New in PitStop Server 2018
Released 24 April 2018
The latest version of PitStop Server is all about making life easier, saving time and providing additional advanced editing functionality – PitStop 2018 ensures a print-ready PDF file every time!
New XML report
PitStop Server gains a new XML report (v3). This report was developed in conjunction with other channel partners, customers and integrators.
The new XML structure makes the report much easier to work with when using XPaths and parsing the report for data.
New check for minimum printing dot
This check identifies very light tints that may cause trouble in production, the threshold value is configurable, and the check is designed to check each separation separately.
Very useful for identifying scum dots, and also for users who prepare files for Flexo printing.
Better integration with Switch
The new PitStop Server configurator brings the familiar PitStop Server interface to Switch.
Pantone Color Actions
Pantone colors continue to be a challenge for users, particularly with the different CMYK and Lab alternate colors that are available in the market from different versions of applications.
We have added new functionality that allows more control over Pantone colors, enabling users to automatically rename color names to the correct Pantone format, and also map colors to the correct Pantone libraries of their choice, using the official Pantone color breakdowns.
Add barcodes to PDF files
This action supports over 100 different barcode types, including 1D Barcodes, 2D Barcodes such as QR and Datamatrix, a selection of International Postal Barcodes and GS1 Barcodes.
The functionality includes the ability to set a Bar Width Reduction value or percentage if required.
Color type report
A special new chapter in the PitStop preflight report that emulates a DFE and tells a user if pages are empty, black and white or CMYK.
This is especially useful for customers who pay click charges on their digital print engines.
Compare PitStop Server versions
| 2018 | 2017 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | |
| Add Barcode Action | ||||||
| Crop Line Art Action | ||||||
| Stroke to Fill Action | ||||||
| Offset Path Action | ||||||
| Pathfinder tools and Action | ||||||
| Preflight report chapter on Color of Pages | ||||||
| Action to check for Minimum Printing Dot | ||||||
| Action to select objects that look black | ||||||
| Action to remap all Pantone colors to a single library | ||||||
| Action to hard crop line art | ||||||
| Action to remap Pantone colors between defined Libraries | ||||||
| Action to check if a Pantone color is part of a library or not | ||||||
| Action to normalize Panone color names | ||||||
| Variables to work with color values | ||||||
| Action to select closed paths | ||||||
| Option for Image Resolution Check to ignore soft masks | ||||||
| Actions to select, check, fix layers by print state | ||||||
| PDF Geomapper | ||||||
| Inspector panel for Transparency Groups and Masks | ||||||
| Select concealed / visible objects Action | ||||||
| Layer chapter in Preflight report | ||||||
| Round cornered rectangles | ||||||
| 41 DeviceLink profiles shipped as standard | ||||||
| Re-order and delete pages Action | ||||||
| Ink Coverage to ignore named color separations | ||||||
| Scale Selection Action | ||||||
| Improvements to Scale Page Size Action | ||||||
| Select overlapping / underlying objects Action | ||||||
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| Preflight restrictions | ||||||
| Customizable Preflight messages | ||||||
| Customizable Action List messages | ||||||
| Generate bleed Action | ||||||
| Improved log selection Action | ||||||
| Improvements to Workgroup Manager | ||||||
| Cut - copy - paste in Action Lists | ||||||
| Check number of nodes on a page | ||||||
| Select pages Action can count from the back | ||||||
| Select inside contour Action (dieline / cutter guide) |
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| Select spot color now allows lists of colors | ||||||
| Scale Actions work to 4 decimal places and with Variables | ||||||
| "Just make my Office PDF work" Preflight Profile | ||||||
| Improved Preflight image resolution reporting | ||||||
| ISO 19593-1 Processing Steps support | ||||||
| Action to remove object level metadata | ||||||
| Action to remove attachments from PDF files | ||||||
| Option to turn off anti-aliasing when rasterizing | ||||||
| Action to convert shadings (blends) to images | ||||||
| Esko Packaging Preflight Actions | ||||||
| GWG2015 Preflight Profiles | ||||||
| Updated Pantone libraries including Pantone+ in Lab / CMYK | ||||||
| Create Action Lists directly in the Preflight Profile editor | ||||||
| Retina icon support for Acrobat DC | ||||||
| Integration with Monotype missing font solution | ||||||
| Image adjustment - tonal curves | ||||||
| Image adjustment - brightness / contrast | ||||||
| Image adjustment - Unsharp masking | ||||||
| Gradient / Blend creation and editing | ||||||
| Ink Usage Report | ||||||
| RGB Black Image to Black channel only | ||||||
| Alignment tools | ||||||
| Group and ungroup objects | ||||||
| Customizable keyboard shortcuts | ||||||
| Modernized selections | ||||||
| Global color curves | ||||||
| Use of regular expressions in Action Lists | ||||||
| Anti-aliasing in image conversion | ||||||
| Improved working with PDF layers | ||||||
| "Look" function in Inspector | ||||||
| Smart Preflight and correction | ||||||
| Improved Preflight Profile editor | ||||||
| Streamlined Navigator | ||||||
| Find and replace text | ||||||
| Merge into text lines | ||||||
| Split spreads into single pages (Split pages in half) |
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| PitStop Workgroup Manager | ||||||
| PDF/A, check and fix to this standard | ||||||
| PDF/X-4:2010 compliancy | ||||||
| Optimize PDF files | ||||||
| Global Changes in QuickRuns | ||||||
| Redesigned and enhanced Action List engine | ||||||
| Enhanced design layout | ||||||
| Search functionality on the font and color picker | ||||||
| Import color libraries | ||||||
| Pantone Plus added to Pantone color libraries | ||||||
| Check total ink coverage | ||||||
| Color management presets | ||||||
| Black point compensation when converting color | ||||||
| Channel remap | ||||||
| Workspace | ||||||
| Design Layouts | ||||||
| Redesigned and enhanced Global Change engine | ||||||
| Unified Preset Manager | ||||||
| Floating licenses | ||||||
| Outline problematic fonts | ||||||
| Place PDF in PDFs | ||||||
| Run Action Lists during Preflight | ||||||
| Universal Binary | ||||||
| Work with different font types | ||||||
| Support for Little CMS, Adobe CMM | ||||||
| Text display in wireframe mode | ||||||
| Sign-off on Preflight errors | ||||||
| New PitStop Inspector | ||||||
| Separate Color conversion panel | ||||||
| Better page configuration handling | ||||||
| Annotated Preflight Report |
