PDF or Native Files? On the soapbox…
Friday, February 2nd, 2007
Ok, after the previous post I could not resist the following ’soapbox’ speech
I believe that any organisation accepting digital artwork into its print production workflow (be it offset printing, label printing, screen printing, large format, sign writing etc.), would benefit from being able to handle artwork based on delivery of PDF files.. However, […]
PDF/X-4 and PDF/X-5 ISO standards
Monday, October 23rd, 2006
PDF/X-4, is a follow-on for the PDF/X-1a and 3 formats, that provides support for a colour managed workflow as well as live transparency. PDF/X-5 follows on from PDF/X-4 and has support for externally supplied fonts, ICC profiles and XObjects. (2006, IS&T).
ISO/DIS 15930-7: Graphic technology — Prepress digital data exchange […]
Fonts…
Friday, August 11th, 2006
It’s funny how when you are writing/developing course material, you realise you’re never 100% certain about the facts and I hate writing things down when I’m not 100% sure. So, here I found myself — the Adobe Certified Expert and print specialist — digging back into the archives, looking more indepth at font […]
PDFs in a time capsule
Friday, August 11th, 2006
ISO 19005-1 Document Management - Electronic document file format for long-term preservation, Part 1: Use of PDF 1.4 (PDF/A-1), p. 11 states that font subsetting is permissable as long as "glyph definitions for all characters" are referenced within the file. And — as if file size is important for archival purposes — further notes that […]
What you see is what you print
Monday, April 3rd, 2006
"What you see is what you print" is a dream come true for print service providers. The Adobe PDF Print Engine gives the prepress industry the ability to take another gigantic step into the automation of prepress. With the Adobe PDF Print Engine, native print hardware can output PDF files containing live transparency. […]
ISO 19005 - Document Management
Friday, November 11th, 2005
PDF/A for which the draft-version is included in Adobe Acrobat 7, is an ISO standard for term-preservation of PDF documents. ISO.org published ISO 19005, Document Management - Electronic document file format for long-term preservation - Part 1, Use of PDF 1.4 (PDF/A-1).
Web Reference: ISO 19005-1:2005 (2005, ISO)