Adobe detect blank pages

[jelle wouter]

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.

[Test Screen Name]

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.

[ptaylor7]

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?

[JR Boulay]

You can use the Preflight "Single checks":

[ptaylor7]

Thank you!