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4-15 Page-level operations of the Command WorkStation
Merging PostScript and raster files with DocBuilder Pro
The ability to work with PostScript and raster files gives you new opportunities to
combine documents from different sources into a single file. For example, you can
combine full color covers and chapter head pages created in a page layout application
with two-color text pages created in a document processing application. Or, you can
customize a slide presentation by inserting slides from a different presentation.
You can display two PostScript or raster files at once: a source file and a target file. The
target file is displayed in the Thumbnail A window, the source in Thumbnail B. Both
files must be of the same data type, i.e. held PostScript or raster data jobs, and both
must be located in the same area (Spool or RIP). You cannot merge a PostScript job
from Thumbnail B with a raster job in Thumbnail A.
NOTE: You cannot create a new PostScript file in this process; you must print the
merged file, which has references to the original PostScript files. Before editing or
merging raster files with DocBuilder Pro, make sure the source files were RIPped using
the print option settings and the resident calibration you want for the final output.
Raster files edited with DocBuilder Pro cannot be reRIPped.
Page manipulations
Page-level manipulations in the Thumbnail A window (adding pages, deleting pages,
reordering pages, or inserting blank pages) modify the temporary PDF file. If you do
not want to modify the original PDF spool file, you must save the job under a different
name or discard the changes. The Thumbnail B window is read-only—you cannot
make content changes to it.