The following new features are available in version 1.20.0 of the Workflow:

Impose Editor – existing functions have been expanded and improved in version 1.20.0.

• Nesting – Offcut optimization – starting with this version, it is possible to optimize the Offcut for Nesting. Reuse the Offcut of the print sheet after cutting in production. [PPDWF-9473] [PPDWF-9611]
• Nesting – Optimal length for multipage Nesting – as in previous versions, Print Items that are larger than the optimal length of an Impose Sheet are placed by allowing them to exceed the optimal length of the sheet.  Starting with version 1.20.0, also the following pages of a multipage Nesting are imposed based on their optimal length. [PPDWF-9955]
• Nesting – General improvements – the following improvements have been implemented for Nesting in this version:
  • User guidance during optimization – during optimization, a progress bar is displayed for iteration steps. Furthermore, users are enabled to stop the optimization of a Nesting at any time. [PPDWF-9832] [PPDWF-9746]
  • Shape Nesting – Performance – significant improvements have been made to the performance in Shape Nesting when calculating and opening optimized Nestings. [PPDWF-9744]
• Perforation line for flaps – starting with this version, the perforation line for flaps includes a standard spacing of 3 pt between the individual perforated lines. The length of the individual perforated lines varies depending on the width of the flap. [PPDWF-9995]
• Shape Nesting – Placement Method for Cutter Devices – starting with this version, users can refer to the placement method "Fit to Object" when setting register marks along the Dieline or when placing Print Items with Pre-angulation. [PPDWF-9865]
• Impose Mode "Die Cut" – New features – three new features have been implemented in the Die Cut Impose Mode in this version.
  • Providing familiar Strategies – the strategies "Keep exact ratio of copies", "Fill Impose Sheet", "Substrate Optimized", and "Keep Print Items  on page together" – already familiar from other Impose Modes – have also been implemented in this version for the Die Cut Impose Mode. [PPDWF-9912] [PPDWF-9356]
  • Option "Also place non-matching Print Items" – in the Artboard tab, the option "Also place non-matching Print Items" has been added to the existing strategies. By deactivating this button, ensure that only Print Items that have been assigned to the One-Up of the Die Cut are placed automatically when filling a Die Cut. [PPDWF-9356]
  • Marks and Captions "Per Row" and "Last Row" – the functions which are already familiar from the "Step & Repeat" Impose Mode are now also available in the "Die Cut" Impose Mode. [PPDWF-9678]
• Step & Repeat Impose Mode – New features – the following new features have been implemented for the Step & Repeat Impose Mode.
  • Multipage Imposition – Minimum Underproduction Strategy – the Minimum Underproduction strategy already familiar from Release 1.19.2 has been improved in this version. When using this function, either a single-page or multipage Imposition is created. The Print Item with the lowest quantity is placed in its entirety, while all other Print Items are minimally underproduced. On the last page of the Imposition, the maximum column length is determined by the Print Item with the lowest quantity. [PPDWF-9937]
  • Pre-Angulation – Optimization of Calculation – when using Pre-Angulation in a Step & Repeat, the spacing between the Impose Sheets is now calculated correctly, and the option Remove Sheet Duplicates is also evaluated correctly. [PPDWF-9743] [PPDWF-9485] [PPDWF-9475]
• Barcode and text Captions with Background – starting with this version, the Overprint option is no longer available for Barcode Captions. The display of overprinting Text Captions has been aligned with the display in the Impose Editor. [PPDWF-9864] [PPDWF-9863]

Check-in Preflight and Fixup Templates – New Features – with version 1.20.0, the following new features have been implemented for the Check-in Preflight and Fixup Templates.

• Check "Object uses pure Black only" – this check is available from this version onwards to find pure black objects within the selected Page Box. [PPDWF-10066]
• Check "Overprinting Spot Colors" – when configuring this Check, all Spot Colors and System-wide reserved Spot Colors are now available for selection in addition to Technical Spot Colors. [PPDWF-9383]
• Fixup "Size Adjustment" – by configuring this new Fixup, it is possible to adjust Print Items to the production size, create a defined Bleed, and add additional areas during check-in.
• Display of input errors – with the update of pdfToolbox to version 16.0, error messages are displayed more clearly when executing a .kfpx file in the pdfToolbox SDK. This allows the user to quickly detect misconfiguration of a regular expression (RegEx). [PPDWF-7065]

Approval Projects – the new structure for working with Approval Projects in the context of Approval Report creation, introduced in version 1.17.2, has been further expanded in version 1.18.0. In version 1.20.0, Approval Projects now offer the option of synchronizing selected content from the Workflow with the Approval Dashboard. Extended options have also been implemented in the Approval Dashboard for customers. These include the following new features:

• Settings – Information to be transferred to the Approval Portal – in Administration > Settings > Reports, users can now synchronize information to the Approval Dashboard after it has been linked to the corresponding metadata or user-defined fields. [PPDWF-9947] [PPDWF-9946]. Specify which Separations and which Technical Separations should be displayed in the Approval Dashboard. [PPDWF-9974] [PPDWF-7758]
• Approval Dashboard – New features – starting with this version, several new features are available in the Approval Dashboard. These include the following:
  • Viewer – starting with this version, users can refer to a viewer to analyze data. In the viewer the user is enabled to zoom in or out on the Print Item, measure dimensions, and show or hide Separations. [PPDWF-2042]
  • Replace file with new Print Item when rejecting – in this version, it is now possible to reject a Print Item and upload a new file instead of the outdated Print Item. [PPDWF-4404] [PPDWF-9944] [PPDWF-6823] [PPDWF-9945]
• Notification of availability of a new print file – starting with this version, a notification is displayed in the Workflow as soon as a file has been uploaded to the Approval Dashboard.

Automation – with version 1.20.0, the automation functions have been expanded and optimized.

• Operations – the following new features and improvements have been implemented in Operations:
  • Operation "Create Impose with Auto-Nesting" – this Operation has been added in this version. Use the Operation to create a Nesting after a certain utilization rate has been reached or some time has passed. [PPDWF-10124]
  • Operation "Create Impose" – in version 1.20.0 fo the Workflow the minimum processing time of the Max. Time has been adapted [PPDWF-10123] to avoid creating a separate Imposition for each Print Item. Furthermore, an input field for the roll length has been added for the Impose Modes Nesting and Step & Repeat [PPDWF-10079].
  • Tooltips for Impose Operations – tooltips have been added for the Options for Continuous Production of Print Items and the Max. Processing Time in the Operations "Create Impose with Auto-Nesting" and "Create Impose". [PPDWF-10124]
  • New icons for the Operations "Create Production Job" and "Create Production Job from Impose" – following the renaming in the last version, the icons for both Operations have now also been adjusted. [PPDWF-9643]
• Production Scheduler – starting with this version, a detail view is available for Production Schedulers, in which users can inspect which Print Items still need to be processed and which Print Items have already been processed by the Scheduler. [PPDWF-9268]

New user interface – with version 1.20.0, the following functions have been extended or optimized in the new user interface.

• Multipage Production Job – Additional Information – starting with this version, additional information is displayed as a symbol with a tooltip in the list of Production Jobs if the job is a multipage Production Job. [PPDWF-9755]
• Routines – Creating and Editing – starting with this version, Routines can only be created and edited in the new Workflow user interface. The main change is that only four Routines are now available, which, unlike in previous versions, can be configured in detail. Please note that Routines are therefore no longer available in the old Workflow user interface. [PPDWF-8084]
• Create Spot Color Definition – starting with version 1.20.0, the Color Policy is only displayed when necessary. [PPDWF-10197] [PPDWF-10143]
• Information – Hardware Resources – in this version, the IP address of the Workflow was displayed in the Information tab.  [PPDWF-10110]
• Print Item Detail View – the following user interface enhancements have been made to the Print Item Detail View in this version:
  • Icons for Favorites and Fixup Chains – the icons are only displayed if the functions are available in the license. [PPDWF-10040]
  • Dashed technical lines – starting with this version, dashed technical lines are displayed in the preview. [PPDWF-9509]
  • Technical colors in the background – technical colors in the background are displayed as an overlay in the Print Item preview. [PPDWF-9494]
• Dark mode – in dark mode, which can be activated in Avatar > User Interface Appearance, several improvements have been made in this version.
  • Edit E-Mail Templates – for editing E-Mail Templates in Settings > Email, the dark mode has been adjusted so that all information is visible from this version onwards. This was not the case in this dialog until this version. [PPDWF-10035]
  • VDP Editor – Font for String – when entering a placeholder for a String in the VDP Editor, the placeholder is always displayed in white font from this version onwards. [PPDWF-10057]
  • List view – in the general list view and the preview for Articles or Print Items, a frame that clearly separates the preview of the Print Item from the dark background has been implemented [PPDWF-9408]. A clear separation has also been created for the Impose Jobs in Administration > Impose Jobs. [PPDWF-9696].
• Tags for Additional Data – starting with this version, it is possible to add tags for Additional Data in the new user interface in Settings > Tags > Additional Data. [PPDWF-9446]
• Printer list – Filter – in the list of printers in Administration > Printers, for the option Set Filter in the Filter Options, the possibility to filter the list by Comment, Printer type, Created by, Modified, and Segment has been added. [PPDWF-9802]
• Substrate Definition – in the Substrate Definitions in Administration > Substrates, it is no longer possible to define the Width and Height of the Substrate Definition with the value 0. [PPDWF-9679]
• Orders – View – in this version missing tabs – Print Items, Additional Files, Order Information – have been added to Orders, and the filter options have been expanded with the Tags filter. [PPDWF-8069] [PPDWF-8066]

Routines – for the Routines in Administration > Routines – which are only available in the new user interface as of this version, several improvements have been implemented. These include the following:

• Number of Routines – when reinstalling the Workflow, four Routines are available by default: Empty trash [PPDWF-9575], System Cleanup, Move to trash [PPDWF-2980], and Entity Cleanup [PPDWF-9576]. [PPDWF-9572]
• Migration of Routines – existing Routines from the old user interface have been transferred to the new logic. [PPDWF-9578]
• User Interface – the user interface has been adapted for the newly added menu item.
• Execution time – with the new implementation, the execution time of a Routine can be broken down to seconds and, in addition, the base time – e.g., older than 6 hours from the execution time of the routine – can also be selected. [PPDWF-5448]

Fixups and Fixup Chains – as part of the development of version 1.20.0, a new Fixup has been added and functions have been extended for two existing Fixups and for Fixup Chains:

• New Fixup – the Fixup "Set Line Width for Selected Spot Colors" has been added. [PPDWF-10398]
• Improvements to existing Fixups – improvements have been made to the existing Fixups "Change Tonal Value for Spot Color" [PPDWF-10322],  "Add Overlay" [PPDWF-10571] and "Clip Print Item with Additional Bleed" [PPDWF-10586].
• Improvements to Fixup Chains – in Fixup Chains, it is now possible to adjust the Comment when duplicating the chain [PPDWF-9951] [PPDWF-9941]. The order of processing has also been adjusted [PPDWF-9941].

API v1/ API v2 – extensions have been made to the API. These include the following:

• API v1 – Production Job Information – provides information about a printed Production Job  here the user can see in which Production Jobs a Print Item from an Order has been used [PPDWF-9036]. In addition, the system displays in which Production Jobs the Print Item is used. [PPDWF-8464]
• API v1 – Check-in Template – starting with this version, the Check-in Template selected via the API is also saved. This means that the template used for Check-in is displayed in the user interface. [PPDWF-10048]

In version 1.20.0 of the Workflow, the following improvements to existing functions have been implemented:

• Placeholders – with this version, several improvements have been made to placeholders, including the following:
  • Order information – an extended set of placeholders is available for the "PDF Printer" and the "Production Job". These placeholders mainly concern information about the Order. [PPDWF-8496] [PPDWF-8461] [PPDWF-5966] [PPDWF-2756]. In addition, Order names can be cropped according to set rules, and e.g. the list of Order numbers can be inserted by entering user-defined separators.
  • PDF Printer – in this version, new placeholders such as Consecutive No. of generated outputs per Printer, Consecutive No. of outputs per Day and Printer Type, Consecutive No. of outputs per Day and Printer, and Consecutive number of outputs generated per Printer Type are available. [PPDWF-9852]
• Q-Points – in this version, the Workflow now includes the option to save all production-relevant parameters from the Workflow and the printer software (as long as the softare is prepared for doing that) and apply them to a reprint. This function is only available for VariJet 106 and Tau Printers in the "Output Configuration" tab of a Production Job. [PPDWF-4394]
• Ergosoft Printer Driver – it is now possible to control external printers via the ErgoSoft Device Connector. Rendering, dithering, and color management are performed in the Workflow – the Device Connector only handles communication with the Printer. [PPDWF-9588] [PPDWF-10214] [PPDWF-8920]
• Minor improvements – various minor improvements have been implemented in version 1.20.0. These include the following:
  • Use of XYZ ICC profiles as Simulation Profiles – starting with this version, XYZ profiles can now also be displayed in the list of Simulation Profiles and used for simulation. [PPDWF-7271]
  • Validation when uploading KFPX files – when uploading kfpx and XML files, a validation is provided to check whether the used automation key in the respective file is unique, exists, and is not already used in the system. [PPDWF-9638]
  • PDF Cutter Device and Cartes Laser Cutter – Line Width – starting with this version, it is now possible to specify the Line Width for the cutting path when mapping the cutting tools i.e. Pen Types. Please note: This is only possible in the old user interface, as the menu item Administration > Cutter Devices will not be available in the new user interface until the next version. [PPDWF-9984]
  • Quick Print – Error message – in Automation > Quick Print, an error message is displayed when trying to add a Production Configuration without the Operation "Check-in Artwork and Normalize". As a result it is not possible to save the dialog. [PPDWF-9819]
  • Administration – Approvals – starting with this version, the system validates whether an approval has been created only once in the Workflow. This prevents user errors in this area. [PPDWF-9697]
  • VDP Editor – Toolbar – the order of the tools in the toolbar has been adjusted. [PPDWF-9461]
  • Ink update – the list of available inks for printing systems has been updated again in version 1.20.0. [PPDWF-9799]

Print Item Detail View – Errors and Warnings – if an error occurred in the Document or Page Information of a Print Item, the status of the Print Item was not set to Data Check. This error has been fixed.  [PPDWF-10478]

Check-in Preflight and Fixup Templates – Bleed is present – when the Check "Bleed is available" was enabled, no hits were found if the Bleed did not match the specifications. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-9964]

System-wide Spot Colors – Assign to Cutter Device – system-wide technical Spot Colors, such as Drill, Engraving, etc., could not be assigned to the tools of a Cutter Device. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-10451]

Inks – New Ink in Ink Family – new Inks could only be added in Administration > Inks > Ink Families in the old Workflow user interface after deleting the entire Ink Family. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-9726]

Production Jobs – "Send to Printer" – Output Configuration – in the "Send to Printer" dialog of the Output Configuration tab, the Edit Output Configuration dialog could not be saved. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-10583]

Automation Jobs – Filter by Name – when filtering by name in Automation > Automation Jobs > List of Automation Jobs, the wrong results were sometimes displayed. This bug has been fixed. [PPDWF-10534]

Automation Jobs – Sorting function in Bundles – when an Automation Job Bundle contained more than ten Automation Jobs, the Automation Jobs were not sorted hierarchically. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-10148]

Production Scheduler – Filter function – no selection was displayed for the filter function of the filters Created by and Modified by. This error has been fixed, and all available records are now visible. [PPDWF-9877]

Automation Variables – the following bugs have been fixed for Automation Variables in version 1.20.0:

• Sorting – the sorting function was grayed out – starting with this version, the options Description, Name, and Key are available for sorting. [PPDWF-9773]
• Filtering – until this version, the internal keys of the existing types had to be specified for the filter function – this behavior has been fixed with a predefined selection field. [PPDWF-9772]
• Splitting – if several Print Items that were to use different Nesting templates were processed as a Bundle, the Nestings were not grouped based on the respective Imposition template. Starting with this version, the Automation Jobs are distributed to the respective Nesting Template. [PPDWF-9735]

Print Item Editor – Contents of a Barcode – if there were multiple barcodes on a page, in many cases, not all barcodes could be extracted. This issue has been fixed in pdfToolbox. [PPDWF-10517]

Platform Operating Software – Open Workflow via Chrome – it was no longer possible to open the Workflow via the Platform Operating Software and proceed to a Production Job using Chrome. This issue has been resolved.

Print Item Detail View – the following errors and behavior have been fixed in the Print Item Detail View of an Article or Print Item:

• Replace Print Item – Adjusting the Expected Size – after replacing a Print Item in the Print Item Detail View, the Expected Width and Height were changed. This behavior has been fixed.  [PPDWF-10350]
• Selecting a Check-in Template – if a Check-in Template was selected in the drop zone and then deleted, no other template could be selected. This bug has been fixed.  [PPDWF 10081]
• Creating a Spot Color Report – a Spot Color Report could be created even if the Article or Print Item did not contain any Spot Colors. This is no longer possible as of this version. [PPDWF-10041]

Order – Name of Order Item – the name of the first Order item in an Order was used for all order items. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-10068]  Minor bugs have also been fixed  starting with this version, only one placeholder for Print Items is displayed in the Add  Order dialog, missing translations have been added, and Print Items in Order Line 1 are only displayed in Order Line 1. [PPDWF-9943]

Automation Job – Output Template – a selected output template was flagged as modified immediately after selection. This issue has been fixed. [PPDWF-10038]

Articles – the following errors and behavior have been fixed for Articles:

• Create new Order – when creating an Order from an Article and selecting a Color Policy other than the system-wide Color Policy, this Color Policy is not taken into account in the Order. [PPDWF-10023]
• Filter by "This week" – after activating the filter "Created – This week", it was possible to change the data in the date display. [PPDWF-9958]

Create New Production Job – the following bugs have been fixed in the new user interface:

• Changed Target Directory – if a different target directory was selected when creating a Production Job, it was not saved to the Production Job. [PPDWF-10022]
• Adding a tag – a selected tag was not set and saved on the Production Job; this could only be done when editing the Production Job. [PPDWF-9778]

Creating a new Production Job / Order when creating a Production Job or Order, and the Rotation for Imposition was set on a Print Item, this value was not saved. This issue has been fixed. [PPDWF10020]

Production Job – Delete Output Template – deleting an Output Template in the Production Job sometimes caused errors in the Output Configuration tab. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-10010]

Production Job – Delete Color Correction Template – deleting a Color Correction template in an Output Configuration caused errors. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-10009]

Users and roles – New role – until this version, it was not possible to define a new user role in the new user interface. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-9998]

Administration – Missing translation – only the translation key was displayed in the breadcrumbs of the Inks menu. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-9985]

Orders – Print Item list – the following errors and behaviors have been fixed for the Print Item list in Orders:

• Delivery date – when the display language was set to German, the block for the delivery date was not displayed.
• Filter options – Missing translation – in the filter options, the translation for the filter "Is multipage" was not displayed. [PPDWF-9989]

Die Cut Library – Filter Final Size – the Filter Final Size could not be applied to Die Cuts. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-9771][PPDWF-9711]

Approval Project – Dashboard – when attempting to jump from the dashboard of an Approval Project to the Print Item, users were sometimes redirected to the Article. This behavior has been fixed, and the link now leads to the Print Item.  [PPDWF-9850]

Customers – Display options – if the display options were changed for Customers in the Administration > Customers menu, the changes might not have been applied. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-9826]

System status – Filter – in the new user interface, when a filter was activated – All, Error, Warning –  the scroll function was disabled in the system status, which meant that not all messages were visible. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-9728]

Production Job – Cutter Device in the “Send to Printer” dialog – in the “Send to Printer” dialog of a Production Job, it sometimes happened that a Cutter Device could no longer be selected after removing the default parameter set. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-9680]

Check-in Operation – Duration – the Check-in for "Remove Spot Colors" took too long (over an hour) for certain files. By switching to Quick Check, the duration of the Operation has now been reduced to approx. 30 seconds. [PPDWF-10564]

TAU printing systems – no Separations generated when printing Color Setup charts – since the last version, a JDF without separations was generated when setting up a TAU printing system. This behavior has been fixed in this version. [PPDWF-10714]

Manual mode – Print Direction – in Manual Impose Mode, the caption Print Direction could be selected together with the Print Item. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-9860]

Shape Nesting – the following errors and behavior have been fixed for Shape Nesting:

• Path Display – the path display for the clipping path was offset. [PPDWF-9936]
• Pre-Angulation – when using Pre-Angulation, the Print Items were not placed correctly. [PPDWF-9775]

Finishing – Substrate Settings – in the Finishing tab, the "Select Cutter Device Substrate Setting" selection field was also displayed for Cutter Devices that do not have a Substrate list. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-9927]

Beschriftungen – Ansicht – die Anzeige der Beschriftungen in Form von »Chips« wurde bei einem zu langem Namen der Platzhalter beschnitten. Dieser Fehler wurde behoben. [PPDWF-9787]

Captions – View – the display of captions in the form of "chips" was cropped when the placeholder name was too long. This bug has been fixed. [PPDWF-9787]

Impose Report – Distorted Print Item Preview – in the Impose Report, the preview of the Print Item was distorted in the list of Print Items. This bug has been fixed. [PPDWF-9848]

"Open Imposition from Production Job" dialog – the dialog had minor user interface issues  a sorting function that was difficult to see, and an inappropriate width. This behavior has been fixed.

Dark user interface – Placeholder text input – after entering text for a serial number, the text display changed to a dark user interface. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-10057]

Creation of a serial number – when creating a serial number in the VDP Editor, an \x was inserted at the beginning of the serial number. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-100004]