PDF/A

import {PdfDocument} from "@ironsoftware/ironpdf";

(async () => {
    // Open a PDF or use an exisiting rendered PDF
const pdf = await PdfDocument.fromFile("source_doc.pdf");

    // Perform PDF Editing Tasks...
    
    // Convert to PDF/A-3b Document
await pdf.convertToPdfA();

    // Save the PDF/A-3b Document to File
    await pdf.saveAs("pdfa-compliant.pdf");
})();

npm i @ironsoftware/ironpdf

npm i @ironsoftware/ironpdf

PDF/A

IronPDF provides support for exporting PDFs to the PDF/A-3b standard, which is a strict subset of the ISO PDF specification designed for creating archival versions of documents with the assurance that they will always display exactly as they were saved.

Additionally, IronPDF is committed to adhering to Google's initiative to enhance PDF archiving and accessibility, as well as complying with Section 508 standards for PDF documents. In 2021, IronPDF transitioned to rendering PDFs from HTML using the Google Chromium HTML rendering engine, which allows the software to inherit Google's accessibility improvements for PDF generation.

With IronPDF's convertToPdfA method, you have the capability to convert normal PDFs into compliance with archiving standards. Then, the output PDF can be exported.

Here's a sample code snippet showing how you can convert a PDF using IronPDF:

Explanation:

We begin by importing necessary namespaces such as IronPdf.
Next, we create a new PdfDocument object, which is used to handle PDF operations.
We load an existing PDF file named "example.pdf" into the pdf variable.
Using the ConvertToPdfA() method, we convert the loaded PDF document to the PDF/A-3b standard.
Finally, the converted document is saved as "example_pdfA.pdf", and a success message is printed to the console.

Ensure you have IronPDF installed in your project to run this code effectively.

Explore PDF/A Conversion Code Example Now!

View on GitHub