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Thumbnail in custom Preflight Report?
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 5:34 pm
by andy.halley
I currently use PitStop Server for a number of things and am working on some custom Preflight Reports. I would like a thumbnail of the file being preflighted to appear on the first page of the report. Is there a way to do this within PitStop server or by customizing the preferences of the custom report? BTW, I'm not looking to buy Switch just for this purpose as I have tools that can also do this with a bit of heavy lifting.
Re: Thumbnail in custom Preflight Report?
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 6:40 pm
by loicaigon
Hi,
The good news, you don't have to buy Switch as the Switch Core Engine* is part of PitStop Server and you get a lot of advantages for…free.
So Yes I think a flow is what you need. You could rescale a copy of the document, rasterize, and overlay this PDF on the Preflight Report.
That would be my approach.
*for any other Switch features, you would indeed need to buy Switch but there are upgrade paths available.
Re: Thumbnail in custom Preflight Report?
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 10:55 pm
by andy.halley
Thank you @loicaigon for the suggestion. I will have to try this out.
Re: Thumbnail in custom Preflight Report?
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 7:30 am
by JimmyHartington
loicaigon wrote: ↑Tue Oct 01, 2024 6:40 pm
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 to say this is an annotated report.
Re: Thumbnail in custom Preflight Report?
Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2024 10:31 am
by bens
JimmyHartington wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2024 7:30 am
loicaigon wrote: ↑Tue Oct 01, 2024 6:40 pm
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 to say this is an annotated report.
Report documents - including annotated - are not meant to be processed as PDFs. I think the only way to trick PitStop into seeing them as PDFs is to remove the embedded report database, which can be done only with low-level editing such as Enfocus Browser or some command-line tools. The thing to remove is the 'FICL:Enfocus' key in the document catalog.