Re: pdf/x1a with ReportLab

Hi Andy,

Thanks very much  for your feedback and suggestions.

The printer came back to me today and said they'd found a workaround -
opening the pdf in Corel Draw and then publishing to pdf gave them a format
that their plotter is happy with.

As to your suggestions:
Colours are already set to CMYK, with a spot colour for the cutting lines
for the plotter.
I am indeed using the Helvetica font - will try embedding a TT font in
future.

Thanks and regards,
Andrew
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> Subject: [reportlab-users] pdf/x1a with ReportLab
> Hi,
>
> I'm generating pdfs of QR-code stickers for printing by a local print shop.
>
> They've been having hassles with the format generated by ReportLab and
> have asked if I can set the format to pdf/x1a.
>
> I haven't been able to find anything on this in the docs - does anyone
> know if this is possible, or what I should do to ensure compliance with
> pdf/x1a?
>
> Thanks,
> Andrew
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> Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 15:15:31 +0200
> Subject: Re: [reportlab-users] pdf/x1a with ReportLab
> There is no "software switch" to do it. These standards are usually
> about what you include (or don't) in your document.  Ask for the
> specific problems from them.
>
> Wikipedia says:  "For example, in PDF/X-1a all fonts need to be
> embedded and all images need to be CMYK or spot colors".
>
> Are you using the built-in font names, Helvetica / Times Roman /
> Courier?  If so, modern standards ask for the actual font files to be
> embedded to guarantee portability.  So, switch to an embedded TrueType
> font and it will probably make them happy right away.
>
> If it's colours, we have examples on how to do CMYK in the manual.
> "CMYK Black" is still different to RGB black.
>
> - Andy
>
>
> On 23 May 2018 at 12:32, Andrew Cawood - Techairos Consulting
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm generating pdfs of QR-code stickers for printing by a local print
> shop.
> >
> > They've been having hassles with the format generated by ReportLab and
> have
> > asked if I can set the format to pdf/x1a.
> >
> > I haven't been able to find anything on this in the docs - does anyone
> know
> > if this is possible, or what I should do to ensure compliance with
> pdf/x1a?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Andrew
> >
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