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Attendees at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference were offered a session on the benefits and uses of PDF/A. Presenter Geof Huth offered an in-depth look file format confusion, when and how to use a file preservation format and the advantages and disadvantages of PDF and PDF/A. PDF/A-1 and PDF/A-2 were both discussed, as well as the other “flavors” of PDF and several PDF/A creation and validation products. [...]
PODi Adds Support for PDF/VT to Its Mission to Advance the Digital Printing Industry
“We have now added PDF/VT support to help print service providers who want to have an end-to-end PDF workflow that includes variable data,” says PODi President Rab Govil. [...]
Professional Association Expands to Cover All PDF Standards
The PDF/A CC’s organizers have introduced an overarching body, the PDF Association. The PDF/A CC will continue to exist beneath/within the PDF Association alongside sister CCs focused on other PDF standards, such as PDF/VT (ISO 16612) for variable data printing and PDF/UA (expected to become ISO 14289 in 2012) for accessibility. There will also be a Competence Center for PDF itself (ISO 32000). [...]
Acrobat X and Reader X: JavaScript Security Gets a Boost
JavaScript in Acrobat X and Adobe Reader has been modified to further strengthen the products resistance to malicious attacks. According to Joel Geraci, version “10.1.1 introduces changes to the JavaScript feature that stores global variables and executes user-defined scripts.” [...]
The PDF Association Is Now on FaceBook!
Like the PDF Association? Maybe should should like us on FaceBook as well! [...]
Apple Kills Print to PDF Application
In a surprise move by Apple Computer, ‘Print to PDF’ will no longer be available on the Apple App Store. A website post from Enrique Rodriguez at Print to PDF says, “On August 24th, we received a call from Apple Developer Relations telling us that we are not allowed to use AirPrint as a way to print documents to PDF and that for this reason the app could no longer be available on the App Store. This news came as a surprise to us given that the app had been reviewed and approved 3 times already by the Apple App Review Team. Unfortunately, we have to comply with this decision and the app will no longer be available for download.” [...]
PDF/VT Honored with 2011 InterTech™ Technology Award
Printing Industries of America has awarded the 2011 InterTech™ Technology Award to the ISO standard PDF/VT. The award is given to technologies that are assessed as particularly innovative and will have a sustainable impact on the printing industry. Many companies’ products – such as callas software GmbH, Berlin – already support PDF/VT and a wave of PDF/VT-product launches are expected for the next drupa in May 2012 in Düsseldorf. [...]
Botanical Group Chooses PDF for E-Publication
The International Botanical Congresses (IBC) has decided to embrace PDF. According to a post on the group’s website, “Electronic material published online in Portable Document Format (PDF) with an International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) or an International Standard Book Number (ISBN) will constitute effective publication.” Changes will go into effect on 1 January 2012. Read the full article for more information. [...]
CDF as a Competitor to PDF?
Likely not much will ever come of the Computable Document Format, or CDF. However, its proponents hope to position it as “better” than PDF and other document formats by claiming it allows readers to better interact with data. In his post, blogger Paul Boutin describes CDF creator Wolfram Research’s hopes that CDF will “become an established publishing standard adopted by the makers of document editing and viewing software. In a series of interactive demos and videos, Wolfram Research claims CDF documents beat existing formats at interactivity and flexibility, yet don’t require a programmer to create.” [...]
Adobe Sued for Digital Signature Patent Infringement After Acquisition
Only one day after acquiring EchoSign’s digital signature technology, Adobe Systems is being sued for patent infringement. A third-party, RPost, filed a lawsuit against both Adobe Systems and EchoSign claiming their technology infringes on its own patents on “proof of e-mail and document delivery, including recording recipient reply or signoff on the message content,” writes PlanetPDF’s Dan Shea. To see who else RPost is suing, check out the PlanetPDF article. [...]