PDF node tag definitions

A formal description of all available tags in the XML job ticket PDF node. If the default value for a tag is “channel value”, this means that if the tag is not in the jobticket, the value is taken from the channel that processes the jobticket. If the tag is in the jobticket, the value of it overwrites the channel setting.

PDFCompression (type:string, range:JPEG, ZIP, default:channel value)

Compression method with which images are placed back in the PDF that were originally lossless compressed.

PDFOriginalLossyCompression (type:string, range:JPEG, ZIP, UsePDFCompressionSetting, default:channel value)

Compression method with which images are placed back in the PDF that were originally lossy compressed.

PDFJpegCompression (type:float, range: 0-1, default:channel value)

Jpeg compression level, where 0.0 is maximum compression/low quality and 1.0 is minimum compression/high quality.

PDFSkipTooFewColors (type:boolean, range:true/false, default:channel value)

If true, images inside PDF files that have few colors (like logo’s) will not be processed.

PDFSkipOverlappingImages (type:boolean, range:true/false, default:channel value)

If true, images inside PDF files that are side by side or overlapping each other will not be processed.

PDFUpdate (type:boolean, range:true/false, default:channel value)

If true, the index-table is updated with the reference to the new images. The original images are still inside the PDF. This was the only way available prior to version 8 of Pixometry. If false, a new PDF will be written (with the same structure as the original) without the original images.

PDFExtractImages (type:boolean, range:true/false, default: channel value)

Extract the images inside a PDF to a folder.

PDFExtractImagesFolder (type:string, range:n/a, default:channel value)

Path to the folder where images from PDF files will be saved if PDFExtractImages=true.

PDFExtractImagesWithoutPDFProcessing (type:boolean, range:true/false, default: channel value)

Extract the images to a folder without further processing of the PDF. Applies only if PDFExtractImages=true.