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The new PDF to PostScript API Tool gives print, prepress, and publishing teams a configurable way to generate production-ready PostScript from PDF and enables roundtrip conversion to help resolve prepress compatibility issues.

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The PDF Association has published two new PDF/UA-1 Technical Notes on the Use of ActualText on Figure structure elements and Reference structure elements containing links.

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PDF isn’t inherently a problem for AI – the real challenge is how documents are ingested. Boris Doubrov explains why structure, metadata, OCR, and context matter for AI-ready PDFs.

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JPedal now validates PDF structure against the Arlington PDF Model, helping identify errors that may not be visible when a PDF is rendered.

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Foxit PDF Editor 2026.2 introduces Foxit AI Workspace and an on-device AI Assistant with Bring Your Own Model support, alongside Purview compliance upgrades, expanded AEC tooling, Arabic language support, and administrative improvements for AI credit management.

PDF4WCAG – New Release 1.12

The release introduces improvements to accessibility and keyboard navigation, error visualization, validation accuracy, localization to Korean language and application stability.

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The AI-powered PDF editor earns 12 G2 badges while expanding its role as a practical document platform for users worldwide.

Telekom MMS integrates digital accessibility directly into document creation. With axesWord, employees can independently create accessible documents and efficiently meet the requirements of the European Accessibility Act.

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Based on feedback received, we are replacing the previous email listserv with GitHub Discussions, which allows usage by email while providing integration with the PDF Association’s expanding resources and assets in GitHub.

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