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How to convert existing pdf to PDF/A-1b

Hi,

According to changelog from version 16.1.0.32 support was added to convert pdf to PDF/A-1b.

Please explain how to do this.

Also please provide some information on impacts hereof. Are there any drawbacks in such conversions and can they to assessed before doing the conversion, e.g. asking loadeddocument.CanConvertToConformance("PDF/A-1b") or similar.

Best regards,
Johannes

7 Replies
MR MrHessellund April 2, 2018 06:19 PM UTC

If I understand correct - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF/A - PDF/A-1b does not support layers nor transparency.

Thus, already I foresee the need for PDF/A-2b, which should support those.

Please log a feature request for PDF/A-2b convertion.

Best regards,

SL Sowmiya Loganathan Syncfusion Team April 3, 2018 11:52 AM UTC

Hi Johannes, 

Thank you contacting Syncfusion support. 

Please find the below UG documentation link to converting PDF to PDF/A1B for existing PDF document, 

Regarding PDF to PDF/A2B 
We have logged a feature request “Need to add support to convert existing PDF document to PDF/A2B” and added it to our feature request list. We do not have any immediate plans to implement this feature. We will let you know once the feature is implemented.  

Please find our support list in the below link: 
Please let us know if you need any further assistance on this. 

Regards, 
Sowmiya L 


MO Marek Opanas December 16, 2019 03:05 PM UTC

Maybe you already know the exact ETA for PDF to PDF/A2B and PDF/A3B features? Our company needs such a solution and I am not sure should I look somewhere else or wait and propose your products which seems a good fit for our requirements. 

SL Sowmiya Loganathan Syncfusion Team December 17, 2019 11:55 AM UTC

Hi Marek,  

At present we do not have support for “Converting PDF to PDF/A-2B and PDF/A-3B” and we have already logged a feature request for this and we have planed to implement this feature in our upcoming Volume 1 release 2020 which is expected to available by March, 2020 tentatively. We will let you know once the feature is implemented. The status of implementation can be tracked through our Feature Management System: 


Please let us know if you have any concerns on this.  

Regards, 
Sowmiya Loganathan 


CH Christian replied to Sowmiya Loganathan September 29, 2020 11:29 AM UTC

Hi Marek,  

At present we do not have support for “Converting PDF to PDF/A-2B and PDF/A-3B” and we have already logged a feature request for this and we have planed to implement this feature in our upcoming Volume 1 release 2020 which is expected to available by March, 2020 tentatively. We will let you know once the feature is implemented. The status of implementation can be tracked through our Feature Management System: 


Please let us know if you have any concerns on this.  

Regards, 
Sowmiya Loganathan 


Hi,

any news regading existing PDF to PDF/A-2B? The feature management system provides no updates.

Best regards,
Christian

SL Sowmiya Loganathan Syncfusion Team September 30, 2020 01:33 PM UTC

Hi Christian,    
  
Sorry for the inconvenience.    
  
Due to some difficulties, we do not include the features “Converting PDF to PDF/A-2B and PDF/A-3B" in Volume 1 release, 2020. We have implemented both the features and this will include in our Volume 3 release which is expected to available at the starting of October 2020.    
  
The status of implementation can be tracked through our Feature Management System:    
  
We will update the details once Volume 3 is released.    
   
Regards, 
Sowmiya Loganathan 


SL Sowmiya Loganathan Syncfusion Team October 6, 2020 05:02 AM UTC

Hi Christian,  
  
We have included the feature “Convert an existing PDF document to PDF/A2-B, PDF/A-3B conformance document” in our Volume 3 release and we glad to announce that our Essential Studio Volume 3, 2020 is rolled out. Please find the download link from below,  
 
We thank you for your support and appreciate your patience in waiting for this release. Please get in touch with us if you would require any further assistance. 
  
Regards, 
Sowmiya Loganathan  
 


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