PDF/X-3 and rasterize everything option

[jperalta]

Hello,
I am working on the design of a board game and I have found that when exporting the game board in PDF/X-3 format some effects do not export well and also when trying to print the PDF file an error occurs and it does not print.
I have overcome the problem by exporting in PDF/x-3 format but checking the option to rasterize everything (then the PDF is correct and can be printed).

My doubt is the following; I am interested in the rasterized content not having any loss of quality, that is to say, that it is TIFF at 300dpi, but the export dialog box does not offer me any information about this, in particular I am worried about the option "Allow JPEG compression", does that mean that it is rasterizing the content to JPEG (compressed or not)?
I would say no, because if I export the same file to TIFF format, the PDF and TIFF files are almost the same size (59Mb and 52Mb respectively), but I would like to know for sure, I don't want to have any surprises when it comes out of print.
Thank you.

[stokerg]

Hi @jperalta,

Which effects are not exporting very well and what error had you been getting when trying to print?  

From my understanding, the rasterisation and downsampling options shown in your screenshot would only apply to images above 375DPI.  So if your image is 300DPI, then it won't be getting resampled.  If you enable Allow Jpeg Compression, then that would compress anything that's rasterised to the DPI value that's set.  

More information about these options can be found in the help file, just search the help for Publishing PDF and its the 1st item returned