Where will different versions of PDF/X be used?
The choices available to users will depend, in part, on the vendors and the applications they choose to develop. With this new suite of standards the opportunity exists for a variety of applications based on standard exchange formats to meet virtually every publication and commercial printing workflow need in the printing and publishing industry. However, user commitment and vendor implementation is required to make it happen. TIFF/IT will also continue to be useful in situations where the simplicity and reliability of raster data is the preferred format.
PDF/X-1a will probably be the preferred choice for most of the publication markets. Initially, the principal users of PDF/X-3 will probably be found in the newspaper area and possibly used for individualized printing using digital presses. The catalogue and commercial printing areas will benefit most from PDF/X-2. However, as experience and confidence develop (and as various application programmes become available), the use of the various versions of PDF/X is probably going to become very mixed and job-dependent. Ideally they will be like flavours of ice cream ¨C mix and match as taste (or need) dictates |
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