Mark Stephens

  https://www.idrsolutions.com Mark has been working with Java and PDF since 1999 and is a big NetBeans fan. He enjoys speaking at conferences. He has an MA in Medieval History and a passion for reading.

   



187 Stories by Mark Stephens

Two issues with Java File access for temporary files

In theory, Java has a very flexible and powerful set of commands for manipulating Files. The File object allows you create a File or...
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Java PDF printing spool file size

Java Printing Services allows Java to provide printing in programs. JPS allows you to print some types of files directly. PDF is not a...
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How to Convert a Java BufferedImage between Colorspaces

The Java BufferedImage class provides a very powerful ‘abstraction’ of images in Java. It lets you create a huge array of image types which...
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How big is a PDF Page in bytes?

We all know how big a PDF file is in bytes, but how big is each page? To answer this, you need to understand...
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What text format and style information is in a PDF file?

Because PDF is very much an output and display format it does not contain much text formatting information such as paragraph breaks and spaces...
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