> So all I wanted to have was a (mostly) "final" PDF. Especially as I wanted all > the color profile things and embedded fonts PDF/X offers.
PDF/X is not of much use if the "printer" is just someone printing on a regular printer. You would be a lot better off with just a PDF 1.4 or 1.5 (depending on your needs) "for screen/web". You can embed fonts in any PDF version (as far as I know), and regular office printers expect RGB images (which you get with "for screen/web". An I'm not sure how many PDF readers really can handle PDF/X and color profiles correct. Also I would suggest using Multivalent to make the imposition. Then the printer will just have to "print double sided". I have BAT files to save some typing. For example for 32 pages on A3 sheets. --8<---- @echo off set javarun="c:\program files\java\jre6\bin\java.exe" set multivalent="c:\Documents and settings\pnermander\temp\slask\multivalent.jar" %javarun% -cp %multivalent% tool.pdf.Impose -dim 2x1 -layout 2,31,32,1,4,29,30,3,6,27,28,5,8,25,26,7,10,23,24,9,12,21,22,11,14,19,20,13,16,17,18,15 -paper "420x297 mm" -verbose %* --8<---- Paths will have to be adjusted for your environment (and if you're on linux you will of course have to use a shell script instead, but the content wont differ much). /Peter
