Can I linearize (web-optimize) PDF/A files?
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trn2
Apr 14, 2011, 6:58:09 PM4/14/11
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Q: I am evaluating PDF/A Conversion
(pdftron.PDF.PDFA.PDFACompliance) for one of our customers. In your
benefits page (http://www.pdftron.com/pdfamanager/benefits.html) , it
states that the software “Includes an option to create linearized
(web- optimized) PDF/A documents.” This seems not to conform to or is
not
allowed by the PDF/A-1 specification. Am I correct? If it is
allowed, can you point me to the part of the specification that allows
this ? Thanks.
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A: ‘PDF/A’ specification does not say that PDF/A file can’t be
linearized (or web optimized).
This is explained in Section “6.1.9 Linearized PDF” in ISO 19005-1:
“Linearization shall be permitted but any linearization information
supplied within a file should be ignored by conforming readers.”
If required, PDFTron's PDF/A Converter
(pdftron.PDF.PDFA.PDFACompliance) can generate linearized PDF/A
documents, however this is not the default.
(pdftron.PDF.PDFA.PDFACompliance) for one of our customers. In your
benefits page (http://www.pdftron.com/pdfamanager/benefits.html) , it
states that the software “Includes an option to create linearized
(web- optimized) PDF/A documents.” This seems not to conform to or is
not
allowed by the PDF/A-1 specification. Am I correct? If it is
allowed, can you point me to the part of the specification that allows
this ? Thanks.
-----------------------------
A: ‘PDF/A’ specification does not say that PDF/A file can’t be
linearized (or web optimized).
This is explained in Section “6.1.9 Linearized PDF” in ISO 19005-1:
“Linearization shall be permitted but any linearization information
supplied within a file should be ignored by conforming readers.”
If required, PDFTron's PDF/A Converter
(pdftron.PDF.PDFA.PDFACompliance) can generate linearized PDF/A
documents, however this is not the default.
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