP67775]
Set transparency blend color space: Problem solved, where soft masks were properly excluded [CA1031288; FP50367]
Checks
Added boolean operators to several Properties, which were not configurable before [FP68324]
Font is not valid: Issue fixed, where a font with an invalid array was not properly detected [CA1021489]
Font is not valid (strict): Issued fixed, where an incorrect version number in a font was not reported [CA1031294]
Include other Check: Problem solved, where a hit was created, although the included Checks did not fire [FP64716]
Problem solved, where generic setting "Ignore objects outside ..." was no more regarded in certain cases [FP67735]
Problem solved, where a barcode was found randomly when different rasterization settings were used in separate Checks [FP68217]
Report PDF syntax issues: Issue fixed, where page description errors were not reported in certain cases [FP66631]
Text on page: Issue fixed, where specific text on page was not properly found [CA1029820]
Actions
Compare: Issue fixed, where Compare.log was not listing all values correctly [FP67446]
ExtractContent: Issue fixed, where defined --pagerange was no longer respected [FP67801]
Impose: Problem solved, where processing failed in some rare cases [FP58059]
Impose: Tagging structure will be completely removed during processing [FP66353; FP68185]
JavaScript-based Impose: Issue fixed, where a defined clipping mode was not working as expected [FP68463]
ToPDF: Problem solved, where an embedded CFF font in a PostScript file caused an error in some cases [CA1028844]
ToPDF: Problem solved, where a corrupt font cache could cause a very high memory consumption when processing files [FP66235]
ToPDF: Problem solved, where certain CMYK JPEG images became inverted [FP49215; FP61916; FP67874]
Process plans
Rename PDF: Problem solved, where created filenames were not consistent between CLI and Desktop [FP64920]
General
Problem solved, where Variables used in JavaScript-based Checks were not properly respected if such a Check was referenced inside a Sifter Check [CA1031307]
Problem solved, where overwriting the input file with the resulting PDF could result into an error [CA1031328]
Issue fixed, where a defined --maxmemory could result into issues with font embedding in certain cases [FP67989]
Improved performance for certain Processing Steps related Checks based on "Print Surface"
Problems solved, where an inherited rotate entry was not properly handled in certain cases [FP66160; FP68060]
Issue fixed, where Black when used in a softmask (which do not render directly) was reported as an existing plate [CA1031269]
General review of internal logic for Checks (e.g. "Fire if any condition is met" and "Invert Check result" etc.)
Variables
Problem solved, where results from a previous Fixup or Check step were not contained in app.doc.result [FP68018]
Distributed processing
Issue fixed, where defining a pagerange was not properly handled [FP67515]
License Server
Issue fixed, where no fallback to local licenses took place if IP addresses were not properly configured in the UI [FP67156]
Reports
Quick Check: Issue fixed, where negative values of BBox positions had no leading zero [CA1031432; FP65789]
Quick Check: Problem solved, where a certain kind of inline image was not properly handled [CA1031265]
JSON: Problem solved, where hits for document properties directly requested in Profile settings were not reported [FP67658]
JSON: Fixed issue, where trigger values did not have a unique ID and therefore the context could be unclear
HTML-based template reports: Issue fixed, where some reports with additional views resulted in mixed pages for overview report [FP67546]
XSLT: Issue fixed, where creation without a defined output method resulted into an error [FP67662]
CLI
Issue fixed, where a wrong return code was issued for invalid PDF, which resulted into false file handling in Server in some cases [FP67913]
Most recent version of Adobe PDF Converter integrated (PostScript to PDF conversion; v1.1PlusP3k)

New in callas pdfToolbox Server 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 Server 13.0.577 (Nov 23, 2021)

New in callas pdfToolbox Server 13.0.576 (Nov 12, 2021)

Improved file optimization to repair more issues in the PDF structure automatically [FP64269]
Internal HTML converter updated to callas pdfChip (v2.4.072)
An upgrade to pdfToolbox Server 13, pdfToolbox CLI 13 or pdfToolbox SDK 13 from earlier versions of these products requires a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA). Please contact your reseller for further information.
Features:
Desktop:
Edit Profiles: Defined Checks and Fixups from other Libraries can easily imported into the current Library while editing
Edit Fixups: Several editors for config files added
Create spot color place based on ink amount
Embed missing fonts
Adjust dot gain
Switchboard:
New:
Fonts: Unembed all fonts
Images: Resample to JPEG2000
Several editors for config files added
Arrange - Impose: Imposition scheme (runlist) and sheet configuration (sheetconfig)
Arrange: Page sizes
Layers - Split layers: Support for using Processing Steps instead of layer names if present
Pages - Generate bleed: BleedBox will always be corrected based on the generated bleed width for both mirroring methods
Process plan UI:
Added default values to several step types to facilitate the configuration
Several usability improvements like better visualisation of transitions, the possibility to save the current state in between [FP65534; FP65323]
Defined Profiles, Checks etc. from other Libraries can easily imported into the current Library while editing
A Quick Fix or Action can be directly exported as kfpx and will imported as a single step Process plan
Search all Libraries view: New option to import a Profile, Check etc. into the current Library via the menu
Delete Profiles/Process Plans with all their objects
Standalone: New marquee zoom functionality (CTRL + mouse)
General:
Unified concept for defining page areas to harmonize configuration possibilities in Checks and Fixups
Fixups:
Place Barcode
Create and apply shapes
Create links for text
Set page geometry boxes ("Set page geometry boxes (page box dimensions)" has been deprecated)
Properties:
Is in custom area
Barcode is in area
Effective ink coverage in custom area
Find Barcodes
Text on page
Shape definition
Page selector: Allows using multiple and mixed page expressions for various Checks, Fixups and Actions [FP61162]
Process plans:
Create PDF copy: New option to create temporary copies, so that the copy is deleted after processing
Compare: Support for threshold for contiguous areas (mm)
Compare: Support for selecting Processing Steps types used for comparison
Compare: Support for page selector (separately for input and output file)
Add Files: Support for page selector
Split layers: Support for using Processing Steps instead of layer names if present
New report type JSON added for all suitable transitions
Reports: Various new options like subfolders, suffix, ink coverage etc. can be defined depending on the respective report type
Variables:
JavaScript Variables: Type of environment of script and homeDir available in app.env
JavaScript Variables: Find barcode Check: Position of a Bar-/QR-Code is now supplied in result.checks.hits
New and enhanced predefined Profiles and Process plans:
Library: Prepress, Color and Transparency:
Generate 3 mm bleed (pixel repetition on pages with text objects close to Trimbox, else mirroring): BleedBox will always be corrected based on the generated bleed width
Library: Shapes, Variables, JavaScript, Place content
Place individual text per page
New Fixups:
Remove empty layers
Upsample images|monochrome images [CA1030008]
Enhanced Fixups:
Convert colors: Apply conversion for specified pages only
Downsample/compress ... images: Additional sampling methods: Lanczos and BlackmanSinc [FP62635]
Place content: Identical layer names will become indexed, if initial visibility or Processing Steps metadata is different
Place Text / Place Barcode: New functionality to select font files (which will also be included in an exported Profile) or to a webfont
Create and apply shapes: Create separate vector stroke objects per found shape if "Reduce shape to outer borders" is active [CA1030088, FP65218]
Create links for text: Support for deriving the destination URL from the matching text [FP64301]
Arbitrary JavaScript controlled Fixup: Enhanced handling for external resources [FP65525]
New and enhanced predefined Fixups:
Library: Prepress, Color and Transparency:
Add links to URLs
Convert to B/W except first and last two pages
Upsample color and grayscale images to 300 ppi if below 225 ppi
Upsample bitmap images to 800 ppi if below 550 ppi
Downsample/compress ... images: Change used method to Lanczos
Generate .. bleed: BleedBox will always be corrected based on the generated bleed width [FP64204]
Library: Shapes, Variables, JavaScript, Place content
Downsample/compress ... images: Change method to Lanczos
Place text / barcode"-based Fixups: Changed default font to NotoSans
Generate bleed by specified method: BleedBox will always be corrected based on the generated bleed width
New predefined Actions:
Library: Prepress, Color and Transparency:
Resample images to JPEG2000
Unembed all fonts
New Properties:
General: Support for "Processing steps" added in Check sidebar
Arbitrary JavaScript controlled Checks: Allows for using JSON structures to select and parameterize any available Property
Effective ink coverage - limit to custom area (to be combined with other "effective ink" Properties) [FP64412]
Sequential page number matches page selector
Enhanced Properties:
Line width: Lines with a width of "0" (which usually are displayed as 1 pixel lines) will now be taken into account
Text on page: Positions of found text made available in details of hits [FP65897]
Text on page: Optimized recognition of special glyphs like e.g. "." (period) in the search term [FP64301]
New predefined Checks:
Library: Prepress, Color and Transparency:
All pages except first and last two
Actions:
New:
Unembed all fonts
Resample to JPEG2000
Tiling by number
Tiling by size
Visualizer (safety zone)
Visualizer (gamut views)
Visualizer (small objects)
Visualizer (ink coverage)
Visualizer (separations)
Visualizer (image resolution)
Compare: Support for threshold for contiguous areas (mm)
Compare: Support for selecting Processing Steps types used for comparison
Compare: Support for page selector (separately for input and output file)
Compare: Added optional logging functionality to enable access to details similar to those in the UI
Split layers: Support for using Processing Steps instead of layer names if present
ToPDF: Conversion of office files using OpenOffice/LibreOffice will maintain existing form fields [FP64501]
Impose: JavaScript based runlistImpose: Shingling by scaling
Image export: Support for defining a custom box for rendering
Image export: Support for page selector
EPS export: Support for defining a custom box for cropping
EPS export: Support for page selector
Duplicate page: Support for page selector
New Quick Fix:
Re-order pages (with support for page selector)
Embed Output Intent on page level
Embed Output Intent with specified parameters [CA1030655]
Embed Output Intent with specified parameters on page level
Remove page level Output Intents
Reports:
New report type: JSON
CLI:
Predefined Profiles:
Downsample/compress ... images: Change method to Lanczos
SaveAsImage: New optional parameter for parallel processes of page rendering (e.g. --parallel=8)
Quick Fix: A pre-configured quickfix.json sample has been added to the installation package
Compare: Support for threshold for contiguous areas (--contareathreshold)
Compare: Support for selecting Processing Steps types used for comparison (--processingsteps)
Compare: Support for page selector (separately for input and output file) (--pagerange_compare; --pagerange_input]
EnumerateProfiles: Support for Process plans
Profile execution: New report type JSON (--report=JSON)
Split layers: Support for using Processing Steps instead of layer names if present (--processingstepsnames)
Pagerange supports page selector for Profile execution and suitable Actions [FP53004]
MaxMemory: Maximum size of memory in MB to be used during processing made available for Windows and Linux (--maxmemory) [FP64720]
Fixes:
PDF Standards:
PDF/A-1 conversion: Existing page scaling factors (UserUnit) will no longer be removed automatically [CA1030627]
PDF/A-1 validation: Check if size of MediaBox exceeds 14.400 pt in either direction [CA1030627]
Fixups:
Generate bleed at page edges: Problem solved, where a specified custom box was not properly handled if its size was bigger than the MediaBox [CA1030682]
Generate bleed at page edges: Problem solved, where processing could become unstable under certain circumstances [CA1030768]
Desktop:
Organize pages: Several usability improvements and optimized preview handling
Edit Fixups: Optimized update handling for displayed content based on selected pop-up entry
Page sizes: Relaxed behavior for invalid entries in the respective config file
Process plan editor: Available reports per sequence type reviewed and corrected
Update notification: Improved message for updates if no internet connection is available [FP64095]
Update notification: Direct link to release infos [FP65505]
Output preview: Problem solved, where determining the ink coverage resulted into an error with certain mouse positions [FP64857; FP65690]
Ask-at-runtime: Format of exported JSON for Variables harmonized to those created during logging execution
Switchboard - Decorate: Reviewed and optimized processing to improve duration
Acrobat Plug-in:
Problem solved, where the XMP Metadata explorer resulted in an unstable behavior in certain cases
Issue fixed, where barcode detection could result in an improper behavior if search area was outside MediaBox [FP65597]
Visualizer functionality enabled
Issue fixed, where color mapping was not successful [FP65397]
Process plan:
Compare: Settings from compare step will be used for generated compare report
Compare report has been deprecated as report type for all step types except "Compare PDFs"
Problem solved, where imposition resulted in an unexpected result when a negative origin was used in some cases [CA1030783]
Rename PDF: Reviewed and optimized handling of filenames [FP64920]
Pick up PDF: Reviewed and optimized handling of files and filenames will be restored, if file has been renamed in previous step
Fixups:
Place content: Problem solved, where logging execution resulted into an invalid prepared profile if a Variable was used for referencing a template [FP65165]
Create bleed for irregular shapes: Issue fixed, where longer processing time could be observed compared to previous versions (MacOS + Linux only) [CA1030808]
Map colors: Issue fixed, where intermediate color values were not properly mapped, if other color pixels were in the same image [CA1030732]
Adjust or remove annotations: Problem solved, where flatten annotations resulted in a distorted result for some rare cases [FP53348; FP66047]
Subset fonts: Problem solved, where processing resulted in high memory consumption and long processing time in rare cases [FP65453]
Embed Output Intent with specified parameters: Issue fixed, where no ICC profile could be selected by using a path [FP64093 ]
Checks:
Text on page: Limited reported text in trigger values to matching string [FP64301; FP66007]
Find barcodes: Adjusted defaults for active Bar-/QR-Codes types
Find barcodes: Problem solved, where small QR-Codes were not found in some cases [FP65310]
ICC profile is not valid: Problem solved, where invalid ICC profiles was not properly detected if used in alternate colorspace in certain cases [FP65204]
Sifter-based Checks: Issue solved, where checking could result into an error in certain cases [FP65991]
Actions:
Compare: UserUnits will be taken into account for report type images
N-up and StepAndRepeat: Problem solved, where no page scaling factor (UserUnit) was inserted in resulting PDF if sheet size exceeded 14.400 pt [CA1030729]
ToPDF: Problem solved, where conversion failed for GIF if filename contains special characters (Windows only) [CA1030743]
ToPDF: Problem solved, where only a part of a RGB-TIFF with alpha channel was visible after conversion to PDF [CA1030581]
ToPDF: Issue fixed, where a certain TIFF could not be processed anymore [CA1030210]
Quick Fix:
Issue solved, where JSON configuration saved as UTF8 with BOM was not accepted [CA1030941]
License Server:
Issue fixed, where requesting an activation from a License Server without a matching cartridge took unnecessary long
CLI:
CreateCustomDict: Problem solved, where Checks from standard validations were not included in created XML [CA1030981]
Improved progress update when executing Process plans [FP65276]
SecurePDF: Adjusted usage to enable setting an open password:
Set open password (--openpassword)
Set permissions password (--password)
Reports:
QuickCheck: Reporting for Default Color Spaces added
General:
General file processing: Problem solved, where glyphs are moved at the bottom in seldom cases [CA1030698]
Fixed issue, where processing (like PDF/A validation and conversion) had an increased duration compared to previous version [CA1030865]
Fixed issue, where Boolean values for Variables where not properly handled under certain circumstances [FP65194]

New in callas pdfToolbox Server 12.3.566 (Aug 11, 2021)

New in callas pdfToolbox Server 12.3.565 (Jun 30, 2021)

Features:
New Fixups
Resolve ICCbased default color spaces into object color spaces
Actions
Save as image: Support for RGBA (RGB with transparency) for TIFF
Save as image: Support for GrayA (Gray with transparency) for PNG and TIFF [CA1030406]
Fixes:
PDF Standards
PDF/A-1 conversion: Adjust or remove annotations: Setting for transparent objects extended to flatten those objects directly into page content [CA1028938; CA1030263]
Predefined Process plans
Check and fix bleed: Minor adjustment to cover smooth shade objects [FP64367]
Fixups
Downsample/recompress images: Problem solved, where processing was hanging in some special cases [FP64608]
Downsample/recompress images: Issue fixed, where file size increased if executed together with "Remove invisible image data" [CA1030417]
Generate bleed:
Problems solved, where bleed was not properly rendered for pages with UserUnits [CA1030575]
Problem solved, where objects on invisible layers were not ignored [CA1030382]
Issue fixed, where defined spot color was not excluded in certain cases for "mirror page objects" [CA1030462]
Problem solved, where bleed as mirrored page objects were not properly created for pages with UserUnits when "except spot" was used [CA1030575]
Set page scaling factor: Problem solved, where an already existing page scaling factor (UserUnit) was taken into account [CA1030600; FP64657]
Embed Output Intent with specified parameters: Issue fixed, where the ICC profile could not be selected from the file system via a Variable in the Desktop version [FP64093]
Adjust dot gain: Issue fixed, where the .crv file could not be selected from the file system via a Variable in the Desktop version [CA1030395]
Map colors / Convert colors: Problem solved, where vector objects were converted in special cases, although not in scope [CA1030353; CA1030416; FP64549]
Scale pages: Adjusted handling of page scaling factors (UserUnits), which will now be set to 1 if the resulting size does not require this entry [FP63218]
Scale pages / Scale page content only: Added "Apply to" filter (e.g. for page ranges) and made multiple configurable [FP34704; FP46026; FP48227; FP53742; FP61585]
Spotify: Problem solved, where using the "Browse" button in the ask-at-runtime dialog for the spot color library resulted in an error
Create bookmarks from headings: Issue, fixed, where bookmark hierarchy was wrong after processing in certain cases
Map spot and process colors: Problem solved, where spot color using indexed DeviceN with "None" colorants became invisible, although not in scope [FP63166]
Convert fonts to outlines: Problem solved, where processing resulted in an error if Type3 font was used in a certain manner [CA1030526]
Convert colors: Issue fixed, where transparency blend color space was tagged with ICC profile in certain cases, although not necessary [FP64476]
Set page geometry boxes (based on page content): Issue fixed, where TrimBox was not set correctly if UserUnits were used [FP64252]
Remove objects: Adjusted recognition for objects grouped by FormXObjects to ensure only objects used once are removed (e.g. if outside CropBox) [CA1029102; CA1029653]
Remove objects: Problem solved, where combined fill and stroke vector objects were not properly handled [CA1028805]
Checks
Names of (process) plates / spot color plates: Issue fixed, where settings in lists were not properly handled [FP63968]
PDF/UA validation: Issue fixed, where a special, invalid PDF tagging structure could result in an unstable behavior [FP63578]
Object is invisible: Issue fixed, where an object was falsely flagged as invisible [FP51352; FP55212]
Ignore objects outside ...: Issue solved, where clipped parts of objects were taken into account [FP64182]
Effective ink coverage for separated plates: Adjusted behavior of operators: "less than / less than or equal to" will ignore 0%, while "highest value is less than / highest value is less than or equal" will consider 0%
Find barcodes: Problem solved, where a barcode could not be found in certain cases [CA1030536]
Process plans
Optimized execution of a generic post check as the last step only in cases when a report etc. is requested
Actions
Place grommets: Issue solved, where an existing page scaling factor (user unit) was not taken into account [FP64130]
Impose: Support for setting a slot as an isolated transparency group setting during dynamic imposition [FP64882]
Save as image: Problem solved, where rendering to MultiChannel using the MediaBox resulted in a failure in some cases [CA1023759]
Save as image: Problem solved, where rendering was not successful in a certain size was chosen [FP35113; FP60074; CA1030412]
QuickFix: Problem solved, where setting the page geometry boxes with 2 settings was not successful [FP64213; FP64503]
QuickCheck: Issue solved, where stopping processing after the defined timeout took rather long [CA1029997]
ToPDF: Issue fixed, where certain structures in a TIFF file could result in extremely long processing time and an exhausting cache folder [CA1030656]
Reports
PDF reports: Issue fixed, where highlighting did not use the correct colors for highlighting [FP60552; CA1030164]
Desktop
Problem solved, where Checks could not be edited or created in the Japanese user interface [FP64730]
Ask-at-runtime: Import for Variables now supports variables.json created by log Profile execution [CA1029289]
Plug-in
Problem solved, where installation of the Plug-in was not successful in some cases (Windows only) [FP64178]
Issue fixed, where an attempt was made to load the Plug-in in the Acrobat sandbox mode
General
Problem solved, where the license request was not properly generated on certain machines (Windows only)
JavaScript Variables: Added "details" as available value to app.doc.result.checks.hits.triggers [CA1030453]
Font processing: Problem solved, where Type fonts were not properly handled in some cases [FP64478; FP64613]

New in callas pdfToolbox Server 12.1.562 (Apr 23, 2021)

New in callas pdfToolbox Server 11.0.523 (Nov 11, 2019)

An upgrade to pdfToolbox Server 11, pdfToolbox CLI 11 or pdfToolbox SDK 11 from earlier versions of these products requires a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA).
Please contact your reseller for further information.
Features:
Desktop:
Process Plans: Completely new user interface for creating and editing Process Plans
Variables: New, HTML-template-based Ask-at-runtime dialog, which can also be adjusted to individual requirements
New toolbar offers direct access to various functionalities
DPart viewer allows in-depth analysis of the DPart metadata structure of respective PDF files
Shortcut for direct Profile export (Mac: CMD+E / Windows: CTRL+E)
Saved Actions are now listed in the list of Fixups
Profile, Checks and Fixups:
New option to set a Profile to invisible in list of existing Profiles (incl. respective filter to show such "invisible" Profiles)
New option to set a Check to invisible in list of existing Checks (incl. respective filter to show such "invisible" Checks); they will only be listed in the Custom Checks section of Profiles, within the "Apply to" filter of single Fixups and in Process plan steps of type "Check"
New option to set a Fixup to invisible in list of existing Fixups (incl. respective filter to show such "invisible" Fixups); they will only be listed in the Custom Fixups section of Profiles and within Process plan steps of type "Fixup"
General:
Process plans:
Add new step type "Rename PDF" to define the output filename [FP49471]
Create PDF copy: All input fields can now be used with Variables [FP49112]
New option to skip a Process plan step (can also be set via a Variable) [FP49158]
Profile sequence step: "Do not apply Fixups" can now also be controlled using a Variable
Variables:
New function "app.setTimeout(seconds)" to define the timeout for JavaScript evaluation [CA1028659]
Geometry information are now available in to app.doc.result.checks[i].hits
Server:
JobTickets: Allow to define an individual processing configuration for each file
Sidecar files: New functionality to define Variables per incoming file and to retrieve information from previous processing steps
New Profiles and Process Plans:
Convert RGB to CMYK (PSO Coated v3) with specified R=G=B tolerance
Convert spot to CMYK and replace overprint with transparency where needed
Find barcode value in a specified area and print the value on the page
Check and fix bleed: Analyses bleed and safety zones to determine required bleed and add bleed if needed
Convert pages with very complex page descriptions into CMYK images
Overprint issues related to spot color if converted to CMYK
Enhanced Profiles:
All Profiles with "Convert colors"-Fixups have been updated to use "Advanced settings" instead of Policy files
New Fixups:
Create bleed for irregular shapes: Generates bleed for arbitrary contours based on e.g. a dieline vector object [CA1028144, CA1026338]
Spotify: Create spot color version from an input PDF using a customizable number of spot colors, optionally based on a custom spot color library
Place circle/ellipse
Place line
Place rectangle
Map colors using script variables: New variant of the existing "Map colors"-Fixup, where the settings can be defined using JSON expressions
Map spot and process colors using script variables: New variant of the existing "Map spot and process colors"-Fixup, where the settings can be defined using JSON expressions
Enhanced Fixups:
Create bleed at page edges:
Several new parameters, e.g. a Filter for objects to be taken into account for bleed creation and to except certain spot colors [CA1026524, FP54063]
Extended possibilities to create bleed with different widths for each edge [CA1026463, CA1027547, CA1027514, FP44596]
New parameters to define overprint and whether the generated bleed should be placed behind existing page content
Page box used as basis for bleed generation can be selected [FP32942]
Offset (to page geometry box) for basis of bleed generation can be defined [CA1028143, FP50268]
Convert colors:
New area "Advanced settings", which replaces the deprecated Policy files
All settings from the "Advanced settings" dialog can be controlled using Variables
Convert colors using DeviceLink:
New Parameters for compression method and quality for processed images [FP27577, FP39515, FP41009, FP52929]
Global policy files for DeviceLink are deprecated (if present, overwrite the Fixup settings for backwards compatibility)
Set Overprint and Knockout: New option to leave OPM unchanged
Set Overprint Mode to 1:Is deprecated, use "Set overprint and knockout" Fixup instead
New and enhanced predefined Fixups:
Convert colored Type 3 fonts to outlines
Generate 5mm bleed at dieline (Processing Steps)
Generate 3mm bleed at TrimBox, excluding specified spot color
Spotify: Creates a spot-color only version of the PDF's page content
Place black circle at specified position
Place red rectangle at specified position
Place blue line at specified position
New Properties:
Text on page: Finds text on pages or within page areas; can be combined with Action "Split at mark"
Several new barcode/matrix code related Properties:
Barcode is in area
Barcode value
Barwidth reduction (%|mm|pt)
Height of barcode / matrix code (mm|pt)
Width of barcode / matrix code (mm|pt)
Module width of barcode / matrix code (mm|pt)
Symbology (type of barcode / matrix code)
"Log Profile execution" will save the created rendered areas as images into the temporary log folder for review
Stream object is uncompressed
Enhanced Properties:
All Sifter-based properties: Extended possible combinations with other types of Properties and further enhanced analysis [FP49241]
New and enhanced predefined Checks:
Is colored Type 3 font
Type 3 font has all required resources
Is dieline (Processing Steps)
Find specified text: Searches for the specified text on all pages
Object uses RGB color definitions
Find barcode in specified area
Barwidth reduction is above 10%
R=G=B with a specified tolerance
Size is not equal for all pages
New in Switchboard:
Prepress - Spotify: Create spot color version from an input PDF using a customizable number of spot colors, optionally based on a custom spot color library
Spotify inspector: Interactive tool to determine the best settings for processing a file into a spot color version
Arrange - Split at mark: Splits the PDF into parts based on pages identified by a Check
Document - Extract dieline: Extracts a dieline as SVG, DXF or CF2 file from a PDF based on a Check
Reports - Read barcode: Detect value and other technical details of a barcode in a specified area of a page
Actions:
Spotify: Create spot color version from an input PDF using a customizable number of spot colors, optionally based on a custom spot color library
SplitAtMark: Splits the PDF into parts based on pages identified by a Check
ExtractDieline: Extracts a dieline as SVG, DXF or CF2 file from a PDF based on a Check
ToPDF: Support for conversion of TIFF files with CuttingPaths [FP54684]
ToPDF: Support for conversion of TIFF files with Transparency [FP54348, FP55777]
ToPDF: Support for PSB files ("Photoshop Big") [CA1028643]
ToPDF: Support for .vtx und .vxd files (MS Visio) with MS Office and Open/Libreoffice [CA1028797]
QuickCheck: Extended sample configuration file with more comments and examples
Reports:
Custom HTML-based reports: All kinds of visualizer images can be requested via the manifest.xml [FP44896, FP51472]
XML reports: Added references for Annotations to reported hits [CA1028541]
CLI:
New parameter for Profile execution: --visiblelayers which will run Checks for visible layers only
ToPDF: Several new --topdf_parameter for handling of Office in MS Office:
NoMemoryOptimization: Disables the internal memory optimization [CA1028735]
DoNotHideOffice: The respective MS Office will show up and not work hidden in the background [CA1028588]
UpdateChangedFields: Requests a content update from MS Office to update fields (e.g. page numbers in the table of content) [CA1028703]
Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v15.0.4PlusP6d)
Most recent version of Adobe PDF Converter integrated (PostScript to PDF conversion; v1.1PlusP2h)
Internal HTML converter updated to callas pdfChip (v2.1.062)
Fixes:
Fixups:
Flatten transparency:
Problem solved where recursion of Form XObjects in the content stream resulted into infinite processing [CA1028081]
Problem solved where flattening resulted in displaced Asian glyphs in certain cases [FP55230]
Issue fixed where bullet glyphs were removed in some cases [FP55510]
Issue fixed where bullet glyphs were converted to "F" glyphs in specific font situation [FP53756]
Issue fixed where square bullets became .notdef glyphs after flattening [FP54933]
Issue fixed where some kind of ligatures were converted to .notdef glyphs [CA1028410]
Issue fixed where quotation marks became .notdef glyphs after flattening [FP54005]
Issue fixed where glyph (defined as .notdef) was no more embedded after flattening and resulted in a warning in some PDF viewers [FP51831, FP52450]
Problem solved where background images using Indexed color spaces with Separation Black were not properly handled [FP43490]
Problem solved where flattening resulted in a completely rasterized page although only small areas were affected by transparency [FP54839]
Problem solved where processing caused a distortion of text [CA1028677, CA1028679]
Issue fixed where flattened PDF triggered a font error warning in certain PDF viewers (MacOS only) [FP54967]
Issue fixed where flattening with high resolution resulted in damaged fonts in certain cases (MacOS only) [CA1027815]
Problem solved where processing wasn't successful with specific PDF [FP54550]
Problem solved where resulting PDF had different glyph widths in PDF and embedded font [FP39612, FP41268, FP46431]
Remove printer marks: Problem solved where page content was removed under certain circumstances [FP54608, FP55162]
Add unique ID to Note elements in tagging structure: Issue solved, where Endnotes mapped to Notes via RoleMap were not properly handled [CA1028667]
Convert to PDF/A-2: Issue fixed where invalid XMP was created during PDF/A conversion in some cases [CA1028397]
Convert to PDF/A-2: Issue fixed where the conversion failed due to a missing Subtype entry [FP52794]
Create and apply shapes: Problem solved where overprinting for spot colors was not properly respected [CA1028459]
Create and apply shapes: Clarified the naming for some settings [FP53395]
Remove pages: Issue solved where remaining page label were not properly corrected after removal of a page [CA1028252, FP47709]
Generate bleed at page edges: Problem solved where invisible layers were also used for bleed generation [CA1028628]
Make font names unique: Problem solved where glyphs were not properly handled in certain cases [FP53519]
Set MediaBox to origin: Problem solved where MediaBox was not properly set when Fixup was executed together with e.g. "Add marks" or "Create bleed at page edges" [FP33737, FP33738; FP45010]
Convert colors using DeviceLink: Issue fixed where changing the image compression to ZIP resulted in improper PDFs in certain cases [CA1024644; FP39515]
Convert font to outlines: Problem solved where certain variants of text used as clipping paths were not properly handled [CA1028621]
Remove invisible image data: Problem solved where images were slightly displaced after processing in certain cases [FP24845, FP29858, FP34569]
Scale pages: Enhanced handling for dimensions which exceed the 200 inch limit (Page scaling factor will be adjusted accordingly) [FP27707, CA1028762]
Scale pages: Issue fixed where objects were missing in resulting file (Linux only) [FP55792]
Set transparency properties for fill: Issue fixed where certain layer constructions used with Form XObjects were not properly respected [FP55706]
Checks:
Image compression ratio (percent): Corrected compression ratio in trigger value
Sifter: Problem solved where page rotation was not taken into account in certain cases [CA1028468]
Verify compliance with PDF/A-2b: Issue fixed where validation failed caused by a unnecessary hit for "Signature has no ByteRange entry" [CA1028726]
Shape definition: Issue fixed where selected unit was not properly handled in certain cases [FP55403]
General analysis: Issue fixed where an incomplete InfoDict of a PDF resulted in an unknown error [CA1028306]
All Annotation and FormField properties: Problem solved where the usage of "Fire if any condition is met" with only one configured Property resulted in an error [FP54027]
Actions:
ToPDF: Issue fixed where office files using special characters (like % or #) in their filename resulted in errors with LibreOffice (Windows only) [CA1028556]
ToPDF: Adjusted the predefined Default.joboptions file (used for PostScript conversion) to create PDF 1.6 instead of older versions [CA1028463]
ToPDF: Fixed issue, where certain kind of transparent PNG were not properly converted [CA1028394]
CreatePS: Problem solved where PostScript export of specific PDF resulted in an unstable behavior [CA1028500]
OptimizePDF: Issue fixed where multiple identically named fonts were resulting in rectangles for some glyphs after merging the fonts [CA1028302]
Desktop:
Problem solved where using a License Server based activation could not be used in the Acrobat Plug-In [FP55867]
Object inspector: Alternate values for spot colors added
Object inspector: Issued fixed where a filter for objects was not properly respected on multi-page documents [FP53499]
Improved window handling, especially for tiled views
Issue fixed where certain kind of user interaction resulted in unnecessary internal warning logs in MacOS console [FP28132]
Library manager: "Custom template reports" and "Ask at runtime dialog templates" added as resources
Switchboard: Process plans with Batch processing: Issue fixed where certain actions were not properly handled [FP55034]
Server:
Improved information when Server, Dispatcher or Satellite is started without a valid license
CLI:
Timeout: Issue fixed where some additional seconds were added to the given time limit in certain cases
--uncompressimg: Problem solved where parameter was not taken into account for the Properties "Object uses ... with a percentage of" [CA1016082, CA1023953, FP21005, FP54373]
Reports:
PDF reports: Issue fixed where some kind of diacritical marks in e.g. Check names avoided the successful creation of the report [FP52467]
General:
Office conversion: A 64-bit installation of pdfToolbox requires a 64-bit version of OpenOffice/LibreOffice (similar for 32-bit)
DeviceLink Profiles: Issue fixed where export and import resulted in the loss of localization
MacOS installer for CLI: Format changed to .pkg

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

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

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

Update of pdfToolbox Server 7 or pdfToolbox CLI 7 free of charge for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA) for pdfToolbox Server or pdfToolbox CLI
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
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
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

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

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

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

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

New in callas pdfToolbox Server 6.2.208 (Nov 21, 2012)

New fixups:
Generate bleed by adding images of content at edges and corners
Predefined: Decalibrate ICCbased CMYK by converting them to DeviceCMYK
Actions:
Step and Repeat, Fillpage, N-Up and Booklet: Bleed creation without cutmarks
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]
Reports:
Resolution of images in PDF reports can be defined by addtional CLI parameter
PDF reports get suffix “_report” if no explicit output filename is specified
Results from optional “When it doed 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 inproper 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 Server 6.1.198 (Oct 3, 2012)

New in callas pdfToolbox Server 6.1.197 (Oct 3, 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
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
Visualizer: Added function to render individual separations
Visualizer: Added function to create only those pages that have problems
Fixups:
Increase line width: Problem solved where line width was not changed in some cases
Convert colors: Enhanced handling of different encondings in policy
Map spot and process colors: Problem solved where conversion from DeviceN black into CMYK resulted in 4c black
Scale pages: Problem solved where combination with certain fixups in one profile resuted in an error
Checks:
Effective ink coverage: Problem solved where improper results were determined
Actions:
Redistill: Problem solved where some vector objects changed their appearance
Redistill: Problem solved where image was not properly handled
Redistill: Problem solved where smooth shades resulted in improper result
Passe partout: Problem solved where objects with certain blend mode vanished
Passe partout: Problem solved where boxes where improperly handled
Reports:
Improved layout of filenames in compare reports
Fixed issue where plates used in document were not properly reported in XML report
Problem solved where reports for images and colors were created malformed
Problem solved where fixups are missing in the summary page of the PDF-Layer report
Impose:
Problem solved where defined color value of cropmark were not respected
CLI
Support for empty variables
Problem solved where conversion of large TIFF into PDF were not handled properly
Server:
Problem solved where text reports were not moved into correct output destination
Acrobat Plug In:
Problem solved where removal of document structure compression failed

New in callas pdfToolbox Server 6.0.185 (Oct 3, 2012)

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
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”
Reports:
Overview pages of reports containing links to page with occurance
Added timezone into XML-Reports
Added UserUnits (Scalingfactor) into XML-Reports if used 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
Improved handling of existing bookmarks
Desktop:
Replace fonts: Added support for fonts using build-in encoding and differences array
Fixups
Convert colors: Problem solved where some kind of DeviceN objects became invisible
Convert colors: Improved handling of special combinations of transparency modes
Convert colors: Problem solved where objects may disappear in special constellation
Convert colors: Improved results when previous processing steps altered the PDF file
Convert colors: Problem solved where some CalRGB objects where not properly handled
Convert colors: Problem solved where results were improperly handled in special fixup combinations
Convert colors: Improved handling of PDFs using incomplete Form XObjects
Convert colors using DeviceLink: Problem solved where special filter settings for Process and DeviceN were not respected
Convert colors using DeviceLink: Problem solved where processing may result in improper result
Convert registration color to black: Problem solved where not all occurances where converted with a single run
Crop to visible: Improved recognition of objects
Derive page geometry boxes from crop marks: Improved recognition of CropMarks
Derive page geometry boxes from crop marks: Improved handling of existing CropBox
Derive page geometry boxes from crop marks: Problem solved where fixup failed on certain PDFs
Downsample/recompress images: Problem solved where image masks were not downsampled in some cases
Downsample/recompress images: Problem solved where processing special PDF files causes an error
Downsample/recompress bitmaps: Problem solved where image became inverted
Fix potential font problems: Problem solved where glyphs were missing in certain PDFs
Embed missing fonts: Improved font-encoding for embedding Type1 fonts as a Base14 Font
Flatten transparency: Improved handling of multiply used SmoothShase patterns
Map spot and process colors: Problem solved in handling of DeviceN channels with value “None”
Map spot and process colors: Problem solved where processing with special settings resulted in an error
Map spot and process colors: Improved handling of setting “Use source color”
Remove additional encoding entries in cmap of symbolic TrueType fonts: Improved usage and better handling of special combinations
Remove objects out of trimbox: Improved recognition of painting parts of objects
Checks:
Page orientation with tolerance: Problem solved where setting was not properly respected
Problem solved where ink coverage was not correctly determined in special cases
Improved handling of memory when analyzing files
Improved handling for content streams to avoid unneccessary changes in document in certain cases
Problem solved where font error was not properly detected
Actions:
Enumerate Layers: Problem solved where spot colors were not handled correctly
To PDF: Added handling of TIFF-images using sample value = 5 per pixel
To PDF: Problem solved where wrong font was used when converting some

New in callas pdfToolbox Server 5.5.165 (Oct 3, 2012)

New in callas pdfToolbox Server 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
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
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)
pdfToolbox Server UI
Further information is displayed in Progress dialog to track performance statistics (updater need to “Clear statistics” in the Progress dialog prior processing)
pdfToolbox Server/CLI 4
Number of pages output on command line
Usage of splitpdf improved for easier handling
Configurators for Enfocus Switch adapted to latest features
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
pdfToolbox Server UI
Problem solved in action Slice where result files were not placed in proper folder
CLI
Action: Save as image:
Problem solved where image was cropped when MediaBox of PDF did not start at 0/0
Problem solved where image size was not correct when specifying height and weight
Action: Create EPS:
Problem solved where created EPS file could not be converted back to PDF by using Acrobat
Action: Convert colors:
Problem solved where processing ended with error message
Action: Impose:
Problem solved where group entry was not handled properly
Problem solved where unknown unit was interpreted as point
Reports
Problem solved in layer report where no layer was created when checking for missing glyphs
Enfocus Switch Configurators: Problem solved where unit “inch” was not respected properly

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New in callas pdfToolbox Server 6.1.197 (Oct 3, 2012)

New in callas pdfToolbox Server 6.0.185 (Oct 3, 2012)

New in callas pdfToolbox Server 5.5.165 (Oct 3, 2012)

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

New in callas pdfToolbox Server 4.4.060.1 (Dec 17, 2009)

New in callas pdfToolbox Server 4.2.020.1 (Mar 7, 2009)

New in callas pdfToolbox Server 4.1.017 (Dec 22, 2008)