PDF 2.0 is the latest PDF ISO standard, ISO-32000-2:2017 "Document management, Portable document format, Part 2".
The main advantages with previous versions include:
Changing from "conforming reader" to "conforming file".
Non-encrypted wrapper document
Better features for printing and rendering.
Improvement in digital signatures.
256-bit encryption by default.
new standard for structure and attributes in tagged PDF.
Better rendering, transparencies, metadata and accessibility support.
non-proprietary technologies.
improved cross-references and usability.
UTF-8 support.
To enable PDF 2.0 when converting documents using PDF Converter, you should set the following flags in the imageOptions property or function call:
ImageOptions |
Description |
Value |
---|---|---|
IO_XMPMETADATA |
Add XMP metadata to PDF files (can be used independently of PDF/A). |
0x00000010 |
And these following flags in the FileNameOptionsEx property or function call:
FileNameOptionsEx |
Description |
Value |
---|---|---|
EmbedFonts |
Enable embedding of fonts used in the source document. |
0x00000010 |
MultilingualSupport |
Add supports for international character sets. |
0x00000080 |
EmbedStandardFonts |
Embed standard fonts such as Arial, Times, etc. |
0x00200000 |
EmbedLicensedFonts |
Embed fonts requiring a license. |
0x00400000 |
For Unicode fonts, full font embedding should NOT be used. This is because Unicode font files are usually very large, and will result in very large file sizes.
In order to succeed with PDF 2.0 document creation is important to follow this:
Only 256-Bit Encryption will comply with PDF 2.0 standard.
<Flags()>
Public Enum acImageOptions As Integer
IO_NODUPLICATES = &H1
IO_DOWNSAMPLE = &H2
IO_CONVERTTOCMYK = &H4
IO_OUTPUTPDFA = &H8
IO_XMPMETADATA = &H10
IO_OUTPUTPDFA8 = &H20
IO_NOPRECOMPRESSED = &H40
IO_OUTPUTPDFX1 = &H80
IO_OUTPUTPDFX3 = &H100
IO_COMPRESSJBIG2 = &H200 ' It cannot be used with PDF/X standard
IO_ENABLEEPS = &H40000000
IO_SIMPOSTSCRIPT = &H80000000
End Enum
<Flags()>
Public Enum acFileNameOptions As Integer
' Please check FileNameOptions for the complete version of the flags
NoPrompt = &H1
UseFileName = &H2
Concatenate = &H4
DisableCompression = &H8
EmbedFonts = &H10
BroadcastMessages = &H20
PrintWatermark = &H40
MultilingualSupport = &H80
EncryptDocument = &H100 ' It cannot be used with PDF/A standard
EmbedStandardFonts = &H200000
EmbedLicensedFonts = &H400000
Jpeg2000Compression = &H1000000
EncryptDocument128 = &H40000000 ' It cannot be used with PDF/A standard
EncryptDocument256 = &H40000100
End Enum
Sub Sample()
Constants for Activation codes
Const strLicenseTo As String = "Amyuni PDF Converter Evaluation"
Const strActivationCode As String = "07EFCDAB0100010025AFF1801CB9441306C5739F7D452154D8833B9CECBA2ADE79E3762A69FFC354528A5F4A5811BE3204A0A439F5BA"
Const AMYUNIPRINTERNAME As String = "Amyuni PDF Converter"
' Declare a new cdintfex object if it does not exist in the form.
Dim PDF As New CDIntfEx.CDIntfEx
' Get a reference to the installed printer.
' This will fail if the printer name passed to the DriverInit method is
' not found in the printer’s folder
PDF.DriverInit(AMYUNIPRINTERNAME)
' The SetDefaultPrinter function sets the system default printer to the one
' initialized by the DriverInit functions.
PDF.SetDefaultPrinter()
' The EnablePrinter() method needs to be called right before each print job.
' and before the configuration
' Calling the EnablePrinter() method will start a 20 second time-out value
PDF.EnablePrinter(strLicenseTo, strActivationCode)
' Resulting PDF document stored here
PDF.DefaultDirectory = "C:\Temp"
' Set Printer options
PDF.FileNameOptionsEx = acFileNameOptions.NoPrompt Or acFileNameOptions.EmbedFonts _
Or acFileNameOptions.MultilingualSupport Or acFileNameOptions.EmbedStandardFonts _
Or acFileNameOptions.EmbedLicensedFonts
' Set Image conversion options to create PDF 2.0
PDF.ImageOptions = acImageOptions.IO_XMPMETADATA
' Setting PDFLevel
PDF.SetPrinterParamInt("PDFLevel", 20)
' Apply Settings
PDF.SetDefaultConfig()
' The BatchConvert method converts a number of files to PDF.
PDF.BatchConvert("C:\Temp\*.docx")
' The RestoreDefaultPrinter function resets the system default printer
' to the printer that was the default before the call to SetDefaultPrinter.
PDF.RestoreDefaultPrinter()
' This function will simply detach from an existing printer because the handle was created using DriverInit
PDF.DriverEnd()
End Sub
[Flags]
public enum acImageOptions
{
IO_NODUPLICATES = 0x00000001,
IO_DOWNSAMPLE = 0x00000002,
IO_CONVERTTOCMYK = 0x00000004,
IO_OUTPUTPDFA = 0x00000008,
IO_XMPMETADATA = 0x00000010,
IO_OUTPUTPDFA8 = 0x00000020,
IO_NOPRECOMPRESSED = 0x00000040,
IO_OUTPUTPDFX1 = 0x00000080,
IO_OUTPUTPDFX3 = 0x00000100,
IO_COMPRESSJBIG2 = 0x00000200, // It cannot be used with PDF/X standard
IO_ENABLEEPS = 0x40000000,
IO_SIMPOSTSCRIPT = unchecked((int)0x80000000)
}
[Flags]
public enum acFileNameOptions
{
// Please check FileNameOptions for the complete version of the flags
NoPrompt = 0x00000001,
UseFileName = 0x00000002,
Concatenate = 0x00000004,
DisableCompression = 0x00000008,
EmbedFonts = 0x00000010,
BroadcastMessages = 0x00000020,
PrintWatermark = 0x00000040,
MultilingualSupport = 0x00000080,
EncryptDocument = 0x00000100, // It cannot be used with PDF/X standard
EmbedStandardFonts = 0x00200000,
EmbedLicensedFonts = 0x00400000,
Jpeg2000Compression = 0x01000000, // It cannot be used with PDF/X standard
EncryptDocument128 = 0x40000000 // It cannot be used with PDF/X standard
EncryptDocument256 = 0x40000100
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Constants for Activation codes
const string strLicenseTo = "Amyuni PDF Converter Evaluation";
const string strActivationCode = "07EFCDAB0100010025AFF1801CB9441306C5739F7D452154D8833B9CECBA2ADE79E3762A69FFC354528A5F4A5811BE3204A0A439F5BA";
const string AMYUNIPRINTERNAME = "Amyuni PDF Converter";
// Declare a new cdintfex object if it does not exist in the form.
CDIntfEx.CDIntfEx PDF = new CDIntfEx.CDIntfEx();
// Get a reference to the installed printer.
// This will fail if the printer name passed to the DriverInit method is
// not found in the printer’s folder
PDF.DriverInit(AMYUNIPRINTERNAME);
// The SetDefaultPrinter function sets the system default printer to the one
// initialized by the DriverInit functions.
PDF.SetDefaultPrinter();
// The EnablePrinter() method needs to be called right before each print job.
// and before the configuration
// Calling the EnablePrinter() method will start a 20 second time-out value
PDF.EnablePrinter(strLicenseTo, strActivationCode);
// Resulting PDF document stored here
PDF.DefaultDirectory = @"C:\Temp";
// Set Printer options
PDF.FileNameOptionsEx = (int)(acFileNameOptions.NoPrompt | acFileNameOptions.EmbedFonts
| acFileNameOptions.MultilingualSupport | acFileNameOptions.EmbedStandardFonts
| acFileNameOptions.EmbedLicensedFonts);
// Set Image conversion options to create PDF/X-1a
PDF.ImageOptions = (int)(acImageOptions.IO_XMPMETADATA);
// Setting PDFLevel
PDF.SetPrinterParamInt("PDFLevel", 20);
// Apply Settings
PDF.SetDefaultConfig();
// The BatchConvert method converts a number of files to PDF.
PDF.BatchConvert(@"C:\Temp\*.docx");
// The RestoreDefaultPrinter function resets the system default printer
// to the printer that was the default before the call to SetDefaultPrinter.
PDF.RestoreDefaultPrinter();
// This function will simply detach from an existing printer because the handle was created using DriverInit
PDF.DriverEnd();
}
// PDF Converter Cpp.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application.
//
# include <Windows.h>
# include <string>
# include <iostream>
# include "CdIntf.h"
# pragma comment (lib, "CDIntf.lib")
using namespace std;
int main()
{
// Constants for Activation codes
# define strLicenseTo "Amyuni PDF Converter Evaluation"
# define strActivationCode "07EFCDAB0100010025AFF1801CB9441306C5739F7D452154D8833B9CECBA2ADE79E3762A69FFC354528A5F4A5811BE3204A0A439F5BA"
# define AMYUNIPRINTERNAME "Amyuni PDF Converter"
// Get a reference to the installed printer.
// This will fail if the printer name passed to the DriverInit method is
// not found in the printer’s folder
HANDLE PDF = DriverInit(AMYUNIPRINTERNAME);
// The CDISetDefaultPrinter function sets the system default printer to the one
// initialized by the DriverInit functions.
CDISetDefaultPrinter(PDF);
// The EnablePrinter() method needs to be called right before each print job.
// and before the configuration
// Calling the EnablePrinter() method will start a 20 second time-out value
EnablePrinter(PDF, strLicenseTo, strActivationCode);
// Resulting PDF document stored here
SetDefaultDirectory(PDF, "C:\temp");
// Set Printer options
// EncryptDocument, Jpeg2000Compression nor EncryptDocument128 cannot be used with PDF/A standard
SetFileNameOptions(PDF, NoPrompt | EmbedFonts | MultilingualSupport | EmbedStandardFonts | EmbedLicensedFonts | FullEmbed);
// Set Image conversion options to create PDF 2.0
SetImageOptions(PDF, IO_XMPMETADATA);
// Setting PDFLevel
SetPrinterParamInt(PDF, "PDFLevel", 20);
// Apply Settings
SetDefaultConfig(PDF);
// The BatchConvert method converts a number of files to PDF.
BatchConvertEx(PDF, "C:\temp\\*.docx");
// The RestoreDefaultPrinter function resets the system default printer
// to the printer that was the default before the call to SetDefaultPrinter.
RestoreDefaultPrinter(PDF);
// This function will simply detach from an existing printer because the handle was created using DriverInit
DriverEnd(PDF);
// Destroy PDF object
PDF = nullptr;
return 0;
}
package Example;
import com.jacob.activeX.ActiveXComponent;
import com.jacob.com.Dispatch;
public class Sample {
public enum acImageOptions
{
IO_NODUPLICATES(0x00000001),
IO_DOWNSAMPLE(0x00000002),
IO_CONVERTTOCMYK(0x00000004),
IO_OUTPUTPDFA(0x00000008),
IO_XMPMETADATA(0x00000010),
IO_OUTPUTPDFA8(0x00000020),
IO_NOPRECOMPRESSED(0x00000040),
IO_OUTPUTPDFX1(0x00000080),
IO_OUTPUTPDFX3(0x00000100),
IO_COMPRESSJBIG2(0x00000100), // It cannot be used for PDF/X creation
IO_SIMPOSTSCRIPT(0x80000000);
private int value;
private acImageOptions(int value)
{
this.value = value;
}
public Object value(){
return value;
}
}
public enum acFileNameOptions
{
// Please check FileNameOptions for the complete version of the flags
NoPrompt(0x00000001),
UseFileName(0x00000002),
Concatenate(0x00000004),
DisableCompression(0x00000008),
EmbedFonts(0x00000010),
BroadcastMessages(0x00000020),
PrintWatermark(0x00000040),
MultilingualSupport(0x00000080),
EncryptDocument(0x00000100), // It cannot be used for PDF/X creation
EmbedStandardFonts(0x00200000),
EmbedLicensedFonts(0x00400000),
Jpeg2000Compression(0x01000000), // It cannot be used for PDF/X creation
EncryptDocument128(0x40000000), // It cannot be used for PDF/X creation
EncryptDocument256(0x40000100);
private int value;
private acFileNameOptions(int value)
{
this.value = value;
}
public Object value(){
return value;
} }
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// Constants for Activation codes
String strLicenseTo = "Amyuni PDF Converter Evaluation";
String strActivationCode = "07EFCDAB0100010025AFF1801CB9441306C5739F7D452154D8833B9CECBA2ADE79E3762A69FFC354528A5F4A5811BE3204A0A439F5BA";
String AMYUNIPRINTERNAME = "Amyuni PDF Converter";
// Declare a new cdintfex object if it doesn' t exist in the form.
ActiveXComponent pdf = new ActiveXComponent("CDIntfEx.CDIntfEx.6.5");
// Get a reference to the installed printer.
// This will fail if the printer name passed to the DriverInit method is
// not found in the printer’s folder
Dispatch.call(pdf,"DriverInit",AMYUNIPRINTERNAME);
// The SetDefaultPrinter function sets the system default printer to the one
// initialized by the DriverInit functions.
Dispatch.call(pdf,"SetDefaultPrinter");
// The EnablePrinter() method needs to be called right before each print job.
// and before the configuration
// Calling the EnablePrinter() method will start a 20 second time-out value
Dispatch.call(pdf,"EnablePrinter", strLicenseTo, strActivationCode);
// Resulting PDF document stored here
Dispatch.put(pdf,"DefaultDirectory","C:\temp");
// Set Printer options
Dispatch.put(pdf,"FileNameOptionsEx",acFileNameOptions.NoPrompt.value | acFileNameOptions.EmbedFonts.value
| acFileNameOptions.MultilingualSupport.value | acFileNameOptions.EmbedStandardFonts.value
| acFileNameOptions.EmbedLicensedFonts.value);
// Set Image conversion options to create PDF 2.0
Dispatch.put(pdf, "ImageOptions", acImageOptions.IO_XMPMETADATA.value);
// Setting PDFLevel
Dispatch.call(pdf,"SetPrinterParamInt", "PDFLevel", 20);
// Apply Settings
Dispatch.call(pdf, "SetDefaultConfig");
// The BatchConvert method converts a number of files to PDF.
Dispatch.call(pdf,"BatchConvert","C:\temp\\*.docx");
// The RestoreDefaultPrinter function resets the system default printer
// to the printer that was the default before the call to SetDefaultPrinter.
Dispatch.call(pdf,"RestoreDefaultPrinter");
// Close Printer
Dispatch.call(pdf,"DriverEnd");
// Destroy PDF object
pdf = null;
}
}
$acImageOptions = @{
IO_NODUPLICATES = 0x00000001
IO_DOWNSAMPLE = 0x00000002
IO_CONVERTTOCMYK = 0x00000004
IO_OUTPUTPDFA = 0x00000008
IO_XMPMETADATA = 0x00000010
IO_OUTPUTPDFA8 = 0x00000020
IO_NOPRECOMPRESSED = 0x00000040
IO_OUTPUTPDFX1 = 0x00000080
IO_OUTPUTPDFX3 = 0x00000100
IO_COMPRESSJBIG2 = 0x00000200 # It cannot be used with PDF/X standard
IO_ENABLEEPS = 0x40000000
IO_SIMPOSTSCRIPT = 0x80000000
}
# Please check FileNameOptions for the complete version of the flags
$acFileNameOptions = @{
NoPrompt = 0x00000001
UseFileName = 0x00000002
Concatenate = 0x00000004
DisableCompression = 0x00000008
EmbedFonts = 0x00000010
BroadcastMessages = 0x00000020
PrintWatermark = 0x00000040
MultilingualSupport = 0x00000080
EncryptDocument = 0x00000100 # It cannot be used with PDF/X standard
EmbedStandardFonts = 0x00200000
EmbedLicensedFonts = 0x00400000
Jpeg2000Compression = 0x01000000 # It cannot be used with PDF/X standard
EncryptDocument128 = 0x40000000 # It cannot be used with PDF/X standard
EncryptDocument256 = 0x40000100
}
# Constants for Activation codes
$strLicenseTo = "Amyuni PDF Converter Evaluation"
$strActivationCode = "07EFCDAB0100010025AFF1801CB9441306C5739F7D452154D8833B9CECBA2ADE79E3762A69FFC354528A5F4A5811BE3204A0A439F5BA"
$AMYUNIPRINTERNAME = "Amyuni PDF Converter"
# Declare a new cdintfex object if it doesn' t exist in the form.
$PDF = New-Object -ComObject CDIntfEx.CDIntfEx.6.5
# Get a reference to the installed printer.
# This will fail if the printer name passed to the DriverInit method is
# not found in the printer’s folder
[System.__ComObject].InvokeMember('DriverInit', [System.Reflection.BindingFlags]::InvokeMethod,$null,$PDF,$AMYUNIPRINTERNAME)
# The SetDefaultPrinter function sets the system default printer to the one
# initialized by the DriverInit functions.
[System.__ComObject].InvokeMember('SetDefaultPrinter', [System.Reflection.BindingFlags]::InvokeMethod,$null,$PDF,$null)
# The EnablePrinter()method needs to be called right before each print job.
# and before the configuration
# Calling the EnablePrinter()method will start a 20 second time-out value
[System.__ComObject].InvokeMember('EnablePrinter', [System.Reflection.BindingFlags]::InvokeMethod,$null,$PDF, @($strLicenseTo, $strActivationCode))
# Resulting PDF document stored here
[System.__ComObject].InvokeMember('DefaultDirectory', [System.Reflection.BindingFlags]::SetProperty,$null,$PDF,"C:/Temp")
# Set Printer options
[System.__ComObject].InvokeMember('FileNameOptionsEx', [System.Reflection.BindingFlags]::SetProperty,$null,$PDF,$acFileNameOptions::NoPrompt `
-bOr $acFileNameOptions::EmbedFonts -bOr $acFileNameOptions::MultilingualSupport -bOr $acFileNameOptions::EmbedStandardFonts `
-bOr $acFileNameOptions::EmbedLicensedFonts)
# Set Image conversion options to create PDF 2.0
[System.__ComObject].InvokeMember('ImageOptions', [System.Reflection.BindingFlags]::SetProperty,$null,$PDF,$acImageOptions::IO_XMPMETADATA)
# Setting PDFLevel
[System.__ComObject].InvokeMember('SetPrinterParamInt', [System.Reflection.BindingFlags]::InvokeMethod,$null,$PDF,@("PDFLevel", 20))
# Apply Settings
[System.__ComObject].InvokeMember('SetDefaultConfig', [System.Reflection.BindingFlags]::InvokeMethod,$null,$PDF, $null)
# The BatchConvert method converts a number of files to PDF.
[System.__ComObject].InvokeMember('BatchConvert', [System.Reflection.BindingFlags]::InvokeMethod,$null,$PDF, "C:\Temp\*.docx")
# The RestoreDefaultPrinter function resets the system default printer
# to the printer that was the default before the call to SetDefaultPrinter.
[System.__ComObject].InvokeMember('RestoreDefaultPrinter', [System.Reflection.BindingFlags]::InvokeMethod,$null,$PDF,$null)
# This function will simply detach from an existing printer because the handle was created using DriverInit
[System.__ComObject].InvokeMember('DriverEnd', [System.Reflection.BindingFlags]::InvokeMethod,$null,$PDF,$null)
# Destroy PDF object
$PDF = $null
' ImageOptions Constants
Const IO_NODUPLICATES = &H1
Const IO_DOWNSAMPLE = &H2
Const IO_CONVERTTOCMYK = &H4
Const IO_OUTPUTPDFA = &H8
Const IO_XMPMETADATA = &H10
Const IO_OUTPUTPDFA8 = &H20
Const IO_NOPRECOMPRESSED = &H40
Const IO_OUTPUTPDFX1 = &H80
Const IO_OUTPUTPDFX3 = &H100
Const IO_COMPRESSJBIG2 = &H200 ' It cannot be used with PDF/X standard
Const IO_ENABLEEPS = &H40000000
Const IO_SIMPOSTSCRIPT = &H80000000
' FileNameOptions constants
' Please check FileNameOptions for the complete version of the flags
NoPrompt = &H1
UseFileName = &H2
Concatenate = &H4
DisableCompression = &H8
EmbedFonts = &H10
BroadcastMessages = &H20
PrintWatermark = &H40
MultilingualSupport = &H80
EncryptDocument = &H100 ' It cannot be used with PDF/X standard
EmbedStandardFonts = &H200000
EmbedLicensedFonts = &H400000
Jpeg2000Compression = &H1000000 ' It cannot be used with PDF/X standard
EncryptDocument128 = &H40000000 ' It cannot be used with PDF/X standard
EncryptDocument256 = &H40000100
' Constants for Activation codes
Const strLicenseTo = "Amyuni PDF Converter Evaluation"
Const strActivationCode = "07EFCDAB0100010025AFF1801CB9441306C5739F7D452154D8833B9CECBA2ADE79E3762A69FFC354528A5F4A5811BE3204A0A439F5BA"
Const AMYUNIPRINTERNAME = "Amyuni PDF Converter"
' Declare a new cdintfex object
Dim PDF
Set PDF = CreateObject("CDIntfEx.CDIntfEx.6.5")
' Get a reference to the installed printer.
' This will fail if the printer name passed to the DriverInit method is
' not found in the printer’s folder
PDF.DriverInit AMYUNIPRINTERNAME
' The SetDefaultPrinter function sets the system default printer to the one
' initialized by the DriverInit functions.
PDF.SetDefaultPrinter
' The EnablePrinter() method needs to be called right before each print job.
' and before the configuration
' Calling the EnablePrinter() method will start a 20 second time-out value
PDF.EnablePrinter strLicenseTo, strActivationCode
' Resulting PDF document stored here
PDF.DefaultDirectory = "C:\Temp"
' Set Printer options
PDF.FileNameOptionsEx = NoPrompt Or EmbedFonts Or MultilingualSupport Or EmbedStandardFonts Or EmbedLicensedFonts
' Set Image conversion options to create PDF 2.0
PDF.ImageOptions = IO_XMPMETADATA
' Setting PDFLevel
PDF.SetPrinterParamInt "PDFLevel", 20
' Apply Settings
PDF.SetDefaultConfig
' The BatchConvert method converts a number of files to PDF.
PDF.BatchConvert "C:\Temp\test.docx"
' The RestoreDefaultPrinter function resets the system default printer
' to the printer that was the default before the call to SetDefaultPrinter.
PDF.RestoreDefaultPrinter
' This function will simply detach from an existing printer because the handle was created using DriverInit
PDF.DriverEnd
' Destroy PDF object
Set PDF = Nothing