Analyze

With this node you can perform a check on the content PDF document, based on a list of criteria.

It has the following configuration options:

  • Input File: here you can define the input file. Select the pencil to open Expression Builder.

You can change the severity of the check results by selecting one of the icons next to the checkboxes.
  • will result in information.
  • will result in a warning.
  • will result in an error.

  • High resolution images: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed for images with a resolution equal to or higher than the resolution specified in the input field. The search will also include images used as a soft mask.
    • Downsample: if you activate this button, high resolution images will be downsampled. Images within a station will also be downsampled.
      Note: Downsampling images can significantly reduce the size of a PDF as it reduces the number of pixels in an image. However, this also means the quality of the image will decrease.
  • High Resolution Bitmaps: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against bitmap images with a resolution equal to or higher than the resolution specified in the input field.
    • Downsample: if you activate this button, high resolution bitmap images will be downsampled. Bitmap images within a station will also be downsampled.
  • Low Resolution Images: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against images with a resolution equal to or lower than the resolution specified in the input field.
  • Low Resolution Bitmaps: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against bitmaps with a resolution equal to or lower than the resolution specified in the input field.
  • Bitmaps: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against bitmap images (images with only two different pixel colors).
  • Out of Sync Images: if you select this checkbox, the system will check if the images within the document are still up-to-date with the original images. When there are stations within the document, the content of the station will also be checked on outdated image information.
    • Reload: if you activate this button, active images in the document will update accordingly to the images on the disk.
  • Missing Image Files: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against images that have a file path which points to a file that doesn't exist.
  • Pattern Paints: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against objects with a pattern as paint.
    • Vectorize: if you activate this button, patterns will be converted to paths.

  • Detect Barcodes: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against barcodes that can be recognized by the Barcode Recognize function in PACKZ.
    • Recognize: if you select this checkbox, barcodes that are created in another application will be recognized and updated if needed.
  • Mixed Paint Barcodes: if you select this checkbox, the system will perform a barcode detection (not a recognition) and check the detected barcodes for mixed paint objects. A detected barcode is added to the collection if at least one contained object has a mixed paint. Also barcodes in RGB or Lab will be marked in the Mixed Paint Barcodes collection.
  • Illustrator Blends: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against Illustrator blends.
    • To Image: if you activate this button, Illustrator blends will be converted to images.
  • Illustrator Deskpack 0.2% Colors: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against 0.2% ink components created by Deskpack to simulate the overprint that is not supported by Illustrator.
    • To 0% and DeviceN: if you activate this button, the 0.2% ink components created by Deskpack will be put back to 0%.
  • Redundant Clips: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against clipping objects that do no clip anything.
    • Remove: if you activate this button, all redundant clips will be removed.
  • Out of Sync Stations: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against station content that is no longer up-to-date with the original content.
    • Reload: if you activate this button, active stations in the document will be updated according to the stations on the disk.
  • Distortion: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against the use of a distortion.
  • Printable Notes: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against printable notes. Options:
    • Collect Only: if you select this option, the printable notes will be listed in a collection.
    • Remove: if you select this option, all printable notes will be removed.
    • Remove Unsupported: if you select this option, only unsupported printable notes will be removed.
    • Clear Printable Flag: if you select this option, the printable flag will be removed from the notes.
  • PDF Layers: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against PDF Layers that are hidden (Hidden) or hidden but printable (Hidden but Printable). Options:
    • Collect Only: if you select this option, hidden or hidden but printable layers will be listed in a collection.
    • Make Visible: if you select this option, hidden or hidden but printable layers will be made visible.
    • Make non-Printable: if you select this option, hidden or hidden but printable layers will be made non-printable.

  • None Embedded Fonts: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against non-embedded fonts.
  • Missing Font Symbols: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against missing font outlines.
  • Subset Fonts: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against subset fonts.
  • Text Objects: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against all live text.
    • Vectorize: if you activate this button, all live text will be converted to outlines.
  • Text In Page Box Margin: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against text that is too close to a certain page box border. You can select the page box from the drop-down menu and you can set the margin value in the corresponding input field.
    • Page Box:: here you can select the page box from the drop-down list.
    • Margin:: here you can define the margin value.
  • Mixed Paint Text: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against text that has more than one separation color, or text in RGB or Lab. Text part of a recognized barcode or barcode created in PACKZ will be skipped. Within a text group, all consecutive characters having the same matching criterion (mixed fill paint, mixed stroke paint or both) will be grouped into a single collection item.
  • Font Size: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against text that has a certain font size. Options:
    • At least: if you select this option, the check searches for text that is bigger than or equal to the size entered in the input box.
    • Exactly: if you select this option, the check searches for text that is exactly the size entered in the input box.
    • At most: if you select this checkbox, the check searches for text that is smaller than or equal to the size entered in the input box.
    • Number of separations at least: here you can define the number of separations for both the fill and stroke of the text. If no separation colors are used in the text and the Number of separations at least parameter is set to 1, it will still be added to the collection, but in stead of a number a question mark will be displayed.

  • EU 1169/2011 Violations (1,2 mm): if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against (live) text that does not meet the EU 1169/2011 regulation concerning the minimum font size. This regulation specifies that the font’s minimum height of the lower case x character should be at least 1.2 mm.
  • EU 1169/2011 Violations (small packages: 0,9mm): if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against (live) text that does not meet the EU 1169/2011 regulation concerning the minimum font size on packages for which the largest surface has an area of less than 80 cm2. This regulation specifies that the font’s minimum height of the lower case x character should be at least 0.9 mm.

  • RGB Objects: if you select this checkbox, the document is analyzed against objects in an RGB color space.
    • Convert To CMYK: if you activate this button, active RGB objects will be converted to CMYK.
  • Lab Objects: if you select this checkbox, the document is analyzed against objects in objects in Lab.
    • Convert To CMYK: if you activate this button, active Lab objects will be converted to CMYK.
  • Gray Objects: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against objects in a Gray color space (except when they are used in soft mask).
    • Make Black: if you activate this button, active objects in color space Gray (except when they're used in soft mask) will be converted to Black.
  • Registration Objects: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against objects in registration paint. 0% registration objects will be ignored.
    • Percentage: here you can define the registration percentage value.
    • Convert to Separated: if you activate this button, the selected registration objects will get a Separated modus paint.
  • ICC Profiles: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against objects containing an ICC Profile. From the drop-down list you can select an option to only search for ICC profiles in images, in CMYK images or in all kind of objects.
    • Remove: if you activate this button, objects or images containing a profile will be removed.
  • Different Profiles with Same Name: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against profiles with the same name (case insensitive) and binary equality.
    • Resolve: if you activate this button, these profiles will be replaced with the first one that was encountered in the document.

  • Knockout Black Objects: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against all objects that contain only 100% of the Black separation. This can be strokes and/or fills of any object and text.
    • Make Overprinting: if you activate this button, active opaque inks that are in knockout will be put in overprint.
  • Knockout Black Text: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against text that has a fill paint of 100% Black.
    • Max. Size: if you activate this button, you can indicate the maximum size of the black text.
    • Make Overprinting: if you activate this button, black text will be put in overprint.
  • Knockout Black Strokes: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against black strokes in knockout, except strokes on text. For text, you can use the Knockout Black Text check.
    • Max. Width: here you can define a maximum stroke width.
    • Make Overprinting: if you activate this button, black strokes will be put in overprint.
  • Knockout Black Rectangles: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against rectangles that have a black fill in knockout.
    • Max. Width: here you can define a maximum width, which is the smallest length of the rectangle.
    • Make Overprinting: if you activate this button, black rectangles will be put in overprint.

  • Overprints: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against objects in overprint.
    • Analyze fill: if you select this button, the check will search for objects with a fill in overprint.
    • Analyze stroke: if you select this button, the check will search for objects with a stroke in overprint.
  • Overprint Mode 1: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against objects containing an Overprint mode 1 construct.
    • Resolve: if you activate this button, these constructions will be converted to real overprints.
  • Technical inks in knockout: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against objects containing one or more technical inks in knockout.
    • Make Overprinting: if you activate this button, active technical inks that are in knockout will be put in overprint.
  • Varnishes in knockout: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against objects containing one or more varnish inks in knockout.
    • Make Overprinting: if you activate this button, active varnish inks that are in knockout will be put in overprint.
  • Opaque inks in knockout: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against objects containing one or more opaque inks. Objects matching this check will have an indication in the collection’s item name informing you if the opaque ink in knockout was detected in the fill, stroke or both. Objects will not be detected in the following cases:
    • If the object (or object’s group) has blend mode Darken or Multiply.
    • If the object’s paint has at least one non-technical ink value set to zero.
    • Make Overprinting: if you activate this button, active opaque inks that are in knockout will be put in overprint.
  • White Objects in Overprint: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against white text or white objects in overprint. White RGB and grayscale objects will be included. Lab color space is not supported by this function.
    • Analyze text objects: if you activate this button, the check will search for white text objects in overprint.
    • Analyze other objects: if you activate this button, the check will search for other white objects in overprint.
    • Remove Overprint: if you activate this button, the overprint will be removed and the objects will be put in white.
  • Mixed Paint Objects: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against objects with mixed paint. Contrary to the Mixed Paint Barcodes criteria, it will not perform a barcode recognition prior to the check (if not recognized yet) and its individual components will be flagged.
  • Technical/Non-Technical Ink Mix: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against objects containing both a mix of technical and non-technical ink.
  • Non-Separable Blend Modes: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against objects containing a non-separable blend mode.
  • Invisible paints: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against objects that have a paint in which all the separations are set to overprint. Options:
    • Collect Only: if you select this option, these objects are collected.
    • Resolve: if you select this option, these objects will not be included on the output as some RIPs struggle with these kinds of objects.
    • Remove Redundant Objects: if you select this option, redundant objects will be removed, but only if they are not marked as a trim path. In case the object is defined as trim path, the paint will be resolved instead.
  • Opaque Inks and Varnishes - Ink Types: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against opaque inks, varnishes or both. An ink is considered to be opaque as soon as the opacity is not zero. Options:
    • Opaque Inks: if you select this option, the check will search for opaque inks.
    • Varnishes: if you select this option, the check will search for varnishes.
    • Opaque Inks and Varnishes: if you select this option, the check will search for opaque inks and varnishes.
  • Combined Overprint and Transparency: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against objects that have an overprint in both a fill or a stroke and a transparency.
  • Blend Mode and Transparency: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against images containing an alpha channel and/or objects that have:
    • Any blend mode apart from Normal.
    • An opacity value lower than 100%.
    This also includes group transparencies or blend modes applied on a group.
  • Object Separation Usage: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against objects and/or text for which at least one separation has a percentage equal to or below the specified value. This check will only report flat paints with a gray or separated color space.
    • Analyze text objects: if you activate this button, the check will search for text objects.
    • Analyze other objects: if you activate this button, the check will search for other objects.
    • Percentage at Most: here you can specify the maximum percentage value of the separation(s).
  • Unused Separations: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against unused separations.
    • Remove: if you activate this button, unused separations will be removed.

  • Screened Objects: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against objects containing screening. The collection will list the matching items with the screening name.
    • Remove Screening: if you activate this button, the screening parameters from the objects containing screening will be removed.
  • Screening in XMP: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against screening descriptions in the XMP. Regardless of the number of unscreened objects, only a single item will be reported in the collection. The item in the collection will display the screening information that was found.
    • Set As Default: if you activate this button, the screening found in the XMP will be applied to all the objects in the file.

  • Stroke: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against specific strokes.
    • Separation Count: here you can define a number of separations. You can select At least, Exactly or At most from the drop-down menu.
    • Stroke Width: here you can define the stroke width. You can choose At least, Exactly or At most from the drop-down menu.
    • Fix: if you activate this button, the strokes will be set to the desired stroke width.
  • Open Paths: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against open paths.
    • Close: if you activate this button, all open paths from the same object will be closed.

  • Suggested Text Replacement: if you select this checkbox, the document will be analyzed against specific text parts, which you can replace or correct by other text. These specific text parts and its replacement text are defined in the TextReplacements.json file in the Shared Application Data folder.
    • Replace: if you activate this button, the selected text is replaced by the suggestion defined in the TextReplacements.json file.

  • Report to variable: here you can define the name of the variable that will be created. The variable will contain information (type, location...) of the issues that are found in the document, based on the selected criteria.
  • Save Preflight Report in Asset: if you select this checkbox, the result of the analyze node will be saved in the asset (in the database). This information can for example be used to show the preflight result in the PROOFSCOPE sidebar.

  • Inspect: here you can limit the search to a particular page box. Options:
    • All Objects
    • Objects in Media Box
    • Objects in Crop Box
    • Objects in Bleed Box
    • Objects in Trim Box
    • Objects in Art Box
    • Objects in Trim Path
    If you have selected an option different from All Objects, only objects that have a bounding box that overlaps the selected page box will be analyzed. If the page box does not exist, the analyze process falls back to the default, which is All Objects. If there is no Trim Path defined and Inspect is set to Trim Path, the Trim Box will be taken.

  • Output: here you can select the output type. Options:
    • Postfix: if you select this option, you can define a postfix that will be added to the newly generated file. The new file will be placed on the same location as the original file.
    • Custom: if you select this option, you can specify a path where the new file will be placed and a postfix that will be added to the new file. Select the pencil to open Expression Builder.