Re: [gentoo-user] Tool to check PDF against PDF/X-3 ?
On 05/05/2011 11:01 PM, Florian Philipp wrote: I'm not aware of any real verification tool. I guess you could easily build one using one of the free pdf libraries for introspecting the file and matching all requirements. If you ever find yourself making such a tool please make it free software and send me a link. A quick and dirty check would be to look for the identification string. Every PDF/X has to specify its conformance using a plaintext string. I can't provide you with an PDF/X example but this is how it looks for PDF/A1 created by OOo: `strings pdf | grep PDFA /Type/OutputIntent/S/GTS_PDFA1/OutputConditionIdentifier(sRGB IEC61966-2.1)/DestOutputProfile 76 0 R Thanks. Best, Sebastian
Re: [gentoo-user] Tool to check PDF against PDF/X-3 ?
Am 04.05.2011 18:28, schrieb Sebastian Pipping: Hello! I am looking for a Tool to check PDF files against the PDF/X-3:2002 standard that some printing vendors seem to request in case of providing vector sources. The tool needs to 1) be free software as defined by the FSF [1], and 2) work on Linux. Has anyone seen such a thing? Thanks in advance, Sebastian [1] http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html I'm not aware of any real verification tool. I guess you could easily build one using one of the free pdf libraries for introspecting the file and matching all requirements. A quick and dirty check would be to look for the identification string. Every PDF/X has to specify its conformance using a plaintext string. I can't provide you with an PDF/X example but this is how it looks for PDF/A1 created by OOo: `strings pdf | grep PDFA /Type/OutputIntent/S/GTS_PDFA1/OutputConditionIdentifier(sRGB IEC61966-2.1)/DestOutputProfile 76 0 R Hope this helps, Florian Philipp signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Tool to check PDF against PDF/X-3 ?
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Sebastian Pipping sp...@gentoo.org wrote: Hello! I am looking for a Tool to check PDF files against the PDF/X-3:2002 standard that some printing vendors seem to request in case of providing vector sources. Not a validator, but maybe this info will help in generating such a file: http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/cvs/Ps2pdf.htm#PDFX Unfortunately I think all of the compliance-checking tools are commercial software, and mostly not available for Linux (other than Adobe Acrobat Distiller -- if they even make a Linux version of that anymore).
[gentoo-user] Tool to check PDF against PDF/X-3 ?
Hello! I am looking for a Tool to check PDF files against the PDF/X-3:2002 standard that some printing vendors seem to request in case of providing vector sources. The tool needs to 1) be free software as defined by the FSF [1], and 2) work on Linux. Has anyone seen such a thing? Thanks in advance, Sebastian [1] http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
Re: [gentoo-user] Tool to check PDF against PDF/X-3 ?
On 2011-05-04 18:28, Sebastian Pipping wrote: Hello! I am looking for a Tool to check PDF files against the PDF/X-3:2002 standard that some printing vendors seem to request in case of providing vector sources. The tool needs to 1) be free software as defined by the FSF [1], and 2) work on Linux. Has anyone seen such a thing? Sorry, haven't seen such a thing but can't they (the printing vendors) accept postscript as well? I know some (academic) publishers requires you to use specially formatted TeX templates which, of course, is not the same thing but I would be surprised if the printshop wouldn't accept postscript since the resulting dvi files (from the *TeX output) are usually translated to postscript (or maybe I'm behind the times...). Postscript is a vector format (all text, figures and pictures [if the picture source is in vector format] are made up of lines and bezier curves). HTH Best regards Peter K
