[tex-live] [pdftex] PDF 1.5 by default in TL 2010

Martin Schröder martin at oneiros.de
Mon Jan 11 10:51:56 CET 2010


2010/1/11 Vedran Miletić <rivanvx at gmail.com>:
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Ulrich Dirr <ud at art-satz.de> wrote:
>> If you want to produce files that conform to ISO standards like PDF/X-3
>> (which is widely spread in printing industry) or PDF/X-1a (mainly for
>> archiving purposes) files in PDF 1.5 won't pass.
>
> Actually, this is quite important. With this in mind, I would vote
> against PDF 1.5 in TL2010.

Nothing stops you from generating PDF 1.4 instead; those who want to
generate PDF/X-3 will have to fiddle with their engines anyway.

Best
   Martin



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