The Ghent PDF Workgroup

Didier HaazenChair Compliancy Testing SC

Who we are

• International organization made up of graphic arts users, associations & developers

Mission

• “To develop and maintain process specifications for best practices in graphic arts workflows and promote their acceptance and use in the international graphic arts community.”

Key figures

• Founded in 2002• Started in Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Switzerland

• Today:− 21 industry association− 18 vendors− 13 countries− And still growing…

Industry Associations

Norway

Sweden

Denmark

GermanyNetherlands

Belgium

France

United Kingdom

Spain

Italy

Switzerland

& US

Association members

Subcommittees

• Color Management• Compliancy Testing• Documentation• Marketing & Education• Office Document Printing• Packaging• Process Control• Specifications

Subcommittees

• Job Ticketing• Cross Media (NEW since 2010)

Deliverables

• PDF file specifications• Application settings• Test Suites• Best practices guidelines• Educational documents

Deliverables

• More info & downloads: www.gwg.org

PDF/X Plus Concept

PDF 1.3

PDF/X-1a or PDF/X-3

ISO

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PDF/X Plus

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GWG

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