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PDF/A Compliance in Java: JPedal Now Converts PDF to PDF/A-3b

The September release of JPedal (2026.09) adds PDF to PDF/A-3b conversion, and JPedal can also validate PDF files against the Arlington PDF Model…
Jacob Collins
3 min read

PDF vs PNG file size: 726 PDFs and 763 images tested

We saved 726 public PDFs as PNG at 72, 150 and 300dpi. The PNGs were a median 5.7 to 40 times bigger. Here’s the data by content type.
Mark Stephens
10 min read

TwelveMonkeys Alternative for Java Image Processing

Most Java developers find TwelveMonkeys the same way: ImageIO won’t read some format, a quick search turns it up, a few JARs go on...
Amy Pearson
6 min read

How to Read PDF files in Java (Step-by-Step Guide)

TL;DR Java has no native PDF support, so you need a library. Apache PDFBox is free and adequate for basic extraction, and iText adds...
Jacob Collins
5 min read

Working with PDF Files in Java: A Complete Guide…

Portable Document Format (PDF) files are the standard for sharing and preserving documents across the internet and other platforms, but working with them programmatically...
Jacob Collins
6 min read

How to remove text from a PDF in Java…

TL;DR True PDF redaction in Java requires two things: hiding the text visually and removing it from the content stream. This tutorial shows how...
Jacob Collins
3 min read