Monthly Archives: January 2013

Installing PDFtk on Mac OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Karl Heinz Kremer

One of my favorite PDF related tools is PDFtk. Some time ago I complained that it was no longer supported, but it seems that development has picked up again, and you can now find a brand new version – one … Continue reading →

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Prevent the Save Dialog when Printing to the Adobe PDF Printer

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Karl Heinz Kremer

[ UPDATE: For use on a 64bit system, see Kevin Rappold’s comment below. ] This is from the category “Frequently Asked Questions” – this time how to programmatically specify an output filename when printing to the Adobe PDF printer. As … Continue reading →

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The End is Here – of ADM that is

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Karl Heinz Kremer

Adobe just released the Acrobat XI SDK, and as usual, there are a number of changes – new APIs, modified ones, and the final removal of ADM (that is the Adobe Dialog Manager). The release notes are here [PDF]. I’ve talked about this … Continue reading →

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The Trouble With the XREF Table

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Karl Heinz Kremer

Have you ever tried to debug a problem with the XREF table in a PDF file? I’ve been debugging PDF problems for a long time, and every now and then I come across a file that has a corrupt XREF … Continue reading →

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