I've read the PDF/X FAQ and there seems to be more than only PDF/X-3.
There are at least 5 standards. Scary thing.
Anyway, I think it should be possible to make the PDF library
configurable to generate PDF 1.3 only. But implementing even one of the
PDF/X standards can't be a current topic for us comitters during this
phase of the redesign. But if you like to contribute to this we're happy
to apply patches you send.
I've added this to our todo list here:
http://nagoya.apache.org/wiki/apachewiki.cgi?FOPProjectTasks
On 11.01.2003 19:32:03 Arnd Beißner wrote:
Since you are currently discussing PDF 1.3 vs. 1.4 issues, there's one
thing not
all of you may be aware of:
There's a relatively new standard called PDF/X-3. This is basically PDF
1.3
with a number of restrictions. Some can be handled by the user (all fonts
must be embedded), some others must be adhered to by the PDF generator.
The intention of PDF/X is to standardize on a PDF subset that can be
handled without the usual problems in the prepress business (missing or
mismatched fonts, color mismatches, trapping etc.).
For more information see http://www.pdfx.info. There's also a freeware
PDF/X
preflight tool called PDF/X-3 Inspector (download URL:
http://www.pdfx.info/download.html).
The reason I'm mentioning this is that one of the restrictions of PDF/X-3
is
that the PDF file may not be PDF 1.4 (I'm not sure if lower than 1.3 is
ok).
To pave the way for future PDF/X support, you may consider still
supporting
PDF 1.3 in the redesign code tree. At least perhaps make it configurable.
Hope this information is useful.
Jeremias Maerki
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