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Destination
Describes the gamut of the final RGB or CMYK output device, such as your monitor or a SWOP
standard. Using this profile, Illustrator converts the document’s color information (defined by the source profile in
the Working Spaces section of the Color Settings dialog box) to the color space of the target output device.
Profile Inclusion Policy
Determines whether a color profile is included in the file.
Output Intent Profile Name
Specifies the characterized printing condition for the document. An output intent
profile is required for creating PDF/X-compliant files. This menu is only available if a PDF/X standard (or preset) is
selected in the Save Adobe PDF dialog box. The available options depend on whether color management is on or off.
For example, if color management is off, the menu lists available printer profiles. If color management is on, the
menu lists the same profile selected for Destination Profile (provided it is a CMYK output device), in addition to
other predefined printer profiles.
Output Condition
Describes the intended printing condition. This entry can be useful for the intended receiver of
the PDF document.
Output Condition Identifier
A pointer to more information on the intended printing condition. The identifier is
automatically entered for printing conditions that are included in the ICC registry.
Registry Name
Indicates the web address for more information on the registry. The URL is automatically entered for
ICC registry names.
Trapped
Indicates the state of trapping in the document. PDF/X compliance requires a value of True (selected) or
False (deselected). Any document that doesn’t meet the requirement will fail PDF/X compliance checking.
See also
“Color-managing PDFs for printing” on page 140
Font and flattening options for PDF
You can set the following options in the Advanced section of the Save Adobe PDF dialog box:
Subset Embedded Fonts When Percent Of Characters Used Is Less Than
Specifies when to embed the entire font (as
opposed to just the characters used in the document) based on how many of the font’s characters are used in the
document. For instance, if a font contains 1,000 characters but the document only uses 10 of those characters, you
may decide that embedding the font is not worth the extra file size.
Overprint
Specifies how to save overlapping colors that are set to overprint. You can choose to preserve the
overprinting or discard the overprinting. If Compatibility (at the top of the dialog box) is set to Acrobat 4 (PDF 1.3),
you can also choose to simulate overprinting by flattening the artwork.
Preset
If Compatibility (at the top of the dialog box) is set to Acrobat 4 (PDF 1.3) and the artwork contains trans-
parency, you can specify a preset (or set of options) for flattening transparency. Alternately, click Custom to
customize the flattener settings.
Note: Acrobat 5 (PDF 1.4), Acrobat 6 (PDF 1.5), and Acrobat 7 (PDF 1.6) automatically preserve transparency in
artwork. As a result, the Preset and Custom options are not available for these levels of compatibility.