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by dreesdm
Mon Feb 26, 2024 7:59 pm
Forum: PitStop Server
Topic: Unknown character in content stream
Replies: 5
Views: 4122

Re: Unknown character in content stream

I cant share the PDF due to PII data they contain. I think I narrowed down the problem to the way these are made using iTextSharp. The pages are all made independently out of the server system, then placed together into one PDF. So we have hundreds of the same embedded fonts in the PDF that the RIP ...
by dreesdm
Mon Jan 22, 2024 5:32 pm
Forum: PitStop Server
Topic: Unknown character in content stream
Replies: 5
Views: 4122

Re: Unknown character in content stream

I suspect it is a font or an embedded path around a binary bitmap right now.

They come out of a server based PDF composer called iTextSharp.
by dreesdm
Mon Jan 22, 2024 4:03 pm
Forum: PitStop Server
Topic: Unknown character in content stream
Replies: 5
Views: 4122

Unknown character in content stream

I have a workflow set up for some letters to resample for print and optimize. On some of the simplex print letters i been getting this error. Failure (Critical parser failure: Unknown character in content stream) occurred during Select all Only seem to be happening on two pages out of 1600. I think ...
by dreesdm
Wed Nov 15, 2023 1:43 pm
Forum: Action Lists
Topic: Action to Screen Spot Color on second page
Replies: 1
Views: 5964

Action to Screen Spot Color on second page

I am looking for a way to make an action to screen a specific spot color only to 50%, and only on page two. We have some print files that have PMS 072 U on the backs and face. I need to leave the spot at 100% on the face, and 50 on that back but only in that color. That way I can apply the color to ...
by dreesdm
Mon May 22, 2023 4:10 pm
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: Delete Text by Font Name
Replies: 1
Views: 4037

Delete Text by Font Name

Looking for a way to use a Pitstop action completely delete text by the font type in a PDF. Have some files that have account numbers MICR fonts. So either have the action change all the characters to "0"s or delete all the text and font completely while leaving the rest of the image intac...