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Connect1.8OutputEnhancementsandFixes

Dynamic Finishing

PrintOutputFinishinghasbeenimprovedconsiderably,andisnowmuchmorepowerfulandflexible.In

Templates,youcouldalreadysetfinishingfordocumentsandsections.JobCreationwouldallowyou

tospecifyadifferentkindofFinishingforyourdocumentsandTemplates.Thishasbeenextendedto

allowFinishingsettingsonalllevelsofJobCreation:Document Sets,Job SegmentsandJobs.

(SHARED-53277)

Sonowyoucanstapledocumentsetsandpunchholesinyoursegments.Youcanalsohavemultiple

finishingsettingsatthesamelevel.

Thereasonwecallthisfeaturedynamicfinishing,isthatitincludesabrandnewruleseditortoallow

youtochoosewhentoapplyafinishingsetting:

PDF Pass-through

Connect’soutputcreation(Weaverengine)triestowritecontentthebestwaypossible,dependingon

thechosenoutputformatandoptimizationsettings.However,therearecaseswhenthismightnotbe

desired,suchaswhenthegraphicshavealreadybeenoptimizedforthedeviceandyoudonotwant

thesoftwaretochangethem.

ItisnowpossibletoinstructoutputcreationtoincludePDFresourcesintheoutputfileas-is.When

used,itguaranteesthatthefidelityofPDFgraphicsusedinatemplateisretainedintheoutput.Theres-

ultingoutputwillbelessoptimized,typicallyproducingsomewhatlargerfiles.Thisoptioncanalsobe

usefulwhentheoutputisshowingunexpectedresultsortopreventrasterizationofPDFoutput.Willthis

featuretriggervisibledifferencesintheoutput?No,inmostcasesnot,butwhenprintinghighlyoptim-

izedgraphics,expecttoseeaslightdifferenceintheprintedoutput.ThisisonlypossiblewhenPDF

contentisallowedintheoutput,meaningitcanbeusedwithPDF,IPDSandAFPoutputwithPDFcon-

tainers.ForPDFoutput,thisfeaturecanbefoundintheOutputPresetorPrintWizardpageunderPDF

Options.(SHARED-56412)

ForAFPandIPDSwithPDFcontainers,thisoptionneedstobesetviaaPrinterDefinitionfile.Printer

DefinitionfilesforAFPandIPDSthathavePDFpass-throughenabledwillbemadeavailablefordown-

load,andwillbeaccessiblefromtheConnectWelcomepage.

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PleasenotethatwhenusingaPDFfromaDataMappingincombinationwithVirtualStationery,the

PDFisnotpassedthroughwhenselectingthisoptioninConnect1.8.Thisisaknownissueandwillbe

addressedinalaterreleaseofOLConnect.

AsecondissuewhenusingaPDFbackgroundviatheDatamapperisthattheresultantPDFoutputfile

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