Actions: Prepress

Increase line width

Increases line width to ensure they appear properly on the printout.


pdfToolbox
pdfaPilot
Plug-In
Increase line width
Fixup "Increase line width"
Standalone
Server/CLI
Not available
SDK

Flatten transparency

Flattens transparency, e.g. for preparing documents for printout or PDF/X-1a or PDF/X-3 conversion.


pdfToolbox
pdfaPilot
Plug-In
 Flatten transparency
 Fixup "Flatten transparency"
Standalone
Server
 Fixup "Flatten transparency"
CLI
SDK

Overprint & Knockout

Adjusts overprint and knockout behavior of black or white text and vector objects.


pdfToolbox
pdfaPilot
Plug-In
 Overprint & Knockout
 Fixup "Set Overprint and
Knockout"
Standalone
Server
 Fixup "Set Overprint and
Knockout"
CLI
SDK

Extract ICC profiles

Saves ICC profiles from the document to the Desktop. Either the Output Intent ICC profile or source profiles can be extracted.


pdfToolbox
pdfaPilot
Plug-In
 Extract ICC profiles
Not available
Standalone
Server/CLI
--extracticcprofiles
SDK
 PTB_ExtractICCProfile

Output Intent

Sets/Replaces/Removes an Output Intent in the PDF.


pdfToolbox
pdfaPilot
Plug-In
 Output Intent
 Fixup "Embed Output
Intent" and "Remove all
Output Intent(s)" and "Set
ICC profile for Output
Intent(s)"
Standalone
Server
 Fixup "Embed Output
Intent" and "Remove all
Output Intent(s)" and "Set
ICC profile for Output
Intent(s)"
CLI
SDK

Add marks

Marks are created according to the TrimBox and BleedBox.


pdfToolbox
pdfaPilot
Plug-In
 Add marks
 Fixup "Add marks"
Standalone
Server
 Fixup "Add marks"
CLI
SDK

Create TrimBox

Inserts TrimBox and BleedBox on the basis of existing crop marks.


pdfToolbox
pdfaPilot
Plug-In
 Create TrimBox
Fixup "Derive page geometry
boxes from crop marks"
Standalone
Server
  Fixup "Derive page geometry
boxes from crop marks"
CLI
SDK

Outline page boxes

Inserts outlines of page geometry boxes.


pdfToolbox
pdfaPilot
Plug-In
Outline page boxes Fixup "Outline page boxes"
Standalone
Server/CLI Not available
SDK

Extract CxF data

Extracts CxF data in the current PDF file.


pdfToolbox
pdfaPilot
Plug-In
Extract CxF data Not available
Standalone
Server/CLI --cxf --extract
SDK PTB_ExtractCxF

Remove CxF data

Removes CxF data in the current PDF file.


pdfToolbox pdfaPilot
Plug-In Delete CxF data Not available
Standalone
Server/CLI Not available
SDK

Embed CxF data

Embeds CxF data in the current file.


pdfToolbox pdfaPilot
Plug-In Embed CxF data Not available
Standalone
Server/CLI --cxf --embed
SDK PTB_EmbedCxF

Pre-separated pages

All pages will be split into pre-separated pages, e.g. 4 pages for CMYK pages. This will work properly only for CMYK colors, not for RGB or LAB.


pdfToolbox pdfaPilot
Plug-In Pre-separated pages Nicht verfügbar
Standalone
Server/CLI Can be used as a ProcessPlan action
SDK