Preflight to check if specific spot color exists
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2018 4:05 pm
Is it possible to preflight to see whether the spot color Cut is present in the file or not?
Also is it possible to return a yes/no or true/false for use in Switch?
I.e. if the spot color Cut exists go this way otherwise go that way.
Update: In the section Extra you can add action lists to the preflight, so I was able to add the action Detect Specific Spot Color and set it to look for Cut.
If I then set PitStop server to generate an XML I can see that if the spot color exists in the pdf I get a message say Spot color Cut is used (1x on page 1), but if it isn't detected then there is no message at all.
Update 2: Solved! By adding another Log Selection in the action list I was able to add a message if the color was not present and by renaming the report I'm able to use XML pickup and the rest solved itself...
Also is it possible to return a yes/no or true/false for use in Switch?
I.e. if the spot color Cut exists go this way otherwise go that way.
Update: In the section Extra you can add action lists to the preflight, so I was able to add the action Detect Specific Spot Color and set it to look for Cut.
If I then set PitStop server to generate an XML I can see that if the spot color exists in the pdf I get a message say Spot color Cut is used (1x on page 1), but if it isn't detected then there is no message at all.
Update 2: Solved! By adding another Log Selection in the action list I was able to add a message if the color was not present and by renaming the report I'm able to use XML pickup and the rest solved itself...