Quote from: Joe on Today at 09:43:56 AMWith Pitstop you would not need to remove the masks. Using the add bleed function for just vector items would be a one click solution for all pages. Or maybe two if you needed to run odd and even pages separately. It would depend on the content.

I would never trust the Acrobat Edit PDF function. Never trusted it.

I know your pain. When I was at Dome and used Prinergy, Prinergy NEVER saw any corrections done with the Edit PDF features, but Prinergy DID see corrections done with PitStop. However, at PIP (and here) we don't have a true RIP per se (CWS at PIP, Prisma here), so it does see the corrections.

Oddly, you can mess with page geometry on a PDF here and if you print directly to PrismaSync it will be fine, but if you impose it through PrismaPrepare, then the page geometry of the PDF comes into play; Sync ignores page geometry.

Quote from: DigiCorn on Today at 09:27:38 AMI am getting quotes for PitStop, but even with I might have still had issues because I'm not sure you can automate mask removal on multiple pages.

With Pitstop you would not need to remove the masks. Using the add bleed function for just vector items would be a one click solution for all pages. Or maybe two if you needed to run odd and even pages separately. It would depend on the content.

I would never trust the Acrobat Edit PDF function. Never trusted it.

The file was supplied as a PDF and it was 5.44" x 7.62" with no bleeds, and the client wanted it 8.5" x 11" with bleeds. I was able to enlarge it and fix the page geometry and add a bleed through PDF fixups (it was all vector art, solid color blocks and text - nothing raster) and stretch out certain pages with the edit PDF tool, but the masks were throwing me; you can't adjust the mask without PitStop in Acrobat.

I originally realized that I could cut and paste the color blocks and then send-to-back, but that would have required me doing that a few hundred times, as would have editing the item in Illustrator, so I was looking for a quick fix. I know I could have made a few Parent pages in InDesign and then done a multipage import of the PDF, but again, there were several hundred pages with different colors (left and right) that would have had to have been matched up (and some of them had a white knockout in different places to create pseudo tabs).

Eventually I realized the fix I employed, and it worked. I used the compare tool in Acrobat to check the text and make sure nothing moved or got mislayered. It checked out good, so I'm done.

I am getting quotes for PitStop, but even with I might have still had issues because I'm not sure you can automate mask removal on multiple pages.

PDF Toolbox may help in this instance.

You can send it to me and I'd be happy to try it for you.


Rodi

I can't imagine doing prepress without Pitstop these days. I'm sure you have to figure out all kinds of ways to do what needs to be done. 

Glad you got it sorted. 

Quote from: Joe on May 14, 2024, 11:18:29 AMSounds dangerous. Check everything carefully.

duh!

It checked out just fine.

Quote from: DigiCorn on May 14, 2024, 10:48:44 AMApparently, and this is weird, the pages were mystically linked together in sections somehow. I used the, "Edit PDF," tool, selected the masked area and right-clicked. Then I selected, "Remove Artifact," and the mask was removed... but it did it on all like pages, so I only had to edit about a half dozen pages to fix the whole document. Weird, right?

Sounds dangerous. Check everything carefully.

Quote from: Joe on May 14, 2024, 10:22:09 AMDo a trial.

IT has everything locked down. I can barely download anything, and can't install anything without their permission. I can't even add a script to InDesign/Acrobat.

Apparently, and this is weird, the pages were mystically linked together in sections somehow. I used the, "Edit PDF," tool, selected the masked area and right-clicked. Then I selected, "Remove Artifact," and the mask was removed... but it did it on all like pages, so I only had to edit about a half dozen pages to fix the whole document. Weird, right?

Quote from: DigiCorn on May 14, 2024, 09:47:11 AMAs of now, we do not have PitStop.

Do a trial.