SmartDFE v4.8 Release Notes

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*SDFESUP-492:* In Job Cost Estimation the user can now choose the currency manually.

*SDFESUP-493:* The Job Cost Estimation will now correctly support cloned colours

*SDFESUP-438:* The Job Cost Estimation will now correctly support cloned colours. 

*SDFESUP-536:* The Job Cost Estimation will now remember the last path used.

Job Cost Estimation is now built into SPC, a press operator can request a cost estimation on any job in the waiting queue. Note: This feature is only supported at the moment for setups where the main Harlequin Direct RIPs are on remote PCs. 

*SDFESUP-543:* The Job Cost Estimation will  auto-populate the filename with the job name when saving the report.

*SDFESUP-510:* Horizontal Scaling and Vertical Scaling settings can now be saved to the selected Media and remembered when the Media is re-selected later. The settings can also be removed from the Media and revert back to the device config's settings.

*SDFESUP-117:* CPIM mode can now be utilised with multi-page multi-copy jobs if Direct determines that the entire job can fit within the allocated shared memory.

*SDFESUP-587:* Job Cost Estimation can now output ink calculations in Kilograms.

Chinese translations have been added to Job Editor

*SDFESUP-794:* Job Cost Estimation can now expose ink consumption by volume. 

*SDFESUP-793:* Job Cost Estimation can now output cost per square metre. 

*SDFESUP-790:* Media files in newly created .SDCs are renamed with a GUID to avoid any issues caused by invalid characters in the media name.

Added colored square to the Eyedropper tool to show the color. 

Fixed an issue in Job Editor where ICC based spot colours would show up as black in the separation side panel and color picker tool.

Removed Streamline Optimised and Estimated Line Speed from Job Details.

Removed the config setting 'Ignore Spot Colors' as that is now a Media setting.

*SDFESUP-859:* The color entries in the Eyedropper Tool will now display the makeup of that color in terms of each of the process colors as a hover-over tooltip.

*SDFESUP-842:* Fixed UI elements being obscured or pushed off-screen: the Job Details button, the name of a job in the Job Details dialog, the name of the target media in the Job Details dialog, and the Active Media sticker in the media selection dialog.

Fixed issue where the Apply button in the Edit Server dialog was slightly clipped at the bottom.

SPC will now log the currently used license key on startup as an informational aid for license-related support requests.

Jobs can now be scaled in Job Editor by a percentage of their current width and height.

*SDFESUP-924:* Adjusted the layout of the Pre-Press Plugin.

*SDFESUP-923:* JDF output will now copy next to job output when UseJobSubfolders is 0 while there are AppOutputDestinations specified.

Added French Translations to Job Editor.

Fixed issue where saving an SDC file over an existing one that was locked by another application would crash SPC.

Fixed issue where Job Cost Estimator would attempt to Analyze using color management if the selected Configuration had missing ICC profiles.

Scaling in Job Editor is now done by specifying the new width and height of the job.

*SDFESUP-946:* Printing is no longer limited to 8 inks.

SPC can be restyled using the Style Customizer OEM tool.

The Style Customizer app has been added for OEMs to be able to create restyled versions of applicable apps (for now just SPC).

Jobs can now be scaled in Job Editor by a percentage of their current width and height.

Page Range and Job Scale and Rotate have been separated into different panels for clarity.

Extra measures are now made to prevent scaling of a job to cause it to exceed its target media's media width.

Updated the sample SDCs' Streamline model files.

Added a preview for the job rotation in Job Editor.

*SDFESUP-945:* Fixed issue where larger PDFs took an extremely long time to thumbnail.

*SDFESUP-986:* Media cost has been raised to 4 digits for Korean.

*SDFESUP-982:* Fixed an issue where printing with Job Information Pages to more than one server would sometimes cause the job to immediately cancel when trying to print it.

The CPIM feature may now be utilised for multi-page, multi-copy jobs if the job would fit in the allocated shared memory buffer.

A Press Emulator plugin has been added. This press emulator allows engineers to run performance tests isolated from the press to investigate performance issues. 

*SDFESUP-983:* Fixed an issue where Applying server settings to a remote server would sometimes freeze the app for several minutes.

New OPC method in Meteor UI Plugin. SetParamExViaJson - This allows a JSON file to be specified, containing multiple set param ex commands to submit to Meteor.

Generate intermediate ColorLogic Device Link Support 

SMC - Translations to French

*SDFESUP-541:* Job editor now displays Orange and Violet plates when being used as Process colors.

*SDFESUP-185:* SPC can now alias spot colours to specific print bars. Once aliased the spot colour will be printed on the selected print bar.

*SDFESUP-888:* Smart Calibrator now supports the Epson XL13000

*SDFESUP-898:* Fix over ink issue for interval black line on test chart.

TAC setting should be available when I have CMYK with non-measured colours.

*SDFESUP-541:* 6 colour process colours are now supported in Job Editor (CMYKOV and CMYKOG). 

SMM - change the name of the generated ICC profile 

Ignored Spots feature in SMM.

Import CXF file to Spot Colors in SMM.

SMM - Spot Colour Import.

SMM - Spot Variation Chart

Job Editor - Output Preview - apply device ICC to PDF

Job Editor - Change to the saving of spot colours

Standardisation of Colour Book and Colour Library terminology throughout SmartDFE Applications.