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normie3000
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PDF to Text, a challenging problem
> PDF files use only the printable subset of the ASCII character set to describe documents even those with images and special characters
Great, so PDF source code is easily printable?
gpvos
55 days ago
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Except most are compressed or contain binary streams. You can transform any PDF into an equivalent ASCII PDF though, e.g. using qpdf.
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Great, so PDF source code is easily printable?