New downloadable packaging specifications from GWG

GWG Packaging Specifications Overview
In the world of the Ghent PDF Workgroup, a specification is a set of guidelines to which a PDF file should conform. A practical example of a guideline could be the color spaces allowed in a PDF file or the image resolution required for images in a PDF file. The Ghent PDF Workgroup defines a number of different specifications. The reason multiple specifications exist is to support different market segments, different output processes or different workflows. As a practical example, a magazine advertisement workflow is going to have totally different guidelines than a newpaper workflow. All GWG specifications, with the temporary exception of GWG Packaging Specifications (see next paragraph), are PDF/X-Plus specifications. This means that all of these specifications are based on, and compliant with, the ISO PDF/X standards. As PDF/X-Plus specifications, the GWG has added extra restrictions and rules accommodating the corresponding, specific workflow on top of the requirement to be PDF/X compliant.