[gs-devel] PDF/A conversion

[Jakob Lechner]

On 9/19/06, Leonard Rosenthol <leonardr at lazerware.com> wrote:
>
> On 9/19/06, Jakob Lechner <lechner.jakob at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > So does this mean that ghostscript basically is able to produce PDF/A-1a
> > compliant
> > pdf documents if the input file contains all the necessary information?
> >
>
> Don't know, as I haven't actually tried...There is a LOT of parts to PDF/A
> (both 1a and 1b) and GS may not be ready to handle all of them.  The only
> way to know is to work through the source and test...
>
 [...]
>
Maybe tagged pdfs can be produced
> > but I nowhere found code that generates the MarkInfo entry.
> >
>
> Then maybe it doesn't support it :(.
>  [...]
> I don't see any way to come up with that list other than running LOTS of
> PS through it and trying it with a known quality validator such as PDF
> Appraiser from Apago ( http://www.apago.com) - in conjunction with reading
> the sources and the PDF/A spec.
>


Okay, I just thought someone might have a todo list or a list what has been
done.

So the first thing to do would probably be to create some useful postscript
files for
testing. Do you have a idea how to do this/ what programs to use (may be
something
like Adobe InDesign or Corel Draw)?

Jakob
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