Welcome to the PDFInfoTool home page!

Welcome to the PDFInfoTool home page. PDFInfoTool is an AddOn for PStill to analyze PDF.


Select a PDF in Windows Explorer and drag & drop the file into the PDFInfoTool Window. PDFInfoTool will do a run-time analysis of the selected PDF and show the results.

PDF Info Tool can tell you about embedded and needed fonts, image raster densities and compression, page sizes, rotation and cropping, encryption, colorspaces used, spot colors, meta data, pdf version and more. It can also identify PDF/X and PDF/A files.

Installation is easy - just install PStill/Win first then the PDF Info Tool on top of it. After installation you can find PDFInfoTool in the 'PStill' start menu.

It will work with an unlicensed PStill but in this case there is a wait period on startup and one only PDF can be analyzed before the program must be restarted. When PStill is licensed PDFInfoTool will also startup instantly and has no limitations on the number of PDF it analyzes.

PDF Info Tool is a showcase for PDFCheck. PDFCheck can create a XML-based analysis reports for PDF and provides much more information than PDF Info Tool. PDFCheck is also made for server use and embedding and available on MS Windows, Linux, Solaris, AIX and HPUX.

Download PDFInfoTool 1.28 for Windows as of 23. Mar 2011

Frank Siegert disclaims all warranties with regard to this software, including all implied warranties of merchantability and fitness, in no event shall Frank Siegert be liable for any special, indirect or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data or profits, whether in an action of contract, negligence or other tortious action, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of this software.


All names and symbols are used for identification purpose only. PStill is a registered trademark ('wordmark') of Frank Siegert. All trademarks belongs to their respective owners. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Inc. and is used for identification purpose only.

This software is a copyrighted work and distributed as shareware - you may try it out and if you find it useful you must register the software and purchase an activation key. This key will remove the limitations of the program and allows you to use the software on the licensed number of systems. Please register the software to help further development.

System requirements: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit), Windows 8

See also the PStill main page for legal and contact information.

[CURRENT] Version 1.28 with full installer

Before you install PDFInfoTool, PStill should be installed. See the PStill web page for a download link.

Version history:

7. May 2010: 1.22 - Initial release
13. May 2010: 1.25 - Report also ICCbased colorspaces in GUI; direct file open by clicking on filename field.
22. Oct 2010: 1.26 - Added reporting for PDF/X types
24. Feb 2011: 1.27 - Masked images are now also reported as transparency
23. Mar 2011: 1.28 - New feature: Text extraction to control textural content of a PDF


Get your license

PDFInfoTool is a free addon to PStill. To enable it fully just license PStill.

Please tryout the software first and when you find it working for your needs you can order a license key for the program online. Without license key the program runs but displays nag messages.

Questions regarding PDFInfoTool or missing a feature? Send me an email.