Hello, First of all, thank you for this wonderful Swiss army knife for PDFs that is PdfBox.
Java version : 21 Pdfbox version : 3.0.4 Description : When a pdf is saved with option CompressParameters.NO_COMPRESSION, useless lines like nnnnnnnnnn 65535 f are added to xref section When splitting a pdf, this side effect seems cumulative when saving each part. Not really relevant when saving only one pdf but when splitting a pdf to 5000 parts, it becomes huge. You can reproduce the issue with any pdf Current workaround to fix this issue : open and save the produced pdf(s) with itextpdf 5.5.13.4 remove the useless lines like nnnnnnnnnn 65535 f Regards, Yannick Test class : import org.apache.pdfbox.Loader; import org.apache.pdfbox.multipdf.Splitter; import org.apache.pdfbox.pdfwriter.compress.CompressParameters; import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument; import java.io.File; import java.util.List; public class Test_NO_COMPRESSION { public static void main(String[] args) { if (args.length != 1) { System.out.println("Test_NO_COMPRESSION usage : [absolute path of the pdf to save and split]"); System.exit(-1); } try { File pdf = new File(args[0]); String targetPath = pdf.getAbsolutePath() + "." + System.currentTimeMillis() + ".pdf"; try (PDDocument doc = Loader.loadPDF(pdf)) { System.out.println("Saving NO_COMPRESSION to file " + targetPath); doc.save(targetPath, CompressParameters.NO_COMPRESSION); } try (PDDocument doc = Loader.loadPDF(pdf)) { for (int i = 1; i < doc.getNumberOfPages(); i++) { Splitter splitter = new Splitter(); splitter.setStartPage(i); splitter.setEndPage(i + 1); splitter.setSplitAtPage(i + 1); List<PDDocument> documents = splitter.split(doc); PDDocument tempDoc = documents.getFirst(); String splitFilePath = targetPath + ".part." + i + ".pdf"; System.out.println("Saving page #" + i + " NO_COMPRESSION to file " + splitFilePath); tempDoc.save(splitFilePath, CompressParameters.NO_COMPRESSION); tempDoc.close(); } } System.out.println("Done"); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } } Worldline, Cardlink, GoPay and Santeos are registered trademarks and trade names owned by the Worldline Group. This e-mail and any documents attached are confidential and intended solely for the addressee. It may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are not authorized to copy, disclose, use or retain it. Please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail (including any attachments) from your systems. As e-mails may be intercepted, amended or lost, they are not secure. Therefore, Worldline's and its subsidiaries' liability cannot be triggered for the message content. Although the Worldline Group endeavors to maintain a virus-free network, we do not warrant that this e-mail is virus-free and do not accept liability for any damages, losses or consequences resulting from any transmitted virus if any. The risks are deemed to be accepted by anyone who communicates with Worldline or its subsidiaries by e-mail. Please consider the environment before printing, sending or forwarding this email.