The Ratiodata IT solutions & Services GmbH introduces the new standard part of PDF/A-2 of the ISO certified format for long-term archiving. Munster, 7 February 2012. While the conversion of scanned documents assumes the new LurTech according to PDF/A-2 64 bit SDK (software Delvelopment Kit). This component was integrated into all Ratiodata Scanstrecken. The production-ready solution supports new standard of PDF/A-2 with the current version. This brings the advantage that now also the integration of JPEG2000 images instead of only JPEGs is possible in particular for reading digitized paper documents.

Used compression technology for the color levels of the mixed raster content (MRC, layer/layers method) by LurTech, reduces the size of the file to PDF/A-1 again by 10 to 15%. Ratiodata and LurTech maintain a partnership for several years. Every year Ratiodata digitized about 100 million pages in their scan centers for their customers. With the recently acquired update on the new Professional version of the new LurTech 64 bit SDK lets customers spend their scanned documents to PDF/A-2. In addition to the proven PDF/A formats Ratiodata PDF/A-2u, which is specially suitable for scanned documents now also relies on the new level of conformity. Unicode support for scanned documents with OCR full text capability are reproduced texts even safer and better search results.

Special characters, such as, for example, the character will be interpreted correctly and automatically assumed. Ratiodata has the LurTech software solution since 2006 in the usage and benefits since inter alia from the fast processing speed and the high compression rates. Just in workflows-integrate product family used LurTech’s award-winning mixed raster content (MRC, layer/layers method) compression technology, to colour, grey-level or black-and-white scanned documents into high-quality, highly compressed PDF and PDF/A compliant files to convert. As a result, that JPEG2000 images are now allowed in PDF/A-2, is still Once created a 10 to 15 percent higher compression ratio.

CeBIT visitors get all the important information around PDF/A Berlin/Hannover at the LurTech booth, 30 January 2013. The LurTech Europe GmbH (Hall 3, booth D34/1) provides application examples around the PDF/A format in the focus at this year’s CeBIT. With a special role to the third part of the ISO standard. For example, in the future electronic invoices can be transferred comfortably with him. The Central of user guidelines for electronic invoices provide basis on which the Forum e-invoice Germany (FeRD) in Germany (ZUGFeRD). Specifically LurTech will lead to a scenario at CeBIT, where a goods economy out mouse click FeRD compatible PDF invoices without further interaction are created from. These include the visually detectable invoice in PDF/A format, as well as a machine-processable XML record then.

For CeBIT visitors who want to learn about the PDF/A format and learn about the three available standard parts in its forms, the LurTech booth is a suitable Meeting point with competent contact persons. Since the PDF/A ISO certification LurTech is one of the providers of the first hour, integrating the format into their applications and supporting new standard parts? Includes above all the PDF compressor, a production-ready application to compression, conversion to multi-sector and full lyricist recognition (OCR), which is used in many industries. This year LurTech focuses in particular on the financial services industry and the public administration. Banks and insurance companies, for example, face the challenge to keep large amounts of paper and original electronic documents in the long term and searchable. While PDF/A has established itself as the format of choice. LurTech assisted public administrations, which continue to work on their E-Government solutions, to introduce PDF/A in their concepts or applications as secure foundation. In addition, the company is a competent partner for users and ERP – or Financial accounting software manufacturer, when it comes to the implementation and application of the electronic bill Exchange on base of PDF/A-3 with FeRD data.