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[[Main Page]] > [[Documentation]] > [[Media type preservation plans]] > [[Portable Document Format]] > PDF to PDF/A using Ghostscript
 
[[Main Page]] > [[Documentation]] > [[Media type preservation plans]] > [[Portable Document Format]] > PDF to PDF/A using Ghostscript
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== File 1 ==
  
 
*File used was A checklist for documenting PREMIS-METS decisions in a PREMIS profile, May 2010, Sally Vermaaten, OCLC, http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/premis_mets_checklist.pdf.
 
*File used was A checklist for documenting PREMIS-METS decisions in a PREMIS profile, May 2010, Sally Vermaaten, OCLC, http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/premis_mets_checklist.pdf.
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*2 non-embedded subsets: Arial and Arial Italic
 
*2 non-embedded subsets: Arial and Arial Italic
 
|10 embedded subsets. Arial replaced by Helvetica and Arial Italic replaced by Helvetica Oblique.
 
|10 embedded subsets. Arial replaced by Helvetica and Arial Italic replaced by Helvetica Oblique.
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*Forms: no
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*Metadata stream: no
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*Outline: no
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*Threads: no
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*Tagged: yes
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*Page layout: single page
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*Page mode: use none
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*Forms: no
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*Metadata stream: no
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*Outline: no
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== File 2 ==
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*File used was IFPI Digital Music Report 2010, http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/DMR2010.pdf
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*Used Ghostscript 8.71 using the following command: gs -dPDFA -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=DMR2010_PDFA.pdf DMR2010.pdf
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!style="width:20%"|'''Property'''
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!style="width:20%"|'''Original'''
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|1,713,072 bytes
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|5,337,321 bytes
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*Substituted font Helvetica for Arial
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*Substituted font Times-Roman for TimesNewRoman
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*Substituted font Times-Italic for TimesNewRoman, Italic
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*Substituted font Times-Bold for TimesNewRoman, Bold
 
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Revision as of 14:11, 23 November 2010

Main Page > Documentation > Media type preservation plans > Portable Document Format > PDF to PDF/A using Ghostscript

File 1

  • File used was A checklist for documenting PREMIS-METS decisions in a PREMIS profile, May 2010, Sally Vermaaten, OCLC, http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/premis_mets_checklist.pdf.
  • Used Ghostscript 8.71 using the following command: gs -dPDFA -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=premis_mets_checklist_PDFA.pdf premis_mets_checklist.pdf



Property Original Normalized
File size 318,500 bytes 974,071 bytes
PageCount 14 14
Fonts
  • 10 embedded subsets
  • 2 non-embedded subsets: Arial and Arial Italic
10 embedded subsets. Arial replaced by Helvetica and Arial Italic replaced by Helvetica Oblique.
Features
  • Forms: no
  • Metadata stream: no
  • Outline: no
  • Threads: no
  • Tagged: yes
  • Page layout: single page
  • Page mode: use none
  • Forms: no
  • Metadata stream: no
  • Outline: no
  • Threads: no
  • Tagged: no
  • Page layout: single page
  • Page mode: use none


File 2



Property Original Normalized
File size 1,713,072 bytes 5,337,321 bytes
PageCount 32 32
Fonts
  • 8 embedded subsets
  • Substituted font Helvetica for Arial
  • Substituted font Times-Roman for TimesNewRoman
  • Substituted font Times-Italic for TimesNewRoman, Italic
  • Substituted font Times-Bold for TimesNewRoman, Bold
Features
  • Forms: no
  • Metadata stream: no
  • Outline: no
  • Threads: no
  • Tagged: yes
  • Page layout: single page
  • Page mode: use none
  • Forms: no
  • Metadata stream: no
  • Outline: no
  • Threads: no
  • Tagged: no
  • Page layout: single page
  • Page mode: use none