Format
Acrobat PDF/X - Portable Document Format - Exchange 1a:2003
Summary
- Name
- Acrobat PDF/X - Portable Document Format - Exchange 1a:2003
- Identifiers
-
- MIME: application/pdf
- PUID: fmt/146
- Format type
- Page Description
- Description
- This 'exchange standard' format is based on Adobe's PDF 1.4 (2003) specification and includes additional notes specifically for delivery of high quality colour advertisements. It is a subset of the PDF specification, and an application standard as well as a file format standard. It is seen as a 'more reliable' PDF file.
- Format encoding
- Text
- File extensions
-
pdf - Submitted by
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Relationships
- Has priority over
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- Acrobat PDF 1.0 - Portable Document Format 1.0
- Acrobat PDF 1.1 - Portable Document Format 1.1
- Acrobat PDF 1.2 - Portable Document Format 1.2
- Acrobat PDF 1.3 - Portable Document Format 1.3
- Acrobat PDF 1.4 - Portable Document Format 1.4
- Acrobat PDF 1.5 - Portable Document Format 1.5
- Acrobat PDF 1.6 - Portable Document Format 1.6
- TrueType Font
- Acrobat PDF 1.7 - Portable Document Format 1.7
- Is subsequent version of
- Is subtype of
Internal signatures
PDF/X-1a:2003
- Description
- BOF first 8 bytes: %PDF-1.4 Variable bytes: /GTS_PDFXVersion(PDF/X-1a:2003)
- Provenance
- http://www.npes.org/pdf/PDF-X-Application-Notes_V4-Sep06.pdf
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
255044462D312E34- Endianness
- None
- Min Frag Length
- Variable
- Offset
- None
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
2F4754535F5044465856657273696F6E{0-1}285044462F582D31613A3230303329- Endianness
- None
Changelog
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V90
- Release date
- 30 March 2017
-
Updated
Acrobat PDF/X - Portable Document Format - Exchange 1a:2003: Gave priority over all parent Acrobat PDF versions. Issue raised by Archives New Zealand and State Records New South Wales.
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V88
- Release date
- 27 September 2016
-
Updated
Acrobat PDF/X - Portable Document Format - Exchange 1a:2003: Gave priority over x-fmt/453 - TrueType Font. Suggested by Archives New Zealand.
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V62
- Release date
- 28 August 2012
-
Added signature
Acrobat PDF/X - Portable Document Format - Exchange 1a:2003: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.