I suppose there isn't a "PDF Specification for Dummies" book written yet? ;)
Appreciate the detailed reply. -AJ On 10/12/2011 2:41 PM, Leonard Rosenthol wrote: > Is it doable - yes. > > Is it doable with iText, "out of the box" - no. iText doesn't have a lot > of the necessary machinery built it. > > Could you build a tool to do the conversion using iText - pretty much. > You'd need to learn a LOT about PDF, PDF/A and relevant associated things > (like fonts, color management, etc.) > > So yes, you could certainly do this - just going to require a lot of work. > (and be aware, it's usually the little things that will get you, such as > CIDToGIDMaps and not the big ones). > > Leonard > > On 10/12/11 2:10 PM, "AJ Weber"<awe...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> I have taken note of the FAQ inserted in the Second Ed of the iText In >> Action book about this, but would like to ask and understand the >> implications a little better... >> >> If I wanted to try and automate the conversion of (various versions of) >> existing PDF files to PDF/A (level B), shouldn't this be "doable" in an >> automated fashion? I can understand the limitations that "Level A" >> might pose would probably need additional, manual intervention. But >> shouldn't we be able to parse an existing PDF file, strip any/all >> javascript, embedded images/video, etc., and read the required fonts and >> embed them into an output file to make it compliant? >> >> I know that might take a few steps to parse the input file to a >> legitimate, PDF/A output file, but it seems like there's no roadblock to >> doing so with the toolset contained in iText. Just a bit of work. >> >> What am I missing? What is there that iText "can't do" with regard to >> this objective? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> AJ >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a >> definitive record of customers, application performance, security >> threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes >> sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-oct >> _______________________________________________ >> iText-questions mailing list >> iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions >> >> iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. >> Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a >> reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ >> Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: >> http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a > definitive record of customers, application performance, security > threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes > sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-oct > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. > Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a > reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ > Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: > http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-oct _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php
