KB172015055: Automation Engine - PDF tasks embedding external references

Question

Why do the Optimize PDF Document or Optimize PDF Separations tasks embed external references?

Answer

None of the PDF Tasks (i.e., Optimize PDF Separations, Optimize PDF Document, Resize PDF, Version PDF, etc) are able to handle external references. External references is a Normalized PDF concept, only Normalized PDF tasks can handle them. To guarantee consistency, these tasks will always automatically embed external references before processing.

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Applies to	Automation Engine all vesions
Created	16-Sept-15
Last revised	24 Sep 2018
Author	DAPL
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