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Mastering Document Archival: using PDF Tools' Conversion Service to transform Word and other Desktop Apps to PDF/A
In today's digital organizations, businesses face a pressing challenge: how to efficiently manage and archive a vast array of documents? A significant pain point arises when converting documents from applications like Mi ...
PDF SDKs: Open Source vs. Proprietary | Guide Part 1
The top 7 PDF SDK factors to consider. Should you go with an open source or a proprietary PDF Library? It’s not a simple decision, but this guide will help you to make it easier.
PDF SDKs: Open Source vs. Proprietary | Guide Part 2
PDF data extraction: from unstructured files to scalable workflows
What is PDF/UA and why it matters for PDF accessibility
Getting started with PDF SDK | Quickstart Guide
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
Everything you should know about PDF/A-4
PDF/A-4 was published in the fall of 2020 and is therefore the latest part of the PDF/A series of standards. It is based on ISO 32000-2 (PDF 2.0) and is both an evolution of PDF/A-3, which is based on ISO 32000-2 (PDF1.7 ...
PDF Rendering 2.0 – next generation graphic engine for PDF
A good PDF rendering engine is an essential part of conversion, viewing, and printing tools. No matter which version the PDF documents have, accurate rendering and good image quality is crucial for many PDF processing wo ...
Maintenance and support
We offer a range of services in addition to our mature products. We can fall back on broad experience in the field of technology and with regard to business administration issues. Over the years we have created customize ...
How to deal with poor PDF quality
"Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten", says a Gucci family slogan. Nevertheless, creators of PDF documents, private users up to large companies, regularly produce files with insufficient quality causi ...