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PDF TrimBox & ArtBox

somnath
Hi,

I created a PDF using Prince 7.0, and analyzed it against the Preflight - PDF/X-1a settings in Adobe Acrobat professional 6.0. It showed me a problem for each page - "TrimBox or ArtBox missing".

Is this a problem? How do I overcome this other than distilling or using any external tools?


Thanks,
Somnath
mikeday
Do you still get this error when crop marks are enabled? (Using the marks property on @page rules).
somnath
Hi Mike, Thanks for the quick reply as usual :)

I do not get this message when crop marks are enabled. In this case I do not require any crop or cross registration marks.


Somnath
mikeday
It seems that we only include the TrimBox when crop marks are enabled, as in other cases it is identical to the MediaBox. We can change this in the next release to conform with PDF/X.
mikeday
It took longer than expected, but the latest Prince alpha now supports PDF/X-3 and PDF/X-4, fixing this issue.