PDF/X Output Properties

Configure PDF/X output by setting the properties described below. The values that you set for these properties will depend on the printing device.

Note the following restrictions on other PDF properties:

  • pdf-version — Value above 1.4 is not allowed for PDF/X-1a output.

  • pdf-security — Must be set to False.

  • pdf-encryption-level — Must be set to 0.

  • pdf-font-embedding — Must be set to true.

Property Name Description Default

PDF/X ICC Profile Data

(Required) The name of the ICC profile data file, for example: CoatedFOGRA27.icc.

The ICC (International Color Consortium) profile is a binary file describing the color characteristics of the intended output device. For production environments, the color profile may be provided by your print vendor or by the printing company that prints the generated PDF/X file. The file must be placed under <bi publisher repository>/Admin/Configuration.

Profile data is also available from Adobe support or colormanagement.org.

None

PDF/X output condition identifier

(Required) The name of one of the standard printing conditions registered with ICC (International Color Consortium). The value that you enter for this property is a valid "Reference name," for example: FOGRA43.

Choose the appropriate value for the intended printing environment. This name is often used to guide automatic processing of the file by the consumer of the PDF/X document, or to inform the default settings in interactive applications.

None

PDF/X output condition

A string describing the intended printing condition in a form that will be meaningful to a human operator at the site receiving the exchanged file. The value is set in OutputCondition field of OutputIntents dictionary.

None

PDF/X registry name

A registry name. Set this property when the pdfx-output-condition-identifier is set to a characterization name registered in a registry other than the ICC registry.

http://www.color.org

PDF/X version

The PDF/X version set in GTS_PDFXVersion and GTS_PDFXConformance fields of Info dictionary. PDF/X-1a:2003 is the only value currently supported.

PDF/X-1a:2003