In this article, you will learn
- which prerequisites are required for this Fixup, and
- how to apply this Fixup.
1. Introduction
The Fixup Remove Objects outside PageBox is available in the Workflow. The purpose of this Fixup is to remove objects outside a selected PageBox.
2. General
The Fixup Remove Objects outside PageBox can be used to delete objects that lie completely outside a selected PageBox. This makes it easy to remove objects outside the printed area, thereby reducing the complexity of the print data for rendering.
You can find this Fixup on the tab Data Preparation of an Article, Order or Production Job by:
- entering the name of the Fixup in the area Filter,
- activating the option Object in the area Category,
- activating the option Delete in the area Action,
- activating the option TrimBox, BleedBox, CropBox and MediaBox in the area Property.
3. Description
This Fixup can be used to delete objects outside a selected PageBox. When creating a file, it is common for some objects to be unintentionally placed outside the visible area. By applying this Fixup, all objects outside the selected box are removed.
Completely Outside the Box
Please note that the object can only be deleted if it is completely outside the selected box. Even if only a small part of the object is inside or on the selected PageBox, the respective object cannot be removed.
3.1. Prerequisites and Functionality
For the Fixup to perform as intended, the following requirement must be met:
- There are objects outside the selected PageBox that you want to remove.
Figure 1: The dialog of the Fixup Remove Objects outside PageBox
To remove objects outside of a PageBox, you can select from the following options:
- PageBox [1] – select the desired PageBox from the selection menu, which will delete all objects that are located on the outside. The following selection options are available:
- CropBox – all page objects that are completely outside the CropBox are removed.
- BleedBox – all page objects that are completely outside the BleedBox are removed.
- TrimBox – all page objects that are completely outside the TrimBox are removed.
- MediaBox – all page objects that are completely outside the MediaBox are removed.
- Variable Content [2] – for Variable Content [2] , select the desired placeholder – Database Field or User-defined Field – from which the value for the selection of PageBoxes should be retrieved. The following values must be found in the selected field for the selection to work:
CropBoxBleedBoxTrimBoxMediaBox
Figure 2: Values in the selected field for the option PageBox
3.2. Before/After
To experiment with this function, refer to the sample file "Sample_Remove Objects outside PageBox.pdf". There are four vector objects outside the TrimBox, but inside the CropBox and MediaBox.
After applying the Fixup, the file "Sample_Remove Objects outside PageBox_End.pdf" is created, where all objects outside the TrimBox have been removed. All page objects that are not exclusively outside the TrimBox have not been removed.
Figure 3: Left: Original file; Right: Edited file in which all objects outside the TrimBox have been removed
Article update: Workflow 1.20.0 – 03/2025