PDF Association Newsletter: Issue 28

CONTENTS TECHNICAL CONFERENCE EUROPE 2013 EVENTS NEW MEMBERS Dear Readers, PDF is celebrating its 20th birthday this year – in some countries this is the [...]

PDF/A in a Nutshell

PDF/A in a Nutshell 2.0 – online edition

“PDF/A in a Nutshell 2.0” provides a comprehensive introduction to the material and shows off the latest developments available with PDF/A-2 and PDF/A-3. [...]

techconf2013eu

Technical Conference Europe 2013 · June 18-19, 2013 · Königswinter, Germany

The Technical Conference Europe 2013 covers technical topics around PDF and related ISO standards and technologies. With a technical audience in mind – developers, technical product managers as well as technical decision makers – the conference provides an update on the latest developments in the world of PDF, and at the same time offers a platform for discussions and networking. [...]

Typical uses for PDF/A

The PDF/A standard has proved its suitability for a wide variety of tasks. Here we can show you just a few brief practical examples. [...]

PDF/A forever

Proceedings 2010 – 4th International PDF/A Conference in Rome

In 2010 the 4th International PDF/A Conference took place in Rome. The proceedings “PDF/A forever” collect all presentations of the international speakers. [...]

PDF Developers Meet in Basel, Switzerland

In the last week of March 2012 the PDF Association organized the world’s first PDF Technical Conference in Basel, Switzerland. Over 60 PDF developers from a dozen countries were in attendance. Adobe Systems kindly allowed a temporary overrun of their otherwise calm workspaces by hordes of developers from across the globe. Conference topics were oriented to the needs and interests of developers, including in-depth technical information. All conference sessions were recorded; the original slides and the presentations themselves are available from the PDf Association Intranet. [...]

PDF/A and PDF/X at the Same Time

In an archival project it may be important that the archival PDFs do comply also with PDF/X to make sure that they can be output on a high end printing device – today or in the future. In many such projects questions arise about what are the differences between the two PDF based ISO standards and the following brief overview should shed some light on this. How can compliance with PDF/A and PDF/X be achieved at the same time in a single file? [...]