Release – 1.20.1 (Description)

Updated on Aug 07, 2025

Release Date: 06/30/2025

This article provides a detailed description of the

new features in version 1.20.1 and the
improvements that have been implemented for users.

An overview of the new functions is available in the article Release 1.20.1 (Minor Release).

1. New Features

This section provides a detailed description of the new features implemented in the Impose Editor, the Automation of processes, the user interface, Approval Projects, Routines, and in Data Preparation.

1.1. Impose Editor

With version 1.20.1, existing functions in the Impose Editor have been expanded and optimized. The following new features and improvements have been implemented:

1.1.1. Nesting – Frames for Groups

Grouping and sorting Print Items in a Nesting has been possible in the Workflow for some time now.

Starting with this version, users can create a caption for a group of Print Items and a line around the group. This ensures that Print Items belonging to an Order, Order line, or Article-Collection are more easily visible in a Nesting.

To do this, proceed as follows:

Open the Impose Editor in Impose mode Nesting and add the desired Print Items from an Order or an Article Collection to the Imposition.
In the Artboard [1] tab, open the Settings [2] area.
In Imposition based on, select the ImageBox + Bleed [3] option.
In Sequence of Placement, select the Grouping / Sorting [4] option from the selection menu.

Figure 1: The Artboard tab with the Settings

In the Group and Sort dialog that opens, select the desired Grouping Criteria [5] – e.g. Order – Order Number; Order Line – Order Line Info; Print Item – Print Item Name or another criterion.
Select the desired Wrapping Method [6] – e.g. Start group in a new row or Continuous.
Now activate the options Add Caption for Group [7] and Create Line around Group [8] as desired.
Click on Save to apply the settings.

Figure 2: The Group and Sort dialog with the new check boxes for Groups

The Print Items on the Artboard are now surrounded by a black line [10], on which also the Captions [9] for the group are located.

Figure 3: The Artboard with Line and Caption for the selected groups

1.1.2. Nesting – Shape Nesting with Faster Calculation

For Shape Nesting, the processing time has been significantly reduced in this version – especially for the Strategy Keep exact ratio of copies [11] – thanks to an improvement in the calculation logic.

Figure 4: The Artboard tab with the settings for Shape Nesting and the Keep exact ratio of copies strategy

1.1.3. Tiling – Tile Number

For Tiling, version 1.20.1 adds a column and row designation [12] – A1, B1, C1, A2, B2, C2, etc. – to the existing sequential numbering of the individual tiles. This information is also provided in the Mounting Instructions.

Figure 5: The new tile numbers in Tiling

Tile number

The letter in the tile number [12] indicates the column, the number indicates the row. Note that this tile number is always specified from the top left and cannot be deactivated.

1.1.4. Tiling – Expose View

In the Expose view [13] in Tiling Imposition mode, the individual tiles are displayed in their original size, even if the dimensions of the Impose Sheet are not cropped [14]. This was not the case in previous versions – the individual parts of the Print Item were imposed together on one tile.

Figure 6: The individual tiles of a tiling of the Expose view

1.1.5. Die Cut – Start Position for "Marks and Captions"

The function Horiz. Origin for Marks and Captions, which has been available since version 1.19.1, is now also available in the Impose mode Die Cut. Users can now take advantage of the entry "N-Up" [15] in this option as the start position.

Figure 7: An N-Up with the Horizontal Origin N-Up for placing Rectangle Marks

1.1.6. Dielines – Stroke Width less than 1 pt

When adding Dielines in the Finishing [16] tab of the Impose Editor, it is now possible to set the Stroke Width [17] to a value below 1 pt. Until now, it was not possible to enter a value below 1 pt.

Figure 8: The Finishing tab with the setting for Line Width for a Dieline

1.2. Check-in Preflight and Fixup Templates – New Features/Improvements

The following new features for the Check-in Preflight and Fixup Templates have been implemented in the Settings in Preflight / Fixups in version 1.20.1.

1.2.1. Check "Glyphs missing in an embedded Font"

The check Glyphs missing in an embedded Font has been added in this version. All fonts embedded in a PDF file must contain glyphs for all characters used in the PDF file. This is required by some PDF-based ISO standards, such as PDF/X. Missing glyphs can result in unwanted symbols in the text.

Figure 9: The check Glyphs missing in an embedded Font in the Check-in Preflight and Fixup Templates

1.2.2. Check "Text is smaller than"

The following options are now available for the existing check Text is smaller than:

Ignore objects outside [18] – This option allows the user to ignore objects outside a selected box – TrimBox, BleedBox, or CropBox.
- Variable Content [22] – By activating Variable Content, select the desired placeholder – database field or user-defined field – from which the value for selecting the text types should be retrieved. The following values have to be present in the selected field so that the text type is ignored:
  - Inside_TrimBox
  - Inside_BleedBox
  - Inside_CropBox
Apply to text using Black - CMYK(0/0/0/100) | RGB(0/0/0) | Grayscale 0% | DeviceN Black [19] – By activating this check box, the check is applied to all texts with the specified values.
Apply to text using Rich Black - CMYK(30/30/30/80) up to (100/100/100/100) [20] – Activating this check box applies the check to all text in the specified value range.
Apply to white text - CMYK(0/0/0/0) | RGB(255/255/255) | Grayscale 100% [21] – Selecting this check box applies the fixup to all texts with the specified values.

Figure 10: The check Text size is smaller than in the Check-in Preflight and Fixup Template

1.2.3. Other Improvements

Further minor improvements have been made to the Check-in Preflight and Fixup Templates. These include the following:

Hiding a Layer without Layer Name

Layers of the type OCCD (Optional Content Configuration Dictionary) describe which layers are visible when the PDF file is opened. They do not have a layer name and therefore do not contain any objects. Starting with this version, these layers are no longer displayed in the Page Information tab of the detail view of an Article or Print Item.

Preventing the Display of Errors when applying Fixups

When displaying layers of type OCCD, an error was previously displayed when executing Fixups for layers. By ignoring this type, the error is no longer displayed. Other subsequent errors during the application of Fixups—such as no layer being available for selection—have also been fixed.

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.

1.3. Approval Projects

In this version, new options for creating Approvals have been implemented in the area of Creating and Managing Approvals in Approval Projects.

1.3.1. Creating an Approval Project for all Print Items in an Order

This version provides the option to create an Approval Project for all Print Items in an order, across order lines. Previously, this was only possible for Print Items in a single order line.

To create Approvals for all Print Items across order lines, proceed as follows:

Navigate to Orders > Orders.
Select the desired order containing multiple order lines from the list of Orders.
Open the Order.
Click on the newly implemented Reports [23] icon in the Order's header.
Select the Create Approval Project entry.

Figure 11: An Order with the icon for creating an Approval Project across Order lines

In the Create Approval Project dialog that opens, all Print Items for the various Order lines are now available for selection.
Then create the Approval Project.

Figure 12: The Create Approval Project dialog with all Print Items from the various Order lines

1.3.2. Using multipage PDFs in a Report

Starting with version 1.20.1, Approval Projects offer the option of adding placeholders to a report for displaying up to six Print Items from multipage PDFs. These placeholders [24] are included by default in the report templates PrintItemReportTemplate_HF (portrait format) and PrintItemReportTemplate_QF (landscape format) and are supplied with your Workflow.

The article Customize Report Templates contains further information on customizing your report and using it in the Workflow.

Figure 13: The newly available placeholders for a Report Template in the InDesign layout template

Standard report in future versions

Starting with version 1.21.0, a template for creating an Approval Project for multipage PDFs will be delivered.

1.4. Automation

Since version 1.19.0, users with the appropriate license have the option of creating Automation Jobs. These jobs allow them to automatically define and process individual Production Configurations for manufacturing print products.

1.4.1. Operations

In the Operations environment, two new Operations have been added, and existing Operations have been partially improved.

Operation "Create Production Job for Tracks"

The operation Create Production Job for Tracks has been added in this version. This Operation includes the following functions and enables to perform the following activities:

The Operation offers all functions of the Operation Create Production Job from Imposition in the General tab [25].
Feed the configured tracks on the printer separately with print data and in a defined sequence.
Define the number of print tracks [26] for the printer and thereby divide the entire print width between these tracks.
Define how many files per print track [27] should be used and determine the print sequence [28] by entering the sequence numbers per print track.
Each print track has to be assigned to a separate target directory. These target directories have to be created under Administration > File Management with the type Printer in order to use them as target directories. The created target directories then have to be linked to the respective printers under Administration > Printers.

Figure 14: The dialog for the Operation Create Production Job for Tracks Left: The General tab; Right: The Tracks tab

Operation "Send to Printer"

The following changes have been implemented for the Send to Printer Operation:

Start Processing [29] – allows to determine when and in what order Production Jobs are sent to the printer. The following options are available:
- Prepare only (do not render) – the Production Job is created with all parameters for rendering.
- Processing sequentially – the Production Jobs are processed one after the other in the order in which they were created to maintain the order specified by the user when creating the Automation Job on the printer.
- Processing immediately – immediate start of the rendering process in order to utilize all possible rendering instances and make the print data available to the printer as quickly as possible.
- If free Hard Disk space available on the Printer – immediate start of the rendering process, but only if there is sufficient storage space available on the printer hard disk. A minimum amount of available memory in MB must also be specified for this.
Lead In/Out [30] – enables the creation of a Lead In/Out with this Operation.
- Overwrite systemwide defined Lead In/Out Settings [31] – activating this function allows to overwrite all settings for the Lead In/Out.
Rotate 180° Every Second Page [32] – allows to rotate every second page in the output by 180°. When activated, this function can be applied to the following options:
- Even Pages – renders every even page with a 180° rotation.
- Odd Pages – renders every odd page with a 180° rotation.
Mirror – automated mirroring for output.
- Horizontal [33] – horizontal mirrored rendering of pages.
- Vertical [34] – vertical mirrored rendering of pages.

Figure 15: The dialog for the Send to Printer Operation

Operations "Create Production Job” and “Create Production Job from Imposition"

The following changes have been implemented for the Operations Create Production Job and Create Production Job from Imposition:

For both Operations, it is now possible to select a Variable Content [35] for the Production Date and the Delivery Date. Users can select placeholders from the categories
- Order – Created
- Order Line – Due Date or Created
- Automation Job – Created
- Bundle – Created
- Global – Current Date or Current Date and Time
- Substrate – Created
- Substrate Definition – Created
- Substrate Category – Created
- Print Item – Created or Last Modified, and
- Production Job – Created.
For both Operations, it is now possible to define a time offset for the current date and current date and time. Thereby, it is possible to set the Production Date and the Shipping Date depending on the processing time. The following functions [36] are available for this purpose:
- Duration
- Begin with and
- End with

This allows the user to determine the production date for the Production Job based on the current processing time, e.g., in 8 hours.

Figure 16: The dialog for the Operation Create Production Job with the Production Date and the Delivery Date

Operation "Create Production Job"

The following changes have been implemented for the Create Production Job Operation.

Options have been removed from the user interface:

Select multiple Color Policies
Select multiple printers

Operation "Create Impose"

The following new features and changes have been implemented for the Create Impose Operation:

The Preserve Processing Sequence [37] option is provided to create Production Jobs according to the sequence of the created Impositions.
The Plate Template [39] is available in the user interface depending on the license (please contact your sales representative).
When the Impose mode Step & Repeat is selected, the check box Override Step & Repeat Parameter of the Impose Template is available in this version. Activating this check box allows to override the parameters of the Impose Template.
Starting with this version, the unit of measurement for Roll Length [38] is displayed dynamically depending on the set system-wide unit of measurement, e.g. inches.

Figure 17: The Create Impose Operation with the new features

Operation "Create Impose with Auto Nesting"

The Create Impose with Auto-Nesting Operation has been added in this version and allows to use the processing method known from Auto-Nesting for Hotfolders in the new user interface.

To use this Operation, please note the following:

The Operation offers all the functions of the Create Impose Operation with the selected Impose mode Nesting.
In addition, users can refer to the Optimize option (depending on their license) – this was not possible in previous versions.

Figure 18: The Operation Create Impose with Auto-Nesting

Migrating Auto-Nesting Hotfolders

When Auto-Nesting Hotfolders are used in the system, after the manual migration from the old processing method to the new implementation, the Operation Create Impose with Auto-Nesting is used in the new user interface of the migrated Production Configuration.

Operation “Split Print Items”

The following modification has been implemented for the Split Print Item Operation:

Starting with this version, it is now possible to use the Operation multiple times in a Production Configuration. This is useful, for example, if a file that should be checked in is first split, then processed with a Fixup – e.g. Add Pole Pocket – to create a multipage PDF, and then split and imposed again.

Figure 19: A Production Configuration with the repeatedly used Operation Split Print Item

Operation "Check-in Artwork and Normalize"

The following change has been implemented for the Check-in Artwork and Normalize Operation:

The option to set the Scale Factor [40] globally during check-in has been added.

Figure 20: The Operation Check-in Artwork and Normalize with the Scale Factor

1.4.2. Substrate Size Validation

Starting with this version, a warning is issued when the Substrate size set in the Operations Create Impose or Create Impose with Auto-Nesting does not match the Substrate size selected in the Substrate Definition of the output template in the Create Production Job from Imposition Operation.

Figure 21: Validation of the Substrate size in a Production Configuration

1.4.3. Production Configuration

Two further minor innovations have been implemented for Production Configurations. These include:

Duplicating

Version 1.20.1 introduces the option to duplicate existing Production Configurations directly in the user interface.

To do this, select the Production Configuration that you want to duplicate and click on Duplicate [41]. In the dialog that opens, the same interface as described in the article Create a Production Configuration appears. If necessary, it is also possible to make adjustments to the Production Configuration that should be duplicated.

Figure 22: The Production Configurations menu with the option to Duplicate

Groups for Operations

Starting with this version, the Operations in the selection menu are grouped according to their functions. The groups are organized as follows:

Operations for Print Items [42] – This group contains all Operations that can be used to prepare the Print Items that should be processed.
Operations for Impositions [43] – This group contains all Operations that can be used to create Impositions.
Operations for Production Jobs [44] – This group displays all Operations that can be used to create Production Jobs.
Operations for Output [45] – This group displays all Operations that can be used to control output.

Figure 23: Groups for Operations

1.4.4. Automation Variables

Starting with this version, it is only possible to use Automation Variables with license packages that include Automation. Please contact your sales partner if you would like to use Automation Variables in production.

1.4.5. Impose Jobs – List View

The list view of the Impose Jobs has been enhanced with general list functions and new functions. These include the following:

Delete Impose Jobs – Select one or more Impose Jobs and click Delete [46] to remove them.
Quick filter [46] – For a better overview of extensive lists, quick filters are now available that allow you to filter assembly orders according to their progress. The following quick filters are available:
- Production Job created – shows Impose Jobs that are currently being converted to a Production Job. This filter won't be available in future versions because the conversion to a Production Job only takes a few seconds. Therefore, there are rarely any entries for this status.
- Pending – shows Impose Jobs that have not yet been completed. The reason for the pending status could be that the Imposition was created for a Bundle of Print Items and cannot be completed because the remaining Print Items in the Bundle are still pending. In case you still want to complete the Imposition, click on Create Impose [48].
- Imposed – shows Impose Jobs that have already been imposed. This status currently only occurs if there is no Production Job from Imposition Operation in the Production Configuration. In future versions, this status will be used to evaluate the efficiency of the Impositions. The Imposition will then be filled with additional individual Print Items to complete them.
- Done – shows Impose Jobs for which a Production Job has already been created.

Abbildung 24: Das Menü der Montageaufträge mit der neuen Listenansicht

1.4.6. Automation Jobs – List

Two new features have been implemented in the list of Automation Jobs.

Errors and Warnings

It is now possible to display warnings and errors with corresponding messages for an Automation Job. To do this, click on Error [49] for the respective Automation Job.

Figure 25: The processing results of the Automation Job

Next Execution

By moving the mouse pointer over a process step [50], you can see when the next step will start or restart.

Figure 26: The tooltip for Next Execution

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