The following new features are available in version 1.22.0 of the Workflow:

Impose Editor – With version 1.22.0, existing functions have been expanded and optimized.

• Rotations – New Options – For the Impose Modes Nesting and Step Repeat, two new options for rotation are available in this version – In Feeding Direction and Across Feeding Direction. [PPDWF-8384]
• Rotations –Grouping the Options – To make the options in the Rotation selection menu clearer, they have been divided into the categories Impose Options, Print Item Options, and Feeding Direction. [PPDWF-12405]
• Imposition Report – Several improvements have been made to the Imposition Reports in version 1.22.0. These include the following:
  • Determine the Number of Pages in the Imposition Report – Starting with version 1.22.0, Imposition Reports can be customized in terms of their number of pages. The options Include Overview Page, Include Overview Page for all Print Items of the Imposition, Include Imposition Overviews with list of Print Items, as well as Include Output Configuration are available here. [PPDWF-12225] [PPDWF-12332]
  • Optimizing the Imposition Report Content – Starting with version 1.22.0, multiple Print Items are displayed on the overview page of all Print Items for the Imposition. This allows up to ten data records to be displayed in the overview list for each page. Starting with this version, the name of the Print Item is also listed in the Information field. [PPDWF-11842] [PPDWF-12284]
  • Imposition Report for Double-Sided Impositions – Starting with this version, the user can create reports for double-sided impositions either for the frontside and backside or for the frontside only. [PPDWF-12285]
  • Save Settings to User – Starting with this version, the options selected for creating an imposition report are saved for the respective user. Exceptions are the Report Name and the Comment. [PPDWF-12356]
• Tiling Mounting Instruction – Numbering – From this version, the individual tiles in the Mounting Instruction for imposed Tilings are provided with larger and better readable numbers. [PPDWF-12344]
• Impose Template – Starting with this version, long names for Impose Template are wrapped in the selection menu (for Plate Templates, Sheet Templates, and Impose Templates). [PPDWF-12445]
• Shape Nesting – In version 1.22.0, the algorithm for Shape Nesting has been improved, allowing for more options for rotating Print Items. [PPDWF-9933]
• Download Imposition – A feature has been added to flip the PDF file horizontally when downloading a hybrid separation. [PPDWF-12389]
• Vision Marks – Starting with this version, the color of the dieline can be generated as the innermost circle in the mark for Hybrid Vision Marks. [PPDWF-11374] [PDPWF-11342]
• Save Imposition PDF – Page Box – Until this version, only the MediaBox was set for the imposition PDF when saving an imposition. Starting with version 1.22.0, the MediaBox, the BleedBox, and the TrimBox are set in the Imposition PDF. This allows Imposition PDFs to be used for subsequent impositions and to be correctly imposed on the ImageBox and ImageBox + Bleed. [PPDWF-11913] [PPDWF-12165]
• Impose Sheet Template – Mark Reference Point – In Impose Sheet Templates, the reference point for the center has been removed or grayed out for marks that offer 9 points. [PPDWF-12403]
• Bound Products – Placeholders for Impose Editor Options – In version 1.22.0, three new placeholders are available for the impose mode Bound Product in the Impose Editor Options category. [PPDWF-12284]

Check-in Preflight and Fixup Templates – The following improvements have been implemented in version 1.22.0 in the area of Check-in Preflight and Fixup Templates.

• Size Adjustment – This version provides a revised version of the Fixup Adjust Size in the Check-in Preflight and Fixup Templates. The check has been divided into individual tabs, and input fields that are not currently in use will be hidden from this version onwards.

Approval Projects and Approval Portal – Changes have been implemented to improve user guidance when handling Approvals and displaying them in the Approval Portal.

• Dealing with Spot Colors – In version 1.22.0, the Basic Settings for the approval portal have been revised. Separate options for transferring Technical Colors, Output as Separation Colors, and Hybrid Colors to the approval portal have been implemented. Spot colors such as White, Permeo, and Varnish, as well as all Technical Colors, are now hidden by default in the Approval Portal. Users can activate these if necessary. [PPDWF-10765]

Checks, Fixups, and Fixup Chains – As part of the development of version 1.22.0, new checks were implemented, and general improvements were made to existing Fixups and Fixup Chains.

• New Checks – In this version, the check Check Bleed has been added. [PPDWF-11666]
• Improvements to Existing Fixups – In this version, several adjustments and innovations have been made to the Fixups, including the following:
  • Create Spot Color Separations depending on the Total Ink Coverage – In this version, the default values for the templates Penetration Agent for Flags K1 and Penetration Agent for Flags K2, which were made available for the Permeo application area, have been changed. [PPDWF-12458]
  • Add Bleed – Starting with this version, a new option called "Avoids thin white lines between the generated bleed" is available. Activate this option to have the Fixup ignore missing pixels found at the edge. The bleed is then generated automatically for the first "drawing" pixels. [PPDWF-12369]
  • Hiding or Showing Content-sensitive Input Fields – In version 1.22.0, the option to show or hide input fields depending on the context was added. This reduces the amount of information displayed in dialogs. [PPDWF-12120] [PPDWF-12119]
  • User Guidance – Starting with this version, the required selection fields have to be selected in all dialogs so that Fixups are applied. [PPDWF-12147]
• Improvements in Fixup Chains – In version 1.22.0, the option to search for the primary key of the Fixup Chain in the list of Fixup Chains was added. [PPDWF-12764]

Automation – Since version 1.19.0, users with the appropriate license have been able to create Automation Jobs. This allows them to define individual Production Configurations for manufacturing print products and to automate their processing. Further innovations have been implemented in version 1.22.0.

• List of Automation Jobs – In this version, information about the Visible Size and Production Size is provided in the list of Automation Jobs. Both pieces of information can be displayed by user definition. [PPDWF-12241]
• Operation "Check Print Item and forward to" – From this version onward, the user can add another operation in the Production Configuration after this operation.[PPDWF-12013]

API – The following extension has been provided in the API.

• Reading Out the Path Length – Starting with this version, information about the path length of cut files is available. However, the path length is only available if the corresponding check was activated when uploading the print data. [PPDWF-7087]

New User Interface – With version 1.22.0, the following improvements were further expanded and optimized:

• Activities – Starting with this version, all information that was available in the old user interface is displayed. [PPDWF-12397]
• Printer – Print Configuration – In version 1.22.0, users now have the option of searching for Print Configurations in the detail view of a printer using the search bar. [PPDWF-12437]
• Customer-specific Spot Color Definition – In version 1.22.0, the new user interface also includes the option to create a customer-specific Spot Color Definition when a customer has been added for the respective Article or Print Item.
• Change Status – Print Items and Articles – Starting with this version, the new user interface provides the option to change the status for multiple selected Print Items. [PPDWF-9248]
• Visualization of Symbols with Multiple Menu Items – Starting with this version, a newly implemented visual indicator allows users to immediately see whether an icon in the action bar contains multiple menu commands. [PPDWF-12451]
• Orders List – Create Production Job – This version provides the function of selecting an entry in the Orders list and creating a Production Job from it by clicking on the newly implemented icon Create Production Job from Order. [PPDWF-12441]
• List of Print Items – Missing Information – In this version, the list of Print Items now provides information on all necessary values in the available Display Options. [PPDWF-12591] [PPDWF-12591]
• Production Job – Send to Printer – Starting with this version, a Production Job cannot be transferred to the printer as long as a Fixup is currently being applied. The corresponding Send to Printer icon is grayed out.
• Administration – Working Color Space – Comments that can be entered when uploading an ICC profile are now displayed in the overview list. [PPDWF-12529]
• Create Order – Winding Type – Starting with this version, when creating an Order, the Winding Type option is only available if a roll substrate has been selected beforehand. Otherwise – for sheet substrates – the option is grayed out. [PPDWF-12252]
• Print Item Detail View – Single-page Documents – In version 1.22.0, the toggle button For the Document / Page x is no longer displayed in the detail information for single-page Print Items. [PPDWF-12621]
• Settings – DitherMixArrays – Starting with this version, the DitherMixArrays tab under Administration > Settings Workflow > Settings is only displayed if a Harlequin Host Renderer (HHR) is licensed.[PPDWF-12611]
• Saving – Standardization in Dialogs – Starting with this version, the behavior of the "Save" button is handled uniformly in all dialogs throughout the entire application.[PPDWF-12053]
• Orders – Filter Options – Version 1.22.0 provides all the filter options that were also available in the old user interface. This means that, starting with this version, filtering for Order Description, Order Status, Shipping Date, and Order Line Substrate is possible.[PPDWF-8071]
• Administration – Ink Setup – The Ink Setup tab under Administration > Inks has been redesigned in this version; the Inks are now visually located within the Ink Family.
• Administration – File Management – In the new user interface, the menu item Approvals under Administration > File Management has been revised in this version. Starting with this version, all tabs are displayed immediately and hierarchically when the menu item is opened. [PPDWF-12382]

The following improvements to existing features have been implemented in version 1.22.0:

• Print Item Protocol – Several enhancements have been made to the Print Item Protocol in this version. These include the following:
  • Applied Fixups for Hotfolder Files – Starting with this version, full information about the applied Fixups is also provided in the Protocol for the Print Item for files that are processed via Hotfolders. [PPDWF-3755]
  • Creating a Grid Chart – Starting with this version, when a Grid Chart is created, the relevant information is displayed in the Protocol. The information refers to the Grid Chart Type, the used Spot Color with the color values, the Patch Size, and the Grid Chart Configuration.[PPDWF-12183]
  • Printing a Grid Chart – Starting with this version, when a Grid Chart is printed, the relevant information is displayed in the Protocol. The information refers to the Grid Chart Type, the used Spot Color with the color values, the Patch Size, the Grid Chart Configuration, and the used Printer. [PPDWF-12629]
  • Expected Bleed changed – Starting with this version, the Protocol provides information about the expected Bleed if the expected Bleed has been changed. Information about the changed values and who made the change can thus be read out. [PPDWF-12182]
  • Splitting a Multipage File – In this version, the Protocol for a Print Item or Article provides information about which Print Item was used as the basis for splitting the new Print Item. [PPDWF-12179]
  • Overprinting Preview – Starting with version 1.22.0, the section Archive Print Item version of the Protocol allows you to include overprinting objects – such as White, Varnish, etc. – when viewing the preview of an intermediate version.[PPDWF-12178]
  • Print Items – Pagination Feature – Starting with version 1.22.0, the section Archive Print Item version of the Protocol allows you to navigate between the pages of a multipage Print Item while viewing the preview. [PPDWF-12384]
• Creating Grid Charts – In version 1.22.0, the dialog for creating Grid Charts under Color > Grid Charts has been redesigned to provide users with a more efficient experience. This includes the following improvements:
  • Revision of the Dialog – The dialogs Add Grid Chart and Edit Grid Chart have been completely redesigned in this version. The information and options available for creating a Grid Chart have been divided into three tabs – Grid Chart Configuration, Layout, and Advanced.
  • Templates – Starting with this version, users can save the settings that they have applied to a Grid Chart as a template. [PPDWF-11342]
  • Sending the Grid Chart to the Printer – Starting with this version, selecting a template allows you to quickly create a Grid Chart and send it directly to the printer. [PPDWF-12504]
  • System Settings – Since it is now possible to save Grid Chart Templates directly while creating Grid Charts, the system settings under Administration > Color Book > Grid Chart have been revised, and a new tab – Grid Chart Templates – has been added. [PPDWF-12501]
• Grid Charts in General – In this version, further improvements have been made to Grid Charts.
  • Separate Menu Item – A separate menu item for Grid Charts has been added to the side navigation in Color. [PPDWF-12696]
  • System Settings – Tags – In this version, a feature has been added under Administration > Settings Tags that allows you to create, edit, and delete tags for Grid Charts.
  • Assigning Tags – Starting with version 1.22.0, tags can be assigned directly while editing a Grid Chart via the menu item Color Grid Charts. [PPDWF-11321]
  • Routines – Deleting Grid Charts – This version provides a routine for deleting Grid Charts using the routine Entity Cleanup. [PPDWF-11320]
• Print Item Editor – Barcodes – In this version, the user interface in the Print Item Editor for displaying barcode content has been completely redesigned to simplify the user experience. [PPDWF-11354]
• Activities – Automation Jobs – Starting with this version, the Activities dialog also displays the current Workflows for Automation Jobs and includes the option to cancel Automation Jobs. Using a quick filter, it is possible to quickly filter Automation Jobs and to distinguish between processes from different Workflows. [PPDWF-12069] [PPDWF-12426]
• Small Improvements –This version includes several minor improvements. These include the following.
  • Verification Report – In this version, the verification report now includes all values that are also displayed in the Check Compliance dialog in the Color > Verification menu. At the same time, the report's layout has been updated to meet the requirements. [PPDWF-12434] [PPDWF-12436]
  • Production Job – Color Correction – In this version, the user interface for the Color Correction under Production Job > Output Configuration has been revised. A note is displayed indicating that only the 50% tone value is corrected. In addition, the limit has been raised from 30% to 50%. [PPDWF-12446]
  • Hide and Show Profiling Templates – In version 1.22.0, you can hide Profiling Templates under Color > Profiling Templates using the Process field (in the old user interface) if needed. [PPDWF-7003]
  • Print Configuration – DitherMixArray – Starting with version 1.22.0, the Printer > Print Configuration menu shows which DitherMixArray is being used for the Print Configuration. [PPDWF-12386]
  • Batch Processing – History – In the Batch Processing History tab, new information has been added to the header of the batch processing order in this version. The information includes the start time, the end time, and the duration of the process. [PPDWF-12114]
  • Quick Print – Reset – In Quick Print under Automation Quick Print, starting with this version, the Production Job Parameters settings area can be reset using a dedicated button. The button is available in the standard operations, Production Job, and Impose. [PPDWF-11781] [PPDWF-11945]
  • Normalization Settings and Template for Extracting Metadata – In version 1.22.0, different icons are available in Automation Quick Print and Automation Batch Processing for the Upload and Normalization Settings sections, as well as for the Template for extracting metadata section.[PPDWF-12161]
  • Impose Sheet Template – Template Name – When saving an Impose Sheet template in the Impose Editor, starting with this version, the Name of the Impose template is retained if changes are made to the same template. [PPDWF-12443]
  • Spot Color Report – Hybrid Colors – In version 1.22.0, the display of hybrid colors in the Spot Color Report has been enhanced. Starting with this version, the Hybrid Color is displayed alongside the simulation values, and the hybrid colors are grouped in the list. [PPDWF-12840]
  • Hotfolder – Deleting Files – Starting with this version, for files that cannot be processed by a Hotfolder, a note is displayed stating that the Hotfolder first has to be paused to delete the unprocessable files. [PPDWF-11422]
  • Spot Color Definition – Hybrid Colors – The options to select Processing Steps and Processing Group were removed in this version, as they are not included in the specification. [PPDWF-12600]
  • Color Control Stripe for Spot Colors – In this version, minor improvements were made to the Color Control Stripes for spot colors. The default value for the Reference Point was adjusted, the number and values for the Tone Gradations were changed, the value for the Gap Width was adjusted, and the order of the color values was changed. Additionally, the Text for the color patches can be shown or hidden. [PPDWF-12329] [PPDWF-12330] [PPDWF-12245] [PPDWF-12176]
  • Die Cut Library – Layout for One-Ups – When creating a Layout Template for a One-Up under Administration > Die Cut Library, self-explanatory names are used for spot colors from this version onwards. [PPDWF-6385]
  • Routines – System Cleanup – Starting with this version, the routine System Cleanup includes an additional operation, Done Workflows, which automatically deletes completed orders in the Activities dialog. [PPDWF-12289]
  • Display Mako Versions – Starting with version 1.22.0, the Mako version is displayed in the Installed Versions tab of the Information dialog. [PPDWF-12671]

Check-in – Remove Hidden Layers – In some cases, objects on hidden layers suddenly became visible after applying the Fixup "Remove Hidden Layers", even though the layer had been deleted. This issue was resolved with the release of the new SDK for pdfToolbox version 16.2.671. [PPDWF-12599]

Spot Colors in the old user interface – Label as Technical Spot Color – In the old user interface, spot colors could no longer be labeled as technical colors. This issue has been resolved. [PPDWF-12588]

Gamut Viewer – Although no spot color was selected, the most recently selected spot color was still displayed in the Gamut Viewer. This issue has been resolved. [PPDWF-11993]

Gamut Display – Uploaded ICC Profiles – The gamut of an uploaded ICC profile could no longer be displayed. This issue has been resolved. [PPDWF-12525]

Gamut Display – Show Spot Colors – In the new user interface, spot colors would sometimes not appear in the Gamut Viewer until the dot size was manually adjusted. This issue has been resolved. [PPDWF-12453]

Vision Marks – Lead In/Lead Out – The "Eye Mark" was printed correctly during the Imposition, but the color of the Eye Mark could not be used in the Lead In and Lead Out. This issue has been resolved by generating the mark using DeviceBlack starting with this version, allowing it to be used correctly in the Lead In and Lead Out. [PPDWF-12552] [PPDWF-13014]

Send to Printer – Lead In and Lead Out – Previously, it was not possible to send just a Lead In or Lead Out as a standalone print job using the "Send to Printer" dialog. This issue has been resolved. [PPDWF-12820]

Automation Jobs – Continuous Processing – When creating Automation Jobs with the option "Preserve Processing Sequence" enabled and in conjunction with the Fill method "Keep Print Items on page together", there were rare instances where the order of the generated Production Jobs did not remain chronological during continuous processing. This issue has been resolved. [PPDWF-12644]

Automation Jobs – Impose Date – Until this version, an error occurred when deleting Automation Jobs that contained a placeholder for the Impose Date. This issue has been resolved. [PPDWF-12331]

Deleting Production Configurations Deleting a Production Configuration would fail when a Production Job was created from the configuration. The reason was that the configuration was referenced. This issue has been resolved; starting with this version, it is now possible to delete such Production Configurations. [PPDWF-12308]

Import Production Configuration When importing a Production Configuration, the comment for the configuration was not included or was not available in the exported JSON file. This issue has been resolved. [PPDWF-12224]

Deleting Ink Families – There were instances where ink families could not be deleted in the new user interface. This issue has been resolved. [PPDWF-12566]

Activities – Deleting Entries – While it was possible to delete errors in the Errors tab of the Activities dialog, the entry did not disappear until the list was refreshed. This issue has been resolved. [PPDWF-12431]

Hotfolder with Job Ticket – Continuous Processing – When a Hotfolder with a job ticket was created, and the option Process Print Items as a Bundle was disabled – as a result, Print Items are continuously processed – this Hotfolder configuration could not be saved. This issue has been resolved. [PPDWF-12375]

Print Item Editor – Remove One-Up mapping – Although the mapping between the Print Item and the One-Up could be removed, the result was not displayed until the dialog was closed and reopened. This behavior has been fixed. [PPDWF-12361]

Die Cut Library User-Defined Fields When saving a One-Up or an N-Up, modified values in user-defined fields were not saved correctly. This issue has been resolved. [PPDWF-12318]

Uploading Fonts – When uploading TTF fonts whose filenames contained a space, there were instances where they could not be uploaded. This issue has been resolved. [PPDWF-12297]

Production Job – Create from Article – When creating a Production Job from multiple Articles, the selected Color Policy was not correctly applied to the Production Job. Instead, the system-wide Color Policy was always used. This issue has been resolved. [PPDWF-10023]

Shape Nesting – Grouping Print Items – Calculating a Shape Nesting in conjunction with creating groups in the Imposition with line breaks caused an error. The issue has been resolved. [PPDWF-12274]

Plate Template – Dimensions – When creating an imposition using a Plate Template that was smaller than the imposition, the application displayed an error. This issue has been resolved. Starting with this version, the imposition is created, but a warning is displayed directly in the Impose Editor. [PPDWF-12485]

Nesting – Uniform Rotation – In certain cases, Print Items were rotated even though only the option "Uniform Rotation" under Rotation was enabled and the Allow in exceptional cases option was disabled. This issue has been resolved. [PPDWF-12972]

Mehrseitige Montage – Einheitlich drehen – In einigen Fällen wurden nicht alle Motive auf der Montage verwendet, wenn die Kombination aus den Optionen »Einheitlich drehen«, »In Ausnahmefällen erlauben« und »Mehrseitige Montage« aktiviert waren. Der temporäre Fehler konnte lokalisiert und behoben werden. [PPDWF-12269]

Multipage Imposition – Uniform Rotation – In some cases, not all Print Items were used in the Imposition when the combination of the options "Uniform Rotation", "Allow in exceptional cases", and "Multipage Imposition" was enabled. The temporary bug has been identified and fixed. [PPDWF-12269]

Show subsequently added Print Items – When adding Print Items to an existing Imposition, they were not added to the Imposition but were displayed in the Print Item Overview tab. To include the Print Items in the Imposition, the Imposition had to be deleted and recreated first. This issue has been resolved: Starting with this version, you simply need to reopen the Imposition to add the Print Item; a corresponding message will also be displayed. [PPDWF-12645]

Create Bound Products – An error occurred when creating a Bound Product in the Impose Editor in conjunction with a substrate that did not have a defined thickness. This issue has been resolved: Starting with this version, if no substrate thickness is available, the value "0" is used for the substrate thickness. [PPDWF-12231]

Bound Products – Marks on the Backside – The marks from the frontside were not correctly positioned on the backside of the Imposition. This issue has been resolved by implementing a dedicated placement logic for marks. [PPDWF-12008]

Impose Editor – Dielines for Rows – The ability to create dielines for rows in the Impose Editor did not work when the reference point in the Sheet Template was aligned to the right. This issue has been resolved. [PPDWF-12070]

Adding and Deleting CSV Files – After adding a CSV file by using the Variable Data tab, the corresponding values were not displayed correctly until the page was reloaded. A similar issue occurred after deleting a CSV file: The CSV data was removed, but it was still possible to download the CSV file. This issue has been resolved. [PPDWF-12358]

CSV files with empty values – CSV files containing empty field values could not be processed previously. This issue has been resolved. [PPDWF-12482]

Serial numbers with static text – Serial numbers with static text were not resolved correctly and could not be edited. This issue has been resolved. [PPDWF-12311]

Send to Printer – VDP Job with CSV File – When sending a VDP job that included a CSV file, the start and end values were not automatically entered. This issue has been resolved. [PPDWF-12511]

Outputting a VDP Job – When the option "Fast Generation of Previews" was selected under Administration > Settings > Workflow Settings > RIP Settings, VDP jobs containing unused white separations in the background of the file were not completed. This issue has been resolved. [PPDWF-12191]