callas software release pdfToolbox 12.3.

06 Jul 2021

News

Recently callas software has released pdfToolbox 12.3. with all new fixups and features to further boost you productivity and efficiency. Discover all of them here.

Features

• New Fixups
  • Resolve ICCbased default color spaces into object color spaces
• Actions
  • Save as image: Support for RGBA (RGB with transparency) for TIFF
  • Save as image: Support for GrayA (Gray with transparency) for PNG and TIFF [CA1030406]

Fixes

• PDF Standards
  • PDF/A-1 conversion: Adjust or remove annotations: Setting for transparent objects extended to flatten those objects directly into page content [CA1028938; CA1030263]
• Predefined Process plans
  • Check and fix bleed: Minor adjustment to cover smooth shade objects [FP64367]
• Fixups
  • Downsample/recompress images: Problem solved, where processing was hanging in some special cases [FP64608]
  • Downsample/recompress images: Issue fixed, where file size increased if executed together with "Remove invisible image data" [CA1030417]
  • Generate bleed:
    • Problems solved, where bleed was not properly rendered for pages with UserUnits [CA1030575]
    • Problem solved, where objects on invisible layers were not ignored [CA1030382]
    • Issue fixed, where defined spot color was not excluded in certain cases for "mirror page objects" [CA1030462]
    • Problem solved, where bleed as mirrored page objects were not properly created for pages with UserUnits when "except spot" was used [CA1030575]
  • Set page scaling factor: Problem solved, where an already existing page scaling factor (UserUnit) was taken into account [CA1030600; FP64657]
  • Embed Output Intent with specified parameters: Issue fixed, where the ICC profile could not be selected from the file system via a Variable in the Desktop version [FP64093]
  • Adjust dot gain: Issue fixed, where the .crv file could not be selected from the file system via a Variable in the Desktop version [CA1030395]
  • Map colors / Convert colors: Problem solved, where vector objects were converted in special cases, although not in scope [CA1030353; CA1030416; FP64549]
  • Scale pages: Adjusted handling of page scaling factors (UserUnits), which will now be set to 1 if the resulting size does not require this entry [FP63218]
  • Scale pages / Scale page content only: Added "Apply to" filter (e.g. for page ranges) and made multiple configurable [FP34704; FP46026; FP49227; FP53742; FP61585]
  • Spotify: Problem solved, where using the "Browse" button in the ask-at-runtime dialog for the spot color library resulted in an error
  • Create bookmarks from headings: Issue, fixed, where bookmark hierarchy was wrong after processing in certain cases
  • Map spot and process colors: Problem solved, where spot color using indexed DeviceN with "None" colorants became invisible, although not in scope [FP63166]
  • Convert fonts to outlines: Problem solved, where processing resulted in an error if Type3 font was used in a certain manner [CA1030526]
  • Convert colors: Issue fixed, where transparency blend color space was tagged with ICC profile in certain cases, although not necessary [FP64476]
  • Set page geometry boxes (based on page content): Issue fixed, where TrimBox was not set correctly if UserUnits were used [FP64252]
  • Remove objects: Adjusted recognition for objects grouped by FormXObjects to ensure only objects used once are removed (e.g. if outside CropBox) [CA1029102; CA1029653]
  • Remove objects: Problem solved, where combined fill and stroke vector objects were not properly handled [CA1028805]
• Checks
  • Names of (process) plates / spot color plates: Issue fixed, where settings in lists were not properly handled [FP63968]
  • PDF/UA validation: Issue fixed, where a special, invalid PDF tagging structure could result in an unstable behavior [FP63578]
  • Object is invisible: Issue fixed, where an object was falsely flagged as invisible [FP51352; FP55212]
  • Ignore objects outside ...: Issue solved, where clipped parts of objects were taken into account [FP64182]
  • Effective ink coverage for separated plates: Adjusted behavior of operators: "less than / less than or equal to" will ignore 0%, while "highest value is less than / highest value is less than or equal" will consider 0%
  • Find barcodes: Problem solved, where a barcode could not be found in certain cases [CA1030536]
• Process plans
  • Optimized execution of a generic post check as the last step only in cases when a report etc. is requested
• Actions
  • Place grommets: Issue solved, where an existing page scaling factor (user unit) was not taken into account [FP64130]
  • Impose: Support for setting a slot as an isolated transparency group setting during dynamic imposition [FP64882]
  • Save as image: Problem solved, where rendering to MultiChannel using the MediaBox resulted in a failure in some cases [CA1023759]
  • Save as image: Problem solved, where rendering was not successful if a certain size was chosen [FP35113; FP60074; CA1030412]
  • QuickFix: Problem solved, where setting the page geometry boxes with 2 settings was not successful [FP64213; FP64503]
  • QuickCheck: Issue solved, where stopping processing after the defined timeout took rather long [CA1029997]
  • ToPDF: Issue fixed, where certain structures in a TIFF file could result in extremely long processing time and an exhausting cache folder [CA1030656]
• Reports
  • PDF reports: Issue fixed, where highlighting did not use the correct colors for highlighting [FP60552; CA1030164]
• Desktop
  • Problem solved, where Checks could not be edited or created in the Japanese user interface [FP64730]
  • Ask-at-runtime: Import for Variables now supports variables.json created by log Profile execution [CA1029289]
• Plug-in
  • Problem solved, where installation of the Plug-in was not successful in some cases (Windows only) [FP64178]
  • Issue fixed, where an attempt was made to load the Plug-in in the Acrobat sandbox mode
• General
  • Problem solved, where the license request was not properly generated on certain machines (Windows only)
  • JavaScript Variables: Added "details" as available value to app.doc.result.checks.hits.triggers [CA1030453]
  • Font processing: Problem solved, where Type fonts were not properly handled in some cases [FP64478; FP64613]