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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 ==
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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.
 
*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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!style="width:20%"|'''Original'''
 
!style="width:20%"|'''Original'''
 
!style="width:20%"|'''Normalized'''
 
!style="width:20%"|'''Normalized'''
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|PDF version
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|PDF 1.5
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|PDF/A-1b
 
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|File size
 
|File size
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*10 embedded subsets
 
*10 embedded subsets
 
*2 non-embedded subsets: Arial and Arial Italic
 
*2 non-embedded subsets: Arial and Arial Italic
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|10 embedded subsets. Arial replaced by Helvetica and Arial Italic replaced by Helvetica Oblique.
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|
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*10 embedded subsets
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*Substituted Helvetica for Arial  
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*Substituted Helvetica Oblique for Arial Italic
 
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|-
 
|Features
 
|Features
 
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*Annotations: yes
 
*Forms: no
 
*Forms: no
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*Metadata stream: no
 
 
*Outline: no
 
*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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*Annotations: yes
 
*Forms: no
 
*Forms: no
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*Metadata stream: no
 
 
*Outline: no
 
*Outline: no
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*Threads: no
 
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*Tagged: no
 
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*Page layout: single page
 
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*Page mode: use none
 
 
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== File 2 ==
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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
 
*File used was IFPI Digital Music Report 2010, http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/DMR2010.pdf
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!style="width:20%"|'''Original'''
 
!style="width:20%"|'''Original'''
 
!style="width:20%"|'''Normalized'''
 
!style="width:20%"|'''Normalized'''
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|-
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|PDF version
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|PDF 1.4
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|PDF/A-1b
 
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|-
 
|File size
 
|File size
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|-
 
|-
 
|Fonts
 
|Fonts
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|7 embedded subsets
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|7 embedded subsets
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|-
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|Features
 
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*8 embedded subsets
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*Annotations: no
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*Forms: yes
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*Outline: no
 
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*Annotations: no
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*Forms: no
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*Outline: no
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|-
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|}<br />
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== File 3 (fillable form) ==
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*File used was Understanding Canada: Canadian Studies Application, Faculty Research Program, http://www.iccs-ciec.ca/pages/z_pdfs/FEP_FRP/FRPEnForm.pdf
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*Used Ghostscript 8.71 using the following command: gs -dPDFA -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=FRPEnForm_PDFA.pdf FRPEnForm.pdf
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*Note that the version normalized to PDF/A is no longer usable as a fillable form
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{| border="1" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width=90%
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|-
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|- style="background-color:#cccccc;"
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!style="width:20%"|'''Property'''
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!style="width:20%"|'''Original'''
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!style="width:20%"|'''Normalized'''
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|-
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|PDF version
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|PDF 1.6
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|PDF/A-1b
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|-
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|File size
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|153,196 bytes
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|61,175 bytes
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|-
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|PageCount
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|5
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|5
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|-
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|Fonts
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|5 non-embedded fonts
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*5 embedded subsets
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*Substituted font Helvetica-Bold for Arial, Bold
 
*Substituted font Helvetica for Arial
 
*Substituted font Helvetica for Arial
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*Substituted font Times-Roman for TimesNewRoman
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*Substituted font Helvetica-Oblique for Arial, Italic
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*Substituted font Times-Italic for TimesNewRoman, Italic
 
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*Substituted font Times-Bold for TimesNewRoman, Bold
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Features
 
|Features
 
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|
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*Forms: no
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*Annotations: yes
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*Metadata stream: no
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*Forms: yes
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*Outline: no
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*Outline: yes
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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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*Annotations: no
 
*Forms: no
 
*Forms: no
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*Metadata stream: no
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*Outline: yes
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*Outline: no
 
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*Threads: no
 
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*Tagged: no
 
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*Page layout: single page
 
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*Page mode: use none
 
 
|-
 
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|}<br />
 
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Latest revision as of 19:31, 23 November 2010

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

File 1 (primarily text)[edit]

  • 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
PDF version PDF 1.5 PDF/A-1b
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
  • Substituted Helvetica for Arial
  • Substituted Helvetica Oblique for Arial Italic
Features
  • Annotations: yes
  • Forms: no
  • Outline: no
  • Annotations: yes
  • Forms: no
  • Outline: no


File 2 (text, graphics, colours, images)[edit]



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
Features
  • Annotations: no
  • Forms: yes
  • Outline: no
  • Annotations: no
  • Forms: no
  • Outline: no


File 3 (fillable form)[edit]

  • 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=FRPEnForm_PDFA.pdf FRPEnForm.pdf
  • Note that the version normalized to PDF/A is no longer usable as a fillable form



Property Original Normalized
PDF version PDF 1.6 PDF/A-1b
File size 153,196 bytes 61,175 bytes
PageCount 5 5
Fonts 5 non-embedded fonts
  • 5 embedded subsets
  • Substituted font Helvetica-Bold for Arial, Bold
  • Substituted font Helvetica for Arial
  • Substituted font Helvetica-Oblique for Arial, Italic
Features
  • Annotations: yes
  • Forms: yes
  • Outline: yes
  • Annotations: no
  • Forms: no
  • Outline: yes


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