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How to solve “Unknown encryption type R = 6” errors

Fri - 06/02/2023

If you’ve ever encountered this error when opening or validating a PDF with iText 5 and earlier versions, then this article is for you! We’ll explore what this error message means, the reasons why you might encounter it, and the ways you can resolve it.

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Get excited, iText 8 is here!

Wed - 05/17/2023

Spring is here, and so is a new quarterly release of the iText PDF SDK. For this release of the open-source iText Core PDF library and the add-ons in the iText Suite, we’re proud to announce the release of iText Core version 8.0.0 – aka iText 8.

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PDFTron Rebrands as Apryse, Reflecting Expanded Product Offerings and Commitment to Innovation

Wed - 02/08/2023

VANCOUVER, BC, February 8, 2023 – PDFTron Systems Inc., the world’s leading provider of document processing technology for developers and enterprises, announced today that it has rebranded under the new name Apryse to better reflect the company's expanded offerings and commitment to innovation in the document processing space.

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Announcing the release of iText Suite 7.2.5

Mon - 01/16/2023

In this latest release, Core will open documents faster and be more resilient to malformed PDFs. We’ve also widened its support of CCITT-compressed TIFFs, and improved the paragraph text wrapping. There’s also support for the CSS vertical-align property in pdfHTML, and improvements and bugfixes across the rest of the Suite. 

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New release of iText 7.1.x: iText 7 Suite 7.1.18

Fri - 12/16/2022

Following our mainline release of iText 7 Suite 7.2.4 at the end of October, this is a maintenance release for our 7.1.x users. Included are some CVE fixes and backports from 7.2.x, and updated versions of pdfSweep and pdfXFA.

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Introducing iText pdf2Data 4.0: Template management and much more!

Tue - 12/06/2022

New for this release is the pdf2Data Manager, which makes it even easier for users to extract and reuse the data in PDF documents. Read on to learn more about our enhancements to the user experience, template management, and collaborative workflows.

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iText DITO 2.5 is now available

Tue - 11/22/2022

iText DITO 2.5, the latest version of our collaborative PDF creation solution has just been released. New in this release we have look and feel customizations for white labeling, and better control of workspaces and template promotion paths. Plus, new calculations to manipulate data directly in templates, and a whole lot more.

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Shake Things Up with Microservices and the iText DITO Document Solution

Thu - 11/10/2022

In this session Israel Garcia, the Product Manager for iText DITO, sat down with Wout Florin, Cymo’s Director of Operations to talk about how iText’s collaborative document generator forms an essential component of Cymo’s event-driven software platform. Cymo is a company with years of expertise in event-driven architecture, and the Cymo Platform was initially developed for the Mateco Group, an international rental equipment and sales company.

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Mix and Match with iText 7: Five Ingredients to Improve Your PDF Recipes

Wed - 11/02/2022

When you are making your favorite drink, you get to choose the ingredients so that it tastes the way you want it to. Likewise, Uladzimir Asipchuk and Yulian Gaponenko from our iText Development Team share 5 ingredients you can use to help you make the most of your documents.

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Announcing the release of iText 7 Suite 7.2.4

Tue - 10/25/2022

This latest release of our PDF SDK features a nice change for tagged PDF creation, and a couple of PDF/A improvements for color spaces and signing. Plus, pdfHTML now supports CSS4 CMYK colors, you can use multiple threads for pdfOffice conversions, and much more!

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Celebrating Raf Hens’ appointment as the new Chair of the PDF Association’s Board of Directors

Tue - 10/04/2022

Celebrating Raf Hens’ appointment as the new Chair of the PDF Association’s Board of Directors

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Shake It to Make It with iText 7, pdfHTML and pdfRender!

Tue - 10/04/2022

In the first of our client showcases during iText's customer event, Rina Nir, co-founder and CEO of RadBee, sat down with iText VP of Products Andre Lemos to talk about how her company uses the iText 7 Core PDF library, along with the pdfHTML and pdfRender add-ons in their Speedy PDF Sign Offs application.

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iText DITO and iText pdf2Data: Two flavors with multiple document variations

Thu - 09/29/2022

Pavel Chermyanin and Israel Garcia demonstrate how iText’s collaborative and user-friendly document solutions can help you to extract data and build documents.

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Mixologist at work – live coding session

Wed - 09/07/2022

Michaël Demey, head of research and crack iText developer, leads you through the creation of PDF/A and PDF/UA files in this recap of his session from iText's "Shake It, Make It" customer event.

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A perfect blend of open-source and commercial: Driving development and innovation for all

Tue - 08/23/2022

Pre-Sales Manager, Al Sterling explains the flexible licensing options available with iText during his presentation "A perfect blend of open-source and commercial: Driving development and innovation for all"

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Take a Sip of the Ultimate Product and Technology Cocktail

Tue - 08/02/2022

CTO Raf Hens and VP of Products André Lemos show you the ingredients that go into iText: the Ultimate Product and Technology Cocktail.

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