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KMS performance improvements for slow networks for Marks and Templates - See Preps Best Practices and Limitations - KMS

New features and enhancements

Support for macOS 13 Ventura

M1, M2 Chip compatibility

Preps Migration Utility is now 64-bit native

Preps 10 continues to use the new logic featured in Preps 9.5.x as a solution to many reported Page and Page Bleed Mark Anchor issues. (See Preps 9.5 new features, fixed bugs, and known limitations).

For customers planning to upgrade that currently use Page and Page Bleed Marks, see PREPS Page Marks Behaviour

NOTE: To run Preps 10.x with a floating license (FLIM) as part of a Prinergy Workflow system, you will need Prinergy Workflow 10.x with a license containing the Preps 10.x license option.

Preps 10.x supports CJK characters.

Fixed bugs

Referenced PR	Description
PREPS-16125	Ghost dimensions appear in Preps sandbox when selected on a 4K monitor (Windows version)
PREPS-16555	Smart Custom CropMarks anchored to the Page Bleed are added N-Times
PREPS-16594	Preps Migration Utility does not run on a 64 bit MAC
PREPS-16620	Preps (Standalone) quits when selecting Software Licensing Radio Button (Non-English Windows version)
PREPS-16694	Preps 9.5 - The positioning of the Text Mark after the rotation angle is incorrect (Page Face/Page Bleed Face Anchor)
PREPS-16737	Preps 9.5 - Text Mark anchored to the Binding Edge is incorrect when rotated
PREPS-16759	Smart Mark, Text Mark and Page Properties panel not displayed in macOS 13 Ventura
PREPS-16769	PTSUMService hangs when PrepsTemplateSummary.xml is in use

Known limitations

Referenced PR	Description
PREPS-16663	Currently Prinergy job names with Non-ASCII and Umlaut characters can cause unexpected behaviour when Save & Return to Prinergy from Preps on Mac OS.
PREPS-16790	Tile Properties panel not displayed in macOS 13 Ventura
PREPS-16682	Preps 9.0.2 - Unexpected results on VPS Output when Page Marks anchored to the Binding Edge [line mark issue only]
PREPS-16696	Preps 9.5 -The issue of the Line Mark anchor to the page/page bleed face position
PREPS-16591	JDF from Multipress not interpreted properly
PREPS-136	Output jdf/pjtf with ps mark flats if you add customized media ,the jdf/pjtf and their ps mark flats clockwise rotation 90 degree unexpectedly

Additional Known limitations

As of Preps 9.x, you cannot use “SIG” at the beginning of file names used for EPS & PDF collation marks.

The “SIG” designation is reserved for internal Preps operations and will not be recognized when creating Smart Marks.

Solution:

Rename both the EPS and PDF (name not starting with “sig”). In Preps, link new EPS within current SMK.
Update any existing templates with new SMK, as it also references EPS name. This can be done with a batch Find and Replace script.

Preps 9.0.3 and newer installs Profiles folder in a new location - Win Workstation ONLY

When Preps is launched from Workshop (integrated), a copy of the "PrepsPrinergy.cfg.template" profile is pushed to the local workstation and overwrites the "PrepsPrinergy.cfg" Profile. In previous versions of Preps, it was copied to the local installation folder of Preps.

As of Prinergy 9.0.2/Preps 9.0.3 the following is true:

Profiles folder is now located in C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Kodak\Preps
Previous versions of Preps are not compatible with Prinergy 9.0.2 (Win ONLY)
All local custom profiles are accessed from this location.
Mac = Profile path did not change.

When you use "Odd" or "Even" keywords in the SmartMark Range field, the mark will be applied only for the first press run.

This happens for all marks when the mark anchor is anything except Gutter. See Common settings for SmartMarks.
Workaround: Add t: before the Range keyword. For example, t:odd or t:even.

If you add a new sheet while in template editing mode, you will no longer be in template editing mode.

You can still save as template. If you duplicate an existing press run you will remain in template editing mode.

When adding press runs to a job from a template, you cannot rename a signature after it has been edited.

Once you save the job for the first time you will be able to edit the name of a signature.

Preps mark preview limitation.

Textmarks placed too close to an adjacent page may get clipped on output. The mark will not appear clipped in Preps because Preps sandbox must preview the entire image.