FILE FORMATS & STANDARDS -- Practices Make Perfect

Noted industry consultant Dave Zwang is serving as vice chairman of GWG and is its point person in the United States. "The PDF/X standard is extremely broad, as all standards are," he says. "As a result, you can create a PDF/X file that might not represent the requirements of the print process that you are using. The Ghent Workgroup is developing application-specific 'best practices' that further filter the PDF/X requirements."