Jacob Collins

• https://www.idrsolutions.com/team#jacobc Jacob is the JPedal Product Manager and specialises in PDF creation and manipulation. He also develops Salesforce backend systems and contributes to marketing and support. Outside of work, he’s a 1900‑rated chess player, guitarist, and French learner.

74 Stories by Jacob Collins

How to search for text in a PDF file without opening it

Introduction Can you determine if a PDF is searchable for text without opening it? Well you will need some special software. This might be...

November 21, 2024 2 min read

Glossary of PDF Terms

This article lists and defines commonly used terminology from the PDF world. AcroFormAcroForm is a PDF form format that was introduced in PDF 1.2. It...

October 2, 2024 2 min read

How to remove a page from a PDF file in Java (Tutorial)

The PDF file format is not natively supported by Java. Therefore, to remove a page from a PDF file, you will need an external...

September 25, 2024 2 min read

Comparing PNG Compression Algorithms

In this article we will be comparing the different compression methods available to use within PNG images. To do this, we will be using...

August 9, 2023 54 sec read

How to add an image annotation to a PDF in Java

If you’ve been struggling to find a solution for inserting image annotations into a PDF, look no further. With JPedal you now have the...

July 7, 2023 1 min read

Comparing TIFF Compression Algorithms

In this article, we will be exploring the different tiff compression techniques you can use. We will investigate their effect on different metrics such...

July 7, 2023 1 min read