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Adobe PDF Print Engine 2

In depth

The technical specifications for the Adobe® PDF Print Engine SDK are as follows:

Platforms

• Microsoft® Windows® XP
• Microsoft Windows Vista®
• Microsoft Windows Server® 2003
• Apple Mac OS X v10.4
• Linux®
• Sun™ Solaris™ 10 (Intel®)

Recommended hardware configuration

• 2GB of RAM
• Multicore processor

Imaging model

• Adobe PDF

Color processing

• All PDF color spaces supported (DeviceCMYK, DeviceRGB, DeviceGray, Device N, CIE, Lab, XYZ, ICC color spaces, separation, indexed, pattern, CalRGB, and CalGray); hi-fi color (xClr)
• True-to-print color processing by deferring color conversion operations until the last possible point in the rendering process
• Full n-channel proofing using ICC profiles
• Spot color overprint and spot color emulation
• ICC and JDF control to enable rendering intent by object type, n-color workflows, and detailed spot-to-process specifications — even in RIPs set up for xClr output

Standards

• PDF, PDF/X-1, PDF/X-3, PDF/X-4, PDF/X-5, PDF/VT
• Compatible with Adobe Acrobat® 8
• Compatible with JDF 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3
• ICC (v4)

JDF support

• OEM-configurable job control. Sample implementations for JDF processes include color space conversion, digital printing, imagesetting, imposition, interpreting, layout preparation, rendering, screening, separation, and trapping.

Font support

• Type 1, including OpenType® CFF
• TrueType, including OpenType TrueType
• CID-keyed, including OpenType CID-keyed
• PDF Type 3

Other

• Optimized for digital press resolutions
• Optimized for jobs with VDP characteristics
• Elimination of redundant processing
• ICC-based color conversion
• Spot color emulation (proofing)
• Rendering intent control by object type
• Screen selection by object type and/or colorant
• Potential to create soft proofing solutions
• Adaptive memory management
• JDF-controlled in-RIP trapping, imposition, and layer management
• APIs for CMM, screening, marking, JDF processors, and raster