I will point out that you should be able to use the existing iText library to
generate PDF/VT compliant files – you simply need to use the low level APIs to
write data structures yourself.
Leonard
From: Kurt Pfeifle
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Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 04:19:38 -0700
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Subject: [iText-questions] iText: Which plans to add support for PDF/VT?
I'm sure some of you have heard about PDF/VT, the new ISO standard 16612-2. (V
here is for variable data printing and T is for transactional/transpromo
printing).
PDF/VT adds some extensions to PDF/X in order to make (producing,) printing and
processing of "mass" PDF documents more easy. AFAIU, the main additions added
to PDF/X are these:
1. more metadata on different levels of the document (which, for example,
would allow easier identification of pages and page groups going to the same
receiver for optimizing packaging + postage fees)
2. "encapsulation" of XObjecst (which would allow printer RIPs to increase
performance by caching their rendered representation for later re-use on other
pages of the same or even a future printrun)
PDF/VT documents require to remain valid PDF/X documents even after adding the
2 extensions named above, thusly retaining full support for all the features
that high quality print output may need (transparency, ICC profiles, spot
colors).
My question is: What are the known plans and intentions for the iText
development roadmap as far as support for the new PDF/VT features is concerned?
(BTW, I tried to find info about iText development plans on
www.itext.com/*<http://www.itext.com/*> but failed to locate any.)
Thanks in advance for any responses providing some info.
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