PDF to PDF/A Converter Command Line - Create a PDF/A from a normal PDF file

PDF to PDF/A Converter Command Line is a Command Line application for converting PDF documents into the PDF/A format for long-term archiving. This Command Line application is both robust and scalable, making it suitable for integration in various processes such as standardization, quality assurance and archive migration.

• Convert PDF to PDF / A-1b and 2b formats.
• Command line application for manual or call from scripts.
• Batch convert all PDF files in a folder to PDF/A files at one time.
• Only a specified folder or entire subfolder structure can be processed.
• You can call PDF to PDF/A Converter Command Line from PHP Folder Watcher Script, when a PDF file be copied into monitored folder, this PDF file will be converted to PDF/A file and be copied to target folder automatically, PHP Folder Watcher Script can be found from this web page,
  https://veryutils.com/source-code/php-scripts-php-code/php-folder-watcher
• Logging of all events, as well as the cause if a direct PDF / A conversion is not possible.
• PDF/A Image conversion - if direct PDF / A conversion is not possible.
• Embed external files as PDF attachments in PDF/A-3b format, *available on request.
• Convert PDF documents to PDF/A-1, PDF/A-2, PDF/A-3.
• Support for all PDF/A conformance levels.
• Make color spaces device-independent, e.g. by embedding ICC profile or setting an output intent.
• Embed and subset fonts.
• Colorants management (PDF/A-2 and later).
• Recover corrupt documents.
• Repair corrupt data such as embedded font programs or images.
• Remove transparency (PDF/A-1 only).
• Remove malicious content such as attached files (PDF/A-1 and PDF/A-2) and JavaScript actions.
• Remove multimedia content such as video and sound.
• Conversion of embedded and attached files (PDF/A-2 and later).
• Repair metadata and make them consistent.
• Conversion process control.
• Pre- and post-validation.
• Conversion reporting.
• Write the application log to a log file.
• Automatically determine optimal conformance based on input file (optional).
• Enables sophisticated error handling.
• Read encrypted input files.
• Enhance output file.
• Set metadata to output PDF file.
• Linearization PDF file for fast web view.
• Use PDF file compression features (PDF/A-2 and later).
• Replace old OCR text or skip images with existing OCR text.
• Add embedded files (PDF/A-2) and associated files (PDF/A-3)

PDF to PDF/A Converter Command Line Options,

PDF to PDF/A Converter Command Line v2.0
Usage: pdftools [options] [pdf-file] [[out-pdf]]
-cl [int] : set color space, 0 is RGB, 1 is CMYK, 2 is grayscale
    -cl 0 : use RGB ICC profile for device-specific color spaces
    -cl 1 : use CMYK ICC profile for device-specific color spaces
    -cl 2 : use GRAY ICC profile for device-specific color spaces
-quick    : convert PDF to PDF/A by quick mode, same as "-mode 1"
-mode [int] : convert PDF to PDF/A by various modes, e.g, 0, 1, 2, 22, 4, etc.
-skip     : don't overwrite an output file if it already exists
-producer [string] : Set 'producer' to PDF file
-creator [string]  : Set 'creator' to PDF file
-subject [string]  : Set 'subject' to PDF file
-title [string]    : Set 'title' to PDF file
-author [string]   : Set 'author' to PDF file
-keywords [string] : Set 'keywords' to PDF file
-startpage [int]   : Set the current page when open the file
-openaction [string]: Set OpenAction to PDF file
     OpenAction includes "FitBH", "FitH", "Fit", etc., for example:
    -openaction "FitBH" or -openaction "50"
    -openaction "50" means display pages with magnification=50%.
-reset      : Reset all PDF/A configuration files
-repair     : Repair damaged PDF file automatically
-$ [string] : input registration key

PDF to PDF/A Converter Command Line Examples:
pdf2pdfa.exe C:\in.pdf C:\out.pdf
pdf2pdfa.exe C:\in\*.pdf C:\out\*.pdf
pdf2pdfa.exe -producer myproducer -creator mycreator C:\in.pdf C:\out.pdf
pdf2pdfa.exe -startpage 2 C:\in.pdf C:\out.pdf
pdf2pdfa.exe -startpage 2 -openaction 100 C:\in.pdf C:\out.pdf
pdf2pdfa.exe -reset C:\in.pdf C:\out.pdf
pdf2pdfa.exe -quick C:\in.pdf C:\out.pdf
pdf2pdfa.exe -mode 0 C:\in.pdf C:\pdfa-out.pdf
pdf2pdfa.exe -mode 1 C:\in.pdf C:\pdfa-out.pdf
pdf2pdfa.exe -mode 2 C:\in.pdf C:\pdfa-out.pdf
pdf2pdfa.exe -mode 22 C:\in.pdf C:\pdfa-out.pdf
pdf2pdfa.exe -mode 4 C:\in.pdf C:\pdfa-out.pdf

Areas of use - PDF conversion to PDF/A

• Incoming mail
  All incoming PDF documents can be converted directly to PDF/A for long-term archiving. Documents that cannot be converted can be rejected as soon as they are received by email. This increases process quality and reduces the need for subsequent quality controls.
• Archive
  The converter processes documents from all corporate business areas during archiving. It quickly and easily converts documents worthy of retention into PDF/A and verifies conformity of the result with the ISO standard. It therefore acts as a gatekeeper, ensuring that only conform files find their way into business processes or a long-term archive.
• Standardization
• Quality assurance
• Conformance with legal requirements
• etc...