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At 8:23 PM +0100 10/27/03, Peter Kleinheider wrote:
But this implies that the receiver side needs a correct tool to output PDF 1.5 files.
Not true at all, since Distiller 6 (as well as Acrobat 6) supports creating PDFs for Acrobat 4 (1.3) and Acrobat 5 (1.4) as well.
And there is a nice FREE tool for handling PDF 1.5 documents - it's called Adobe Reader 6.
I would rather say that when using InDesign 2.02 the most relyable way to get a PDF for printing you better go via Distiller
Not necessarily. Distiller can still produce PDF output that can not be handled directly by older/buggy RIPs.
So you can be sure that only elements that go through a PostScript Interpreter is in the PDF.
WHAT PS interpreter? There are three levels of PS AND then any number of clones that don't fully implement the spec (or implement it incorrectly).
Distiller is an Adobe Level 3 PS "RIP" - and as such, may choose to use features of Postscript/PDF that match that level. If you try to print the output to a device that isn't fully complaint - that's YOUR fault.
I heared the specially the libraries to correctly flatten PDF's are to a certain degree "rewritten" in the new CS Versions.
Improved, not rewritten.
Acrobat 6 (including Reader!) already has the newer "flattener" integrated - another reason that you should leave flattening till last when printing your PDFs from Acrobat.
When generating PDF/X files, that are based in the PDF 1.3 Standard, you can be sure that only elements that can be printed are in the PDF.
Printed by the LOWEST common denominator, sure.
However, do keep in mind that the latest version of PDF/X(-2003) are based on PDF 1.4...
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