What's New - Plato 12 - Esko Help Center

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Suite 12 

What’s New 

Interactive Applications

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Suite 12 

General overview

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What’s new in DeskPack 12? 

PowerLayout 

Standalone 

PantoneLIVE access 

Dynamic Marks Calculate Ink 

Consumption 

Moiré Detection

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What’s new in PackEdge 12? 

Thin Parts Detection and 

Fix Tool 

PZN8 Bar Code 

PDF Annotations 

Support 

CombiPress 

support (also in 

SmartMarks) 

Link to Shapes 

Downloa 

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Studio Multipart & 

Collada support 

PantoneLIVE access

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What’s new in ArtPro 12? 

Thin Parts Detection 

and Fix Tool 

Studio Multipart & 

Collada support 

Viewer Compare 

White Underprint 

generation 

CombiPress support 

Link to Shapes 

Downloa 

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Rich Black 

generation 

Improved CAD 

integration 

PantoneLIVE access

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Overview 

ArtPro 12 PackEdge 12 Plato 12 

Rebranding to Suite 12 icon: installers & application icons 

Combipress 

Studio Enhancements 

Shapes Integration 

Pantone Live 

Layer Flag Handling 

Thin Parts 

PowerTrapper Enhancements

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Overview 

ArtPro 12 PackEdge 12 Plato 12 

Collection tool New Barcode: PZN8 New Barcode: PZN8 

ColorEngine inkbooks PDF Notes Annotations PDF Notes Annotations 

Named Objects & Groups Layer enhancements Alternative input method for 

GS1 element strings 

Improved Structural Design 

Support 

Alternative input method for 

GS1 element strings 

Numeric Precision 

White Underprint & Rich Black JDF Export for Guillotine Cut 

Viewer Compare Mirror option in Grid based 

layout 

Improved Densitometer CAD as reference 

Export Gravure Tiff in 

PowerLayout standalone 

Small things…

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ArtPro – PackEdge – Plato 12 

Suite 12 Branding

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1 Suite 12 branding 

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New splash screens & new application icons

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Combipress

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2 CombiPress support 

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Industry trend: Hybrid presses / combination presses 

Hybrid press = printing process that combines 2 or more inline printing 

methods 

Eg. Digital + flexo, flexo + screen,… 

Multiple printing processes within 1 press => multiple printing 

characteristics: trapping, preflight, distortion

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In ArtPro, PackEdge & Plato 12: assign per separation a printing process 

-> AE 12 splits the file into the different processes via the ‘Extract Inks’ 

ticket (part of AE base) 

-> when connected to AE 12 Server, Job Parameters will also check the 

Printing Method

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In ArtPro 12 

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‘Show Printing Method’ column in fly-out 

menu of the Separations window 

Adding new Printing Method: 

saved in [user] > library > preferences > 

ArtPro > UserPrintingMethod 

Saved within the ArtPro file and in the 

exported Normalized PDF

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In PackEdge & Plato 12 

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‘Show Printing Method’ 

Adding new Printing Method: 

Esko > bg_data_custom_v010 > dat 

Saved in the exported Normalized PDF 

column in fly-out menu of the Inks window 

> printingmethods.dat

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CombiPress in Ink queries in SmartMarks: generating marks based on 

the printing method

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Studio Enhancements

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3 Studio Enhancements 

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Integration of new Studio 12 library in ArtPro 12, PackEdge 12 and 

Plato 12 

Collada 

export in Studio 

ArtPro 12 & PackEdge 12: 

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Support for multiple parts and 

3D scenes in Studio 

3D Guides

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Multidocument navigation (AP & PE) 

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Support for multiple parts and 3D scenes in Studio 

Loading Scene… 

To work with scenes of 3D objects involving multiple 

structural designs and associated artwork files 

Zooming in on a part of the Studio view => zoom in on the file 

When all files of a scene are open: 

double click on a part will put the focus on the corresponding file 

Double click on a part: 

- will open the corresponding part only when it has been used in a previous 

document 

- will ask to load the part in a new document

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3D guides (AP & PE) 

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Cfr. Studio Designer 

In the document 

window and in the 

Studio window 

Tool in the Toolbar (customize) 

3D guides 

- in a locked, non-printable layer 

- show/hide via SHIFT click on eye in Layer window 

- reopen file will empty the 3D guides layer

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Tool in the Toolbox 

3D guides 

- in a non-printable layer 

- are NOT saved in the file

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Collada Export 

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Export Collada files: .dae or .zae (=zipped dae file) 

-> open and public file format

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Shapes Integration

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4 Shapes Integration 

Shapes 

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Online Shape Shop 

Download

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4 Shapes Integration 

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File > Structural Design… 

Adjust the Trimbox 

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to printable part 

On Export to PDF and Shuttling to an AE server, the server should be able 

to access the location of the Structural Design: 

- by saving the Structural Design next to the PDF 

- by saving the Structural Design in a shared folder

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Pantone Live

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5 Pantone LIVE 

What is Pantone Live? 

The project is a partnership of Pantone-xrite, Esko and Sun Chemical to 

deliver a digital color database in the cloud that is integrated with tools 

for designers, brand owners, prepress and printers.

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5 Pantone LIVE 

Ink books will be 

downloaded via the Color 

Engine Pilot 

Not possible to edit or add 

inks!!!

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ArtPro – PackEdge 

Layer Flag Handling

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6 Layer Flag Handling 

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Printability and visibility flag is now saved according to the Adobe PDF 

standard when exporting and importing PDF 

Hiding a layer will put the layer on non-printable 

‘Make Layer visibility and printbility’ is now undo-able

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ArtPro 12 

Collection Tool

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7 Collection Tool 

A collection is a temporary set 

of objects, based on a 

selection 

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Collection can be made: 

- based on any selection 

- via the ‘Select by Attribute’ 

window (former ‘Selector’ 

window)

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7 Collection Tool 

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Collection window: 

Window > Collection 

Allows easy navigation through any group of objects: 

highlight, zoom in and select the current object from the collection window

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ArtPro – PackEdge 12 

Thin Parts

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8 Thin Parts 

Thin Part Detection and Fixing 

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Allows to search within a selection for areas where 

objects are thinner than a given minimum width 

works on all objects in the file, also live text 

BUT traps will not be considered as thin parts

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8 Thin Parts 

Detect all thin Parts within user selection 

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Prepress > Thin Parts… 

or double click the ‘Fix Thin Parts’ 

option in the toolbar 

All thin parts will be flagged If the thin part is between 2 

parts of the object above the 

Threshold

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8 Thin Parts 

Collect and step through Thin Parts in collection tool 

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Thin parts will be gathered in a Collection window but will not 

contain any real objects 

-> virtual outlines of places where objects are thinner than the 

threshold

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8 Thin Parts 

Fixing Thin Parts 

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Via ‘Fix All’ 

button in Thin Parts window 

Via ‘Fix Thin Part’ tool in Toolbox 

-per object 

- within rectangle selection

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8 Thin Parts 

Checking Thin Parts Fixes 

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Via ‘Select by Attribute’ 

Via Layer window

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8 Thin Parts 

Thin Part Detection and Fixing 

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Click on ‘Thin Part Fixer’ in 

the Toolbox 

Contours > Thin Parts…

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8 Thin Parts 

Checking Thin Parts Fixes 

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Via ‘Select by Attribute’ 

(Select > Select by Attribute’) 

Via Layer Browser window

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ArtPro – PackEdge 12 

PowerTrapper 

Enhancements

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9 PowerTrapper Enhancements 

TCP File Support 

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Color Pairs are stored within the ArtPro 

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when opening an ArtPro 

insert ArtPro 

file 

file where trapping is applied, Color Pairs are available 

file will not load the Color Pairs of the inserted ArtPro 

when an AP 12 file in older versions the Color Pairs will not be 

-> saving the AP in an older version will remove the Color Pairs 

file 

loaded

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Select Trap Tool Enhancements 

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Double click the ‘Select Trap’ 

tool: 

- in case there are no trapping objects, the 

PowerTrapper window opens 

- in case there are trapping objects, the ColorPair 

window opens 

Selecting trap in document will jump to the relevant 

color pair and expand when needed

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Existing Traps 

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Traps created with the Instant Trap are now respected 

ON: already trapped objects 

remain untouched 

OFF: already trapped objects 

will get ‘new’ trapping object

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Multiple Sessions 

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History of trap sessions: 

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each trap action will be stored in 

a trap session 

the trap session will also save 

the trap Color Pair list 

stored in the TCP file, saved in 

the AP file 

Sessions can be: 

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Renamed 

Removed 

Shown

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Color Engine Ink Book

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10 Color Engine Ink Book 

ArtPro 10 

After update color in an ink book on 

Color Engine 

=> relaunch ArtPro to update 


Option ‘Reload Color Engine Ink Books’ 

in side menu of Separations window 

is added

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Named Objects & Groups

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11 Named Objects & Groups 

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To give a custom name to objects 

and groups in the Layer window: 

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original object properties are kept 

- visible in Object Info:

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11 Named Objects & Groups 

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Additional selection criteria to select 

based on Object Name in 

‘Select by Attributes’ window 

(former Selector window) 

Export to Normalized PDF: 

Named objects & Groups are 

recognized when opening in 

PackEdge or DeskPack 

Limitations 

1. objects can get reassigned when object is restructured (eg. 

gradients, placed pictures. 

2. stroke names are lost during a PDF roundtrip 

3. Extra group levels may be added -> named object on a lower level

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Improved Structural Design Support

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12 Improved Structural Design support 

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In Plato, it was already possible to import all layers from an MFG file: 

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Varnish information 

Sheet definitions 

Dimensions 

extra info about the Step and Repeat 

For Suite 12, ArtPro 

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has an improved CAD import to match that behavior. 

All CAD layers are imported as one structural layer with sublayers 

Better CAD round trip to other Esko 

Adobe ® Illustrator ® 

software (Automation Engine, PackEdge) and

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12 Improved Structural Design support

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Improved MFG Layer support: 

- CAD layer is locked 

- Layer name = name of the CAD file 

- hidden layers will become visible after import in AP 

- empty layer on top (in case of import in new file/job)

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Improved CAD window layer 

-> Refresh Link = re-link = re-import 

Export to Normalized PDF 

Export to PDF / Launch Workflow: 

- ‘copy linked files next to output’

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& Rich Black

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Cfr. PackEdge and DeskPack 

Prepress > White Underprint… 

Tool in Toolbar (customize) 

Creation is based on selection 

New layer 

-> layer name = separation used to create the 

white underprint 

‘Only visible parts’ 

-> automatically traces a clip mask to determine 

the visible parts of images with alpha channel 

and/or a softmask

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Rich Black 

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Cfr. PackEdge and DeskPack 

Prepress > Rich Black… 

Tool in Toolbar (customize) 

Rich Black: used to enrich all objects in a 

selection containing a specific ink with a userdefined 

amount of another ink 

=> to obtain a darker, more saturated color 

in print 

An offset can be used to avoid the need of 

trapping afterwards 

New layer 

-> layer name = Rich Black Layer

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Viewer Compare

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Cfr. DeskPack 

and PackEdge 

Included in the ArtPro 

ArtPro 

12 basic license 

files can be compared by the Viewer Compare, a small application 

that can not be launched outside of ArtPro 

File > Viewer Compare… 

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Internally conversion to tiff 

Only visible layers

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View Modes: 

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View current version 

View reference version 

View both: show difference 

View both: side by side

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View side menu: 

previous view, rotate, mirror, invert,… 

Alignment: to compare files with different sizes 

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on 1 of the 9 corners / centerpoints 

Align from Ruler 

Auto Align From Ruler 

Auto Align

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Improved Densitometer

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Dialog can now be resized 

Mouse tip on the color patches shows the full name of 

the separations 

Measured values shown with on decimal

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Export Gravure TIFF in 

PowerLayout 

SA

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16 Gravure Tiff export in PowerLayout SA

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Small things...

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17 Small Things… 

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Restyled windows: 

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Selector => Select by Attributes 

Vectorization 

Link to online (web-based) documentation 

Undo also applied when editing in JobSize 

window 

Tab in Proofer window: now first cmyk, then lab 

Online Help

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17 Small Things…

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PackEdge - Plato 12 

New Barcode: PZN8

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18 New Barcode: PZN8 

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A new barcode type PZN8, in addition to 

existing PZN 

Inputs of length other than 7 or 8 shows error 

message (currently input longer than 7 digits is 

silently truncated)

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PackEdge - Plato 12 

PDF Notes Annotations

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19 PDF Notes Annotations 

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Simple text notes 

=> same type of notes as currently supported in ArtPro 

Ability to hide and show all notes 

Notes should round trip via (normalized) PDF (import and export) 

Date when note is created

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PackEdge – Plato 12 

Alternative input method for 

GS1 element strings

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20 Alternative input method for GS1 element strings 

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Allows to use round brackets around 

the application identifiers 

Support for multiple text lines

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Numeric Precision

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21 Numeric Precision 

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In SmartText: to control the amount of decimal numbers and 

the used unit

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21 Numeric Precision 

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[vmediasize 

Unit: 

1 = mm 

2 = inch 

3 = cm 

4 = mil 

“1” 

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Amount of 

decimals

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JDF Export for Guillotine Cutting

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To export information for Guillotine Cutting to a CIP4 (JDF file) 

(PowerOptimizer)

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Mirror in Grid Based Layouts

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23 Mirror in Grid Based Layout 

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New option ‘Mirror’ 

To mirror stations in the Grid, 

without having to use ‘Edit 

Graphics File’ and to overwrite 

the file

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CAD as reference

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To import an MFG on top of 

a S&R file to check the 

correct position of the 1-ups 

on the die 

File > Import CAD Data

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24 CAD as reference 

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Operator can select the line style 

Import will be done in new layer (CAD Reference)

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PackEdge Plato 12 

Small things...

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25 Small Things… 

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Possibility to open documents by drag and drop a document on the 

application icon

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CONCLUSION

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Conclusion

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