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by bens
Thu Oct 30, 2025 4:15 pm
Forum: Review
Topic: Spot Col to CMYK Conversion
Replies: 2
Views: 1775

Re: Spot Col to CMYK Conversion

If your colour management settings are correct (be sure to check the profiles in Acrobat's preferences), the result should be mostly the same. I say mostly, because Acrobat sometimes has its own ideas about spot colour rendering. I suggest you double check that you're using all the same ICC profiles...
by bens
Thu Oct 30, 2025 4:12 pm
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: Check Visual Content Query
Replies: 2
Views: 822

Re: Check Visual Content Query

Unfortunately you will need PitStop Pro inside Acrobat to grab the content objects. The good news is that once you've done that, you can save the Action List and then use it inside Esko applications without further need for Acrobat or PitStop Pro.
by bens
Mon Oct 13, 2025 10:43 am
Forum: Action Lists
Topic: Resize pages to SRA3 - 460x320
Replies: 6
Views: 2632

Re: Resize pages to SRA3 - 460x320

When you say "media", do you mean the media box (as opposed to resizing actual page content)?
There is an action "Change media box", that should be what you need.
Note that per the PDF specification, the other page boxes can never go outside the media box.
by bens
Mon Jul 28, 2025 12:19 pm
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: Remove Selection not working in Action List
Replies: 11
Views: 6104

Re: Remove Selection not working in Action List

I would still like to remove the Clipping Object. I know that it is being selected with my actions, however, it refuses removal. Your Action List looks like this: 1. Select objects without fill and stroke 2. Select clipping objects 3. Log selection 4. AND 5. Remove selection Step 3 will log the cur...
by bens
Fri Jul 18, 2025 11:26 am
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: Customised Report Message
Replies: 2
Views: 2513

Re: Customised Report Message

If the height is correct, but the width isn't, you'll get the width message, and vice versa. If both are incorrect, you'll get the long message. You can set all three to the same custom message, but unfortunately you're probably limited to using the variables from the one message that is picked at r...
by bens
Tue Jul 15, 2025 9:34 am
Forum: Flows
Topic: Best way to auto-preflight PDFs with PitStop Pro before sending to RIP?
Replies: 1
Views: 3418

Re: Best way to auto-preflight PDFs with PitStop Pro before sending to RIP?

PitStop Pro does not do automation; you will need PitStop Server. You don't need Switch really, but note that PitStop Server comes with a basic Switch license so you lose nothing by trying it out. In PitStop Server you create "hot folders". These are folders on disk that are monitored by P...
by bens
Tue Jul 15, 2025 9:28 am
Forum: Switch
Topic: Adjust just magenta in flattened file
Replies: 3
Views: 6626

Re: Adjust just magenta in flattened file

I'm glad you got it fixed - note however that the Enfocus "generic" profiles are, well, generic ;-) If possible, you should use a CMYK profile that matches your output device. But those can be hard to get and keep up to date, so you could also consider one of the industry standards like SW...
by bens
Tue May 27, 2025 4:04 pm
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: Technician mode???
Replies: 3
Views: 5626

Re: Technician mode???

Do you or your company use "cyberfox"? According to their knowledge base, "technician mode" is a feature activated by pressing ctrl-alt-a, the default shortcut for the action list window. From their site: On a machine that has the AutoElevate Agent installed, Technician Mode (or ...
by bens
Tue May 20, 2025 11:07 am
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: Technician mode???
Replies: 3
Views: 5626

Re: Technician mode???

This is not a PitStop thing. Maybe it's Acrobat? Or even something else on your system?

Do you have a screenshot?
by bens
Mon May 12, 2025 1:23 pm
Forum: Switch
Topic: What is the difference between arguments and parameters?
Replies: 1
Views: 20048

Re: What is the difference between arguments and parameters?

That is correct. Different programming and scripting languages sometimes interpret or define these terms differently, but your explanation is the most commonly used one - when the difference matters. async function add( x, y ) { return x + y } add( 3, 7 ) x and y are parameters, 3 and 7 are arguments.
by bens
Fri Apr 04, 2025 1:31 pm
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: Select page in action list, then execute action(s)
Replies: 8
Views: 48670

Re: Select page in action list, then execute action(s)

This is an interesting case. The select action, for technical reasons, does need to _process_ all pages. And that can take time. Even if the objects are later deselected (e.g. with the AND operator), the initial selection still needs to happen. There is no way around that. Typically select actions a...
by bens
Fri Apr 04, 2025 1:14 pm
Forum: Flows
Topic: JPEG image dimensions
Replies: 12
Views: 87489

Re: JPEG image dimensions

Yeah physical resolution is an optional tag in JPEG (and in many other image formats), so indeed not all files have it.
by bens
Mon Mar 10, 2025 2:41 pm
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: Handling "All" Spot Color in a RIP That Misinterprets It as CMYK
Replies: 5
Views: 34456

Re: Handling "All" Spot Color in a RIP That Misinterprets It as CMYK

How about copying the objects using All, then pasting, and finally remapping to the separation you want? Unfortunately you can't do this in a loop with just PitStop, but using Switch that should be possible. Select spot color All Copy objects to clipboard All Select all Paste objects from clipboard ...
by bens
Tue Jan 28, 2025 11:59 am
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: How to make TrueType fonts compatible with the PDF/X-4 standard?
Replies: 7
Views: 34210

Re: How to make TrueType fonts compatible with the PDF/X-4 standard?

I don't think there's a way to do that with PitStop. It would require quite detailed font editing, which is more the domain of font editing programs. I think your best bet is to unembed if necessary, then re-embed a correct version of the font.
by bens
Tue Jan 07, 2025 10:25 am
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: Variables Standards
Replies: 9
Views: 34011

Re: Variables Standards

I don't think this is currently available in PitStop Pro. There are some actions (in the Action List editor) that have a list of page boxes, so if you're lucky the action you need has that. If not, you'll either have to use something external to PitStop Pro to get the values, or you may even be out ...