"Pages / 1ups" Tab

You can define a default paper size in the "Format" and "Default Size" list boxes. This paper size is then always used for the generated PDF documents if a Postscript or EPS file does not contain any information about the page size.

You can select the paper size either using the format name (e.g. "A4") or its default dimensions (width x height) in the selected unit of measure (e.g. 21.0 x 29.7 cm). The dimensions are matched automatically if you select a different unit of measure.

Enter the dimensions you want in "Default Size" if you need a size that deviates from the suggested dimensions. The input in "Format" switches to "Custom Size" if you now change your input focus, e.g. by hitting the Tab key.

"Resolution" list box

The "Resolution" parameter defines the standard resolution of the Normalizer. If the PostScript code which is to be processed does not contain any information about the resolution, the standard resolution is used.

The list box has some normal resolutions with equivalent values for width and height. You can select between "dpi" (dots per inch) and "pixels/cm" for the unit of measure. The values are converted automatically if you select a different unit of measure. You can enter a different resolution by overwriting the default values. Distortions can occur in your result if the values for width and height are different.

The value for resolution affects only vector data. For example, it determines the step width when converting a shade. Its influence on the file size is minor; setting the resolution of the output device is recommended.

"Decompose Pages when Size is more than Twice the Default Size" option

This option is designed for the case that Normalizing is to run on documents where two (or more) pages, for example, are grouped side by side on a (double) page.

Example: The default page size set for Normalizing is A4 ("Format" list box). In a PostScript document the single pages are defined as double pages, in each of which two A4 pages lying side by side are combined to a double page in landscape orientation (size of the double pages: 250 x 460 mm). However, because single pages are required for page assignment in the Prinect workflow, you can bring about that such pages are split into two single pages by enabling this option. In this process, the size of the page contents is determined from the PostScript code. Splitting produces two single pages in default size (in our example A4) and the page contents are centered on the A4 pages.

Documents pages are not split if you use this setting when processing documents that only have A4 single pages because their size is smaller than twice the default size.

If you use this setting when processing a document that has single pages, for example, in A3 landscape, these pages are also split. For that reason, you should give this option some thought before you enable it, if possible only after viewing the documents that will be processed.

Note: Splitting can occur in horizontal or vertical direction. The splitting result can also be more than two pages.

Trim Allowance in Case of Missing Trim Box

Note: The trim box is a rectangle, specifying the intended finished size of a page, e.g. the dimensions of an A4 sheet of paper.

This box lets you enter a value for the trim allowance of single pages that result after splitting double-page input documents (as described above) if no trim box is defined for them in the code of the double-page input documents. In this case, a margin the width of the trim allowance is added to the page content on all four sides. This produces a new page size that in a given case can be bigger than the default size (e.g. A4).

"Page Order" list box

This is where you can set the order of the single pages after the document is split. You can choose between the following settings for this:

​•​1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8

This is the conventional order in which pages are arranged in consecutive order.

​•​8-1, 2-7, 6-3, 4-5

This order arranges the pages based on the scheme of "last page – first page", for example 20- 1, 2- 19, 18-3, etc.

Note: This automatic split in the workflow involves a certain element of risk. You should always check the page position during imposition or in the imposition proof!

"Append blank pages up to a multiple of" option

Use this option to automatically insert blank pages into the processed PDF document. This is useful mainly for automatically processed print jobs, for example in digital printing.

​•​Example 1:

A PDF document has 3 pages and a blank page must be inserted in position 2 in order for sheet 1 to have only page 1 and sheet 2 to have pages 2 and 3. If a blank page would not be inserted, page 2 would be placed together with page 1 on sheet 1. Enter "2" in the "Pages" box.

​•​Example 2:

A PDF/VT document is to be divided up in such a way, producing new PDF documents that always have a multiple of 4 as page numbers. The input PDF/VT files have varying page numbers, e.g. 23 pages or 25 pages. Enter "4" in the "Pages" box. Blank pages are inserted at the end of the new PDF documents. In the case of 23 pages, one blank page is inserted (to obtain 24 pages); in the case of 25 pages three blank pages are inserted (to obtain 28 pages).

Layer Handling

This group refers only to PDF files that are available in PDF 1.5 or later and that are to be normalized. Such documents can have several layers if they were created with applications that support PDF layers (e.g. Adobe Illustrator CS). This is where you define how these layers will be handled. There are two ways of handling layers:

One Page / One 1up of the Default Layers

When Normalizing runs on documents that have pages with several layers, the visible layers, i.e. the so-called "default layers", are "merged" to one page/one 1up with one resulting layer.

One Page / One 1up of the Default Layers

Example: For each version in a versioned output, there is a PDF 1.6 file with optional layers, each containing images, texts and marks.

Use this option to define which layers will be used in the Prinect workflow. For example, you can use only the image layers for the base and only the text and marks layers for the versions.

You must enter the layers you want into the box, separated by commas. The layers from the PDF files whose names begin with one of the layer names you entered are selected. This option is not case-sensitive.

Separate Pages/1ups of all Layers

When Normalizing runs on documents that have pages with several layers, one page/one 1up is created of each layer.

Example: Three single pages are automatically created out of one single-page document with three layers for different language versions.

Test parameter "Cover&Body Workflow: Number of pages does not match MIS job"

For print jobs submitted from an MIS to Prinect Production, the page number in the job's PDF file may not match the page number defined in the MIS if the job contains both cover and body pages. This would result in an incorrect page assignment in the Prinect Production workflow.

To avoid such problems, you can enable this test parameter by selecting one of the options "Error" or "Warning" from the listbox.

This check allows you to at least receive a warning about the page number mismatch before you start processing the job, investigate the cause, and correct the error.