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External signatures File extension: pdf
Internal signatures
Name PDF/E-1
Description BOF: %PDF-1.[0-7] - specification is based on PDF1.6, however the specification doesn't specifically preclude other versions. We have seen and produced samples with PDF value not 1.6, so we are including all possible values. VAR: <pdfe:ISO_PDFEVersion>PDF/E-1</pdfe:ISO_PDFEVersion>
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Maximum Offset 0
Byte order  
Value 255044462D312E[30:37]
Position type Variable
Byte order  
Value 3C706466653A49534F5F5044464556657273696F6E3E5044462F452D313C2F706466653A49534F5F5044464556657273696F6E3E
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