PDF/A validation check
Check a PDF/A archival claim — reported honestly inside the print summary.
What it checks
- PDF/A claim detection and structural conformance signals for the claimed part
- Findings surfaced in the print compliance summary — a not-evaluable PDF/A result is disclosed there, not hidden behind a green panel
- Recursion and malformed-structure backstops, so a crafted file degrades to an honest error instead of a false pass
FAQ
What is PDF/A?
PDF/A (ISO 19005) is the archival profile of PDF: self-contained, device-independent, with restrictions that keep files renderable decades later. See our primer at /what-is-pdf-a.
Can Preflight convert my PDF to PDF/A?
No. Preflight is a validator — it reports what a file claims and where it deviates, so the authoritative fix happens in your document pipeline.
What happens to my documents?
Uploads are tenant-scoped, encrypted at rest, and anonymous uploads auto-purge within 24 hours. Result pages are token-gated and never indexed.