pdfaPilot

Product Info

Your professional tool to create ISO standard compliant PDF/A files for long-term archiving.

For businesses and government agencies, archives and libraries, that store and long-term maintain documents, callas pdfaPilot is the professional desktop tool to validate and/or create PDF/A-files. 

It turns all kinds of PDFs into ISO 19005-1 conform PDF/A documents:

• PDFs created in Office applications
• interactive forms
• invoices
• construction drawings
• technical documentation
• presentations
• newspapers
• books

callas pdfaPilot is an easy-to-use, quick and reliable tool. Users can save non-compliant PDF files as valid PDF/A documents with the touch of a button. callas pdfaPilot uses the same validation technology as the Preflight function licensed by callas software to Adobe® for the Adobe® Acrobat® 9 Pro application.

New in pdfaPilot 3  

• PDF/A collections may now contain not just only other PDF/A files but arbitrary file formats like Word- or Excel-files or XML structures. These are new features of the the standard part PDF/A-3 which is going to be published beginning of 2012. pdfaPilot 3 will already support these new features.
• Distributed processing; allows easy load-balancing between multiple pdfaPilot 3 Server instances in high-volume workflows.
• Guaranteed PDF/A conversion; this automatically tries different conversion methods to create the best PDF/A file possible.
• Integration with Microsoft SharePoint.
• Support for running as a Windows service.
• Improved conversion of form fields and annotations, object level metadata in PDF/A-2 and the possibility to remove incompatible signatures when converting to PDF/A-2.
• An Enfocus Switch configurator to fit pdfaPilot 3 Server into a Switch workflow.

Introduction to PDF/A – Recorded at PDF/A Seminar in Oslo, April 17, 2012

Everything you should know about PDF/A – listen to 50 minutes of very informative video recording

During the PDF/A Seminar in Oslo, Norway, in April 17, 2012, David van Driessche provided an introduction to PDF/A. In just 50 minutes all the important features of the PDF/A standard, including conformance levels A, B and U as well as the three parts of the standard – PDF/A-1, PDF/A-2, and PDF/A-3 – are explained.  Watch the video.

Key Features

• aChecks PDFs for compliance to the PDF/A-1 standard (ISO 19005-1)
• Converts PDF files to PDF/A-1 and implements all necessary corrections
• Supports both PDF/A conformance levels (PDF/A-1b and PDF/A-1a)
• Embeds and/or substitutes missing fonts and handles missing glyphs
• Optimizes all color data for compliance with the PDF/A-1 standard
• Adjusts comments and form fields to the defaults required by the PDF/A-1 standard
• Removes unwanted attributes such as layers or interactive content like movies
• Makes image compression compliant with the PDF/A-1 standard
• Creates PDF/A documents that are web optimized for easier access and viewing
• Brings document metadata in line with PDF/A-1 requirements
• Saves newer PDF versions as PDF 1.4 as specified by PDF/A-1
• Implements adjustments and corrections without loss of information
• Delivers clear reports to document all test and correction procedures
• Improves overall accessibility of PDF/A
• Is available in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Japanese language versions

Get the most out of metadata

• Provides convenient browsing of document metadata as well as object-level metadata for images embedded inside the document
• Support for all relevant industry metadata standards including Dublin Core, IPTC, PRISM, GWG AdTicket/AdsML, PLUS, EXIF and Camera Raw
• Facilitates metadata based researching in Yahoo, Wikipedia, Amazon, Google and AskMetaFilter
• Supports GPS data for use with Google Maps, OpenStreetMap and Google Earth
• XML export of all document and object level metadata for tracking image use and licenses
• Define extension schemas for your custom metadata fields as required by PDF/A-1 standard with the new Metadata Extension Editor
• Automatically embeds your company specific metadata schemas for reliable preservation of metadata inside your PDF/A files

Benefits

• Converts regular PDF files into truly reliable PDF/A files
• Reduces risk of data loss due to not being able to open or display existing documents in the same way in 10, 20 or 100 years from now.
• Saves huge amounts of time by not only analyzing, but also correcting and converting existing PDF files to PDF/A within seconds.
• Offers high convenience for the user thanks to clear and reliable information on PDF/A conformance, easily understandable instructions and detailed explanations. Operation at the touch of a few buttons. Can be used immediately, as no training is necessary due to the clear, intuitive user interface.
• Delivers proven quality assurance for determining the compliance of PDF/A files with the ISO 19005-1 standard. It is based on the same validation technology that callas also licenses to Adobe® for the Preflight function in Acrobat® 9 Pro and passes widely recognized benchmark tests like the Isartor Test Suite.
• Provides the industry’s most extensive analysis and validation of PDF files according to the PDF/A standard, that goes clearly beyond regular Preflight features. Through configurable checks in addition to PDF/A validation, pdfaPilot users can enforce documentation and archival policies.
• Brings maximum flexibility and efficiency in running as well inside Acrobat as without it in standalone mode.
• Ensures compliance with regulatory requirements in terms of long-term archiving.
• Works with all versions of Adobe Acrobat including Elements, Standard, Professional, Extended, as well as Adobe Reader or other PDF viewers.
• Makes your company specific metadata ready to be archived together with your files.
• Ensures full PDF/A-1 compliance for all your metadata, including custom data.

System Requirements

• Runs as either a standalone application with all PDF-viewers or a plug-in inside Adobe® Acrobat® 8 Professional or 9 Pro.
• Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7 or Mac OS X 10.4 or newer.

Testimonials

Brochures

Brochures: 

CAL_pdfaPilot3_brochure_EN.pdf

CAL_pdfaPilot3_brochure_FR.pdf

CAL_pdfaPilot3_brochure_DE.pdf

CAL_pdfaPilot3_brochure_IT.pdf

CAL_pdfaPilot3_brochure_ES.pdf