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PDFA-OUTPUTINTENT-MISSING
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The output colour profile is missing

A PDF/A-3 must declare an OutputIntent with an ICC profile — in practice sRGB for an invoice.

This defect is fixed automatically. Test your invoice to find out whether it is affected, then apply the correction with the Pipeline Pro plan.

Common searches around this code

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Test your file with this error in mind

Upload the invoice involved: the report will say whether this code appears, where it appears in the document, and whether Factlint can only report it or also fix it.

To automate this check in an ERP flow, call the validation API and link every returned code to its public page.

Why this error happens

The most classic PDF/A omission. It has no visible consequence on screen, which is why it crosses a vendor's entire internal test chain unseen, until the first rejection.

How to fix it

The profile is added to the envelope. The correction changes neither the rendering of the document nor its business content.

XML correction example

BEFORE (invalid)
<!-- /OutputIntents absent du catalogue -->
AFTER (compliant)
/OutputIntents [<< /S /GTS_PDFA1 /OutputConditionIdentifier (sRGB) >>]
Automatic correctionPOST /v1/fix

This defect is among those the API rewrites itself: the corrected document comes back in the response. See the endpoint