Convert PDF to Linearized in Java

PDF Linearization or “Fast Web View” is special way of optimizing PDFs to make them easier to read when the file is streamed over a network connection. To meet requirements of certain scenarios, this article will share how to convet a PDF to a linearized PDF in Java using Free Spire.PDF for Java.

Import Dependency (2 methods)

Method 1: Download the free library and unzip it. Then add the Spire.Pdf.jar file to your project as dependency.

Method 2: Directly add the jar dependency to maven project by adding the following configurations to the pom.xml.

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>com.e-iceblue</id>
        <name>e-iceblue</name>
        <url>https://repo.e-iceblue.com/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
    </repository>
</repositories>
<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>e-iceblue</groupId>
        <artifactId>spire.pdf.free</artifactId>
        <version>5.1.0</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

Sample Code

The PdfToLinearizedPdfConverter.ToLinearizedPdf() method allows to convert a PDF to linearized. The following is the complete sample code.

import com.spire.pdf.conversion.PdfToLinearizedPdfConverter;

public class toLinearizedPdf {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        //Specify the input and output files
        String input="C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\input.pdf";
        String output="toLinearizedPdf.pdf";

        //Create a PdfToLinearizedPdfConverter instance and pass in a sample PDF file as a parameter
        PdfToLinearizedPdfConverter converter = new PdfToLinearizedPdfConverter(input);

        //Convert the file to linearized Pdf
        converter.toLinearizedPdf(output);
    }
}

Open the result file in Adobe Acrobat and take a look at the document properties, you can see the value of “Fast Web View” is Yes which means the file is linearized.