Exporting to pure Black and White PDF

Hi, I've created the document in mono/black and white, but have been asked by the printers to export the PDF as a pure black and white. I cannot seem to see these settings when exporting. Am I just missing something or is this not possible?
Thanks in advance
Dale

Create a "color" PDF, where everything is only on one plate (black) as there is no export to Grayscale PDF options. The printer will get a composite PDF where all the content is on one plate when he previews and makes the separations.
In InDesign:
You may open the separations preview panel (Window>Output) to check that everything is on the black plate.
Then go to File>Export, and select PDF, you don't need to select a standard PDF/X, just keep None there.
Go to the Output tab and check that Output conversion is set to No Color conversion, (Don't include profiles either).
The PDF created will have all the contents in the black plate when correctly separated.

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