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Step 3: Export to PDF - PDF/A

Below you can find the description of the export to PDF format keys of the abbyyocr11 utility.

PDF export parameters

--pdfScenario

Key Parameters Default
-pfs Balanced
MaxSpeed
MaxQuality
MinSize
Balanced
- -pdfScenario

Illustration screenshot made on a Laptop (2012) Quad i7-3720QM, 2,6 GHz, Windows 7, 16 GB RAM, 64 bit; FineReader Engine 11 R1 - Std. sample files that are included in the sample that comes with the Windows SDK. Note: The CLI tool offers the the functionality via parameters, but without a GUI; speed and recognition results of course vary on the document type, recognition language, image quality and used hardware.

--pdfaComplianceMode

Key Parameters Default
-pacm None
Pdfa_1a
Pdfa_1b
Pdfa_2a
Pdfa_2u
Pdfa_3a
Pdfa_3u
None
- -pdfaComplianceMode

--pdfTextExportMode

Key Parameters Default
-ptem ImageOnly
ImageOnText
TextOnImage
TextOnly
TextWithPictures
- -pdfTextExportMode

--pdfMRCMode

Key Parameters Default
-pmm Always
Auto
Disable
Auto
- -pdfMRCMode

--pdfColority

Key Parameters Default
-pfc ForceToBw
ForceToGray
KeepColority
- -pdfColority

--pdfDontCorrectColorDepth

Key Parameters Default
-pdccd no
- -pdfDontCorrectColorDepth

--pdfResolution

Key Parameters Default
-pfr picture resolution in dpi 300
- -pdfResolution

--pdfResolutionType

Key Parameters Default
-prt Desired
Exact
Source
Desired
- -pdfResolutionType

PDF export features

--pdfFontEmbeddingMode

Key Parameters Default
-pfem Auto
DontEmbed
Embed
Auto
- -pdfFontEmbeddingMode

--pdfWriteTaggedPDFMode

Key Parameters Default
-pwtm Auto
DontWrite
Write
Auto
- -pdfWriteTaggedPDFMode

--pdfReplaceUncertainWordsWithImage

Key Parameters Default
-pruw no
- -pdfReplaceUncertainWordsWithImage

--pdfDontWriteRunningTitles

Key Parameters Default
-pdwrt no
- -pdfDontWriteRunningTitles
Key Parameters Default
-pdwl no
- -pdfDontWriteLinks

--pdfDontWriteSourceOutline

Key Parameters Default
-pdwso no
- -pdfDontWriteSourceOutline

--pdfWriteSourceAttachments

Key Parameters Default
-pdwsa no
- -pdfWriteSourceAttachments

--pdfEnableLinearization

Key Parameters Default
-pel no
- -pdfEnableLinearization

--pdfVersion

Key Parameters Default
-pfv Auto
Version13
Version14
Version15
Version16
Version17
Auto
- -pdfVersion

--pdfWriteXmpMetadataMode

Key Parameters Default
-pwxm Auto
DontWrite
Write
Auto
- - pdfWriteXmpMetadataMode

PDF paper size parameters

--pdfPaperHeight

Key Parameters Default
-pph page height in twips height of an A4 page
- -pdfPaperHeight

--pdfPaperWidth

Key Parameters Default
-ppw page width in twips width of an A4 page
- -pdfPaperWidth

--pdfPaperSizeMode

Key Parameters Default
-ppsm AutoFlexible
AutoFixed
ImageSize
SynthesisSize
UserDefined
ImageSize
- -pdfPaperSizeMode

PDF document content info writing parameters

--pdfDontWriteAuthor

Key Parameters Default
-pdwa no
- -pdfDontWriteAuthor

--pdfDontWriteCreator

Key Parameters Default
-pdwc no
- -pdfDontWriteCreator

--pdfDontWriteKeywords

Key Parameters Default
-pdwk no
- -pdfDontWriteKeywords

--pdfWriteProducer

Key Parameters Default
-pwp no
- -pdfWriteProducer

--pdfDontWriteSubject

Key Parameters Default
-pdws no
- -pdfDontWriteSubject

--pdfDontWriteTitle

Key Parameters Default
-pdwt no
- -pdfDontWriteTitle

PDF picture compression parameters

--pdfBwPictureFormats

Key Parameters Default
-pbpf Space-separated combination of the following constants:
Auto
CCITT4
JBIG2
JBIG2Lossless
Auto
- -pdfBwPictureFormats

--pdfColorPictureFormats

Key Parameters Default
-pcpf Space-separated combination of the following constants:
Auto
J2K
Jpeg
LZW
Zip
Auto
- -pdfColorPictureFormats

--pdfGrayPictureFormats

Key Parameters Default
-pgpf Space-separated combination of the following constants:
Auto
J2K
Jpeg
LZW
Zip
Auto
- -pdfGrayPictureFormats

--pdfEnableSharpenFilter

Key Parameters Default
-pesf no
- -pdfEnableSharpenFilter

--pdfJpegQuality

Key Parameters Default
-pjq JPEG quality in percent 45
- -pdfJpegQuality

--enableInterpolationMode

Key Parameters Default
-peinm Yes
No
Auto
Auto
- -enableInterpolationMode

PDF Mixed Raster Content (MRC) parameters

--pdfColorMaskDownSampling

Key Parameters Default
-pcmds down sampling rate of the color mask 4
- -pdfColorMaskDownSampling

--pdfMonochromeText

Key Parameters Default
-pmt no
- -pdfMonochromeText

--pdfTextColor

Key Parameters Default
-ptc int value of the text color 0
(black)
- -pdfTextColor

--pdfDontKeepBackground

Key Parameters Default
-pdkb no
- -pdfDontKeepBackground

--pdfBackgroundColor

Key Parameters Default
-pbc int value of the background color -1
(automatic detection)
- -pdfBackgroundColor

--pdfBackgroundDownSampling

Key Parameters Default
-pbds down sampling rate of the background 2
- -pdfBackgroundDownSampling

--pdfDontPicturesInBackground

Key Parameters Default
-pdpib no
- -pdfDontPicturesInBackground

--useBwImageAsTextMask

Key Parameters Default
-pubwitm no
- -useBwImageAsTextMask