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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: 79

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: 2265

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: 2894

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: 2894

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: 17491

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: 45656

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: 86004

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: 31835

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: 32860

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: 31847

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 ...
by bens
Mon Jan 06, 2025 11:45 am
Forum: Action Lists
Topic: Add Bleed Action List
Replies: 1
Views: 11930

Re: Add Bleed Action List

When selecting objects close to the page edge this excludes, for example, objects that cover the whole page. But these objects can be important for bleed generation - especially if transparency is involved. Also, by generating bleed twice using a different object selection, the old Action List runs ...
by bens
Mon Dec 16, 2024 2:47 pm
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: Enjoying PitStop 24.11?
Replies: 5
Views: 25400

Re: Enjoying PitStop 24.11?

yosimo wrote: Fri Dec 06, 2024 5:11 pm But I can't find it in the current Pitstop version. Is it perhaps hidden under a different action name?
It should just be "Add separation pages to document". It can be found in the Color, Add, and Prepress sections in the action tree view.
by bens
Tue Oct 08, 2024 12:07 pm
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: Certain action lists have either been disabled or have disappeared
Replies: 5
Views: 13353

Re: Certain action lists have either been disabled or have disappeared

If the files on disk are gone, then yes reinstalling or getting them from another source (backup, other install) is the only way to get them back.
by bens
Fri Oct 04, 2024 10:31 am
Forum: PitStop Server
Topic: Thumbnail in custom Preflight Report?
Replies: 4
Views: 17662

Re: Thumbnail in custom Preflight Report?

You could rescale a copy of the document, rasterize, and overlay this PDF on the Preflight Report . Hi Loïc Is there any trick to manipulate the preflight report with Pitstop Server. If I try to run a report through Pitstop Server it always fails with the error that it is a report document. I have ...
by bens
Fri Oct 04, 2024 10:27 am
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: Certain action lists have either been disabled or have disappeared
Replies: 5
Views: 13353

Re: Certain action lists have either been disabled or have disappeared

A red X means a broken link, most likely the file cannot be found anymore. As far as I know, no standard Action Lists have been removed. Can you search for them by name?