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Name Acrobat PDF/X - Portable Document Format - Exchange 1:2001
Version  
Other names PDF/X-1:2001
Identifiers MIME:  application/pdf
PUID:  fmt/145
Family  
Classification Page Description
Disclosure  
Description This 'exchange standard' format is based on Adobe's PDF specification and a subset of the PDF specification. This version was an updated version of PDF/X-1:1999, and was based on PDF 1.3. It was superseded in 2003 by PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-3, at which point it was recommended that PDF/X-1 no longer be used. PDF/X-1 is the only PDF/X standard permitting encryption.
Orientation Text
Byte order  
Related file formats Has lower priority than Acrobat PDF/X - Portable Document Format - Exchange 1a:2001  
Has priority over Acrobat PDF 1.0 - Portable Document Format (1.0)
Has priority over Acrobat PDF 1.1 - Portable Document Format (1.1)
Has priority over Acrobat PDF 1.2 - Portable Document Format (1.2)
Has priority over Acrobat PDF 1.3 - Portable Document Format (1.3)
Has priority over Acrobat PDF 1.4 - Portable Document Format (1.4)
Has priority over Acrobat PDF 1.5 - Portable Document Format (1.5)
Has priority over Acrobat PDF 1.6 - Portable Document Format (1.6)
Has priority over TrueType Font  
Has priority over Acrobat PDF 1.7 - Portable Document Format (1.7)
Is previous version of Acrobat PDF/X - Portable Document Format - Exchange 1a:2003  
Is subsequent version of Acrobat PDF/X - Portable Document Format - Exchange 1:1999  
Is subtype of Acrobat PDF 1.3 - Portable Document Format (1.3)
Technical Environment  
Released  
Supported until  
Format Risk  
Developed by None.
Supported by None.
Source Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date 01 Feb 2007
Source description  
Last updated 22 Oct 2009
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