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Summary
Explore the latest enhancements to our professional PDF redaction library in the 2023.11 release. This update introduces improved redaction features, including customizable font sizes for redaction annotations and enhanced overlay text appearance in redacted documents. Learn how our redaction library continues to evolve with better performance, security, and user control through new annotation flags and optimized memory management.
After a brief hiatus since our last update in January 2023, we’re excited to announce a series of powerful enhancements to PSPDFKit Processor. Our team has been tirelessly working to elevate your document processing experience, and these updates are a testament to our commitment to excellence. Read on to find out more about major updates and new features from this year.
PSPDFKit Processor has been deprecated and replaced by Nutrient Document Engine. To migrate to Document Engine and unlock advanced document processing capabilities, refer to our migration guide. Learn more about these enhancements on our blog.
Diverse document conversion capabilities
- Expanded conversion support — We introduced support for a wide array of formats, including GIF, WebP, SVG, TGA, EPS, HEIC, ODT, and RTF documents.
- PDF/A conversion — Processor now allows converting documents to PDF/A, validating PDF/A file conformance, and compressing and linearizing PDFs, making it easier to manage long-term digital document preservation.
- Improved redaction features — A series of updates have improved the redaction process — from adding a font size property for redaction annotations, to enhancing the appearance of overlay text in redacted documents.
- Annotation enhancements — New annotation flags in Instant JSON — including
invisible,readOnly,locked,toggleNoView, andlockedContents— provide greater control over your annotations.
Performance and rendering improvements
- Optimized memory usage — We made significant improvements to memory management, especially on pages with extensive vector graphics.
- Enhanced HTML-to-PDF rendering — We’ve turbocharged our HTML-to-PDF rendering process, ensuring faster and more efficient conversions.
Continuous updates and fixes
In addition to the features outlined above, our team has updated key components like Chromium and GdPicture and fixed various issues ranging from annotation rendering to PDF opening errors. We’ve also patched vulnerabilities and improved security features, ensuring that Processor remains not only powerful but also secure.
For a complete list of changes, see the PSPDFKit Processor 2023.11 changelog and the migration guide.
If you’re interested in PSPDFKit Processor, contact our Sales team. For a complete list of features, visit our Processor product page. We’d love to hear about your use case and discuss how to best implement it.