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As a fixed-format electronic record PDF has no real competition, but few law-firms systematically leverage PDF to reduce risks and help everyone work as a team.

While talking about PDF validation workflows we often come across questions like “Can I let the validation fail if the paper format does not match our corporate rules?”. This and other customer specific requirements are indeed useful extensions to the pure file format and standard conformance tests. Customer specific tests depend on whether the document … Read more

In dieser Ausgabe berichtet Interact Consulting über ZUGFeRD, der einheitliche Standard für elektronische Rechnungen im deutschsprachigen Raum und darüber hinaus sowie über PDF/A.

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Although they are utterly reliant on PDF, modern financial services institutions still leverage only the most rudimentary fraction of PDF’s capabilities.

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Mere publication of a specification doesn’t make a standard: it takes a community. Of course, it also helps if the customers like the product, and use it more and more.

Who would have thought: PDF companies are hot! On October 8, iText Software was chosen as Most Promising Company of 2014 by BelCham (The Belgian Chamber of Commerce) at their annual gala on October 8, 2014 in NYC. iText was nominated in the Top 3 in late September, to compete for the title with two other strong … Read more

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Government requirements for electronic documents include considerations most businesses don’t need to address. From long-term archivability to accessibility, authenticity, redaction and more, government organizations think about documents a little differently.

Traditionally a scanner produces a TIFF or JPEG image for each page. Some of them can directly produce PDF files. And newer devices produce files conforming to the PDF/A standard. However, the quality of the produced files differ significantly. Why is this and why is it worth to use a central scan server? Get the … Read more

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At PDF Day in Washington DC and New York City, CIOs will get the information they need about PDF/A-3, the powerful subset of PDF with the potential to shorten payment cycles, reduce administrative costs and enable new means of collaboration.

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