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jelle wouterv79879982
jelle wouterv79879982
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April 3, 2020
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Adobe detect blank pages

  • April 3, 2020
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Hello everyone,

 

The company I work for is getting a lot of PDF's. Now the thing is we want to know the amount of blank pages in a PDF. We have acrobat 9 Pro with pitstop and of course Adobe Acrobat DC.

 

Now is the question, is it possible via scripting or by another tool to count the blank pages in a PDF, or by maybe using Preflight. 

 

Would love to hear from you guys, stay safe.

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JR Boulay
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JR BoulayCommunity Expert
Community Expert
May 18, 2020

You can use the Preflight "Single checks":

 

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    ptaylor7
    Participant
    May 19, 2020

    Thank you!

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    Test Screen Name
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    April 3, 2020

    The problem is, to start with, nobody would agree what "blank" means.

    - absolutely no content. Very few apps could make a PDF this blank

    - nothing but white boxes and graphic setup

    - nothing you can see (but perhaps stuff that was cropped or hidden still there)

    - contains no text (but may contain graphics)

    - scanned blank page (which will be close to white, mostly, but not actually the same colour)

    - other ideas

     

    Using JavaScript a programmer can detect the "no text" case.

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      ptaylor7
      Participant
      May 18, 2020

      I have a similar issue where I'm printing to PDF, for example 800+ UCC labels and FDX Tracking labels in a single file, with a front-end software. The software uses a PDF converter, specifically Amyuni PDF converter. When I use Acrobat Reader DC to view the file there may be a couple blank pages, meaning completely white - no text/barcodes. If I open the same file in chrome viewer the data is there. I have a feeling this is an Acrobat issue, how can I fix this if I can't find out how quickly how many blank pages there are and going through each page manually?

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