PDF Archival Format (PDF/A)

Convert PDF Files to the Archival PDF/A Format

pdfRest's Convert to PDF/A API empowers you to convert standard PDF files to the PDF/A archival format, ensuring their long-term preservation and compatibility.

Validate PDF/A Conformance

Leverage pdfRest's Query PDF API to assess the PDF/A conformance of your documents. By identifying non-conformant PDFs, you can take proactive steps to convert them to the appropriate PDF/A standard.

Key PDF/A Benefits

Identify non-compliant PDFs: Pinpoint documents that require conversion to PDF/A.
Ensure long-term preservation: Protect your valuable data from obsolescence and data loss.
Maintain compatibility: Ensure your PDFs can be viewed and processed reliably in the future.
Meet industry standards: Comply with regulations and requirements that mandate PDF/A usage.

Supported PDF/A Standards

pdfRest supports a wide range of PDF/A standards, including:

PDF/A-1b: Ensures basic visual integrity over the long term. It's the most widely accepted version for simple archival needs, guaranteeing that documents will look the same when accessed in the future.
PDF/A-2b: Supports more modern features like JPEG2000 compression and transparency, making it suitable for documents that require better image quality and more complex visual elements while maintaining compliance with archival standards.
PDF/A-2u: Includes Unicode support for enhanced text searchability and accessibility, making it ideal for documents that need to be both visually consistent and easily searchable across different languages and character sets.
PDF/A-3b: Allows embedding of additional file formats (e.g., XML, CSV) within the PDF, making it perfect for archiving documents that need to include supplementary data files alongside the main document content.
PDF/A-3u: Combines the benefits of PDF/A-3b with Unicode support, offering a comprehensive solution for archiving documents that require both embedded files and enhanced text searchability and accessibility.

Safeguard your PDFs for the future with pdfRest's PDF/A compliance tools.