The following new features are available in version 1.19.2 of the Workflow:

Impose Editor – in version 1.19.2, existing functions have been expanded and improved.

• Nesting – Perforation for Flaps – starting with this version, perforation for flaps is also output as a perforated line in the cut file; up to this version, the perforation was only displayed as perforated in the Impose Editor, but was cut as a continuous line. [PPDWF-8919]
• Placeholder – Consecutive Number of the Print Item – in this version, it is now possible to specify consecutive numbering per Print Item and Imposition. The placeholders Sequential Numbering per Print Item and the new placeholder Sequential Numbering per Print Item per Page are available for this purpose. [PPDWF-9484]
• Omet Marks – Verticale Y Offset – for OMET Marks, the positioning has been adjusted in this version by adding the option to determine the vertical offset for the register mark and the rectangular mark. [PPDWF-9723]
• Removing unused Print Items in the Production Job – starting with version 1.19.2, the user interface of the Impose Editor provides a dialog where users can choose whether unplaced Print Items should be removed from the to-be-created Production Job or whether the Print Items should be kept. [PPDWF-9334]
• Impose Mode "Die Cut" – Size of the N-Up – starting with this version, the Impose Editor for the Die Cut Impose Mode provides the option of using the Impose size of the N-Up. [PPDWF-9284]
• Step & Repeat – multipage – the Impose Editor offers the option of creating multipage Step & Repeats based on two strategies  Exact Number of Copies and Imposition with one Following Page. [PPDWF-8729]

Approval Projects – the new structure introduced in version 1.17.2 – working with Approval Projects – has been further expanded in version 1.18.0. In version 1.19.2, the workflow in the Approval Dashboard and the Dashboard itself have been revised again. This includes the following changes:

• Approval Portal – Layout adjustment – a layout adjustment has been made in the Approval Dashboard for approving or rejecting Approval Projects and for downloading them. The respective buttons are provided individually and with text labels to simplify the approval process for the customer. [PPDWF-8958]
• Approval Portal – Display "Expiry" of the Approval Project– starting with this version, the Approval Dashboard will display a message indicating when the Approval Project will expire. [PPDWF-1031]
• Approval Dashboard – Change Expiry Date – starting with this version, it is possible to set the date of an expired Approval Project to a future expiration date, thereby extending the project to the set date.  [PPDWF-9286]
• Timeline for Approval Projects – for the timeline of Approval Projects, several user interface improvements have been made in this version to make it easier for users to track progress. [PPDWF-9247]

Automation – with version 1.19.2, functions in Automation have been expanded and improved. Click on the respective link to read the detailed description of the individual new features.

• Operations – the following new features have been implemented in subsequent Operations:
• Operation "Check-in Artwork and Normalize" – starting with version 1.19.2, the default placeholder File Name (without Extension) is used. The placeholders for User Name, Automation Job  – Created by, Print Item – Number of Copies, and Print Item – Ext. ID are evaluated correctly. [PPDWF-9644]
• Operation "Create Production Job" – in this version, the Operation has been renamed from Create Production Job and Imposition to Create Production Job to prevent confusion. It is now also possible to edit an Output Template directly in the Operation. [PPDWF-9740] [PPDWF-9750] [PPDWF-9039]
• Operation "Create Production Job from Imposition" – in this version, the Operation has been renamed from "Create Production Job" to "Create Production Job from Imposition" to guide users to the correct use of the Operation – this requires the Operation "Create Impose" beforehand. It is now also possible to edit and use an output template directly in the Operation. [PPDWF-9740] [PPDWF-9750] [PPDWF-9039]
• Operation "Split Print Item" – the Operation has been enhanced in this version and now includes several options – Single Pages, Page Range, Page Chunks, and Expert Mode – for splitting a Print Item. [PPDWF-7661] [PPDWF-9792] [PPDWF-9417]
• Operation "Apply Fixups" – the Operation has been added for this version and allows to use multiple Fixups in a Production Configuration without using a Fixup Chain. For some Fixups, you can also refer to a template that has already been created. Access to the Operation is license-dependent. [PPDWF-9382] [PPDWF-9378]
• Operation "Update Print Item details" – starting with this version, all information available in the Advanced tab in the Operation is applied to the Production Configuration. [PPDWF-9344]
• Production Scheduler – starting with version 1.19.2, users working with Production Schedulers can refer to new features, including newly added and improved filter options and a redesigned interface for sorting the list of Production Schedulers.
  • Multiple Selection in selection list for user-defined Fields – for user-defined fields that are created as selection lists, multiple entries of the user-defined field can now be selected for the filter in Production Scheduler. [PPDWF-9428]
  • Date and Time Filter – for all filters that contain date and time – including Created, Modified, and a date in a user-defined field, a point or period in time can now be selected in a user-friendly manner. [PPDWF-9967]
  • Sorting the List – in this version, two new sorting functions – Created and Modified – have been added for sorting the list of Production Schedulers. These functions can be used to sort the list in ascending or descending order. [PPDWF-9450]
• Automation Variables – the Automation Variables integrated in version 1.19.1 allow users to use the content of a user-defined field for processing in the Operation. The functionality of these variables has been extended in this version.
  • Using references – up to this version, only the primary key – the ID for Imposition Templates and the GUID for N-Up – could be used as a reference for the Automation Variable. Starting with this version, the Internal Name and the Name of an Impose Template, as well as the Name and the External ID for an N-Up, are available for this purpose. [PPDWF-9347] [PPDWF-9667]
  • Error message for missing reference – when creating an Automation Job with a Production Configuration that uses Automation Variables, an error message is displayed if the content of the referenced Automation Variable cannot be found. [PPDWF-9668]

New user interface – the following functions have been expanded or improved for the new user interface in version 1.19.2. Click on the respective link to see a detailed description of the changes.

• Print Item Detail View – in this version, the detail view of Print Items now includes information about which Check-in Preflight and Fixup Template was used to normalize the Print Item. [PPDWF-9254]
• Color Books – various improvements have been made to the color books under Color > Color Books & Grid Charts in version 1.19.2. These include the following:
  • Update display after creating a Color Book – starting with this version, newly created Color Books are displayed immediately after they are added, and a message indicating that the creation process has started is displayed. [PPDWF-9655]
  • Missing icons in the list of Color Book definitions – the icons for Used Colors and Color Book have been added to the icon display of the Color Books list. [PPDWF-9646]
• Adding tags to Production Jobs – the missing option to set tags for Production Jobs were added. [PPDWF-9627]
• Honor Source Profiles settings area – the Honor Source Profiles settings area is now also available in the new user interface in Settings > Color Management > General. [PPDWF-9243]
• Create Production Job for Print Items in a Job Item – with version 1.19.2, the option to create a Production Job from all Print Items in a Job Item has been added. Individual Job Items can now also be edited or deleted. [PPDWF-9231]

Data Preparation – with version 1.19.2, various functions in Data Preparation have been enhanced and improved. Click on the respective link to see a detailed description of the changes. Improvements have been made to three existing Fixups –  Add Caption, Add Grommets/Drillholes, and Add Pole Pockets. [PPDWF-9634] [PPDWF-9635] [PPDWF-10045]

The following improvements to existing functions have been implemented in version 1.19.2 of the Workflow:

• Check-in Preflight and Fixup Templates – with version 1.19.2, the new check Object is not CMYK has been added, and the color of the Information icon in the Preflight Results has been adjusted. [PPDWF-9451] [PPDWF-9258]
• API improvements – the following improvements have been made to the API in this version:
  • Deleting a Production Job – the corresponding call has been provided. [PPDWF-8878]
  • Displaying Fixup variables – it is now possible to display the Fixup variables of a Fixup in the user interface. This makes it easier for integrators to set the correct variable for the call in the API request. [PPDWF-9178]
  • Subscriber information in the request – the option to transfer information/parameters for the subscriber in the subscriber URI has been added. [PPDWF-8986]
• New Job Ticket for PS Platform Operating Software – version 1.19.2 includes a new Job Ticket for the PS Platform Operating Software printer software, which enables new functions. The new functions include sending a multipage Imposition to the printer, improvements in the handling of print jobs with multiple pages, and printing individual pages from multipage print jobs. [PPDWF-9437]
• Deleting Production Jobs – with a customized deletion logic, starting with version 1.19.2, selected Production Jobs are deleted along with the Print Items, even if the Print Items are referenced by a job. Referenced Print Items are separated from the job so that the Print Items remain in the job. Alternatively, users can skip moving them to the recycle bin and delete the Production Job directly.  [PPDWF-9521]
• Deleting Orders – with a customized deletion logic, starting with version 1.19.2, selected Orders with Print Items are only deleted if the Print Items are not referenced by a Production Job. Alternatively, users can skip the trash and delete the Order directly. [PPDWF-9353]
• Handling Filters in Lists – revision of the filter function to provide users with a clear overview of the available options. [PPDWF-9282]
• Minor Improvements – several minor improvements have been made in version 1.19.2. These include the following
  • Menu item "Interfaces" – in this version, the menu item Interfaces in Administration > Interfaces has been revised. The Analytics Collector has been removed from the user interface, and minor improvements have been made to the internal logic. [PPDWF-9528]
  • Naming of Print Configuration – starting with this version, the name of the Print Configuration (print mode) in Printer > Print Configuration in the Workflow has to be unique for each printer. This prevents confusion when using Print Configurations. [PPDWF-1814]
  • Quick Print – changed Production Configuration  – when adding an Operation to a Production Configuration in Automation > Quick Print, the newly added Operation is also displayed in the overview of Operations. [PPDWF-9426]
  • Color Setup – ∆E00 –  when a Color Setup is selected in Color > Color Setup, the color difference value ∆E00 is used as the default reference. Up to this version, ∆E76 was used for this purpose. [PPDWF-9766]
  • HHR Version 14.2 – by providing HHR Version 14.2 in version 1.19.2, a significant performance improvement has been achieved, especially for shaded fills and patterns in print files. [PPDWF-9166] [PPDWF-9113] [PPDWF-664] [PPDWF-8804]
  • Reset all System Settings – resetting all system settings in Settings > General Settings is possible in the new user interface as of this version. [PPDWF-9263]
  • Spot Color Report with Fixed Output Values – starting with this version, fixed color values that are used for Spot Colors can also be displayed in the Spot Color report. [PPDWF-9313]
  • Spot Color Definition – the following changes have been implemented in this version for Spot Color Definition:
    • Save Color Values from Grid Chart system-wide – starting with this version, Spot Color Definitions from a Grid Chart can be saved for the Print Item or directly system-wide. [PPDWF-9385]
    • Processing Steps for Spot Colors of Type Output as Separation – starting with this version, it is now possible to enter the corresponding Processing Steps Group and Processing Steps Type for Spot Colors that are output as separations. [PPDWF-9130] [PPDWF-8409]
    • Processing steps for Spot Colors of type Technical Colors – in version 1.19.2, the list of Processing Step Groups in connection with the Processing Step Types has been revised and adapted to the ISO standard. [PPDWF-8409]
  • Print Item Editor – Display of Preflight Results – in this version, the Preflight Results in the Print Item Editor have been moved to a separate tab. Until this version, the Preflight Results were displayed separately on the analysis area, which could be distracting when viewing the Print Item. [PPDWF-9613]
  • Show suggested Fixups without primary keys – the primary key for Fixups is no longer displayed in the Preflight Results by default. [PPDWF-9455]
  • Production information  Rotation for imposition – starting with this version, the value for Rotation for Imposition can also be displayed in the Production Information of the detail view of a Print Item. [PPDWF-9358]
  • Substrate import – suppliers are no longer mandatory – starting with version 1.19.2, you no longer need to specify a supplier when importing substrates for a printer to import the substrate into the workflow. [PPDWF-9609]
  • Inks for Durst printing systems –  the list of available inks for Durst printing systems has been updated again with version 1.19.2. [PPDWF-9559]
  • Upload ICC profile – when uploading an ICC profile, the file name of the ICC profile is displayed after upload instead of the internal name of the ICC profile. [PPDWF-9520]
• Fixups – Edit Templates – starting with this version, selected templates can be edited in a Fixup with regard to their Name and Comment. [PPDWF-9492]
  • Grid Charts – the following minor improvements have been made to Grid Charts in this version
    • Show Comments – comments for Grid Charts can be displayed in the Grid Charts list. [PPDWF-9301]
    • Brightness axis with unit  – starting with this version, the percentage value is displayed in the slider for the brightness axis. [PPDWF-9198]
  • Changes to the installation routine – starting with this version, the WCLID file must be uploaded immediately when the installer is run for the first time to continue. Without the WCLID file, installation is no longer possible. [PPDWF-9355]
  • Die Cut Library – GUID of an N-Up – in the Die Cut Library the GUID of a One-Up or an N-Up can now be copied to the clipboard. [PPDWF-9651]

Error when measuring with i1Pro 3 – ZuniComm stopped working after measuring more than one page with the i1Pro 3 measuring device. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-10026]

System Settings – Display Duration of Messages – system messages were not displayed for the duration specified in the system settings. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-9402]

Operations for creating Production Jobs – Option "Without CMM" –  In the Operations "Create Production Job" and "Create Production Job from Imposition", the option Without CMM was not used during processing even though it was activated. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-9814]

File name after downloading Print Items – In some cases, the file name of a downloaded print did not match the Print Item name, especially if a "." was entered in the Print Item name. This issue has been fixed. [PPDWF-9649]

Deleting Articles with existing Spot Color Definitions – it was possible that Articles with an existing Spot Color Definition could not be deleted when using the "Not referenced records" method. This behavior has been fixed, and referenced Spot Color Definitions are now also deleted. [PPDWF-9594]

Spot Color Definition – Switching between Technical Colors and Spot Colors – switching from Technical Colors to a Spot Color was not possible in some cases. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-9541]

Check-in Preflight and Fixup Templates – New Template – when creating a new template, the title of the selected template was always used in the header. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-9376]

Check-in Preflight and Fixup Templates – "Derive TrimBox from Technical Color" and "Derive TrimBox from Crop Marks" – if both Fixups were used in the Check-in Preflight and Fixup Template, the TrimBox was not set correctly. The behavior has been fixed by adjusting the order in which the Fixups are applied. [PPDWF-9425]

Quick Print – Specifying dimensions – when uploading JPEG files, the dimensions of the files were sometimes displayed incorrectly. This issue has been fixed. [PPDWF-9232]

Print Item Editor – the following issues have been fixed in the Print Item Editor:

• Reading barcode information – in some cases, existing information on a page could not be retrieved from all barcodes. [PPDWF-9694]
• Added Page Box – a newly added Page Box might not have been displayed or displayed incorrectly in the user interface. [PPDWF-9693]
• Technical Colors – when the "Show Transparency Grid" option was enabled, the Technical Colors were hidden in the Print Item Editor. [PPDWF-9540]

Delete Automation Variables when deleting multiple Automation Variables, only the first Automation Variable was deleted. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-9615]

Automation Job – the following errors have been fixed for Automation Jobs:

• Deleting a Print Item from a Bundle – when deleting a Print Item from a Bundle of Automation Jobs, the number of Print Items in the Bundle was not adapted. [PPDWF-9546]
• Deleting an empty Bundle – it was not possible to delete empty Bundles from the list of Bundles of Automation Jobs. [PPDWF-9472]

Operations – multiple use – if the same Operations were to be used multiple times in a Production Configuration – the affected Operations were Check Status and Apply Fixup Chain – the last added Operation was not started when the Production Configuration was started. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-9666]

Rendering – Dieline as black Stroke – when a Dieline was rendered with a Perforation, it was always output as a black Stroke. This behavior has been fixed.  [PPDWF-9443]

Grid Charts – Overprinted Spot Colors – when creating a Grid Chart of the type Overprint, the reference color area on the Grid Chart might have had different color values after rendering than the reference color area in the Print Item. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-9343]

Die Cut – Scaling Print Items – when downloading Impositions with the Impose mode "Die Cut", for which Print Items were scaled and imposed in an N-Up, the scaling was not correctly transferred to the output PDF. This issue has been fixed. [PPDWF-9357]

Nesting Report – the Impose view in the Nesting report was partially distorted or moved out of the report, making certain information unavailable. This issue has been fixed. [PPDWF-9962]

Captions for rotated Print Items – when captions were rotated together with a Print Item and the "Consider Markers" option was enabled in the Artboard tab, the caption was no longer placed correctly. This issue has been fixed. [PPDWF-9513]

Step & Repeat – the following errors have been fixed for this Impose mode:

• Apply rotation to Print Item – selecting the rotation "Use From Print Item" rotated all Print Items by 0°. [PPDWF-9587]
• Positioning of the rectangle mark – once an offset was defined in the Artboard > Pattern settings area, the rectangle mark was not positioned correctly. [PPDWF-9502]
• Pre-Angulation – Print Items of Different Sizes – the Pre-Angulation option caused unexpected spacing when placing Print Items of different sizes. This behavior has been resolved by making Pre-Angulation unavailable when using Print Items of different sizes. [PPDWF-9496]
• Pre-Angulation – Preview Display – the clipping path was not applied correctly for certain Pre-Angulations. [PPDWF-9415]
• Caption – Placeholder "Print Item ID" per Row – when using the placeholder Print Item ID for a caption, all IDs of all Print Items were output. This error has been fixed and only the ID of the Print Item is now output. [PPDWF-9440]

Tiling – the following errors have been fixed for this Impose mode:

• Barcode Caption – Crop Marks – the color of the Crop Marks changed automatically when the position of the barcode was changed. [PPDWF-9606]
• Tiling Lines Tool – when the mode was set to "Custom" in Artboard > Tiling Options, the lines of the Tiling Lines Tool could no longer be moved. [PPDWF-9540]

Missing Technical Colors – in the previous version, Technical Colors were no longer displayed. This issue has been fixed, and they will be displayed as usual from this version onwards. [PPDWF-9979]