Color-managing pdfs for printing (acrobat pro) – Adobe Acrobat XI User Manual
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Color management
Last updated 1/14/2015
Color-managing PDFs for printing (Acrobat Pro)
When you createAdobe PDFs for commercial printing, you can specify how color information is represented. The
easiest way to do this is using a PDF/X standard. For more information about PDF/X and how to create PDFs, search
Help.
In general, you have the following choices for handling colors when creating PDFs:
• (PDF/X-3) Does not convert colors. Use this method when creating a document that will be printed or displayed on
various or unknown devices. When you select a PDF/X-3 standard, color profiles are automatically embedded in
the PDF.
• (PDF/X-1a) Converts all colors to the destination CMYK color space. Use this method if you want to create a press-
ready file that does not require any further color conversions. When you select a PDF/X-1a standard, no profiles are
embedded in the PDF.
Note: All spot color information is preserved during color conversion; only the process color equivalents convert to the
designated color space.