Print Items can be edited in the Workflow using Fixups. Each time a Fixup is applied, a new version of the Print Item is automatically created. Fixups can be accessed at two different points in the Workflow:

• In Article, Order and Production Job, the most frequently used Fixups are available in the Print Data tab.
• The Data Preparation tab contains all available fixups – over 130 – including those that are also displayed in the Print Data tab. The number of Fixups can grow in the standard scope, but it can also be expanded with custom Fixups.

The most frequently used Fixups can be found in the form of Fixup Groups [1] in selection menus in the footers of the respective areas. If Fixup Groups are grayed out, then these fixes either cannot be applied due to missing content (e.g., if there are no fonts in the print file, no fonts can be converted to paths) or the appropriate permission is missing.

Figure 1: Accessing Fixups in the Print Data tab using the Document Information settings area as an example

The Fixups available in the Workflow are divided into different groups in the Print Data tab. The following groups are available in the Document Information area:

• Edit PageBox [2] – Fixups for adjusting or creating PageBoxes (TrimBox, BleedBox, ArtBox, CropBox, MediaBox), for scaling the page content and for masking Print Items.
• Add Bleed [3] – Fixups for creating a bleed in different ways.
• Rotate and Mirror [4] – Fixups for rotating and/or mirroring the page content
• Manage Layers [5] – Fixups for managing layers, flattening, showing or hiding existing layers, or deleting them.
• Scale Factor [6] – Fixups for setting or removing a scaling factor.
• Optimize [7] – Fixups for converting the page content to an image or flattening transparencies.
• Favorites [8] – List of fixups that have been marked as favorites in the Workflow.

Figure 2: Fixup Groups in the Document Information setting area

The following groups are available in the settings areas of the Detail Information:

• Fonts [9] – Fixups to convert fonts to paths or embed missing fonts.
• Adopt Color Values [10] – Fixups to recolor color areas or convert colored objects to a spot color.
• Black Handeling [11] – Fixups to influence the appearance of black.
• Tone Values Corrections [12] – Fixups to adjust the appearance of the print item by lightening or darkening it using tone correction.
• Spot Color Tools [13] – Fixups to delete, rename, and convert spot colors, and to set the overprint state.
• Additional Channels [14] – Fixups to create additional spot color channels (e.g., white, varnish, primer) for specific areas or to adjust the tonal value of existing spot colors.
• Create Dielines [15] – Fixups to create, move, or add die lines for further processing.

Figure 3: Fixup Groups in the Fonts, Process Colors, Spot Colors, and Technical Colors settings areas

Article update: Workflow 1.21.0 – 07/2025