Step by step - Learn how to use callas products
Sections
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1. Installation, activation, deactivation, updates
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- 1.1 Installation of pdfToolbox Desktop or Server on Mac
- 1.2 Installation of pdfToolbox Desktop or Server on Windows
- 1.3 Activation and Deactivation of pdfToolbox
- 1.4 Multi-user system (Activating additional users on the same system)
- 1.5 Migrating the pdfToolbox to another computer (Deactivation)
- 1.6 Uninstalling the pdfToolbox Acrobat plugin
- 1.7 Change language of user interface (desktop only)
- 1.8 Using pdfToolbox and Preflight in Acrobat Pro parallel (8.3)
- 1.9 Notifications about available updates
- 1.10 Update path to pdfToolbox CLI in Switch when installing new version of pdfToolbox
- 1.11 Run as a Service (Windows)
- 1.12 Create a Daemon using Mac
- 1.13 Create a Daemon using Linux
- 1.14 How to 'dockerize' pdfToolbox
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2. callas pdfToolbox Basics
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- 2.1 Profiles, Checks, Fixups, Process Plans and Libraries
- 2.2 Protect Profiles, Checks, Fixups, Process Plans and Libraries against changes
- 2.3 Duplicate and edit Profiles, Checks and Fixups
- 2.4 Export Profiles to a previous pdfToolbox version
- 2.5 Features enabling/preventing Profile export to a previous version
- 2.6 Creating Profiles
- 2.7 Actions in pdfToolbox
- 2.8 Syntax Checks
- 2.9 Import own HTML-based Report-Templates
- 2.10 Search Libraries
- 2.11 Examining page content
- 2.12 Requirements for conversions to PDF
- 2.13 Add your own Output Intents
- 2.14 Checking the ISO standards using callas Desktop products
- 2.15 Add sheet sizes for imposition
- 2.16 Compatibility between pdfToolbox and Acrobat
- 2.17 Deleting multiple Fixups or Checks at once
- 2.18 Automatic optimization of PDFs
- 2.19 Keyboard shortcuts and additional Hotkeys
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3. ProcessPlans in detail
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- 3.1 When profiles are not enough: Process plans
- 3.2 Actions in Process Plans
- 3.3 Using Quick Check as a step in a Process Plan
- 3.4 Using Process Plans in Process Plans (11.0)
- 3.5 Generating additional PDF output from a Process Plan step
- 3.6 Using the PDF input file from a previous Process Plan step (11.0)
- 3.7 Switch on/off a Process Plan step via a Variable (11.0)
- 3.8 New Process Plan step "Rename" (11.0)
- 3.9 New Process Plan step "Add files" (12.0)
- 4. Actions and their use in callas' products 10
- 5. Libraries 5
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6. Color conversion
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- 6.1 Color conversion overview
- 6.2 Setting up a "Convert colors" Fixup
- 6.3 Convert colors: Advanced settings (previously "Policies") (v11.0)
- 6.4 Policies (deprecated, available till v10.2)
- 6.5 Processing black objects with Advanced settings (v11.0)
- 6.6 Processing black objects (deprecated, available till v10.2)
- 6.7 Color convert to PSO Coated v3 (ECI)
- 6.8 Adjusting tone values
- 6.9 Apply gradation curve to select objects
- 6.10 How to convert CMYK in DeviceN to DeviceCMYK
- 6.11 DeviceLink conversion
- 6.12 Use included DeviceLink profile to convert ISO Coated v2 ↔ PSO Coated v3 (ECI)
- 6.13 Replace existing ICC profile
- 6.14 Convert spot color names to UTF-8
- 6.15 Update all spot colors in a PDF using a spot color Swatch library
- 6.16 Internal spot color library
- 6.17 Convert RGB to CMYK using custom tolerance for gray (v11.0)
- 6.18 Extract CMYK from DeviceN
- 7. PDF/X-5 and n-channel color 4
- 8. Spectral color and CxF 4
- 9. Spotify - Derive spot colors from content (v11.0) 4
- 10. Fonts and Text 6
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11. Prepare PDF documents for production
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- 11.1 Create Booklet
- 11.2 Organize pages
- 11.3 Generate bleed from page content: updated in pdfToolbox 12
- 11.4 Generate bleed for irregular shapes (v11.0)
- 11.5 Check and fix bleed
- 11.6 Create a dieline and bleed for irregular shapes (v11.0)
- 11.7 Create a dieline and bleed for irregular shapes with gaps in outer border (v11.0)
- 11.8 Change letter head templates
- 11.9 Change page size with the help of the “Set page geometry boxes” Fixup
- 11.10 Outline page geometry boxes in a specified tint value of a spot color
- 11.11 Remove objects from page based on criteria
- 11.12 Remove all objects except ...
- 11.13 Create pre-separated pages
- 11.14 How to upsample images
- 11.15 Use the Visualizer to create various rasterized separations
- 11.16 How to 'Split or reorder' PDF
- 11.17 Create white underlays for printing on transparent foil using "Create spot color plate based on ink amount"
- 12. Large format 7
- 13. Debugging of Profiles and Process plans 6
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14. Variables and JavaScript, Ask-at-runtime dialog
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- 14.1 Taking variables to the next level
- 14.2 Variables and JavaScript: Variables in general
- 14.3 Variables using JavaScript: Overview
- 14.4 JavaScript in pdfToolbox: Custom data objects and methods
- 14.5 Variables using JavaScript: pdfToolbox objects and methods
- 14.6 Interpretation of the app.requires values
- 14.7 Using variables in a property - The TrimBox example
- 14.8 Extracting information from an XML Report file via XPath (9.1)
- 14.9 Using an external JSON jobticket file (9.1)
- 14.10 Defining variables using app.requires with closed choice of allowed values (9.1)
- 14.11 Using "trigger" values to adjust processing in a Process Plan (9.1)
- 14.12 Debugging JavaScript Variables (9.1)
- 14.13 How to branch processing in a Process Plan using JavaScript
- 14.14 Use RegEx in variables
- 14.15 Using object coordinates from a hit in a Process Plan (v11.0)
- 14.16 Map (spot and process) colors using script variables (v11.0)
- 14.17 Ask-at-runtime Dialog: Introduction (v11.0)
- 14.18 Working with ask-at-runtime templates (v11.0)
- 14.19 Arbitrary JavaScript controlled Fixups
- 15. Advanced configuration of Profiles 3
- 16. Reports for Profiles 5
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17. Place content
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- 17.1 Place dynamic page numbers
- 17.2 Place dynamic text
- 17.3 Place barcodes and matrix codes
- 17.4 Place any content: Basics (“Place Content” via HTML templates)
- 17.5 Place any content: Preparation
- 17.6 Place any content: Positioning content
- 17.7 Place any content: Simple example placing content in the upper left
- 17.8 Using Variables in a Place Content HTML template to place text
- 17.9 Place any content: Use information about the PDF document
- 17.10 Place barcode: Using an HTML-template for an extended configuration
- 17.11 Advanced 2D code use cases
- 18. Shapes 5
- 19. Optical character recognition (OCR) 3
- 20. Barcode recognition 3
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21. Context aware object detection: Sifter
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- 21.1 Beyond classic preflighting: Context aware object detection (Sifter)
- 21.2 Finding the right "Context aware object detection" property
- 21.3 Proximity: Object reaches into edge area of a shape
- 21.4 Proximity: Object crosses shape
- 21.5 Above versus below: Object on top of other object(s)
- 21.6 Above versus below: Object not on top of any other object
- 21.7 Above versus below: Object below other object
- 21.8 Above versus below: Object not below any other object
- 21.9 Above versus below: Object covers other object
- 21.10 Above versus below: Object covered by other object
- 21.11 Inside versus outside: Object inside other object
- 21.12 Inside versus outside: Object outside other object
- 21.13 Inside versus outside: Object inside shape
- 21.14 Inside versus outside: Object outside shape
- 21.15 Inside versus outside: Object crosses other object
- 21.16 Visibility: Object is invisible
- 21.17 Visibility: Object is visible
- 21.18 Visibility: Object is partially obliterated
- 21.19 Visibility: Object is completely obliterated
- 21.20 Visibility: Object is partially clipped
- 21.21 Visibility: Object is completely clipped
- 21.22 Advanced "Context aware object detection" property
- 21.23 "Shapes" Property for use in "Context aware object detection" checks
- 21.24 How to debug Sifter Checks and see their results
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22. Processing Steps
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- 22.1 Design and more
- 22.2 Using metadata for standardisation
- 22.3 Viewing the layers in a document
- 22.4 Working with processing steps metadata for a layer
- 22.5 Predefined Profiles and result view for Processing Steps
- 22.6 Checking processing steps information
- 22.7 Fixing processing steps data
- 22.8 Overview of predefined groups and types for processing steps
- 23. DPart metadata 3
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24. Analyse and explore PDF documents
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- 24.1 Display ink coverage information for all separations
- 24.2 View ink coverage per separation
- 24.3 Visualize and Compare PDFs
- 24.4 View safety zone in PDF
- 24.5 Heat map for «Out of gamut» visualization
- 24.6 Examining page content: The Object Inspector
- 24.7 Examining page content: Filter in the Object Inspector
- 24.8 Explore Metadata
- 24.9 Explore Layers
- 24.10 Explore PDF
- 24.11 Explore Fonts
- 24.12 Explore tagging
- 24.13 XMP Metadata reports
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25. QuickCheck
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- 25.1 Quick Check – Introduction
- 25.2 Using Quick Check as a step in a Process Plan
- 25.3 Using Quick Check directly on the command line
- 25.4 Quick Check configuration syntax
- 25.5 "status" data structure and output
- 25.6 "direct" data structures and output
- 25.7 "aggregated" data elements and output
- 25.8 Error codes and Return codes for QuickCheck Results
- 26. QuickFix 5
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27. Various new features in pdfToolbox 8, 9 and 10
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- 27.1 PDF/UA-1 validation for standards-compliant universally accessible PDFs
- 27.2 GWG 2015 Profiles
- 27.3 New and enhanced Properties in pdfToolbox 9.x
- 27.4 New and enhanced Fixups in pdfToolbox 9.x
- 27.5 How to use the "Number of hits in the check" property
- 27.6 Improved merging of adjacent heading (H1..H6) tags
- 27.7 Check for print and prepress related PDF 2.0 features
- 27.8 Beyond line width: Extensive analysis of line objects
- 27.9 Bring to front / Send to back
- 27.10 Set line width
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28. Impose
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- 28.1 Imposition overview
- 28.2 Building blocks of an Impose configuration
- 28.3 Controlling the imposition process
- 28.4 Runlist
- 28.5 Token Engine
- 28.6 Token and Variables for dynamic imposition
- 28.7 Using variables defined in command line calls
- 28.8 Creating an Imposition configuration
- 28.9 Runlist debugger
- 28.10 Swap page order of a PDF using dynamic imposition
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29. callas pdfToolbox CLI (command line interface)
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- 29.1 Introduction to pdfToolbox CLI
- 29.2 Installation and activation of pdfToolbox Server/CLI
- 29.3 Displaying program information – Hints and troubleshooting
- 29.4 Processing
- 29.5 Using Profiles
- 29.6 General command line options
- 29.7 Converting office documents to PDF or PDF/A
- 29.8 Additional command line options and response files
- 29.9 Creating a report using Profiles
- 29.10 Enumerate Profiles
- 29.11 Results (Return codes, Error codes and Reason codes)
- 29.12 Commands related to Arrange
- 29.13 Commands related to Large format printing
- 29.14 Commands related to Present
- 29.15 Commands related to Document
- 29.16 Command to add bookmark structure
- 29.17 Commands related to Colors
- 29.18 Commands related to Layers
- 29.19 Commands related to Reports
- 29.20 DeviceLink Conversion
- 29.21 Run as a Server
- 29.22 Distributed Processing
- 29.23 Running pdfToolbox via Webservices (SOAP)
- 29.24 HTML based custom reports
- 29.25 Activating logging
- 30. callas pdfToolbox SDK 5
- 31. Server 3