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DDAP Digital Ad Database
This database is an online resource for advertisers, agencies, publishers and printers who are seeking prepress suppliers who provide digital ad services based on accredited standards. The database is a list of vendors who produce PDF/X-1a files.

Online PDF/X-1a Vendors

As film output needs disappear, many output houses are changing their way of doing business in order to stay on top of today's digital demands. This trend has given way to the emergence of Online Service Bureaus, or Digital Ad Delivery Services. These services provide you with high-end digital ad files and proofs from the convenience of your office.

Adfixer.com

MagSend

RIP Alliance

Please note that CMP Media is providing these prepress vendor listings as a service for our advertisers, but we are not associated with any of the above mentioned prepress vendors.

Organizations & Associations

DDAP
The DDAP Association is a user-driven organization working towards enabling the universal exchange of digital ads throughopen process integration and the use of accredited standards.

DDAP's PDF-X Website
The DDAP Association has started a website packed with lots of news, tools and resources on PDF-X.

Digital Ad Lab
The Digital Ad Lab is a voluntary member digital advertising users group representing ad agencies, publishers, suppliers, printers, and manufacturers formed to promote and facilitate the adoption of 100% digital ad workflow. The core mission of the group is to provide an open forum for the exchange of ideas, issues, and resolutions to enable the full adoption of digital ads.

SWOP
SWOP (Specifications for Web Offset Publication) sets forth specifications and tolerances in order to achieve consistent results throughout the web publication processes.

Software Resources

Apago (PDF/X-1)

Enfocus (PDF/X-1)

Adobe Systems

Quark