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Processing Steps Packaging

schedule 27 mins
It is common practice in the packaging workflow to include visual representations for finishing e.g. cutting, creasing, foiling, etc… in prepress PDF…

A brief history of PDF

PDF/X
PDF/X-1a
PDF/X-4
PDF/X-6
Specifications
schedule 18 mins
Get to know more about the history of PDF and the difference between the standards PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-4 and PDF/X-6 and the GWG specifications that are…

PDF Preflight... nearly 30 years old and still relevant!

schedule 37 mins
Using preflight (or quality control) for PDF files started around the same time PDF became a viable format for use in graphic arts. The first…

Unlocking the benefits of PDF 2.0

schedule 37 mins
PDF2.0 was first released in 2017. Seven years on it is still not widely used, though. Is that because it has nothing to offer to the graphics arts…

PDF/X-4: an evolution driven by RIP technology

PDF/X-4
RIP
schedule 3 mins
Christian Blaise gives a short overview of al the latest features of PDF/X-4 such as live transparency, layers, JPEG2000 compression and color…

Why are you still using a 20-year-old Standard? Stop that!

ISO Standards
PDF/X-1a
Processing Steps
schedule 48 mins
Recent figures suggest that at least 50% of the printers out there are still actively using the PDF/X-1a standard when requesting PDF files from…

I want to use PDF/X 4 files! But…

PDF/X-4
schedule 8 mins
Still hesitating to use PDF/X-4. Find out what risks are when using PDF/X-4 files? And how you can avoid them.

Transparency Flattening with PDF/X-4

PDF/X-4
Transparency
schedule 7 mins
What is transparency flattening? What are the problems that you can run into?

Modern features of PDF/X-4

PDF/X-4
schedule 5 mins
Christian Blaise gives a short overview of al the latest features of PDF/X-4 such as live transparency, layers, JPEG2000 compression and color…

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