In the concept of omni channel marketing, print is one channel amongst others in customer communication. Individualized print requires not only high speed printing machines – it also means that PDFs have to be processed (ripped) as quickly as these machines can print. And for that process the “inner qualities” of PDF files play an … Read more
The specifications of the Ghent Workgroup – built on top of the ISO PDF/X standards – are followed across the world and are built into a lot of major graphics arts applications. The Ghent Workgroup last released a major specification in 2015, which at that point included a shift from PDF/X-1a to PDF/X-4. Earlier this … Read more
We are used to setting text in color, but for decades operating systems and font formats supported only monochrome fonts where the font specifies only the shape of a glyph, but not its color. While you can apply color when using the font, individual glyphs didn’t contain their own colors. The rising popularity of emoji … Read more
PDF is THE standard for print production and digitally delivered documents. Controversial? Perhaps, but the fact remains that PDF continues to see more adoption every year. It has cracked open transaction print while becoming the lingua franca of direct mail, book printing, and publishing. This fact along with the work of the PDF standards committees … Read more
The term Automated Document Factory (ADF) might sound familiar, especially if you have worked in or around print over the last three decades. For the printing industry, an Automated Document Factory (ADF) was the mainstay of the 1990s to solve print processing challenges. As the sophistication of both print devices and software has increased, an … Read more
What would your print customer say if you rejected any PDF files that were poorly constructed and likely to slow down the press? With such a large number of PDF creation tools and PDF files entering a workflow from disparate sources they are bound to vary in quality. This talk discusses how PDFs can be … Read more
PDF is used today in many different types of print and digital businesses. How well that PDF is structured is proving to make a significant impact in day-to-day processes, which in turn impacts operational efficiencies and costs. During this session, we will present real-world customer experiences in PDF optimization and cleaning efforts. Attendees should expect … Read more
In today’s digital world, PDF has become the most widely used format for customer communications management (CCM). Many organisations are struggling to achieve successful workflow management, production processing, streamlining access, and online delivery whilst ensuring document accessibility. If you are experiencing difficulties related to anything within PDF workflows, you should not miss this presentation. Tim … Read more
PDF/A-4 introduces various changes in features and structure of conformance levels. Also new are PDF/X-6, PDF/VT-3 and PDF/R. In addition ISO used the opportunity to harmonize all these standards so that it will be more straightforward for a PDF to comply with more than just one standard.
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