diff --git a/flying-saucer-examples/pom.xml b/flying-saucer-examples/pom.xml
index a036de30e..d5d13ab01 100644
--- a/flying-saucer-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/flying-saucer-examples/pom.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     <itext.version>2.1.7</itext.version>
     <slf4j.version>2.0.9</slf4j.version>
     <assertj.version>3.24.2</assertj.version>
+    <pdftest.version>1.8.1</pdftest.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -58,6 +59,12 @@
       <version>${assertj.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.codeborne</groupId>
+      <artifactId>pdf-test</artifactId>
+      <version>${pdftest.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
diff --git a/flying-saucer-examples/src/test/java/org/xhtmlrenderer/pdf/PDFRenderTest.java b/flying-saucer-examples/src/test/java/org/xhtmlrenderer/pdf/PDFRenderTest.java
index 63276d7bf..fda1f282a 100644
--- a/flying-saucer-examples/src/test/java/org/xhtmlrenderer/pdf/PDFRenderTest.java
+++ b/flying-saucer-examples/src/test/java/org/xhtmlrenderer/pdf/PDFRenderTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.xhtmlrenderer.pdf;
 
+import com.codeborne.pdftest.PDF;
 import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -14,9 +15,10 @@
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.net.URL;
 
+import static com.codeborne.pdftest.assertj.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static java.lang.System.lineSeparator;
 import static java.nio.file.Files.newOutputStream;
 import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 public class PDFRenderTest {
     private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PDFRenderTest.class);
@@ -25,33 +27,43 @@ public class PDFRenderTest {
     public void testConvertSimpleHtmlToPdf() throws IOException, DocumentException {
         URL source = requireNonNull(Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource("hello.html"));
         File output = File.createTempFile("flying-saucer-" + getClass().getSimpleName(), ".hello.pdf");
-        createPDF(source, output);
-        log.info("Rendered {} to PDF: {}", source, output.toURI());
-        assertThat(output).exists();
+        PDF pdf = generatePDF(source, output);
+        assertThat(pdf).containsExactText("Hello, world");
     }
 
     @Test
     public void testConvertComplexHtmlToPdf() throws IOException, DocumentException {
         URL source = requireNonNull(Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource("hamlet.xhtml"));
         File output = File.createTempFile("flying-saucer-" + getClass().getSimpleName(), ".hamlet.pdf");
-        createPDF(source, output);
-        log.info("Rendered {} to PDF: {}", source, output.toURI());
-        assertThat(output).exists();
+        PDF pdf = generatePDF(source, output);
+        assertThat(pdf).containsText(
+                "Previous Page", "Next Page",
+                "Hamlet",
+                "by William Shakespeare",
+                "Dramatis Personae",
+                "ACT I",
+                "Scene 5",
+                "ACT V",
+                "Dramatis Personae",
+                "Claudius, King of Denmark",
+                "THE END");
     }
 
-    private static void createPDF(URL url, File output) throws IOException, DocumentException {
+    private static PDF generatePDF(URL source, File output) throws IOException, DocumentException {
         try (OutputStream os = newOutputStream(output.toPath())) {
             ITextRenderer renderer = new ITextRenderer();
             ResourceLoaderUserAgent callback = new ResourceLoaderUserAgent(renderer.getOutputDevice());
             callback.setSharedContext(renderer.getSharedContext());
             renderer.getSharedContext().setUserAgentCallback(callback);
 
-            Document doc = XMLResource.load(new InputSource(url.toString())).getDocument();
+            Document doc = XMLResource.load(new InputSource(source.toString())).getDocument();
 
-            renderer.setDocument(doc, url.toString());
+            renderer.setDocument(doc, source.toString());
             renderer.layout();
             renderer.createPDF(os);
         }
+        log.info("Rendered {}{}  to PDF: {}", source, lineSeparator(), output.toURI());
+        return new PDF(output);
     }
 
     private static class ResourceLoaderUserAgent extends ITextUserAgent {
diff --git a/flying-saucer-examples/src/test/java/org/xhtmlrenderer/pdf/PDFRenderToMultiplePagesTest.java b/flying-saucer-examples/src/test/java/org/xhtmlrenderer/pdf/PDFRenderToMultiplePagesTest.java
index 2b7f55b86..32b78c427 100644
--- a/flying-saucer-examples/src/test/java/org/xhtmlrenderer/pdf/PDFRenderToMultiplePagesTest.java
+++ b/flying-saucer-examples/src/test/java/org/xhtmlrenderer/pdf/PDFRenderToMultiplePagesTest.java
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 package org.xhtmlrenderer.pdf;
 
+import com.codeborne.pdftest.PDF;
+import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 
+import static com.codeborne.pdftest.assertj.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static java.nio.file.Files.newOutputStream;
 
 /**
@@ -18,9 +22,15 @@ public class PDFRenderToMultiplePagesTest {
     @Test
     public void testGenerateSinglePdfFromMultipleInputDocuments() throws Exception {
         File output = File.createTempFile("flying-saucer-" + getClass().getSimpleName(), ".pdf");
-
         String[] inputs = createSimpleFakeDocuments();
+        generatePDF(inputs, output);
+        log.info("Sample file with {} documents rendered as PDF to {}", inputs.length, output.toURI());
+        
+        PDF pdf = new PDF(output);
+        assertThat(pdf).containsText("Page1", "Page2", "Page3");
+    }
 
+    private static void generatePDF(String[] inputs, File output) throws IOException, DocumentException {
         try (OutputStream os = newOutputStream(output.toPath())) {
             ITextRenderer renderer = new ITextRenderer();
 
@@ -40,8 +50,6 @@ public void testGenerateSinglePdfFromMultipleInputDocuments() throws Exception {
             // complete the PDF
             renderer.finishPDF();
         }
-
-        log.info("Sample file with {} documents rendered as PDF to {}", inputs.length, output.toURI());
     }
 
     private static String[] createSimpleFakeDocuments() {