Overview

Preview Feature

Glasswall Conform can automatically repair PDF files that are unable to be processed due to malformed or corrupt structures. It extracts visible content, like text, images, and graphics, and rebuilds the file to meet PDF standards, making it compatible with Glasswall's CDR technology.

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Constraints and Limitations

While Glasswall Conform is a powerful tool, certain constraints and limitations should be considered:

• Image Handling: Some image colour spaces are unsupported and may be ignored. Additionally, image processing may convert compressed images to a lossless format, which can increase file size.

• Font Handling: Glasswall Conform supports Base 14 and many Microsoft fonts, but unsupported custom fonts are replaced to mitigate potential risks.

• PDF Structure: PDFs missing essential structural elements (e.g., root catalog, cross-reference tables) may not be recoverable.

• Memory Usage: PDFs with many images may consume significant memory. While the tool has been tested with files up to 50 MB, larger files may experience performance issues.

• Color Spaces: The CalRGB colour space is not supported.

• Graphics Handling: Support for complex graphics, such as shapes, charts, and graphs, is limited. This version prioritises text integrity.

• Document Recovery: Severely corrupted PDFs or those with missing structural elements may be unrecoverable.

• Blocked Content Items: Malformed PDF files containing Content Items blocked by policy may reach the end user because Conform might remove the blocked Content Items before processing by the Engine.