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Revision of PDF 2.0 – All about PDF/A-4

For 25 years now, the platform-independent file format PDF (Portable Document Format) has been used and regularly adapted and revised. It is precisely the challenges of recent times that have meant that many companies have had to deal intensively with digital work processes. The PDF file format is used in many ways. For example, when…




Redact PDF content and sanitize PDF

In some situations, it may be necessary to redact parts of a PDF document containing confidential data before sharing it. These passages can be marked in the PDF and then blacked out. This makes confidential texts or images in the PDF invisible. Blackening PDF Content The blackening function is often called redact. With this PDF…




Our resources for developers

Due to the extensive functions based on REST and SOAP web services, webPDF in particular provides developers with a comprehensive toolbox for PDF documents. Not only administrators and users of a company benefit from the use of webPDF but also software developers. But often the use of such a strong and complex solution is connected…




Convert e-mails to PDF

In order to implement permanent and legally compliant e-mail archiving, it is essential for every company to develop a well thought-out concept that defines the data format in which the e-mails are stored in the company. This requires that all e-mails are uniformly converted from Outlook (MSG) or MIME (EML) format to an archive format…




Long-term archiving in PDF format

Due to the important storage obligations and legal requirements in Germany, it is imperative for companies to deal with well-organized long-term archiving. The corresponding legal requirements stipulate audit-proof storage in a long-term archive, which enables the stored data to be retrieved and read at any time, even over long periods of time. In the course…




Electronic invoice in ZUGFeRD format

For electronic invoices, the so-called ZUGFeRD format has established itself in many industries. This standard offers a unification of processing as well as an automatable effective process for companies, customers and tax consultants. ZUGFeRD 2.0 fully complies with the European standard 16931 and can therefore be received and processed by all European administrations in accordance…




German CIUS XRechnung – What you should know

What is XRechnung used for? With the EU Directive 2014/55/EU from 2014, public clients in Europe are obliged to be able to receive and process invoices electronically no later than 30 months after publication of the standard. In this context, the European Commission issued a mandate to develop a corresponding standard, which was published in…




webPDF as ideal solution for generating PDF files from SAP

The integration of webPDF from SAP is possible without much effort. It can be used in various areas, e.g. in HR, for creating previews and thumbnails or for structured archiving. With the PDF web services of webPDF for SAP PDF documents can be created and processed in SAP business applications: webPDF offers a wide range…




Convert HTML to PDF

With the PDF solution webPDF you can not only convert all formats into PDF but also implement a professional long-term archiving. Besides many other functions like OCR, barcode and digital signature you can also convert HTML and entire websites into PDF with webPDF. You can process and convert either static HTML documents or HTML content…




Archiving and migration projects with webPDF

There is currently a need to carry out a wide variety of archiving projects for many customers. This is due to the fact that every company must archive its e-mails and other data in a legally compliant manner. In addition, existing archives often have to be standardized. For these projects, companies and also IT departments…