This guide, and its companion for developers (Best Practice in creating PDF files for variable data printing – Developer Edition), are intended to help designers, composition tool operators and software vendors avoid creating inefficient PDF files.

This guide and its companion, Best Practice for creating PDF files for Variable Data Printing – Designer Edition is intended to help designers, composition tool operators or software vendors to avoid creating inefficient PDF files.

This page provides external links to legacy Adobe PDF references and errata, as well as the ISO 32000 family of standards. The PDF Association is not authorized to host these files on behalf of the PDF industry. This page was …

EA-PDF is a new project to define the essential characteristics and optimal functional requirements of email messages and necessary related information in a PDF technology-based archive.

The PDF Association maintains links to best-practice content in this area. These materials are not vetted by the PDF Association. To suggest a new resource contact info@pdfa.org with your recommendation. Scott Vinkle’s blog post on 3D model accessibility: https://scottvinkle.me/blogs/work/3d-model-accessibility  

Print workflow and metadata standards are used to communicate the intended appearance, processing steps, or job tickets for printed products through the use of existing PDF features.

The US DoD MIL-STD-31000 standard describes requirements for preparing technical data packages (TDPs) which can be packaged in 3D PDF files.

ISO 32000 is the family of ISO standards that defines the core PDF specification for both PDF 1.7 and PDF 2.0.

PDF/VCR enables variable data printing applications using PDF template-based variable content substitution and a framework for in-RIP variable content merging.

The ISO 16612 family of standards defines PDF/VT for supporting variable data and high-volume transactional printing. PDF/VT builds on top of PDF/X.