PDF/X-1a:2001 is actually equivalent to Acrobat 4 (PDF 1.3) version files (according to the InDesign export feature anyways).
If you use the Scribus PDF export tool I believe it defaults to X-1a or X-3 (which is the same PDF version, but with a more definitive color profile description) which should be acceptable to your printer. If you want a tool to verify it, you'll need a preflight tool like what is included in Acrobat or another 3rd party product like FlightCheck from Markzware. There's freeware preflight software available, but I have not had a chance to compare those with commercial tools for accuracy. One of the advantages of a commercial preflight tool is that it can make adjustments that would make a PDF compliant with the X-1a or X-3 specification. -Tim -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:scribus-bounces at kirsche.altmuehlnet.de] On Behalf Of John Culleton Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 7:42 PM To: scribus at kirsche.altmuehlnet.de Subject: [Scribus] pdf standards One of my printers (LSI) demands pdf files built to the PDF/X-1a:2001 standard in order to use their new OCE presses with a higher screen setting. As near as I can determine this is equivalent to the product of Adobe 6 or the PDF-1.5 standard. Can anyone confirm this? Is there a way to check for compliance with X-1a without buying the full Adobe Acrobat? -- John Culleton Resources for every author and publisher: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf http://www.creativemindspress.com/newbiefaq.htm http://www.gropenassoc.com/TopLevelPages/reference%20desk.htm _______________________________________________ Scribus mailing list Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus
