Up to now, a text frame, which was also responsible for positioning the variable text, was created around the VDP text. From this version on, only the baseline on which the variable text is positioned is displayed. This means that the position of the text can be controlled precisely via the X and Y position in the Transform tab.

Figure 1: Left: Selected text before version 1.14.0; Right: Selected text from version 1.14.0

For the function of aligning and distributing described in 2.1.2 to work, the restriction that only one VDP element could be selected at a time had to be removed first. With version 1.14.0, multiple VDP elements can now be selected and modified.

In the course of development, many keyboard shortcuts have been introduced for the VDP Editor to ensure that the user can work with the VDP Editor with ease.

Figure 2: Overview of the keyboard shortcuts in the VDP Editor

In the course of development, the user interface was expanded with new functions and existing functions were supplemented by better terms with additional help. All new functions are described below in 2.1.2 New functions. In addition, the following helpful enhancements were implemented.

Help on Truncate String function: Addition of help texts describing what various entries in the input fields do.

Figure 3: The Truncate String function from the content tab

Increased scope of errors and warnings: The number of error and warning messages has been greatly expanded to avoid major surprises in production.

Figure 4: The Errors and Warnings dialog displays more errors and warnings than were displayed in earlier versions

Improved support to values in barcodes / QR codes: Display of values that are allowed to be used, making it easier for the user to troubleshoot why the barcode is not generated.

Figure 5: Display of the possible values for the selected barcode in the help note

The handling of guidelines has been simplified. From this version onwards, a guide can be subsequently removed by moving it to the ruler's origin.

As of this version, additional options are available in the Transform settings area of the Transform & General Settings tab. The functionality of the Align and Distribute options are already known from the Impose Editor and can also be used in the VDP Editor as of this version. Proceed as follows:

1. Open the VDP Editor.
2. Create multiple variable elements using the Text, Image, Barcode, or Rectangle Tool.
3. Select the VDP elements on the artboard that you want to align or distribute.
4. Activate the Transform & General Settings tab.
5. Select the desired function in the Transformsettings area:
   • Align [1]– determine in this area how the element or elements should be aligned:
     • Align left: All selected objects will be aligned with the object farthest to the left.
     • Align horizontally centered: All selected objects are aligned to the horizontal center of the selection.
     • Align right: All selected objects are aligned to the object farthest to the right.
     • Align top: All selected objects are aligned to the object that is farthest up.
     • Align vertically centered: All selected objects are aligned to the vertical center of the selection.
     • Align bottom: All selected objects are aligned to the object that is farthest down.
   • Origin [2] – determine the origin of the position alignment of the function which was selected in Align. Four options are available:
     • Align to Selection:  The reference point represents the sum of the selected objects. The procedures described in Align are based on this selected origin.
     • Align to Sheet: The reference point represents the edges of the displayed Print Item. Note that this will very quickly position VDP elements outside the printable area, resulting in a warning message in the VDP Editor.
     • Custom: The reference point represents a virtual rectangle, which you can specify by entering the X and Y coordinates as well as the width and height. By clicking on the eye icon [5], this reference rectangle is displayed on the Print Item.
     • ImageBox: The reference point represents the ImageBox selected for the Print Item.
   • Distribute [3] –  determine whether the selected objects are to be distributed horizontally or vertically. A distance can also be used for this purpose. You can enter the desired spacing if you activate the Use Spacing checkbox [4].

Figure 6: The Align and Distribute function in the VDP Editor

Blend Modes can be applied to entire objects or their individual parts and entire object groups. Behind each Blend Mode, there is a defined calculation method. As of version 1.14.0, these already-known Blend Modes can also be applied to variable images. You can learn more about the Blend Modes here.

Since version 1.13.2, the two tools - Polygon and Text Polygon Tool - are available in the VDP Editor. You can click and drag to draw a polygon. By default, the polygon created with this tool has five corners with five edges. It is possible to change the number of corners and edges of a polygon by pressing the arrow keys while dragging the polygon.

To reset these settings - how many corners and edges the polygon should have - a new function Reset Polygon Tool settings to default [6] has been added in this version. This option is available in the toolbar as an extended menu. By activating this function, the default polygon with five corners and five edges is restored.

Figure 7: The toolbar of the VDP Editor with the possibility to reset the Polygon or Reset Text Polygon Tool Settings to default

Starting from this version, dashed lines can be created in the VDP Editor. This function can be used for all Object Creation Tools as well as Text Tools. Proceed as follows.

1. Open the VDP Editor. 
2. Use the toolbar to create the desired VDP elements.
3. Select a VDP element on the drawing area.
4. Activate the Format tab.
5. Depending on whether you have used a VDP text element or an Object Creation Tool, you can determine how the dashed line should be constructed in either the Font Settings or Path Settings panel.
   • Line thickness [7] [12]: Use this to determine the contour thickness of the dashed contour.
   • Stroke [8] [11]: Determine how long the contour to be drawn should be.
   • Gap [10] [14]: Use this to determine how long the non-drawing contour should be.
   • Irregular dashed line: If you want to create an irregular dashed line, you must add another stroke/gap segment [9] [13] and enter the corresponding values.
6. Determine the length of the drawing contour and the length of the non-drawing contour. By entering the same value for the stroke and for the gap, a regular dashed line will be created. If you want to make the pattern more variable, you have to add another definition for stroke and gap by clicking on the + symbol.

Figure 8: The setting areas Path Settings as well as Font Settings for defining dashed lines

Since version 1.14.0 the following new options are available in the VDP Editor action menu in Edit:

• Cut - copies the selected elements to the clipboard and removes them from the drawing area.
• Copy - copies the selected elements to the clipboard.
• Paste - pastes the elements in the clipboard centered in the current drawing area section.
• Paste to original position - pastes the elements in the clipboard to the original position.

Figure 9: The Edit menu of the Actions menu of the VDP Editor

A Grid Chart of Tonal Values can be created either via the menu item Color > Color Books & Grid Charts Tonal Value/Overprint Grid Chart or directly in the detail view of an Article or a Print Item in an Order or Production Job.

The creation process is always the same, no matter where you started from. You have to go through the following steps:

1. Call up the menu item for creating a Grid Chart of Tonal Values.
2. Select a Spot Color and name the Grid Chart.
3. Select the Printer with the appropriate output configuration.
4. Define the Grid for the layout of the Grid Chart.
5. Create the Grid Chart to print it later or send it to the selected Printer immediately after creation.

All you have to do is adjust the options in each step to execute your project.

Step 1: Create Grid Chart of Tonal Values - General

1. Enter a name [24] for the Grid Chart to be created.
2. Select the desired Base Spot Color [25]. Depending on where you started, you will be offered either all system-wide, Substrate-specific, or custom Spot Colors. Furthermore, Spot Colors from a color library or just the Spot Colors of the current Print Item are available.
3. Select Create [26] if you want to create the Grid Chart without sending it to the Printer. This can also be done later in the Color > Color Books & Grid Charts menu item.
4. Select Next [27] if you want to jump to the next step Output Configuration.

Figure 12: The first step General when creating a Grid Chart of Tonal Values

Step 2: Create Grid Chart of Tonal Values – Output Configuration

1. In the Output Configuration step select which Printer with which Output Configuration the Grid Chart will be printed.

• Printer [28] - select the target Printer, limiting the selection in the Substrate option already to the assigned Substrates for the Printer.
• Substrate [29] - select the Substrate to be used in it, thus limiting the selection in the Color Policy option already to the available Color Policy for the Substrate.
  • Color Policy [30] - select the Color Policy which is to be used. If you know in advance which Color Policy you want to use to print the Grid Chart, select the Color Policy by entering its ID in the selection menu. This procedure automatically selects the Printer and Substrate accordingly to the preceding options. How many colors the Grid Chart will be printed is shown to the user by the visualization of the Color Channels [31].
  • Destination folder [32] - select the folder to which the Grid Chart will be rendered to the Printer.

1. Select Create [33] if you want to create the Grid Chart without transferring it to the Printer. This can also be done later in the Color > Color Books & Grid Charts menu item.
2. Select Next [34] if you want to jump to the next step Layout.

Figure 13: The second step Output Configuration when creating a Grid Chart of Tonal Values

Step 3: Create Grid Chart of Tonal Values - Layout

1. In the Layout step, determine how the Grid Charts should be arranged to be output to the Printer.
   • Impose Sheet Size [35] - select the size of the Imposition to be created by either selecting the desired Substrate Definition or entering a user-defined Impose Sheet size.

• Substrate Definition [36] - select a desired Substrate Definition. This selection is only available if the Use Substrate Definition option is selected.
  • Width and Height [37] - use this to define the size of the Impose Sheet. These options are only available if the Custom option has been selected.
  • Alignment [38] - use this to define how the Grid at Grid Charts should be aligned horizontally or vertically on the Impose Sheet.
  • Grid settings [39] - define the Grid in which Grid Charts are to be mounted and printed by specifying Columns and Rows.
  • Spacing [40] - define the horizontal and vertical spacing between the individual Grid Charts.
  • Rotate [41] - define the rotation in which Grid Charts are to be rotated.

1. Select Create [42] if you want to create the Grid Chart without sending it to the Printer. This can also be done later in the Color > Color Books & Grid Charts menu item.
2. Select Create and send to Printer [43] to complete the creation process and output the Grid Chart to the Printer.

Figure 14: The third step Layout when creating a Grid Chart of Tonal Values

In addition to creating the Grid Charts, other options are available in the Color > Color Books & Grid Charts > Tonal Value/Overprint Grid Charts menu item. These are:

• Edit - pressing this button reopens the Create dialog. Settings that have already been made can be revised. Only the Spot Color itself may not be changed afterward.
• Delete - using this option, selected Grid Charts can be removed from the system. This operation cannot be undone.
• Send to Printer - pressing this button opens the Create dialog again. After going through the individual steps, the Grid Chart can be sent to the Printer.
• Download - by clicking this button, the Grid Chart will be downloaded locally as a PDF file.

A Grid Chart of overprinting Spot Colors can be created either via the menu item Color > Color Books & Grid Charts > Tonal Value/Overprint Grid Chart or directly in the detail view of an Article or a Print Item in an Order or Production Job.

The creation process is always the same, no matter where you started from. You have to go through the following steps:

1. Call up the menu item for creating a Grid Chart of overprinting Spot Colors.
2. Select a Base Color and a Spot Color to be overprinted and assign the name of the Grid Chart.
3. Select the Printer with the corresponding Output Configuration.
4. Define the Grid for the layout of the Grid Chart.
5. Create the Grid Chart to be printed later or send the Grid Chart to the selected Printer immediately after creation.

Step 1: Create Grid Chart of overprinting Spot Colors - General

1. Enter a name [44] for the Grid Chart which is to be created.
2. Select the desired Base Spot Color [45]. Depending on where you started, you will be offered either all system-wide, Substrate-specific or customer-specific Spot Colors. Additionally, you will be offered Spot Colors from a color library or just the Spot Colors of the current Print Item.
3. Select the desired overprinting Spot Color [46]. Depending on where you started, you will be offered either all system-wide, Substrate-specific or customer-specific Spot Colors. Additionally, you will be offered Spot Colors from a color library or only the Spot Colors of the current Print Item.
4. Determine the Tonal Value of the basic Spot Color [47]. All 100 color patches will be provided with the selected Tonal Value. This allows you to control with which Tonal Value the basic Spot Color is to be printed with the graded overprinting Spot Color.
5. Under Number of reductions [48], determine how many Grid Charts you want to create with a modified Tonal Value of the Base Spot Color. Use this to create a series of Grid Charts with graded Tonal Values of the Base Spot Color and the overprinting gradations of the selected overprinting Spot Color. You can see how the individual Grid Charts look by simply scrolling over the navigation bar [50].
6. In Decrease by [49], determine how much the Tonal Value of the Base Spot Color is to be graded. The multiplication of the value of the number of reductions and the percentage value in Decrease by must be smaller than the Tonal Value of the Base Spot Color, otherwise the value for the Tonal Value would become smaller than NUll. A corresponding error message warns the user if invalid entries are made.
7. Select Create [51] if you want to create the Grid Chart without sending it to the Printer. This can also be done later in the Color > Color Books & Grid Charts menu item.
8. Select Next [52] if you want to jump to the next step Output Configuration.

Figure 15: The first step General when creating a Grid Chart of overprinting Spot Colors

Step 2: Create Grid Chart of overprinting Spot Colors - Output Configuration

1. In the Output Configuration step select on which Printer with which Output Configuration the Grid Chart(s) will be printed.

• Printer [53] - select the target Printer, thus limiting the selection in the Substrate option already to the assigned Substrates for the Printer.
• Substrate [54] - select the Substrate which is to be used, thus limiting the selection in the Color Policy option already to the available Color Policies for the Substrate.
  • Color Policy [55] - select the Color Policy which is to be used. If you know in advance which Color Policy you want to use for printing the Grid Chart, select the Color Policy by entering its ID in the selection menu. This procedure automatically selects the Printer and Substrate accordingly in the preceding options. With how many colors the Grid Chart will be printed is shown to the user by the visualization of the color channels [56].
  • Destination folder [57] - select the folder to which the Grid Chart(s) will be rendered to the Printer.

1. Select Create [58] if you want to create the Grid Chart(s) without sending it to the Printer. This can also be done later in the Color > Color Books & Grid Charts menu item.
2. Select Next [59] if you want to jump to the next step Layout.

Figure 16: The second step Output Configuration when creating a Grid Chart of overprinting Spot Colors

Step 3: Create Grid Chart of overprinting Spot Colors - Layout

1. Determine in the Layout step how the Grid Charts should be arranged to be output at the Printer.
   • Impose Sheet size [60] - Select the size of the Impose to be created by either selecting the desired Substrate Definition or entering a user-defined Impose Sheet size.

• Substrate Definition [61] - Select a desired Substrate Definition. This selection is only available if the Use Substrate Definition option is selected.
  • Width and Height [62] - Use this to define the size of the Impose Sheet. These options are only available if the Custom option has been selected.
  • Alignment [63] - Use this to define how the grid at Grid Charts should be aligned horizontally or vertically on the Impose Sheet.
  • Grid settings [64]- Define the grid in which Grid Charts are to be mounted and printed by specifying columns and rows.
  • Spacing [65] - Define the horizontal and vertical spacing between the individual Grid Charts.
  • Rotate [66] - Define the rotation in which Grid Charts are to be rotated.

1. Select Create [67] if you want to create the grid chart without sending it to the Printer. This can also be done later in the Color > Color Books & Grid Charts menu item.
2. Select Create and Send to Printer [68] to complete the creation process and output the grid chart to the Printer.

Figure 17: The third step Layout when creating a Grid Chart of overprinting Spot Colors

In addition to creating the Grid Charts, other options are available. These are:

• Edit - pressing this button opens the Create dialog again. Settings that have already been made can be revised. Only the Spot Color itself may not be changed afterward.
• Delete - using this option, selected Grid Charts can be removed from the system. This operation cannot be undone.
• Send to Printer - pressing this button opens the Create dialog again. After going through the individual steps, the Grid Chart can be sent to the Printer.
• Download - by clicking this button, the Grid Chart will be downloaded locally as a PDF file.

Renaming prohibited Spot Color Names ensures in production that these Spot Colors are also correctly converted to the assigned Output Color Space. If the renaming wasn't carried out, these Spot Colors would only be printed in the pure Process Color available in the Printer.

This Fixup is disabled by default and should be enabled and configured in each custom Check-in Template.

Figure 21: The settings area of the Fixup Rename prohibited Spot Color Names

Sets the overprint state for selected Spot Colors to "Overprint". Use this fixup to set all objects that use a Technical Color or Output as a Separation Color, such as Punch, Crease, Dieline, Kiss-cut, Thru-cut, or White, Varnish, etc., to Overprint.

This Fixup is disabled by default and should be enabled and configured in each custom Check-in Template.

Figure 22: The settings area of the Fixup Set Spot Colors to "Overprint"

This Fixup removes empty layers from the Print Item. Empty layers are layers on the Print Item on which no object is present.

This Fixup is disabled by default and should be enabled and configured in each custom Check-in Template. You should only deviate from this recommendation if you want to use empty layer names in the data preparation.

Figure 23: The setting area of the Fixup Remove Empty Layers

This Fixup removes hidden layers, which are invisible but contain objects, from the Print Item.

This Fixup is disabled by default and should be enabled and configured in each custom Check-in Template. You should only deviate from this recommendation if you want to use hidden layer names in the data preparation.

Figure 24: The settings area of the Fixup Remove Hidden Layers

In this version this check was renamed from Spot Color Name is the same as Process Color Name to Prohibited Spot Color Names in use and also extended. Thereby, you can add as many colors as you like.

This Fixup is disabled by default and should be enabled and configured in each custom Check-in Template. You should only deviate from this recommendation if you want to use unused layer names in the data preparation.

Figure 25: The settings area of the Check Prohibited Spot Color Names in use

This check controls whether the overprinting status of the selected Spot Colors is set to "Overprint". Use this to check whether certain Spot Colors such as "Barcode" are set to knockout and thus do not show through objects behind them.

The check is disabled by default and can be enabled and configured in custom check-in templates.

Figure 26: The settings area of the check Overprinting Spot Colors

This check is used to check whether the overprinting status of the selected Spot Colors is set to "Knockout". Use it to check whether, for example, certain Technical Colors such as "Cut" are overprinting and thus objects behind them  show through.

The check is disabled by default and can be enabled and configured in custom check-in templates. You can bypass this check if you are executing the Fixup Set Spot Colors to "Overprint".

Figure 27: The settings area of the check Spot Colors in Knockout

Changes the state of visibility for all layers to visible.

New features

• Conversion of the XML file to v2. No functional or layout change.

Figure 32: The new dialog of the Fixup Make all hidden layers

Removes Trim-, Bleed-, Crop- and ArtBox from the PDF.

New features

• Conversion of the XML file to v2. No functional or layout change.

Figure 33: The new dialog of the Fixup Remove Page Boxes

All objects on layers that are currently invisible are discarded and all layers (which are visible) are flattened (removed from the document)

New features

• Conversion of the XML file to v2. No functional or layout change.

Figure 34: The new dialog of the Fixup Flatten Layers

The Bleed is created by repeating pixels around an irregular shape. The Bleed is generated as a 300 dpi CMYK image and created in the background. You can determine which pixel is used for the repetition by specifying the value in "Starting Point Pixel Repetition". If Spot Colors are used in the Print Item, a color shift in the output for the bleed cannot be excluded.

New features

• An additional possibility to save templates

Figure 35: The two tabs Basic Settings and Advanced of the Fixup Create Bleed on Irregular Shape

Adds a caption - the selected text - to the selected edges in the specified position, font, size, and color. In addition, this caption can be given its own Dieline in advanced settings.

New features

• Switch to the dynamic input field for most options
• Using the new layout elements

Figure 36: The two tabs Basic Settings and Advanced of the Add Caption Fixup

Removes the selected layers including all objects on them and crops all pages to the visible area. You can also decide whether Crop Marks should be taken into account and which safety margin should be retained.

New features

• A changeover to a dynamic input field for the Safety Margin option
• Using the new layout elements

Figure 37: The new dialog of the Fixup Remove Layers and crop to the visible area

Creates a geometric shape based on the selected position and specified size. Use this Fixup to create a circle-shaped Dieline originating from the center of the artwork.

New features

• A changeover to a dynamic input field for most options
• Using the new layout elements

Figure 38: The two tabs Basic Settings and Advanced of the Fixup Ellipse/Rechteck als technische Form erzeugen

Searches the local Server font folder for missing fonts and attempts to embed them.

New features

• Conversion of the XML file to v2. No functional or layout change.

Figure 39: The new dialog of the Fixup Fehlende Schriften einbetten

Adds a hem to the selected edge of the Print Item to the front. The Print Item on the back is mirrored to the Print Item on the front. You can define which area of the backside should overlap on the front side up to the maximum size of the hem.

New features

• A changeover to a dynamic input field for most options
• Using the new layout elements

Figure 40: The new dialog of the Fixup Add Pole Pockets

Comments (Annotations in the PDF) that are in the print area are converted into printable objects. The RGB objects are assigned the sRGB source profile and missing fonts are embedded.

New features

• Conversion of the XML file to v2. No functional or layout change.

Figure 41: The new dialog of the Fixup Render Comments

Removes all empty pages from the document.

New features

• Conversion of the XML file to v2. No functional or layout change.

Figure 42: The new dialog of the Fixup Remove Empty Pages

Removes unused or hidden layers in the Print Item. Use this Fixup to reduce the content of the Artwork of all used and visible layers.

New features

• A changeover to XML v2
• Using the new layout elements

Figure 43: The new dialog of the Fixup Remove unused and/or hidden Layers

Converts the Registration Color either to 100% Black or to a Spot Color called "Separation Black". Note that the Spot Color "Black" is also converted to "Separation Black".

New features

• Conversion of the XML file to v2. No functional or layout change.

Figure 44: The new dialog of the Fixup Convert Registration Color

Assign an ICC Profile for RGB objects that do not have a source profile (DeviceRGB). This allows you to assign a source profile to an RGB object that differs from the working color space.

New features

• A changeover to a dynamic input field for most options
• Using the new layout elements

Figure 45: The new dialog of the Fixup Assign Source Profile for RGB objects

Deletes the existing Dieline and adds a new Dieline based on the position of the original Dieline.

New features

• A changeover to a dynamic input field for most options
• Using the new layout elements

Figure 46: The two tabs Basic Settings and Advanced of the Fixup Redraw Dieline of the TrimBox

Adds an overprinting Dieline in the size of the selected production frame - ImageBox or ImageBox + Bleed - and optionally an additional overprinting Dieline in the defined Offset. The Dieline is assigned to the Processing Steps Group and Type according to ISO 19593-1.

New features

• Using the new layout elements

Figure 47: The new dialog of the Fixup Add a DieLine to the ImageBox

Adds an overprinting DieLine based on an irregular shape and optionally adds a second overprinted Dieline in the defined Offset. The Dieline is assigned to the Processing Steps Group and Type according to ISO 19593-1.

New features

• Using the new layout elements

Figure 48: The new dialog of the Fixup Add a DieLine for Irregular Shapes

Creates a Dieline by tracing Spot Color objects. On the one hand, this Fixup can be used to offset an existing Dieline, on the other hand, to derive a Dieline from Spot Color objects. This converts a non-path Dieline to a Dieline as a path.

New features

• A changeover to a dynamic input field for most options
• Using the new layout elements

Figure 49: The two tabs Basic Settings and Advanced of the Fixup Derive a Dieline from Spot Color

Adds Crop Marks and/or Bleed marks. Crop Marks are set to the TrimBox and Bleed Marks are set to the BleedBox.

New features

• A changeover to a dynamic input field for most options
• Using the new layout elements

Figure 50: The new dialog of the Fixup Add Crop Marks

Converts Embedded Fonts to Outlines (Missing Glyphs Are Ignored).

New features

• Conversion of the XML file to v2. No functional or layout change.

Figure 51: The new dialog of the Fixup Convert Fonts to Outlines

Converts page content into a pixel image using the selected color space. Elements such as Text, Spot Color or Text and Spot Color, can be excluded from being converted, for example, to accept unwanted color shifts when converting a Spot Color. To convert a single page, enter the desired page number using the Pages input. To convert a page range, enter both page numbers separated by a hyphen (e.g.: 2-5) in the Pages input.

New features

• A changeover to a dynamic input field for most options
• Using the new layout elements

Figure 52: The new dialog of the Fixup Seiteninhalt in Bild konvertieren

Removes Page Scale Factor (User Units).

New features

• Conversion of the XML file to v2. No functional or layout change.

Figure 53: The new dialog of the Fixup Remove Scale Factor

Mirrors the print item on the short edge. The length of the long edge will be doubled.

New features

• Conversion of the XML file to v2. No functional or layout change.

Figure 54: The new dialog of the Fixup Mirror the Print Item on the Short Edge

Mirrors the print item on the long edge. The length of the short edge will be doubled.

New features

• Conversion of the XML file to v2. No functional or layout change.

Figure 55: The new dialog of the Fixup Mirror the Print Item on the Long Edge

Replaces the overprint status "Overprint" to "Multiply" to reduce the RIP time. If the appearance changes too much, the fixup will be canceled. Set the maximum deviation in the "Allowed Deviation" option.

New features

• Conversion of the XML file to v2. No functional or layout change.
• A changeover to a dynamic input field

Figure 56: The new dialog of the Fixup Change "Overprint" to "Multiply"

Page content outside the TrimBox will be cropped. MediaBox, CropBox and BleedBox are set to the TrimBox

New features

• Conversion of the XML file to v2. No functional or layout change.

Figure 57: The new dialog of the Fixup Remove Existing Bleed

Enlarges selected white objects such as lines (strokes), vectors and/or texts by the entered value by changing the line width for the object.

New features

• A changeover to a dynamic input field for most options
• Using the new layout elements

Figure 58: The new dialog of the Fixup Reinforce White Elements

Corrects the CMYK values based on the values stored in the curve for each color channel. If RGB data and Spot Colors are also to be corrected, you must activate the corresponding options. Attention: Spot Colors and RGB data are converted to CMYK beforehand!

Figure 59: The new dialog of the Fixup CMYK Color Correction

The following functions are available in this Fixup:

• Templates [87]: Select from the available predefined curves or save your settings for a Color Correction that you want to apply to the print file.
• Apply to [88]: Use this to determine whether you want to apply the Color Correction to all objects or only to images, vectors, text, or text and vectors.
• Convert Spot Colors to CMYK [89]: Use this to determine whether Spot Colors are converted to CMYK beforehand so that the Color Correction is also applied to Spot Colors.
• Convert RGB objects to CMYK [90]: Use this to determine whether RGB objects are converted to CMYK beforehand so that the Color Correction is also applied to RGB objects.
• Color channel [91]: Select the color channel you want to correct from the list.
• Show all color channels [92]: Use this to determine whether only the currently selected color channel should be displayed or whether all color channels should be displayed with the curves.
• Output [93]: Enter the output value to be corrected to the input value.
• Straight/Curves [94]: Use this to determine whether the curve is to be constructed from corner points only or whether the curve is to be constructed from Bezier curves.
• Add [95]: Use this to insert a new point on the curve, allowing you to add the corresponding corrected output value to a new input value.

Removes all Print Marks (Bleed Marks, Crop Marks as well as Color Control Strips) that lie completely outside the TrimBox. The presence of a TrimBox or a BleedBox is assumed.

New features

• A changeover to dynamic input fields
• Using the new layout elements
• Print Marks that protrude into the Bleed will still be deleted
• Creation of the possibility to set the BleedBox by the entered offset to the TrimBox
• Creation of the possibility to save settings in the dialog as a template.

Figure 60: The new dialog of the Fixup Remove Print Marks

Creates a separation using the selected Spot Color based on the current page content, depending on the total ink coverage. The higher the total ink coverage, the lower the percentage of ink coverage contained in the separation. Use this Fixup, for example, to create a white channel or any other System-wide Defined Spot Color, dependent on the Total Ink Coverage in order to reduce ink costs or to reduce the ink coverage.

New features

• A changeover to dynamic input fields
• Using the new layout elements
• Possibility to save settings in the dialog as a template in order to be able to select them again at a later time
• Possibility to define the color tone as a curve depending on the total color application

Figure 61: The two tabs Basic Settings and Advanced of the Fixup Create Spot Color Separation depending on Total Ink Coverage

Adds a DieLine using a specific width and height from the center of the Print Item and optionally a second overprinting Dieline in the defined Offset. The DieLines are assigned to the Processing Steps Group and Type according to ISO 19593-1.

New features

• Using the new layout elements
• The creation of rounded corners by entering a corner radius

Figure 62: The new dialog of the Fixup Add a DieLine from the Center

For the following Fixups, the possibility to save settings of the Fixups dialog as a user-defined template has been created. The following Fixups are affected:

• Clip Print Item with Additional Bleed
• Resize TrimBox and set Bleed
• Add a DieLine to the ImageBox
• Set TrimBox to the Dieline
• Create Bleed on Irregular Shape
• Rotate and/or Mirror Page
• Set Scale Factor
• Map CMYK Values from Vector Objects to a Spot Color
• Redye CMYK-Objects
• Convert Pure Black to Rich Black
• Convert Black Text Objects to Rich Black
• Change Tonal Value for Spot Color
• Fill PageBox with Spot Color
• Add a DieLine for Irregular Shapes
• Add a DieLine from the Center
• Add a DieLine to the ImageBox