PDF/X-1a:2001. Other issues addressed during refine include font
embedding and OPI.
What happens during vector output (Publish PDF or
Vector JTP)
When you select PDF/X when outputting in Prinergy, the selected
master files are checked for PDF/X conformance. This is in case a
master file has been edited and a non-PDF/X element or characteristic
has been introduced into the file. Some issues will be corrected at this
point, but some issues—including font embedding, image replacement,
and color conversion—cannot be handled at this point and will cause
Prinergy to fail the file. The file must be refined to PDF/X again.
Must I do OPI replacement?
PDF/X-1a:2001 requires that files not contain OPI comments. The
expectation is that OPI replacement was done and that the receiver of
the PDF/X file needs no additional external resources (fonts or
images) to process the file.
Prinergy does OPI replacement by default during refining to PDF/X-1a:
2001. In some cases, the high-resolution image is embedded in the
document but the file still contains OPI comments. An example of this
is where high-resolution TIFF files are placed in QuarkXPress and
printed as fat files. In these cases, Prinergy tries to perform OPI
replacement in these cases and generates a warning or error.
If you are working in a non-OPI workflow, clear both the
Search for
High-Resolution Images in Image Search PathsReplacement
and
Fail
On Missing Images
check boxes in the refine process template.
Can I refine a PDF/X-1a:2001 file?
Yes. Prinergy treats a PDF/X-1a:2001 file like any PDF input file. The
file can be refined to a regular PDF file, or it can be refined to a PDF/
X-1a:2001 file again. If it is refined to a regular PDF file, it no longer has
the PDF/X-1a:2001 identification keys. If it is refined to PDF/X-1a:
2001, Prinergy checks it the same as any other input file that is refined
to PDF/X-1a:2001.
What about PDF/X checkers?
Kodak has tested the following PDF/X checkers:
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Apago PDF/X-1 Checkup, version 2.5
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DDAP PDF/X Verifier version 2.0
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Callas pdfInspektor2, version 1.0
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Enfocus PitStop, version 5.02 using Profile: PDF/X-1a:2001 v2
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