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by magnussandstrom
Thu Feb 26, 2026 3:52 pm
Forum: PitStop Server
Topic: False Positives on Transparency Preflights
Replies: 12
Views: 1134

Re: False Positives on Transparency Preflights

Attached is an Action List that logs forms with a "real" blend mode, logs "normal" objects with a blend mode and removes the transparency group setting of pages that do not require it. Unfortunatly the action list also seems to remove transparency settings that are required: tra...
by magnussandstrom
Fri Feb 13, 2026 2:39 pm
Forum: PitStop Server
Topic: False Positives on Transparency Preflights
Replies: 12
Views: 1134

Re: False Positives on Transparency Preflights

Thanks Freddy, this was very helpful! I implemented your Action list to our standard preflight workflow. In this workflow we check for transparency when a PDF is not a PDF/X and/or contains wanted spot colors, if transparency is found we flatten the PDF before further processing. This will for sure ...
by magnussandstrom
Thu Jan 22, 2026 7:23 pm
Forum: Flows
Topic: Preflight Action to Detect and Fix Missing Fonts in PDFs
Replies: 1
Views: 1430

Re: Preflight Action to Detect and Fix Missing Fonts in PDFs

Hi! Here is a flow that embeds missing fonts, and if that’s not successful, it replaces them with Helvetica. Maybe this could be a starting point?

You need to change the font directory in the PitStop element settings.

https://tinyurl.com/y9vv39je
by magnussandstrom
Mon Jan 19, 2026 2:29 pm
Forum: Applications
Topic: Assemble Job - Job identifier
Replies: 4
Views: 1410

Re: Assemble Job - Job identifier

I don't think you can set Number of files to 0. If you instead set Number of files to 99999999, the After N minutes have higer priority and will trigger the Assemble.
by magnussandstrom
Mon Jan 19, 2026 8:42 am
Forum: Flows
Topic: Substring of job name to Action list fields.
Replies: 7
Views: 2359

Re: Substring of job name to Action list fields.

Maybe you can post a sample flow where the error occurs?
by magnussandstrom
Fri Jan 16, 2026 3:33 pm
Forum: Applications
Topic: Assemble Job - Job identifier
Replies: 4
Views: 1410

Re: Assemble Job - Job identifier

What setup do you have on the following settings?

Number of files
After N minutes
Complete condition
by magnussandstrom
Fri Jan 16, 2026 3:12 pm
Forum: Flows
Topic: Multiple flows with email receive - Leave originals on server
Replies: 1
Views: 839

Re: Multiple flows with email receive - Leave originals on server

I’m not entirely sure what you’re trying to achieve, but this is how we handle it. We use a dedicated email account solely for receiving jobs into Switch from various systems and customers. We then have one single flow using “Mail Receive (OAuth 2.0)” with: • Leave originals on server: Yes • Move to...
by magnussandstrom
Fri Jan 16, 2026 10:51 am
Forum: Flows
Topic: Substring of job name to Action list fields.
Replies: 7
Views: 2359

Re: Substring of job name to Action list fields.

There is probably a better way to do it, but my take (if I didn't have the Scripting Module) would be a two step solution using private data: Folder 1 Private data: pageNo=[Job.NameProper:Search="_(\d{3})_"] Folder 2 Private data: pageNoTrue=[Job.PrivateData:Key="pageNo",After=&q...
by magnussandstrom
Thu Jan 15, 2026 8:40 am
Forum: Color Management
Topic: Is 83% RGB Color Gamut Enough for Design Work?
Replies: 3
Views: 2741

Re: Is 83% RGB Color Gamut Enough for Design Work?

There isn’t really a yes/no answer to this, because the question lacks some important context. Saying “83% RGB coverage” is not very meaningful on its own. 83% of which RGB color space? sRGB, Adobe RGB, DCI-P3, or something else? Those spaces differ significantly in size and saturation. You can do d...
by magnussandstrom
Wed Jan 14, 2026 10:24 am
Forum: Flows
Topic: Substring of job name to Action list fields.
Replies: 7
Views: 2359

Re: Substring of job name to Action list fields.

You already have access to the number of pages in a PDF as soon as the file is picked up by a Switch flow. This information is available via the metadata variable [Stats.NumberOfPages], so there’s no real need to extract the page count from the file name unless you specifically want to. However, it’...
by magnussandstrom
Tue Jan 13, 2026 4:22 pm
Forum: Flows
Topic: Imagemagick rescale images
Replies: 2
Views: 947

Re: Imagemagick rescale images

Bummer, I was hoping for some ImageMagick brain gymnastics! :)
by magnussandstrom
Mon Jan 12, 2026 9:59 am
Forum: Flows
Topic: Global Variable
Replies: 5
Views: 1626

Re: Global Variable

"Global Switch variables" is the one most requested feature on the Switch feature request page, and it recently got marked as planned. So I suppose this will be built into Switch in an upcoming release quite soon.

https://my2.enfocus.com/en/switch/featurerequests
by magnussandstrom
Fri Jan 09, 2026 10:36 am
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: How to enlarge my PDF by 1 cm on each side.
Replies: 1
Views: 811

Re: How to enlarge my PDF by 1 cm on each side.

Hi, there is several ways to do this. One way is to make an Action list where you add these actions: Change trim box > Resize > 10 mm left and right Change crop box > Resize > 10 mm left and right Change media box > Resize > 10 mm left and right If that does work for you, maybe you could upload a sa...
by magnussandstrom
Wed Dec 17, 2025 4:04 pm
Forum: Switch
Topic: Long Processing Times After Module Updates
Replies: 6
Views: 2352

Re: Long Processing Times After Module Updates

I updated from 2024 fall to 25.11 3 days ago, and after that I also updated all apps and Pitstop Server. The upgrade process was much faster especially the "Update flows process". We have had no issues after the upgrade.
by magnussandstrom
Mon Dec 15, 2025 9:23 am
Forum: Switch
Topic: Switch on Windows 11
Replies: 5
Views: 2750

Re: Switch on Windows 11

Find alternatives to Illustrator for your workflows. What are you doing in Illustrator that is not possible in other software? The reason for this is that our color profiles don't work in save and export and we are kind of stuck with them for the time being. In my opinion, this is the issue that ne...