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We’re a team of developers and tech enthusiasts solving tricky document problems, so you don’t have to. IDRsolutions was born from our struggles with integrating PDFs and images into applications. We built tools to simplify the process, and now companies worldwide rely on them to streamline their workflows. Here, we share what we’ve learned along the way to help you spend less time wrestling with documents and more time building great applications.

Recent Posts

How to Edit a PDF in Java using JPedal (Tutorial)

Java has no built-in PDF support, so editing a PDF means picking a library. This tutorial covers PDF editing in Java with JPedal’s PdfManipulator, from page operations to redaction…

Jacob Collins
Last Modified: Aug 25, 2026 11 min read

What is PDF/A?

The PDF file format is a very big and complex standard so several more limited subsets have been created for specific purposes, of which...

Mark Stephens
Last Modified: Aug 5, 2026 3 min read

Apache Commons Imaging Alternative for Java: JDeli

If you’ve used Apache Commons Imaging, it was probably to pull EXIF out of a JPEG or edit some XMP. That’s what it’s good...

Amy Pearson
Last Modified: Jul 13, 2026 7 min read

TwelveMonkeys Alternative for Java Image Processing

Most Java developers find TwelveMonkeys the same way: ImageIO won’t read some format, a quick search turns it up, a few JARs go on...

Amy Pearson
Last Modified: Jul 3, 2026 6 min read

The Best PDF Inspector Tools for Developers

If you have ever opened a PDF in a hex editor at 2am trying to work out why a font is missing or why...

Jacob Collins
Last Modified: Jun 19, 2026 6 min read