Maven dependency for Qoppa Java PDF SDK API 2022R1

Qoppa repository configuration / location to specify in your Maven pom.xml : <repositories> <repository> <id>QoppaSoftware</id> <name>Qoppa Software</name> <url>https://download.qoppa.com/maven</url> </repository> </repositories><repositories> <repository> <id>QoppaSoftware</id> <name>Qoppa Software</name> <url>https://download.qoppa.com/maven</url> </repository> </repositories> Find below the Java API dependency to add to your pom.xml file for Qoppa’s PDF SDK v2021R1. jOfficeConvert Word & Excel to PDF Conversion API <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>com.qoppa</groupId> […]

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Maven dependency for Qoppa Java PDF SDK API 2021R1

Qoppa repository configuration / location to specify in your Maven pom.xml : <repositories> <repository> <id>QoppaSoftware</id> <name>Qoppa Software</name> <url>https://download.qoppa.com/maven</url> </repository> </repositories><repositories> <repository> <id>QoppaSoftware</id> <name>Qoppa Software</name> <url>https://download.qoppa.com/maven</url> </repository> </repositories> Find below the Java API dependency to add to your pom.xml file for Qoppa’s PDF SDK v2021R1. jOfficeConvert Word & Excel to PDF Conversion API <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>com.qoppa</groupId> […]

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Send us Feedback about PDF Automation Server and our PDF Libraries & Components

If you are a user of PDF Automation Server or our PDF libraries (which include jOfficeConvert, jPDFAssemble, jPDFFields, jPDFImages, jPDFOptimizer, jPDFPreflight, jPDFPrint, jPDFProcess, jPDFSecure, jPDFText, jPDFWeb) or our PDF components (which include jPDFEditor, jPDFNotes, jPDFViewer), we would love to receive feedback from you on what you think about these products. You can submit any of […]

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Maven dependency for Qoppa Java PDF SDK API 2020R2

Qoppa repository configuration / location to specify in your Maven pom.xml: <repositories> <repository> <id>QoppaSoftware</id> <name>Qoppa Software</name> <url>https://download.qoppa.com/maven</url> </repository> </repositories><repositories> <repository> <id>QoppaSoftware</id> <name>Qoppa Software</name> <url>https://download.qoppa.com/maven</url> </repository> </repositories> Find below the Java API dependency to add to your pom.xml file for Qoppa’s PDF SDK v2020R2. jPDFEditor PDF Editor API Also contains jPDFNotes, jPDFViewer <dependency> <groupId>com.qoppa</groupId> <artifactId>jPDFEditor</artifactId> <version>2020R2.22</version> […]

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How can I add Qoppa Java PDF API as a Maven dependency?

Qoppa Software hosts a Maven Repository and publishes our Java PDF libraries as artifacts. You can easily use our PDF functionality in your Maven projects and applications with a simple configuration of your pom file. You will find below Qoppa’s Maven repository information as well as the dependency information for the artifacts published. Qoppa’s Maven […]

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Allocate More Memory to PDF Automation Server

Q: I sometimes get a “java heap space” error when running PDF Automation Server. What does this mean? A: When running intense processes in PDF Automation Server or dealing with very large files, you may get a “java heap space” exception. This happens when PDF Automation Server is running out of memory. Note that the […]

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Performance issues when rendering JPEG2000 images

We’ve made a lot of improvements to our image decompression algorithms over the last few years. This allows Qoppa’s PDF libraries and components to open, render and print all types of images (JBIG2, CCIT Fax, JPEG, …) contained in PDF documents very reliably and in a very efficient way. Unfortunately, there is still a hurdle […]

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How to allocate more Memory to Qoppa PDF Library Demo Applications

You can allocate more memory to any of Qoppa’s PDF Libraries Demo Application by editing the file that ends with a “vmoptions” extension in the installation folder of the Application. For instance, to allocate more memory to Qoppa’s Demo Application for jPDFOptimizer library, go to the installation folder “C:\Program Files\jPDFOptimizer-v2017R1” (On Windows) and edit the […]

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How to follow Qoppa and stay updated about latest product releases

Q: Is there any notification or newsletter sent out to existing customers regarding updates and new product releases? A: At the moment, Qoppa does not send out a newsletters to existing users or customers. However, we do announce new releases through social media, and customers can subscribe or like our pages to receive these notifications: […]

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CMaps packaged within Qoppa PDF library and cmaps.jar

The most common CMaps are packaged directly into our library jars, including: 83pv-RKSJ-H, 90msp-RKSJ-H, 90ms-RKSJ-H, 90ms-RKSJ-V, B5pc-V, CNS-EUC-H, CNS-EUC-V, GB-EUC-H, Identity-H, Identity-V, KSC-EUC-H, KSC-EUC-V, KSCpc-EUC-H. Additional CMaps, used to read and display character encodings in CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean)  fonts are contained in the cmaps.jar filest. This jar file should be included in your classpath when you need to render PDF documents containing these type of fonts. The PDF reference (Chapter 4.6.4 CMaps) […]

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OCR Languages Download Links

OCR Language Download Links Required Data File for All Languages      Orientation and script detection Common Languages      English – English      French – Français      German – Deutsch      Spanish – Español      Italian – Italiano      Chinese (Simplified)  – 中文简体中文      Chinese (Traditional)  – 中文繁體 All Other Languages – This file contains all the languages available (large file)      tessdata_fast.zip

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Third Party Libraries / Jars: Info and Download Links

These are all the third party libraries / jars that are used in Qoppa PDF library and component products. They will need to be added to your classpath for specific features to be supported. Library Description bcpkix-jdk14-154.jar, bcprov-jdk14-154.jar These jar files contain the Bouncycastle security libraries. They are used to verify and apply digital signatures, […]

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How can I see the internal unedited structure of a PDF document?

Acrobat Preflight Tool allows to browse the internal structure of a PDF document. After starting the Preflight tool (Shift-Ctrl-X or Shift-Cmd-X on a Mac), look under the “Options” menu in the right top corner and select the menu item “Browse internal PDF structure”. This will bring up a new dialog that shows the internal structure […]

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Reassembling a zip file that is split into multiple files

A: I received a PDF file sent over multiple zip files. How can I reassemble the zip files into one zip file? A: Assuming a zip file called file.zip was split into 3 different zip files: file.zip.001, file.zip.002 and file.zip.003, you can reassemble the original zip file by using the copy command. It is useful […]

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Alternative to jPedal Java PDF Library

Qoppa Software has the most robust and extensive PDF techonology available in Java. If you are looking for alternative to jPedal and IDR Solutions products, consider the following products: Function IDR Solutions Qoppa Software PDF to HTML5 & SVG jPDF2HTML5 jPDFWeb Convert PDF to Images jPedal jPDFProcess / jPDFImages (Back-End Libraries) jPDFViewer / jPDFNotes / […]

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LiveCycle Dynamic XFA Forms Support in Qoppa’s PDF Library

LiveCycle XFA forms are complex and uncommon PDF forms that are designed to be rendered dynamically from the drawing and layout information present in the XFA definition. This kind of forms are not widely supported and only a couple of vendors are able to render them. XFA Forms were deprecated in PDF 2.0 Adobe has […]

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Java PDF Library Alternative to PDFBox

If you are looking for an alternative or a complement to PDFBox, consider Qoppa’s jPDFProcess PDF library which can: Create PDFs Convert PDF to Images Print PDF Split / Merge PDFs Merge / Export PDF Form Data Extract Text from PDF Redact Text and Images OCR Secure PDF Digitally Sign PDF Linearize PDF And Much […]

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Copyleft versus non-copyleft licenses in free / open source software

As software developers and publishers, when it comes to integrating third party software, we have to look carefully at the license. Since our products are commercial and not “free” (our code is closed), we only integrate third party software that have non-copyleft license. We provide below is a little explanation of copyleft versus non-copyleft, hoping […]

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Qoppa Software watermark on Stubhub PDF tickets

Watermark on Stubhub We have had a few reports from Stubhub users regarding an issue with their tickets printing with “Qoppa Software” as a watermark. Unfortunately,  this is not something that we can resolve. Stubhub uses Qoppa Software PDF technology on their servers to print customer tickets in PDF format. When Qoppa’s library does not […]

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Alternative to Aspose.Word for Java

If you are looking for an alternative to Aspose.Word to render Word documents, you may consider Qoppa’s jOfficeConvert library. jWordConvert is a Java library that can read and render Word documents natively to convert to PDF, to convert to images, or to print the documents automatically. Convert Word (.doc, .docx) documents to PDF Convert Excel worksheets […]

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Alternative to Aspose.PDF for Java

If you are looking for an alternative to Aspose.PDF to create PDF documents or convert PDF document to images, you may consider Qoppa’s Java PDF Libraries. Qoppa’s library jPDFImages can create PDF documents from images or convert PDF document to images in many formats. Qoppa’s library jPDFOptimizer can optimize PDF documents and reduce files size. Qoppa’s […]

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Qoppa Software products now available on GSA

Qoppa Software products are now available on the GSA schedule through our partner EFusion Consulting. We have been selling to government departments and agencies for many years. A few of our US government clients: Library of Congress Pentagon US Department of Energy US Department of the Treasury US Department of Labor US Navy Qoppa Software Info: […]

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Affordable Alternative to Adobe LiveCycle Server

Qoppa’s PDF Automation Server  is an affordable alternative to Adobe LiveCycle on the server Qoppa’s advanced PDF Server provides a complete set of PDF processing and conversion functions that can be accessed through standard REST calls. This standalone user friendly and easy-to-install server can be up and running in just a few clicks! Try Live […]

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Debug options, error log and stack traces

Qoppa’s PDF libraries and components will throw exceptions as expected and developers can decide to redirect the exceptions to their users, log them or handle them as needed. To  debug a specific issue, developers can use the following system properties / vm options Debug Flag -Dqoppa.debug=true in order to output exception logs and additional information […]

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