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New: webPDF Developer Hub

All info in one place The webPDF Developer Hub is the new, comprehensive and of course free resource for all developers and administrators working with webPDF. The Hub is now the central point for all information around webPDF and makes it even easier to find answers to all questions. Direct to the hub It was…



Happy birthday, PDF!

On the 30th birthday of perhaps the most important file format The Portable Document Format, or PDF for short, was developed and published 30 years ago. For us, this round birthday is a reason to celebrate. Because without this innovative invention from back then, there would be no such important format today, which is used…



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Despite all the bad news in the world, we can look back just as much on eventful and positive months, interesting events such as the PDF Days in Berlin or the DSAG Annual Conference in Leipzig – and last but not least on a new magical webPDF version and our new webPDF video, which many…



RECAP: PDF Days Europe 2022

3 stages, 3 main topics, countless practical examples and valuable tips from PDF professionals – these were the PDF Days that took place in Berlin on September 12 and 1. The conference organized by the in April 2022 and are impressed by the wealth of resources available on the



How webPDF simplifies HR processes

Work in the HR department is becoming increasingly challenging. One reason for this is the shortage of skilled workers, which affects virtually all industries and keeps recruiting teams on their toes. Recruiting teams are finding it increasingly difficult to attract potential employees. On the other hand, complex HR processes mean that there is simply not…



Retention periods for long-term archiving

The most important information about the legal regulations “Retention period is the period of time within which documents subject to retention must be archived in an orderly manner.” That’s what Wikipedia says. What are documents subject to retention requirements in the first place and how long must they be archived? In this article, we answer…




Standardised long-term archiving with PDF/A

Why an ISO standard from 2005 is still future-proof Analogue archiving media such as microfilm and paper have long been a thing of the past. Even the image format TIFF, the first digital format, was replaced in the 1990s by a more efficient one, namely the Portable Document Format (PDF) published by Adobe Systems. Based…




Of the developer and his heroic rescue

About the challenges of the new webPDF film Moving images are part of every marketing mix these days. People simply love videos. Because we also like to be inspired by moving images, we commissioned a film shoot for our favourite product webPDF. So that we can show our customers in an entertaining format why webPDF…



The evolution of PDF/X – How it all began

Martin Bailey’s fascinating insight into the beginnings of PDF and PDF/X In the spring of 2022 Martin Bailey (technologist at Global Graphics and co-developer of PDF subset standards) published an extremely readable article on pdfa.org about the history of PDF/X from his point of view. The article gives a good insight behind the scenes, one…



More sustainability through PDF

Saving paper through digitisation Sustainability and environmental awareness now play an increasingly important role for all companies. Sustainable working, resource conservation and CO₂ neutrality are of great importance. The use of the PDF format has so many advantages here that it can confidently be described as a kind of “green technology”. After all, the implementation…