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Leonard,
For better or worse (I believe very much worse), the "latest"
PDF/X specs are based on PDF 1.4 MINUS TRANSPARENCY, whatever
that means.
- Dov
At 10/27/2003 12:21 PM, Leonard Rosenthol wrote:
>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...
>
>
>Leonard
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