- From: Ludger Buenger <ludger.buenger@realobjects.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:13:33 +0200
- To: "Chris Murphy" <lists@colorremedies.com>, "W3C style mailing list" <www-style@w3.org>
Chris Murphy wrote: > > PDF/A does not require CMYK. Content can be RGB, Gray, Device-N, or > CMYK, or any combination thereof in a single PDF/A document. Yes, you are right, PDF/A only requires embedding a proper profile it does not have to be CMYK. Using e.g. sRGB suffices. I noticed myself after sending my mail yesterday (it was a busy day). Take PDF/X-1a then. Same game but requires CMYK. You asked for an application. > If CMYK is used, since it is device-dependent, a valid PDF/A must contain a valid CMYK ICC output > device profile embedded within it, so that any CMYK content is effectively device-independent and > can be viewed correctly. You might have noticed my note "in conjunction with ICC profiles" in my mail, did you? But this part of the discussion leads somehow in a different direction.
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