Cannot turn scanned PDF to PDF/A

Report · Feb 10, 2025

Hi, I had to sign an offer and therefore had to print it and then scan it. The document is now available as PDF but when I try to save it to PDF/A it shows error.

Report · Feb 11, 2025

@diana_5208

Does your PDF conform to the PDF/A standards?

Jane

Report · Feb 12, 2025

I dont know what that means exactly or how to verify it 🙁

Diana Cáceres

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Climate Change | Water Sector | Integrity Management

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Report · Feb 12, 2025

@diana_5208

Your document needs to meet the specifications for the PDF/A Standard. What is your reason for using this Standard?

Learn about the PDF/A Standard here:

Jane

Report · Feb 16, 2025

The reason is for long term preservation. Thank you for sharing the links. I have gone through and read the information.. Unfortunately, I am not a technical person in this subject and therefore cannot understand what are the standars that my document needs to meet. All I am asked is to submit my work proposals, signed and in PDF/A but I have tried, with scan and not scanned versions and different documents and it always gives the same error that I posted on the initial message, so it seems to be a plugin error or something similar.

Report · Feb 12, 2025

Print, sign and scan a PDF file is an old school process.

Can't you use a digital signature?

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Report · Feb 13, 2025

I agree, but if I do so I need to have it officially recognized and cant do that.

Is there no way of transforming a PDF scan as a PDF/A?

Report · Feb 14, 2025

"I agree, but if I do so I need to have it officially recognized and cant do that."

I don't understand.

"Is there no way of transforming a PDF scan as a PDF/A?"

Please, follow the links provided by jane-e and answer her question.

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