21 Jan
2009
21 Jan
'09
11:51 a.m.
2009/1/20 Bart C. Wise
Printshops should adhere to printing standards like PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-3 - and these never need web optimization or tagging! Excuse the ignorance, but does LuaTeX produce a PDF based on the PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-3 standards?
Not by itself. Yo have to make sure on your own that your embedded PDFs are ok. TeX doesn't set any PDF/X "markers" - for it doesn't check embedded material that would no good idea anyway. But you can easily prepare PDFs within the borders of PDF/X-1a (e.g. only CMYK data, no animations) using TeX. PDF/X-3 is also possible (I guess), but harder (you need the right color profiles everywhere). In my experience too much printshops can't handle PDF/X-3 anyway... Greetlings, Hraban