The following new features are available in version 1.20.1 of the Workflow:

Impose Editor – In version 1.20.1, existing functions have been expanded and improved.

• Nesting – Frames for Groups – Starting with this version, it is possible to add a black frame around a group of Print Items in the Impose Editor. Additionally, a caption can be created for this group. [PPDWF-10037] [PPDWF-9476] [PPDWF-9463]
• Nesting – Shape Nesting with Faster Calculation – Processing time for Shape Nesting has been significantly reduced in this version, especially for the strategy "Keep exact ratio of copies", due to improvements in the calculation logic. [PPDWF-9866]
• Tiling – Tile Number – In version 1.20.1, in addition to the existing sequential numbering of individual Tiles, a column and row designation – A1, B1, C1, A2, B2, C2, etc. – is now also provided for Tiling. This information is also visible in the Mounting Instructions. [PPDWF-9767] [PPDWF-10209]
• Tiling – Expose View – In the "Expose view", individual Tiles are now displayed in their original size, even if the dimensions of the Impose Sheet are not cropped. [PPDWF-10258]
• Die Cut – Start Position for "Marks and Captions" – The function "Horizontal Origin" for marks and captions, available since version 1.19.1, is now also supported in the "Die Cut" imposition mode. [PPDWF-10310]
• Dielines – Stroke Width less than 1 pt – When adding Dielines in the Finishing tab of the Impose Editor, it is now possible to enter a "Stroke Width" that is less than 1 pt. [PPDWF-10132]

Check-in Preflight and Fixup Templates – New Features/Improvements – With version 1.20.1, the following new features have been implemented for the Check-in Preflight and Fixup Templates.

• Check "Glyphs missing in an embedded Font" – This new check identifies all missing glyphs in embedded fonts within the PDF file. [PPDWF-10376]
• Check "Text is smaller than" – Starting with this version, this check includes options to ignore certain text types outside defined PageBoxes. Additionally, it is now possible to apply the Fixup to defined text types. [PPDWF-10223]
• Other improvements – Several minor improvements have been made in the area of Check-in Preflight and Fixup Templates. These include the following:
  • Hiding a Layer without a Layer Name – Layers of the type OCCD (Optional Content Configuration Dictionary) define which layers are visible when the PDF file is opened. These layers do not contain a layer name and therefore do not have any objects. Starting with this version, these layers are no longer displayed in the tab Page Information of the detail view of an Article or Print Item. [PPDWF-10453]
  • Preventing the Display of Errors when applying Fixups – Previously, the presence of OCCD-type layers caused errors when executing Fixups on layers. These errors are no longer displayed by ignoring this layer type. [PPDWF-10454] In addition, other related errors during Fixups – such as the absence of available layers for selection – have also been fixed. [PPDWF-9079] [PPDWF-10448]
  • Optimization of the Fixup "Remove Spot Colors" – The Fixup "Remove Spot Colors" within a Check-in Preflight and Fixup Template has been improved and optimized regarding the internal processing logic. As of this version, files containing a large number of Spot Colors can be processed significantly faster. [PPDWF-10564]

Approval Projects – Two new features have been implemented in this version for the creation of Approval Projects:

• Creating an Approval Project for all Print Items in an Order – This version provides the option to create an Approval Project that includes all Print Items of an Order, even if they belong to multiple job items. [PPDWF-10012]
• Using multipage PDFs in a Report – Starting with version 1.20.1, placeholders can be added to a report to display up to six Print Items from multipage PDFs. These placeholders are included by default in the PrintItemReportTemplates provided with your installation. [PPDWF-10257]

Automation – With version 1.20.1, functions related to automation have been expanded and optimized.

• Operations – The following new features and improvements have been implemented for Operations:
  • Operation "Create Production Job for Tracks" – This newly added Operation can be used to feed print tracks (lanes) configured on the printer with print data individually and in a defined sequence. [PPDWF-10096]
  • Operation "Send to Printer" – This Operation now supports the steps Start Processing [PPDWF-10344], Pre- and Post-Processing [PPDWF-10244], Rotate 180°, Horizontal and Vertical Mirroring [PPDWF-7387]. In addition, the processing order defined in the Operation "Create Imposition" is retained in this step. [PPDWF-9120]
  • Operations "Create Production Job" and "Create Production Job from Imposition" – For both Operations, it is now possible to define the current time as well as a time offset, allowing the production date to be set based on the processing time. [PPDWF-7856] [PPDWF-7840] [PPDWF-10074]
  • Operation "Create Production Job" – Deprecated options have been removed from the user interface. [PPDWF-9525]
  • Operation "Create Impose" – This Operation now includes the new feature Preserve Processing Sequence [PPDWF-10425]. In addition, changes have been made to the selection options for a Plate Template [PPDWF-10263], the introduction of the checkbox Override Step & Repeat Parameter of the Impose Template for overriding Step & Repeat templates [PPDWF-10262], and the dynamic adoption of the system-wide unit of measurement for roll length [PPDWF-10433].
  • Operation "Create Impose with Auto Nesting" – This Operation has been newly added and can be used to apply the "Auto Nesting" processing method in a Hotfolder in the new user interface [PPDWF-8752]. The option Preserve Processing Sequence is also available in this Operation. [PPDWF-10425]
  • Operation "Split Print Items" – Starting with this version, it is possible to use this Operation multiple times within a single Production Configuration. [PPDWF-10204]
  • Operation "Check-in Artwork and Normalize" – This Operation now offers the ability to set a global "scaling factor" during the check-in of print data within a Production Configuration.
• Substrate Size Validation – Starting with this version, a warning is displayed if the Substrate size set in the Operation "Create Impose" does not match the selected Substrate size in the Output Template in the Operation "Create Production Job from Impose". [PPDWF-9040]
• Production Configuration – Two additional minor enhancements have been implemented for Production Configurations. These include:
  • Duplicating – Enables users to duplicate an existing Production Configuration. [PPDWF-9811]
  • Groups for Operations – Operations are now grouped by their functions in the Operations selection menu.
• Automation Variables – Starting with this version, Automation Variables can only be used with license packages that include Automators. [PPDWF-10290]
• Impose Jobs – List View – The list view of Impose Jobs has been enhanced with general list functionalities and new features such as Delete and Quick Filter. [PPDWF-9900]
• Automation Jobs – List – Two new features have been added to the list of Automation Jobs.
  • Errors and Warnings – Warnings and errors with corresponding messages can now be displayed for each Automation Job. [PPDWF-10253]
  • Next Execution – The option to show when the next step will start or restart for Automation Jobs is now available. [PPDWF-10252]

New User Interface – In version 1.20.1, the following features in the new user interface have been expanded or optimized:

• Cutter Devices – As of this version, the menu item Administration > Cutter Devices is available exclusively in the new user interface [PPDWF-8088]. Cutter Devices created in the old user interface are automatically migrated to the new user interface. Additionally, the following new features have been implemented in version 1.20.1:
  • Placeholder for Barcode Content and Name of the Cut File – Several placeholders are now available for encoding barcode content and defining the name of the Cut File. [PPDWF-3619]
  • Tools – Assigned Spot Colors – Assigning the same Spot Color to multiple tools, or reusing the same assignment across multiple Cutter Devices, is now prevented.
  • Rotate Cut Data – Unit – The unit for rotating Cut Files – degrees (°) – is now clearly displayed starting with version 1.20.1. [PPDWF-10725]
• Hotfolder – As of this version, the new implementation of Hotfolders in Automation > Hotfolder is only available in the new user interface [PPDWF-6100] [PPDWF-10487]. In addition, all active Hotfolders will automatically restart after a system reboot [PPDWF-2388]. When using Hotfolders, you should also note the following new features:
  • Migration Service – A manual migration option is provided for transferring Hotfolders to the new user interface. This process includes the ability to restore the migrated Hotfolder in case any issues occur. As in Quick Print, Hotfolders are now processed via a Production Configuration. This allows Hotfolders to be monitored under Automation > Automation Jobs. [PPDWF-10242] [PPDWF-10603]
  • Hotfolder Types – The first two types of Hotfolders – Processing Files and Processing ZIP – are now available with extended functionality. [PPDWF-10154]
  • Quick Filter in Automation Jobs – A quick filter has been added to Automation Jobs to display active Hotfolder processing. The current status of the respective Hotfolder is also displayed. [PPDWF-10106] [PPDWF-10245]
• Production Job – Checking in Print Items – A minor usability improvement has been made in the user guidance when checking in Print Items to a Production Job. A loading indicator now appears to signal that Print Items are being checked into a Production Job. [PPDWF-10014]

In version 1.20.1, the following new features and improvements to existing functionalities have been implemented:

• Cutter Devices – Summa L-Series – The Summa L-Series has been added in version 1.20.1, in addition to the already implemented Summa S-Series Cutter Devices [PPDWF-14]. When generating the SGP Cut File, information about crop marks is now included to support processing with the GoProduce Cutter Device Software [PPDWF-10653] [PPDWF-10173]. Users can now import the material list from the Summa Cutter Device. [PPDWF-10784]
• System Settings – Hiding Menu Items and Tabs – Starting with this version, a new system setting allows hiding menu items and tabs in the user interface [PPDWF-9641]. The visibility of these menu items and tabs depends on the installed license. Administrators are furthermore enabled to grant or restrict access for team members via permissions. [PPDWF-9641]
• Extracting Metadata from File Names – In version 1.20.1, a new feature has been added which allows users to extract Metadata from file names for system fields or user-defined fields on the Print Item [PPDWF-10542]. For this purpose, a dedicated configuration area is available in Administration > Settings, where the user can define Regular Expressions (RegEx) in Fixups to determine which part of the file name should be assigned to which field. The templates can be selected and applied during upload in various areas such as Quick Print, Article Creation, and Print Item Creation. [PPDWF-9823]
• Minor Improvements – Version 1.20.1 also includes various minor improvements. These include:
  • Routines – Several minor enhancements have been implemented for routines. These include the following:
    • Routine "Move to Trash" – Filters for "Tags" and "Tiling Articles" – Starting with this version, it is now possible to exclude Articles, Print Items, Orders, and Production Jobs from deletion within the routine "Move to Trash" if they are assigned a specific "Tag" [PPDWF-10233] [PPDWF-10353]. Furthermore, the routine "Move to Trash" now allows filtering for "Tiling Print Items" associated with Articles, enabling targeted deletion within the defined time frame. [PPDWF-10231]
    • Routine "Move to Trash" – Deleted Print Items – Starting with this version, deleted Print Items can now be reviewed in a detail view. [PPDWF-10134]
    • Routine "Entity Cleanup" – Impose Jobs Queue – A new function has been added to the routine "Entity Cleanup", allowing for the deletion of Impose Jobs that are either empty or still in the queue. [PPDWF-9901]
    • Routine "Entity Cleanup" – Exclude Function – As of this version, it is no longer possible to exclude a filter from processing in the routine "Entity Cleanup". [PPDWF-10353]
  • VDP Editor – In version 1.20.1, several minor enhancements were made to the VDP Editor. These include:
    • Color Value Display – Starting with this version, the color value is automatically set to 100% during rendering when it exceeds 100% due to a misconfiguration. This corrected value is also reflected as 100% in the user interface when analyzing data records. [PPDWF-9896]
    • Saving and Editing a VDP Job – As of this version, it is no longer possible to save or edit a VDP job if it does not contain any VDP elements. The corresponding buttons in the user interface are now disabled. [PPDWF-10063]
  • Grid Charts – In this version, several additional minor improvements have been made to Grid Charts. These include:
    • Display of Color Elements – From this version on, Color elements are now displayed both in the individual color patches of the printed Grid Chart and in the information area of the reference color. This enhancement improves the visual association between color values and their corresponding colors. [PPDWF-10128] [PPDWF-7983]
    • Axis Labels – Starting with this version, the labels for the X and Y axes are now displayed as a fixed component on the Grid Chart. [PPDWF-9004]
  • Preparing Multipage Print Items – In this version, the user guidance has been improved so that after executing the dialog "Prepare Print Item Pages", the currently active page of the Print Item remains visible in the user interface. [PPDWF-9887]
  • Print Item Details – Winding Type – Starting with this version, it is possible to define the winding type of Print Items in the tab "Print Data" of an Article or Print Item in the Production Information > Winding Type. [PPDWF-10144]
  • Spot Color Definitions – Improved User Guidance – As of this version, colors created under Color > Spot Color for the "Origin" Customer and Substrate can no longer be created with the Spot Color "Type" Output as Separation and Technical Color [PPDWF-10198]. Additionally, existing colors from the old user interface are also migrated to the new structure of the updated new user interface. During this migration, any Spot Colors created for the "Origin" Substrate and Customer with the Spot Color "Type" Output as Separation are not migrated. [PPDWF-10199]
  • Orders – Filter for Customers – A filter by customer is now available in the list of Orders, allowing users to view orders based on the associated customer. [PPDWF-10131]
  • Interfaces – Third-party Printers – Starting with this version, a timestamp is displayed for the "Last available" information for third-party printers. [PPDWF-10266]
  • PDF Printer – Placeholders – Placeholders for the Order Line are now available for generating the File Name when using a PDF Printer. [PPDWF-10314]
  • Placeholders – Logic Standardization – To ensure consistent logic for the use of placeholders throughout the system, an internal placeholder service has been developed. All placeholders are now generated via this centralized service, enabling consistent behavior across the application. [PPDWF-9196]
  • "Fotoba XLA" Cutter Device – Print Item Width – This version provides the ability to generate a valid Imposition for the "Fotoba XLA" Cutter Device when using Print Items of different widths within the same Imposition. The system also calculates the required information for the Cutter Device, e.g., the correct positioning of cutting knives or the generation of different barcodes at the beginning or end of the Imposition, depending on the origin of the cutting information. [PPDWF-4623]
  • Inks – Creating an Ink Family – As of this version, the list of inks is now alphabetically sorted to simplify selecting inks belonging to a specific ink family. [PPDWF-10220]
  • Ink List – Update – The list of available inks for printing systems has been updated again in version 1.20.1. [PPDWF-10406]

Fixup – "Create Spot Color Separation depending on Total Ink Coverage" – Executing the Fixup with the activated option Create an additional area on the outer edge enabled in the tab "Advanced" caused an error in pdfToolbox 16. This error has been fixed. [PPDWF-10625]

Print Item Editor – Extracting Barcodes – When extracting barcodes from multipage PDFs, the Print Item Editor could become inactive if a page from the document had not been previously prepared in the system. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-11022]

Fotoba XLA Cut File – Error – When using the Fotoba XLA in a Nesting Imposition with Print Items of different sizes – e.g., after splitting a Tiling – the cut width was previously determined based solely on the first page of the multipage Nesting. This led to incorrect cropping for Tiles with different dimensions. This error has been fixed. Starting with this version, a new barcode is now assigned per page for Print Items with different sizes, ensuring correct cutting behavior. [PPDWF-10099]

Production Job – Output Template – A modified Output Template in the Production Job was overwritten with the default values of the Output Template when the Production Job was reopened. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-10866]

Quick Print – Updating the changed Production Configuration – Changes made to the selected Production Configuration were not updated in the section Operations of the Quick Print interface. This behavior has been fixed [PPDWF-9287].

Q-Points Filter – The filters Created UTC and Modified could not be used in the menu Administration > Q-Points. This bug has been fixed. [PPDWF-10219]

Quick Print – Deleting Empty Bundles – Empty Bundles could not be deleted in the tab "History Quick Prints". This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-10001]

Production Job – Rendering – In some cases, the Job Ticket was send to the printer before all separations had been fully written, resulting in missing separations. This bug has been fixed. [PPDWF-10471]

Render – 270° Rotation – When sending a Production Job to the printer using the dialog Send to Printer with a 270° rotation, the output was sometimes generated without separations. This issue has been fixed. [PPDWF-10495]

Approval Dashboard – Display of Expired Projects – When using the filter "Pending" in the Approval Dashboard, expired projects were incorrectly included in the results. This behavior has been fixed. The filter "Pending" now correctly excludes expired projects. [PPDWF-10374]

Spot Color Definition – Creating Technical Spot Colors – When creating Spot Colors as Technical Colors in the dialog "Create Spot Color Definition" of an Article or Print Item, these colors could not be used to generate cut paths for Cutter Devices. This problem has been fixed by removing the option to create Technical Spot Colors in this dialog. [PPDWF-9510] [PPDWF-10143]

Automation Job – Cut File – When using the Operations "Create Impose" and "Create Production Job from Imposition", no Cut File was generated if a Cutter Device was selected in the respective Operation. This error has been fixed. [PPDWF-8080]

Production Configuration – Operation "Create Imposition" – Up to this version, the Operation "Create Impose" could be added multiple times within a Production Configuration. This behavior has now been disabled, and the Operation can only be used once per Production Configuration. [PPDWF-9673]

Production Scheduler – Sorting the list – When sorting the list of Production Schedulers by Created or Modified date, the list was previously not displayed in the correct order. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-10552]

Production Scheduler – Filter for Winding Type – When the filter Winding Type in the tab "Apply to" of a Production Scheduler was not applied correctly. This bug has been fixed. [PPDWF-10556]

Create Order – Color Policy – When creating an order line for a Print Item, if the default Color Policy was removed and a different Color Policy was assigned – other than the order line's default – the system incorrectly reapplied the default Color Policy after saving. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-10328]

Production Job – Tags – When setting Tags for multiple Production Jobs at the same time, the Tags were not applied correctly. This behavior has been fixed so that Tags now apply properly to all selected Production Jobs. [PPDWF-10403]

Production Job – Deleting a Print Item – Previously, once a Print Item was sent to the printer, it could no longer be deleted from the Production Job. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-10585]

Spot Color Report – Fixed Color Values – If a Spot Color's defined color value was set to "0", the value was not displayed correctly in the Spot Color Report. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-10485]

Die Cut Library – Adding Numbering for One-Ups – Print numbering for One-Ups was not working. This error has been fixed, restoring the ability to perform print numbering. [PPDWF-10394]

Tiling – Including Captions – Activating the option "Include Captions" caused partially unusable results. The behavior has been addressed and resolved, ensuring captions are correctly included. [PPDWF-10155]

Nesting – Flaps with rounded corners – Previously, both outer and inner corners of flaps were rounded. This behavior has been fixed. Now, only the outer corners are rounded as intended. [PPDWF-9873]

Step & Repeat – Display warning – In the Impose Editor, when the mark "Origin" was set to Impose Sheet, in a multipage Step & Repeat, no warning appeared if all pages were identical except for the Print Item caption. For all other origins, a warning was displayed in this case. This behavior has been fixed – the warning is now also displayed for the "Origin" Impose Sheet. [PPDWF-10018]