Page Level Output Intent in Adobe Acrobat

[KindaLikeSteve]

Hello,

there seems to be no way to check if a page in a PDF has a Page Level Output Intent.
The output preview only displays the Document Output Intent:

...and the object inspector does not show anything either.
I thought that all objects on page would be grouped together “as it happens in transparency group”, but this is not the case.
The document I was trying to check is from the PDF Association github page and can be accessed via this link: pdf20examples/PDF 2.0 with page level output intent.pdf at master · pdf-association/pdf20examples

Does anyone know how to check if there really is a Page Level Output Intent on the page or not?

Please let me know and thanks for your time.

 

[abc]

It's there. The 'Digital Printing' preflight profile had the check within it.

 

[Dov Isaacs]

Although Acrobat Preflight (and for that matter, Callas pdfToolbox from which Acrobat Preflight is derived) can show a page level Output Intent, the fact is that neither Adobe Acrobat nor any current Adobe application supports the concept of page level Output Intents as required for PDF/X-6.

Only the Adobe PDF Print Engine and Adobe Embedded Print Engine RIP software provide PDF 2.0 and PDF/X-6. Too bad no mainstream applications support it!

 

[KindaLikeSteve]

It's there. The 'Digital Printing' preflight profile had the check within it.

View attachment 293783

Thanks for the answer, ABC.

I did not know about the preflight option and indeed, it points out that there is a page level Output Intent.
Unfortunately, It does not tell you which profile is being used, only lists the existence of one.
I found some options in custom fixups to Embed/Remove page level Output Intents as well as checks if there is a page level Output Intent, but no list feature.
And then I noticed the general overview of the file (present in any check you can run).
It lists all pages and their respective content:

And there they are.

Thanks again for your time and your idea using the Preflight.

 

[KindaLikeSteve]

Although Acrobat Preflight (and for that matter, Callas pdfToolbox from which Acrobat Preflight is derived) can show a page level Output Intent, the fact is that neither Adobe Acrobat nor any current Adobe application supports the concept of page level Output Intents as required for PDF/X-6.

Only the Adobe PDF Print Engine and Adobe Embedded Print Engine RIP software provide PDF 2.0 and PDF/X-6. Too bad no mainstream applications support it!

Hello Dov,

thanks for the insight.
It seems that Adobe takes a bit longer adopting PDF/X-6 into their core applications than it took adopting PDF/X-4.
Do you think it is because of the features beeing more niche in case of PDF/X-6, or more as a general shift of direction in Adobe (a lot of AI features, Adobe Express)?

There still isn't a direct way of creating PDF/VT files in InDesign and the 3rd party plug-ins are the only way of generating PDF/VT compliant files.
Will PDF/X-6 meet a similar fate?

Again, thanks for your time.

 

[Dov Isaacs]

Maybe they think that “print is dead” or that their remaining customers preparing content for print don't care about this stuff?

 

[loicaigon]

PitStop Pro would reveal the Page-Level Output Intents: