This configurator drives Enfocus PitStop Server. It is a processor that preflights and/or corrects a PDF file according to specifications. The resulting PDF file flows along the “data” output connections, the preflight report flows along the “log” output connections.
Refer to Version requirements for third-party applications for more information on the third-party application required by this configurator.
Keywords can be used with the search function above the elements pane.
The keywords for the Enfocus PitStop Server configurator are:
This configurator implements the following mechanisms to detect the presence of the corresponding third-party application. See Detecting third-party applications for more information.
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Detection mechanism |
Comments |
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Automatic detection at startup |
Uses information registered with the operating system when the application is installed. |
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Searching from the elements pane |
In addition to the above, searches the system program files/applications folder for the application |
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Manually locating the executable |
Not provided |
This configurator supports any number of outgoing traffic-light connections.
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Property |
Description |
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Name |
The name of the flow element displayed in the canvas |
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PDF profile |
The Enfocus Preflight Profile to be used to preflight and possibly correct the file (select an item from the library stored inside PitStop Server, or browse for a Preflight Profile saved from PitStop Server or PitStop Pro) The Preflight Profile can be omitted in case one or more Action Lists are specified (in the next property) |
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Action list(s) |
A sequence of Action Lists to be executed on the file (select one ore more items from the library stored inside PitStop Server, or browse for an Action List saved from PitStop Server or PitStop Pro) The sequence of Action Lists can be empty in case a Preflight Profile is specified (in the previous property) |
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Certified PDF |
Determines Certified PDF-related behavior while processing the file as one of these choices:
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Allow rollback |
If set to yes, the output file preserves the Certified PDF history information allowing rollback to previous Certified PDF sessions |
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Set personal info |
If set to yes, three extra properties appear for defining the personal information listed on the preflight report and used for the Certified PDF session created by processing the file |
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User name |
The user name in the personal info |
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Company name |
The company name in the personal info |
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Email address |
The email address in the personal info |
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Color management for images |
Determines whether PitStop Server uses color management to process the file If set to yes, the configurator shows a series of extra properties to specify color profiles and rendering intent |
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Gray source Gray target RGB source RGB target CMYK source CMYK target LAB source LAB target |
These properties specify source and target color profiles for various color spaces Select a color profile from the library stored inside PitStop Server or browse to a standard ICC profile file |
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Output intent overrides selected source ICC profile |
Specifies whether the ICC profile of the output intent in the PDF should be used instead of the selected source ICC profile |
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Output intent overrides selected target ICC profile |
Specifies whether the ICC profile of the output intent in the PDF should be used instead of the selected target ICC |
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CMM Engine |
The color management engine used for color conversions. Choices are System CMM, Little CMM and Adobe CMM |
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Rendering intent |
Specifies the rendering intent for color management; choices are:
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Color management for other objects |
Specifies the color management mode for objects other than images; choices are:
If this property is set to "Different", the configurator shows a series of extra properties to specify color profiles and rendering intent (similar to the extra properties shown for "use color management") |
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Extra font folder |
Path to a folder that contains extra fonts for use while processing files (in addition to the system fonts) |
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Optimization |
The optimization performed: optimized for web download; optimized for file size only; not optimized |
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Report type |
The format of the preflight report; choices are: PDF, PDF minimum, PDF continuous, XML, Text summary, XML summary (see section on report types below) |
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Hyperlinks include unique name prefix |
A PDF report contains hyperlinks to the file being processed; this property determines whether the filename in those hyperlinks includes the Switch unique name prefix or not In both cases the hyperlinks are relative to the file's position, so the preflight report and the file being processed must remain in the same folder for the hyperlinks to work |
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Additional XML Report dataset |
The name of an additional dataset where an XML report will be stored |
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Report language |
The human language for the preflight report; choices include: English, German, French, Italian |
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Measurement units |
The measurement units used in the report; choices are: Points, Picas, Inches, Centimeters, Millimeters |
The following table lists the report types offered by the PitStop Server configurator.
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Report type |
Description |
Generated by |
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Regular PDF preflight report format |
PitStop Server |
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PDF minimum |
Minimum PDF preflight report format |
PitStop Server |
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PDF continuous |
Continuous PDF preflight report format |
PitStop Server |
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XML |
XML preflight report format |
PitStop Server |
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Text summary |
Plain text summary of the preflight report in UTF-8 encoding |
Switch configurator |
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XML summary |
XML summary of the preflight report |
Switch configurator |
PitStop Server can generate customized PDF reports using a template provided by the user. When driving PitStop Server via Switch, you must replace the report templates provided by Switch in the following location:
On Windows: C:\Program Files\Enfocus\Enfocus PowerSwitch 09\Resources\PitStop09\ReportTemplates or C:\Program Files\Enfocus\Enfocus FullSwitch 09\Resources\PitStop09\ReportTemplates
On Windows 7 or Vista: C:\Program Files (x86)\Enfocus\Enfocus PowerSwitch 09\Resources\PitStop09\ReportTemplates or C:\Program Files (x86)\Enfocus\Enfocus FullSwitch 09\Resources\PitStop09\ReportTemplates
On Mac OS: Applications/Enfocus/PowerSwitch_Service.app/Contents/ MacOS/Resources/PitStop9/ReportTemplates or Applications/Enfocus/FullSwitch_Service.app/Contents/ MacOS/Resources/PitStop9/ReportTemplates
The names of the report templates correspond to the report types as follows:
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Report type |
Report template filename |
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ServerReportDefault |
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PDF minimum |
ServerReportMinimal |
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PDF continuous |
ServerReportGrayscale |
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Annotated |
ServerReportAnnotated |
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Annotated low res |
ServerReportAnnotatedLowRes |