Check document trapped flag

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What it does

Allows you to check the value of the trapped flag in a PDF.

About trapping

The trapped flag indicates whether or not a file has been "trapped", i.e. has been corrected for slight color misregistrations. The trapped flag must be defined in PDF/X documents.

The flag can be set to:
  • True: the document has been trapped, or the creator of the document has decided that it should not be trapped.
  • False: the document has not been trapped
  • Unknown: it's not known whether or not the document has been trapped. Note that this status should be avoided.

The trapped flag is stored in the info dictionary and/or in the XMP metadata stream, but the data can be inconsistent; that's why you must indicate where the trapped flag must be taken from, e.g. from the most recent metadata location.

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