PDF/A Competence Center ArticlesPDF/A and ColorsThe article „PDF/A and Colors” from Stephan Jaeggi deals with color spaces, ICC profiles and output intents. It provides several user examples based on Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional. PDF/A ValidationPDF/A validation tools check files for conformance with the ISO standard. Thomas Merz reports what performance is required from these tools, and how the PDF/A test suite that is in preparation will help. Processing PDF/A DocumentsThe article by Hans Bärfuss describes how some typical processes can be designed, in order that components that are available on the market today can be used to achieve an optimal cost / benefit relationship. PDF/A – a look at the technical sideWhat is the difference between PDF/A-1a and -1b? What considerations must be taken with fonts, and what advantages does PDF/A offer for the reliable reproduction of colors? These and other questions, including annotations and forms, are answered in this article from Olaf Drümmer. PDF/A for Scanned DocumentsWhat possibilities are available for digitalizing paper documents and converting them to PDF/A? This report from Carsten Heiermann discusses effective solutions for both color and black & white samples. Improved PDF/A-1bNot every document can be converted to PDF/A-1a. Jörg Palmer will show you how the more easily created PDF/A-1b can be enhanced through use of Unicode. PDF/A Metadata XMP, RDF & Dublin CoreLeonard Rosenthol takes a detailed look at metadata in PDF. This includes a focus on XMP, the Extensible Metadata Platform that is also used in PDF. |
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