Setting PDF/X compliancy standard

Question

Dear group,
How do I set the document to a PDF/X standard with the PDFExportPreferences?
I'm trying to allow the input of bleed with a prompt and have marks and offset follow this (eg. Xmm bleed = Xmm mark offset, and no bleed = no marks). I've found that using a joboptions preset file will overule my bleed/marks/offset settings to those defined in the preset so I've been trying to define all the necessary PDFExportPreferences within the script but can't get the PDF/X standard compliancy part right (unfortunately Adobe sample scripts doesn't cover this) - I would like to export with X-1a compliancy, an output condition and and use the destination (from the UI) "Convert to destination (preserve numbers)". Any tips on the syntax?
Kind regards,
Rasmus

Answer 1

Dear all,
This is what I've learned so far creating a custom PDF/X export setting:
with (app.colorSettings)
enableColorManagement = true;
//This wont work on my Mac workstation. Setting the subsequent
//CMS parameters will change the InDesign ColorSettings to "Custom".
//My idea was to create a named preset through the script.
//cmsSettingsPath = "/some path/";
//cmsSettings = "some preset";
rgbPolicy = ColorSettingsPolicy.convertToWorkingSpace;
cmykPolicy = ColorSettingsPolicy.combinationOfPreserveAndSafeCmyk; // 1129345124: combinationOfPreserveAndSafeCmyk
workingSpaceRGB = "Adobe RGB (1998)";
workingSpaceCMYK = "ISOnewspaper26v4";
engine = "Adobe (ACE)";
intent = DefaultRenderingIntent.relativeColorimetric; //1380545123: relativeColorimetric
useBPC = true;
mismatchAskWhenOpening = false;
mismatchAskWhenPasting = false;
mismatchAskWhenOpening = false;
Embedding and using a CMYK policy on a document level:
with(app.activeDocument) {
cmykPolicy = colorSettingsPolicy.combinationOfPreserveAndSafeCmyk; // 1129345124: combinationOfPreserveAndSafeCmyk
cmykProfile = "ISOnewspaper26v4";
The custom export setting:
with(app.pdfExportPreferences) {
//PDF output options
standardsCompliance = PDFXStandards.pdfx1a2001Standard; //1396912481: pdfx1a2001Standard; 1396922419: pdfx32002Standard
pdfColorSpace = PDFColorSpace.cmyk; //1129142603: cmyk
//outputCondition = "outputCondition"; //this is not working?
//outputConditionName = "outputConditionName"; //use this instead
//alert("effectiveOutputCondition: "+effectiveOutputCondition);
//ocRegistry = "http://somesite";
//alert("effectiveOCRegistry: "+effectiveOCRegistry);
pdfDestinationProfile = PDFProfileSelector.working; //1967419235: useDocument; 1466921579: working
//alert("effectivePDFXProfile: "+effectivePDFXProfile);
Be aware that InDesign apparently cache some of these settings even when quitting the app? A forced reset (trashing the prefs files or hitting the key-combo when starting) will solve this temporarily.