PDF to PDF/A
Convert PDF files to archival PDF/A format, for long-term document storage. 100% free, no signup, no watermark.
This server doesn't have Ghostscript installed, so this tool produces a best-effort PDF/A-1b approximation instead (embeds a color profile and PDF/A metadata via a built-in method) — it is not independently validated against the full ISO 19005-1 standard the way Ghostscript's output is. For guaranteed-compliant archival PDFs, use a server with Ghostscript installed.
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What is PDF/A?
PDF/A is an ISO-standardized version of PDF designed for long-term archiving. It requires all fonts to be embedded, forbids external content dependencies (like audio/video or external links), and embeds a color profile — so the document will look the same decades from now, regardless of what software or fonts are installed.