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VeryDOC releases new version of PDF to PDF/A Converter Command Line product today

2013/04/22

PDF to PDF/A Converter Command Line web page,

https://www.verydoc.com/pdf-to-pdfa.html

The new version of PDF to PDF/A Converter Command Line has following features,

1. add “-reset” parameter, this parameter will reset all PDF/A configuration files, sometimes, when you run pdf2pdfa.exe to convert a PDF file to PDF/A file, the resultant PDF file is just contain one blank page, this is because some configuration files are damaged in your system, you can add “-reset” parameter to reset PDF/A configuration files, for example,

pdf2pdfa.exe -reset "sample1.pdf" "_sample1-pdfa.pdf"
pdf2pdfa.exe -reset "sample2.pdf" "_sample2-pdfa.pdf"
pdf2pdfa.exe -reset "sample3.pdf" "_sample3-pdfa.pdf"
pdf2pdfa.exe -reset "sample4.pdf" "_sample4-pdfa.pdf"
pdf2pdfa.exe -reset "sample5.pdf" "_sample5-pdfa.pdf"
pdf2pdfa.exe -reset "sample6.pdf" "_sample6-pdfa.pdf"
pdf2pdfa.exe -reset "sample7.pdf" "_sample7-pdfa.pdf"

2. add “-mode 2” parameter, this parameter will analyze all objects in PDF file, it will check and repair all objects in PDF file and arrange them to comply with the PDF/A compliance, this parameter is great to process various kinds of PDF files over the world, you can use this parameter like below,

pdf2pdfa.exe -mode 2 "sample1.pdf" "_sample1-pdfa.pdf"
pdf2pdfa.exe -mode 2 "sample2.pdf" "_sample2-pdfa.pdf"
pdf2pdfa.exe -mode 2 "sample3.pdf" "_sample3-pdfa.pdf"
pdf2pdfa.exe -mode 2 "sample4.pdf" "_sample4-pdfa.pdf"
pdf2pdfa.exe -mode 2 "sample5.pdf" "_sample5-pdfa.pdf"
pdf2pdfa.exe -mode 2 "sample6.pdf" "_sample6-pdfa.pdf"
pdf2pdfa.exe -mode 2 "sample7.pdf" "_sample7-pdfa.pdf"

3. add “-mode 1” parameter, this parameter is useful to repair damaged PDF/A files, this parameter is can also convert scanned PDF files to PDF/A files quickly. Because this parameter hasn’t font embedding function, it can not embed the system fonts into PDF file, so this parameter can not be used to convert non-PDF/A files to PDF/A files, you should better use it for repair existing PDF/a files.

After you convert a PDF file to PDF/A file, you can check the compliance of this PDF file with the PDF/A-1b specification in “Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended”, please open this PDF file in “Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended” first, click “Advanced” => “Preflight” menus,

Select “Verify compliance with PDF/A-1b” option and click “Analyze” button to analyze the PDF file,

If this PDF file is comply with PDF/A-1b specification, you will see “No problems found” message, see below screenshot,

If you encounter any problem with VeryDOC PDF to PDF/A Converter Command Line product, please feel free to let us know, we are glad to assist you asap.

http://support.verypdf.com

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PDF to PDF/A Converter

Repair damaged PDF and convert PDF to PDF/A

2013/04/222013/04/22

When converting PDF to PDF/A in batch, you may meet some which can not be converted properly. And when try to open those files, they even can not be opened properly then you can tell that this kind of PDF files have been damaged in some degree. Now by software VeryDOC PDF to PDF/A Converter, you can repair damaged PDF file and then convert it to PDF/A. In the following part, I will show you how to process it.

Step 1. Know more about PDF to PDF/A Converter

PDF to PDF/A Converter is a Window command line application, which can work under all the Window system. It can be used to convert your existing PDF documents (normal or scanned) into ISO 19005-1 PDF/A-compliant archivable documents even if some documents have been damaged.
Download it and then you will find zip file in downloading folder. Please extract zip file to some folder then you can check the elements in it. Find executable file and then call it from MS Dos Windows.

Step 2. Repair PDF and Convert Damaged PDF to PDF/A

Please run the conversion according to the usage and be in compliance with the examples.

Usage:pdftools [options] <pdf-file> [<out-pdf>]
Examples:
When you need to repair damaged PDF and convert it to PDF, please refer to the following command line templates.
pdf2pdfa.exe -mode 1 C:\in.pdf C:\out.pdf
pdf2pdfa.exe –repair C:\in.pdf C:\out.pdf
Related parameters:
-mode <int> : this parameter gives you three options to convert PDF to PDF/A by various modes, e.g, 0, 1,
-mode 0:default mode, by this value, it does the conversion according to all default settings.
-mode 1: this mode is quick conversion mode, which can be used to repair the existing PDF/A files, it can also convert scanned PDF files to PDF/A files quickly, but this mode can't embed the font data into PDF file, so it can't convert a PDF file which contain system fonts to PDF/A files properly.
-mode 2: full conversion mode, this mode does analyze everything in PDF file and process everything in PDF file to comply with PDF/A format carefully, if "-mode 0" fails, you can use "-mode 2" method to try again.
-repair : Repair damaged PDF file automatically

When you do batch conversion, you can add parameter either –mode 1 or -repair, then this software will repair damaged PDF automatically and convert them to PDF/A directly. Now let us check the conversion effect from the following snapshot. During the using, if you have any question, please contact us as soon as possible.

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PDF to PDF/A Converter

Convert PDF to PDF/A using RGB ICC profile

2013/04/222013/04/22

PDF/A, as an ISO-standardized version of the PDF file, was developed and specialized for the documents archiving for a long time. The elements in PDF file which are not good for archiving will be removed and some elements will be added during the conversion. Then no matter archiving or printing will be more professional after converting PDF to PDF/A. In the following part, I will show you how to use this software.

Step 1. Download PDF to PDF/A Converter

This software is command line version and was updated recently. So when downloading, please make sure download the latest version. It is a Windows application which can work under both 32-bit and 64-bit.
Once downloading finishes, there will be a zip file. Please extract it to some folder then you can find the executable file and call it from MS Dos Windows.

Step 2. Convert PDF to PDF/A using RGB ICC Profile

It is known to all that many professional workflows are built around the RGB ICC color profile first introduced in Adobe® Photoshop® 5.0 software and now available across in PDF documents.
Each device has different degrees of ability when producing image or graphics, so this results in color inconsistencies. For maintaining the visual appearance of the image to the greatest degree possible, you can try to convert PDF to PDF/A using RGB ICC profile.

Usage:pdftools [options] <pdf-file> [<out-pdf>]
Example:
When you need to convert PDF to PDF/A using RGB ICC color profile, please refer to the following command line template.
pdf2pdfa.exe -cl 0 -reset test.pdf out.pdf
-cl 0 : this parameter is an order to use RGB ICC profile for device-specific color spaces.
-reset: this parameter can help you reset all PDF/A configuration files
Note:parameter –reset is not necessary for each conversion and for all the users. For some computers, when converting PDF to PDF/A, there will be blank PDF file output. Then please add parameter –reset, this parameter can be solved. In the future conversion, PDF/A configuration files will be saved and you do not need to add this parameter again.

Now let us check the conversion effect from the following snapshot. When the conversion finishes successfully, there will be reminder showing on the head of the PDF.

By this method, we can convert PDF to PDF/A by command line using RGB ICC color profile. There are too numerous functions to be detailed here, if you need to know more about it, please visit the readme or website. During the using, if you have any question, please contact us as soon as possible.

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PDF to DWG Converter

Convert PDF to DWG and Scale it in X, Y directions

2013/04/192013/04/19

When you need to convert PDF to DWG file without Adobe application installed and without CAD version limitation, you can have a free trial of VeryDOC PDF to DWG Converter, which is standalone software and supports AutoCAD 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2002, 2000, R14 etc. Meanwhile, this software is command line version software, so you can call it together with ASP/PHP/C#/.NET/... etc. server side applications. In the following part, I will show you how this software work.

Step 1. Download PDF to DWG Converter

Please download this software to your computer. Please rest assured that the downloading is totally free and safe. Once downloading finishes, there will be a zip file. Please unzip it and then find executable file in the extracted folder.
For saving time, you can run the bat file to check the conversion effect directly. And all the usage and parameters are listed in readme.txt file.
Please do the conversion according to the usage and examples.

Step 2. Convert PDF to DWG and scale output

When you need to convert PDF to DWG and scale it, please refer to the following command line template.
pdf2dwg.exe -xscale 0.5 -yscale 0.5 C:\test.pdf C:\out.dxf
pdf2dwg.exe -xscale 0.5 -yscale 0.5 C:\test.pdf C:\out.dwg
As this software either supports DWG or DXF as output, so to scaling function, you can apply it to both output. When scaling, you can scale output file in X and Y directions. You can can scale file from o to any number.

-xscale <fp> : scale by a factor in x-direction
-yscale <fp> : scale by a factor in y-direction
Now let us check the conversion effect from the following snapshot.

When you need to scale output file in batch, this software also can make it. When convert files in batch, you can either use bat file or use wild character. For example:

pdf2dwg.exe C:\*.pdf C:\*.dxf
pdf2dwg.exe C:\*.pdf C:\*.dwg

Checking from the above snapshot, we can get that DWG file converted by this application can keep all the original elements like color, formats and fonts. This software also have other functions and they are too numerous to be listed here. If you need to know more, please try it yourself. During the using, if you have any question, please contact us as soon as possible. We will solve it for you at once.

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PDF to DWG Converter

Convert PDF to DWG in batch and change versions

2013/04/182013/04/18

VeryDOC PDF to DWG Converter is a command line application which can be used to convert PDF to DWG in bath and it allows you to change versions between CAD files. Say you can change DWG version from R21 to dxf R13. In the following part, I will show you how does this software work.

Step 1. Download PDF to DWG Converter

This software is windows command line application, and there is no version of GUI available for now. Once downloading finishes, there will be an zip file in the downloaded folder. Please extract zip file to folder then you can check element and usage in it.
Please call pdf2dwg.exe in MS Dos Windows. If you need to check the conversion effect, please double click the test.bat file.

Step 2. Convert PDF to DWG

Please use this software according to the usage and examples.
Usage: pdf2dwg [options] <pdf-file> [<out-file>]
When converting PDF to DWG singly, please refer to the following command line template.
pdf2dwg.exe C:\test.pdf C:\out.dxf
pdf2dwg.exe C:\test.pdf C:\out.dwg
When you need to convert PDF to DWG in bath, you can write bat file or use wild characters.

pdf2dwg.exe C:\*.pdf C:\*.dxf
pdf2dwg.exe C:\*.pdf C:\*.dwg

By wild character, you can batch conversion easily. Say you can convert the whole folder, whole directories PDF files to dwg file in a few seconds. When you need to change versions between output CAD files, please refer to the following command line templates.

pdf2dwg.exe -ver 10 C:\test.dwg C:\test.dxf
pdf2dwg.exe -ver 16 C:\test.dwg C:\test.dwg
Parameters related to the conversion
-ver <int>: set output format for DXF and DWG files, it can be selected from following values:
        1: dxf R21 file format (*.dxf)
        2: dxf R18 file format (*.dxf)
        3: dxf R15 file format (*.dxf)
        4: dxf R14 file format (*.dxf)
        5: dxf R13 file format (*.dxf)
        6: dxf R12 file format (*.dxf)
        7: dxf R10 file format (*.dxf)
        8: dxf R9 file format (*.dxf)
        9: binary dxf R21 file format (*.dxf)
        10: binary dxf R18 file format (*.dxf)
        11: binary dxf R15 file format (*.dxf)
        12: binary dxf R14 file format (*.dxf)
        13: binary dxf R13 file format (*.dxf)
        14: binary dxf R12 file format (*.dxf)
        15: binary dxf R10 file format (*.dxf)
        16: dwg R21 file format (*.dwg)
        17: dwg R18 file format (*.dwg)
        18: dwg R15 file format (*.dwg)
        19: dwg R14 file format (*.dwg)
        20: dwg R13 file format (*.dwg)
        21: dwg R12 file format (*.dwg)

Now let us check the conversion effect from the following snapshot. And during using, if you have any question, please contact us as soon as possible.

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