a command line interface that can convert PDF to PDF/X-1a via Adobe PostScript with Adobe Acrobat X Pro

pdf2pdfx1a.sh

#!/bin/bash

set -e

showHelp(){
    echo usage: $(basename $0) path/to/input.pdf
    return 0
}

if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
    showHelp
    exit 1
fi

file $1 | grep -q 'PDF document'
if [ ! $? ]; then
    showHelp
    exit 1
fi

pdf2psx1a.applescript $(dirname $1)/$(basename $1)
open -a '/Applications/Adobe Acrobat X Pro/Acrobat Distiller.app' $(dirname $1)/$(basename $1 .pdf)_x1a.ps

exit

pdf2psx1a.applescript

#!/usr/bin/osascript
-- This apple script is a command line interface
-- that can convert PDF to PDF/X-1a via Adobe PostScript with Adobe Acrobat X Pro.

on run argv
    if (count of argv) < 1 then
        -- do shell script "echo " & "\"pdf2pdfx1a.applescript path/to/input.pdf\""
        do shell script "echo " & "\"pdf2psx1a.applescript path/to/input.pdf\""
    else
        set p to item 1 of argv
        set pcurrentFile to do shell script "[[ \"" & p & "\" = /* ]] && echo \"" & p & "\" || echo \"$PWD/\"" & p & "\"\""
        set currentFile to POSIX file pcurrentFile as Unicode text

        set currentFileName to do shell script "basename \"" & pcurrentFile & "\""

        set poutputFolder to do shell script "[[ \"" & pcurrentFile & "\" = /* ]] && dirname \"" & pcurrentFile & "\" || echo \"$PWD/\""
        set outputFolder to POSIX path of poutputFolder as Unicode text

        set currentFileShortName to text 1 thru -5 of currentFileName
        set PSFileName to (currentFileShortName & "_x1a.ps") as string
        set pPSFilePath to (outputFolder & "/" & PSFileName) as string
        set PSFilePath to POSIX file pPSFilePath as Unicode text
        -- log currentFile 
        -- log currentFileShortName
        -- log PSFileName
        -- log PSFilePath

        set PDFFileName to (currentFileShortName & "_x1a.pdf") as string
        set pPDFFilePath to (outputFolder & "/" & PDFFileName) as string
        set PDFFilePath to POSIX file pPDFFilePath as Unicode text

        -- tell application "Acrobat Distiller"
        --     launch
        --     delay 3
        -- end tell

        -- PDF -> PostScript via Adobe Acrobat X Pro
        tell application "Adobe Acrobat Pro"
            activate
            log "Converting " & currentFile & "... "
            open currentFile
            save document currentFileName ¬
                to file PSFilePath using PostScript Conversion ¬
                with embedded fonts, images, preview, separations and annotation ¬
                without binary given postScript level:3
            close document currentFileName
            log "done: " & PSFilePath
        end tell

        -- -- PostScript -> PDF/X-1a via Acrobat Distiller
        -- -- Requirements: run Acrobat Distiller and set one of PDF/X-1a
        -- tell application "Acrobat Distiller"
        --     activate
        --     delay 3
        --     log "Converting " & PSFilePath & "... "
        --     open PSFilePath
        --     -- Distill sourcePath PSFilePath ¬
        --     --     adobePDFSettingsPath POSIX path of ("/Users/munepi/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe PDF/Settings/EQUIOS X1a 2001_1_J.joboptions")
        --     log "done: " & PDFFilePath
        --     quit
        -- end tell
    end if
end run