Well, yes, you are preaching to the choir. We are definitely pursuing another
vendor and are thankfully 50%+ done with converting to their tool.
Admittedly, PDF format/issues are not my strength... definitely in the learning
stage and I appreciate your candid responses. They have, at a minimum,
verified that I am not entirely crazy (as it concerns this issue).
I do wonder if you might try to answer one more question based on your
response. When you say the process is HUGELY lossy, does that include "visual
data"? Through the always fallible human review experience, we have found that
very little "visual data" is ever lost (though there are times that it is).
Would that surprise you to hear me say that? I can definitely see where some
of the PDF "features" are lost (signatures, etc., etc.)
Thanks for the bandwidth you have been able to spare up to this point. I do
understand there is a vagueness to my questions but your responses are
definitely helping me focus my own research.
From: Leonard Rosenthol [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 1:59 PM
To: Post here
Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Using iText to analyze PDF for distilling issues
If I had a "vendor supplied PDF tool" that wasn't handling valid PDF files -
I'd go find myself a new vendor and/or tool. The process of "refrying" a PDF
(PDF->PS->PDF) is HUGELY lossy. You are throwing away SO MUCH information that
can NEVER be recovered. You might as well just poke yourself in the eye with a
sharp stick - less painful for you and your customers.
Leonard
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