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PDFlib PDFlib – Enterprise PDF Generation Toolkit
PDFlib – Enterprise PDF Generation Toolkit

PDFlib – Enterprise PDF Generation Toolkit

Create high-quality, dynamic PDF documents with the industry-leading development library.

PDFlib is a world-class PDF creation and automation library used by thousands of developers and enterprises worldwide. Whether you're generating invoices, technical manuals, reports, labels, statements or interactive digital documents, PDFlib provides unmatched precision, speed and reliability.

Greatstone Software is an authorised UK distributor of PDFlib products, offering competitive pricing, expert guidance and fast licence delivery. If you need a powerful, flexible and scalable PDF generation engine for your application, PDFlib is the definitive choice.

Perfect for developers building PDF output into Java, PHP, .NET, Python, Ruby, Perl, C/C++ and more.

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Overview

PDFlib is engineered for professional document creation, automation and high-volume output. It allows developers to programmatically create PDF files from scratch or dynamically convert existing data, content and layouts into beautiful, print-ready documents.

Unlike simple PDF wrapper libraries, PDFlib offers both low-level and high-level APIs, giving you full control over layout, typesetting, graphics, accessibility, and document structure.

Low-Level PDF Creation – Precision Page Composition

PDFlib’s low-level API lets you place every element—text, images, graphics, shapes—exactly where you want it on the page.
Ideal when your application already controls the layout (e.g., custom rendering engines, dashboards, or templates).

High-Level PDF Formatting – Automated Professional Layout

For more complex documents, PDFlib’s high-level toolset handles the heavy lifting:

Textflow Engine

  • Automatically flows text across columns, pages, shapes and image boundaries
  • Supports styling, hyperlinks, annotations and Tagged PDF structure
  • Perfect for reports, eBooks, statements and content-heavy outputs

Flexible Table Engine

  • Create complex tables with text, images, form fields, graphics and annotations
  • Automatically handles pagination across multiple pages
  • Ideal for financial documents, catalogues, invoices and technical data

Advanced Image & SVG Placement

Insert and position images with automatic scaling, cropping and fitting options

Render crisp, resolution-independent vector graphics with full SVG support

Together, these capabilities allow businesses to automate the production of sophisticated documents with minimal code and maximum performance.

Why Developers Choose PDFlib

  • Commercial-grade reliability and blazing-fast processing
  • Full Unicode and international text support
  • Compliance with industry standards including PDF/A and Tagged PDF
  • Cross-platform support on Windows, Linux, macOS, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris and more
  • Available as a development licence or OEM licence

Features

Low-Level PDF API
Absolute control over placement and layout
Draw text, images, shapes and vector graphics with precision
Perfect for custom rendering requirements
High-Level Text Formatting
Single-line and multi-line text formatting
Textflow for advanced columns, wrapping and multi-page layout
Support for annotations, bookmarks and interactive elements
Table Formatting Engine
Build structured tables containing mixed content
Automatic row/column sizing
Multi-page table continuation
Fine control over borders, spacing and alignment
Image & SVG Handling
Intelligent fitting, scaling and cropping
High-quality vector rendering
Extensive image format support (JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and more)
Interactive PDF Elements
Create bookmarks, links, form fields and annotations
Build navigable, user-friendly PDF documents
Tagged PDF & Accessibility
Generate PDF/UA-ready documents
Add semantic structure and metadata
High Performance & Scalability
Designed for high-volume, server-side processing
Thread-safe operation in multi-user environments
Multi-Language, Cross-Platform Support
Works with all major programming languages
Compatible with all major operating systems