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Sample file (can be sanitised)? Version of PitStop Pro? Stephen Marsh

Keep in mind that you also need a software license file that matches the dongle and software version etc. You may also need Kodak to transfer the license to you as software is licensed, not owned. Caveat emptor! Stephen Marsh

I understand where you are coming from SMS, I have always used the Pantone Color Bridge Coated and Uncoated fan guides for finding the “lowest common denominator” colour match between spot and CMYK values on different stock. It is a good brand designer that understands that if one wishes to...

Glad to try to help. I did notice that the stacking order changes, so if elements overlap then they could potentially end up in the incorrect order. Both scripts can be combined into a single script to save running twice. Stephen Marsh

Here is a script for the Text layer: // https://forums.adobe.com/thread/583929 var newLayer = app.activeDocument.layers.add({name:"Text"}); var tfs = app .activeDocument .spreads.everyItem().textFrames.everyItem().getElements(); while(tf = tfs.pop()){ tf.move(newLayer); } Test with care...

A quick Google search kicked up the following script for images: https://indesignsecrets.com/topic/sc...seperate-layer (ensure that quotes are straight, not curly) This script is not for batch processing, it is one document at a time... It should just take a little bit of hacking to work for...

First question, is the press room “printing to the numbers” on a given press and stock – with the numbers being a repeatable SID value for solid C, M, Y, K… Which should translate to a repeatable L*a*b* colour value for solid C, M, Y, K and C+M, M+Y, Y+C… Forgetting curves for now, just solids...

You could just go on using spot colours and possibly export top-level-layers as PDF OCG/layers, without the specific ISO 19593-1 Processing Steps then. When you do wish to make use of the ISO 19593-1 Processing Steps with software that can leverage the data, both Enfocus PitStop Pro and Callas...

That would be Enfocus or Callas, depending on your needs. Considering all that they offer and can do, and that they also can create the processing step OCG’s to specification, they are a bargain! What DFE or RIP or other software do you have that can make use of the ISO 19593-1 Processing...

Ah, there we go, not something that will be native then. what about “PDF 2.0”? Stephen Marsh

ISO 19593-1 Processing Steps will take time to be incorporated into Adobe software. For those in Packaging, I would suggest that Illustrator rather than InDesign is the favoured tool. One of the early adopters of the processing steps is Enfocus PitStop Pro, which can easily create these...

The great monitor and calibration are not enough in itself. Keep in mind that this is a better monitor than most “web viewers” will be using and most of them will not have calibrated or profiled monitors, nor be in suitable viewing conditions etc. How is the PDF being viewed (what software) and...

Yes, however a little prep work in Photoshop would help and the result would need some cleanup to fix cuts that don’t touch. Arden Impact has a very good tracing algorithm, however it is not perfect and is probably not designed for such a project. Such an image would likely have a “hold away”...

Hi Michael, For a regular square/rectangular CutContour path this is easy to do via an Enfocus PitStop action list. As long as the trim marks are set to a colour of ALL or 100c100m100y100k they can be picked up and a page box = trim box can be created, plus a spot colour vector CutContour path...

Hi Michael, By page boxes I was referring to art/bleed/crop/trim/media metadata, not a vector object. The PDF engines used by the W2P systems that I have seen do not set this metadata. Stephen Marsh

As I said, I had a number of false starts and hit brick walls… so I had to get creative! Change the “resize media box” step to half the value (12.7mm to 6.35mm or 0.5” to 0.25”)… Then change the “Move by" step two places down in a similar fashion, halving existing values (from 6.35mm to 3.175mm...

It is not surprising that a W2P system does not produce page boxes. You specifically mentioned that the trim info was somehow embedded in the PDF from PressWise… So I am not sure if this was lost when you added the CutContour path or not (I was looking for an untouched file straight out of...

The file without mockup in the name without rego dots, it has a CutContour spot path where the trim marks intersect… Did this come from PressWise or did you add them? Where is the info regarding the trim info from PressWise and how is it translated into a vector path with spot colour? Stephen...

Can you provide a couple of sample PDF files? A file out of PressWise that contains this “cut path info” (I presume that this is metadata and not a vector graphic element), and a final mockup PDF of how a final file should look, with a description of the required size, location of the rego...

This was an interesting exercise, I had a number of false starts and ideas for future development when I hit a brick wall, however I finally came up with what I believe is a workable result, however it of course requires extensive testing. Stephen Marsh