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I guess I thought that PDF/A was for archiving - something commercial printers, e.g., financial statement printers, desperately want to do with their print runs. Customers have specifically asked for the ability to print and then archive the same, exact PDF stream - the reason for this is that it is the only way to ensure that a later archival lookup presents exactly the same info as was printed - I guess for legal reasons.
Todd
On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at 08:41 PM, Mark Gavin wrote:
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On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at 05:54 PM, Todd Kueny wrote:If PDF/A is successful, it will simply drive print production to AFP or PostScript because the printing will still have to get done and the functions provided by KDK and XRX will have to be accommodated.
I think this thread has taken a wrong turn. PDF/A is not designed for use in commercial printing. Nor, would I ever expect to find a PDF/A file used in a commercial printing workflow; because, PDF/A is not designed for use in commercial printing. I expect commercial printing will continue to use Postscript, PDF and PDF/X.
Regards,
Mark Gavin Chief Technology Officer Appligent, Inc. 60 South Lansdowne Avenue Lansdowne, PA 19050 (610) 284-4006 http://www.appligent.com
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