PDF to PDF/A using Ghostscript
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File 1 (primarily text)
- 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 |
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| PDF version | PDF 1.5 | PDF/A-1b |
| File size | 318,500 bytes | 974,071 bytes |
| PageCount | 14 | 14 |
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10 embedded subsets. Arial replaced by Helvetica and Arial Italic replaced by Helvetica Oblique. |
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File 2 (text, graphics, colours, images)
- File used was IFPI Digital Music Report 2010, http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/DMR2010.pdf
- Used Ghostscript 8.71 using the following command: gs -dPDFA -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=DMR2010_PDFA.pdf DMR2010.pdf
| Property | Original | Normalized |
|---|---|---|
| PDF version | PDF 1.4 | PDF/A-1b |
| File size | 1,713,072 bytes | 5,337,321 bytes |
| PageCount | 32 | 32 |
| Fonts | 7 embedded subsets | 7 embedded subsets |
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File 3 (fillable form)
- File used was Understanding Canada: Canadian Studies Application, Faculty Research Program, http://www.iccs-ciec.ca/pages/z_pdfs/FEP_FRP/FRPEnForm.pdf
- Used Ghostscript 8.71 using the following command: gs -dPDFA -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=DMR2010_PDFA.pdf DMR2010.pdf
| Property | Original | Normalized |
|---|---|---|
| PDF version | PDF/A-1b | |
| File size | 153,196 bytes | 61,175 bytes |
| PageCount | 5 | 5 |
| Fonts | 5 non-embedded fonts |
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