Specifications

applied to different checks or corrections when Enable Variable Names is turned on for that
preflight check or correction. You will probably need only one Variable Set for your installation,
but you can create more if necessary. However, you can only activate one variable set per Hot
Folder configuration.
Note: PitStop Pro and PitStop Server can share the same Smart Preflight Variable Sets much like
Preflight Profiles or Action Lists. However, "Constant" variables are specific for use in PitStop Pro
and, "Job Ticket" variables are specific to PitStop Server. Non-supported variables are ignored or
the default value is used when processing.
PitStop server uses XML/JDF job ticket data to drive the Smart Preflight processing. Before building
a variable set, you need to decide which Job Ticket values will be used from the XML/JDF and what
functions they will affect.
Types of Smart Preflight Variables
There are two primary types of variables for PitStop Pro, "Constants" and "Rule Based". Following
is a definition of both:
A constant variable field when applied to a preflight check will display a default
value to the operator allowing them to override it before running that preflight
Constant
(PitStop Pro
Only): check. Constants can be a text string, a number, a measurement or a Boolean
(yes/no or on/off) value.
Note: Although Constant variables are available in PitStop Server to stay
compatible with PitStop Pro, only the default value is used when processing.
No choice is given at the time of processing a Constant variable since PitStop
Server is intended to process files 100% "hands-off".
A "Rule Based" variable allows you to use an existing variable to determine the
value change in another preflight check or set of checks. Using Rule Based
Rule Based:
variables enables you to take values from another variable and use them to
create new values based on different conditions, as an example the paper type
and printing method could both be used to define the value for the necessary
Total Ink Coverage.
Job Ticket variable values are extracted from an XML/JDF file submitted to
PitStop in conjunction with the PDF job file. These variables can either change
Job Ticket:
a single setting or be linked to Rule Based variables for more complex
processing.
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PitStop Pro
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PitStop Server with
Enfocus Switch
Using Smart Preflight
Following is the overview of the step to using Smart Preflight variables within PitStop Server:
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