Viewing Certified PDF 2 Document Certificates

The Certified PDF Preflight and Verification process also checks if the PDF is compliant with Certified PDF 2.

A Certified PDF 2 Document Certificate is a statement about certain properties of the PDF file, for example “Conforms to the GWG Magazine Ads Preflight Profile” or “Produced a hard-copy proof on printer XYZ with ID de719fa2”. The Certified PDF 2 information is stored in the PDF file as XMP metadata. Certified PDF 2 is also compatible with the GWG Universal Proof of Preflight ticket.

To view the certificate(s) of a PDF

Choose Certified PDF > Certified PDF.
Click to expand the Certified PDF 2 Document Certificates category (as required).
The status of the Certificates is by indicated by a small icon ( if compliant, if not compliant, if undetermined).
Certificates are generated:
- When a Preflight Profile or an original document is added.
- When opening a PDF file that contains a valid Universal Proof of Preflight ticket.
Click Certificates.
The properties of the Certificates are shown, for example the state (e.g. No errors/warnings), the type (referring to the original documents or to the Preflight Profile/Preflight result, the handler (i.e. the application that was used to process the file), ... If you remove the Certificate, you also remove the info on which this Certificate is based (e.g. the Preflight Profile, the original document, ...)