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Lebensversicherung baut auf das ISO Langzeitarchivformat PDF/A
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- Conversion Service
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Ausfüllen von Formularen und Stempeln mit dem PDF Web Viewer
Anfang dieses Jahres haben wir unseren brandneuen 4-Heights® PDF Web Viewer lanciert, den Nachfolger des 3-Heights® PDF Web Viewers. Nun sind wir stolz, zwei neue Funktionen ankündigen zu können: PDF-Seitenstempel und da ...
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TIFF Mixed Raster Content (MRC) conforming to RFC 2301
Mixed Raster Content (MRC) is a process to reduce the size of raster images. It is well known since PDF/A is used to archive scanned documents. However, it has been used and standardized in RFC 2301 for TIFF files earlie ...

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Unkomplizierte, stabile und fehlerfreie PDF Erstellung aus Applikationen
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- Conversion Service
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Ganz neu von innen: der 4-Heights® PDF Web Viewer
In den letzten Jahren hat die Verwendung von Webbrowsern als neue Standard-Client-Plattform enorm zugenommen, da sie auf fast jedem Gerät und jedem Betriebssystem verfügbar sind. Vor drei Jahren haben wir mit der Einführ ...
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Stroking geometric paths - not as easy as it seems
In PDF geometric paths are simply described as lines and cubic bézier curves. The filling of a path is straight forward once one understands the even-odd and non-zero-winding rule. The stroking of a path however is not a ...

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Verbesserte „InsureSign“ Lösung durch Einsatz von PDF Tools Software
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- PDF to Image Converter
- PDF Extract
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PDF transparency reviewed
This new blog thread is dedicated to the development of the PDF standard and its associated sub-standards. As a delegate of the Swiss Standardization Association (SNV) in the ISO Comittee I'm supposed to review all relat ...

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Minimierung der Papierakten beim Schul- und Sportdepartement der Stadt Zürich
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- PDF to PDF/A Converter
Product updates
Seamless Integration of the Conversion Service
The Pdftools Conversion Service has a standard API that returns processed documents via the same channel. For better customization, the Conversion Service also offers different input and output channels. These can be con ...
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Controlling enveloping machines using OMR markers
In this new blog thread I'd like to inform you about new features and applications of our tools. Enveloping machines can be magically controlled with these tiny dashes called OMR markers on the border of a printed sheet. ...

Customer stories
Zentrale Geschäftsunterlagen digital signieren
Verwendete Produkte
- PDF to Image Converter
- PDF Toolbox SDK