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News

Smallpdf acquires leading document processing technology provider, PDF Tools

PDF standards

PDF Rendering 2.0 – next generation graphic engine for PDF

A good PDF rendering engine is an essential part of conversion, viewing, and printing tools. No matter which version the PDF documents have, accurate rendering and good image quality is crucial for many PDF processing wo ...

Product updates

New Features for the PDF Web Viewer

The proven and tested PDF Web Viewer has been given new features and a new look.

How to use

Maintenance and support

We offer a range of services in addition to our mature products. We can fall back on broad experience in the field of technology and with regard to business administration issues. Over the years we have created customize ...

Tech corner

How to deal with poor PDF quality

"Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten", says a Gucci family slogan. Nevertheless, creators of PDF documents, private users up to large companies, regularly produce files with insufficient quality causi ...

How to use

How to get started with the Conversion Service using Postman

PDF standards

ZUGFeRD – A standard for electronic invoices in PDF/A format

Are you still sending out paper invoices to your business partners? Then you may be part of a dying breed. Although 90 percent of all invoices worldwide are still being sent out by post, experts predict that electronic i ...

Product updates

PDF Toolbox SDK

As we approach the beginning of the second quarter of 2021, we would like to share our most recent product update, concerning PDF manipulation for mass-editing and mass-creation of PDF/A-compliant documents. One of our c ...

Product updates

Pdftools SDKs and Shell components development

We have also been diligently developing our current product line. This year with a special focus on simplifying integration and supporting new standards. The following innovations are particularly noteworthy.

Announcements

Maximize Efficiency with Advanced Document Conversion: Streamline Your Enterprise Workflow

Product updates

New workflow in Conversion Service: Archive PDF/A-3

Like the existing and more restricted "Archive PDF/A-2" workflow, the "Archive PDF/A-3" workflow is specially designed to prepare documents for archiving.

Product updates

New workflow in Conversion Service: Invoice PDF/A-3

As announced in the May issue, we present the “Invoice” workflow of our 4-Heights® Conversion Service in more detail today.

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