Author: Wolfgang May

FileConverterPro (FCpro) – Version 1.0.63 available

Innovations FCpro Version 1.0.63:

  • The conversion to PDF/A has been improved and completely re-implemented.
  • If a document can not be converted directly to PDF/A in the first step, there is also the possibility to render the document and create an image of the pages. The text is read from the source page and re-inserted into the target document without further OCR operation. This makes it possible to create a valid PDF/A document from documents which are normally not convertible to PDF/A. This corresponds to the original with regard to its visual appearance, but also contains the text for the search. Normally, such documents would have to be printed and re-scanned.

  • The software is now able to find out on which page an uncorrectable error occurs during PDF/A conversion. Thus, only those pages are “rendered” where a conversion error occurs and not the entire document.
  • If the PDF/A output is selected, the “rendering” is now activated by default with 200dpi.

Download – FileConverterPro (FCpro) ~150MB >>>

eDocPrintPro free / PDF/A-1b, 2b, 3b & ZUGFeRD Version 3.25.2 available

Innovations eDocPrintPro Version 3.25.2:

  • The current GhostScript AGPL version 9.21 is supported
  • The routines for the generation of PDF / A-1b, 2b, 3b and ZUGFeRD formats have been completely re-implemented.
  • In addition to ZUGFeRD XML, other files can also be embedded in the ZUGFeRD PDF. Only with ZUGFeRD option.
  • New version of the eDocPrintPro SDK 3.25 available to use the extensions from your own applications.

ZUGFeRD - neben dem XML lassen sich zusätzliche Anhänge einfügen

  • All plugins available for the eDocPrintPro can now also be used with the PDF/A & ZUGFeRD variant.

Depending on the plugin, it may be necessary to perform the action before the PDF/A or ZUGFERD processing. In order to apply a stamp or to deposit a stationery and only then to carry out the PDF/A and TRUE conversion as otherwise the conformity would be destroyed. On the other hand there are plugin actions, which can only be done after the PDF/A or ZUGFeRD conversion. Create a signature or send the created PDF file by e-mail. In order to control this, the INI file of the plugin provides the possibility to determine when (PRE, POST, LAST) the plugin action is to be executed.

Process=PRE – The plugin is run before PostScript to PDF conversion. The plugin can be used to prepare folders or to insert commands into the Postscript code.

Process=POST – The plugin is called after the conversion from PS to PDF and before an eDocPrintPro add-on postprocessing (SWF, PDF / A or ZUGFeRD) is executed. Required, eg. for the AddOverlay or PDFExport plugin

Process=LAST – The plugin is called after the eDocPrintPro add-on postprocessing (SWF, PDF/A or ZUGFeRD). Required, eg. for the EMail as well as signature plugin

If no add-on postprocessing (SWF, PDF / A or ACCESSORY) is executed, POST and LAST have the same meaning. If the “Process” parameter is not specified, the default value is Process = POST.

The INI files of the installed plugins can be found in C: \ Program Files \ Common Files \ MAYComputer \ eDocPrintPro \ Plugins.

Example INI – PDFExport & EMail Plugin:

Beispiel INI - PDFExport Settings  Beispiel INI - EMail Plugin

Download – eDocPrintPro free Version

Download – eDocPrintPro PDF/A & ZUGFeRD

GhostScript 9.21 Setup

pdfFM – PDF Folder Merge – Convert documents with the same name to a total PDF (/A)

With PDFmdx, document stacks can be easily split into single documents according to the most diverse criteria and named range contents can be named. Sometimes, however, it may also be necessary to automatically create documents with the same name from different sources in a certain sequence automatically into an overall document.

For a customer project, we have developed pdfFM – an application where 3 folders are specified. When processing, the folders are searched for documents with the same name, the same documents are added to a new total PDF in the order of the specified folders and stored in a destination folder. If a file is missing in one of the folders, these documents are moved to the error folder. A log file logs the processing. The processing can be executed either interactively or via command line call.

In addition to the merge to an overall PDF, the output file can also be converted to an ISO PDF / A-1b, 2b or 3b file.

pdfFM - Konfiguration  pdfFM - Commandline Parameter

iPaper Server Version 3.0.18 – now with PDF/A

The iPaper Server is a Windows service that can monitor multiple folders. PDF files to be processed are automatically recognized and processed via the configured actions.

The following iPaper actions are available:

  • stationery overlay/ underlay

11_iPaper Server - Briefpapier Aktion

  • EMail – Using SMTP server
  • Save as – The result PDF is stored in a folder
  • Call external command line processing with parameters
  • Insert Backside – Produces double-sided printed PDF documents
  • Attach / paste PDF document – before / after
  • Fill out PDF info fields
  • Apply security settings – Password / Encryption / PDF Restrict functions.

1_iPaper Server - Benutzeroberfläche  2_iPaper Server - Icon Tray Menü  3_iPaper Server - Optionen für den automatischen Start der Anwendung  4_iPaper Server - Vorlagenordner und Logging  5_iPaper Server - SMTP EMail Server Konfiguration für die Fehler-Benachrichtigung  6_iPaper Server - Versionsinformation und Produkt-Aktivierung  7_iPaper Server - Hinzufügen eines Verarbeitungs Ordners  11_iPaper Server - Briefpapier Aktion  12_iPaper Server - Weitere Aktionen hinzufügen und konfigurieren  12_iPaper Server - Verarbeitungs Optionen  13_iPaper Server - Email Konfiguration für Benachrichtigung von aufgetretenen Fehlern

 

Innovations Version 3.0.18:

  • PDF/A-1b and 3b – The defined stationery, as well as the results documents of the iPaper processing can be automatically converted to PDF/A-1b or 3b format. If the inserted stationery can not be automatically converted to PDF/A, please send us the PDF by mail and we will produce the necessary PDF/Aversions for you. PDF/A-3b is the basis for electronic accounting according to the ZUGFeRD standard. The PDF/A function is released as an additional option, but is available as a 30 day trial version after installation.

8_iPaper Server - PDFA Option aktivieren  9_iPaper Server - Briefpapier Ordner mit den PDFA Unterordnern  10_iPaper Server - PDFA - Manuelles Konvertieren der Briefpapier Vorlagen

  • New HTML editor with advanced features – Used to create templates and signatures for HTML messages used when sending emails.

17_iPaper Server - HTML Body & Signatur Editor

  • Embed images into the HTML message – This means that externally referenced and only locally available images of the HTML message are embedded and sent directly in the message when sending the e-mail.

16_iPaper Server - eMail Aktion - Bilder einbetten

  • AutoPrint Action has been re-implemented – Documents are printed faster and there are additional parameters for orientation and print mode. Here “AutoRotate” is an important function. There is an automatic page rotation. For example An A4 horizontal format is automatically rotated to A4 in order to make the best use of the page and not to reduce the page size.

13_iPaper Server - neue AutoPrint Aktion mit Druckoptionen  14_iPaper Server - AutoPrint Aktion - Ausrichtung  15_iPaper Server - AutoPrint Aktion - Druck Modus Optionen

Download – iPaper Server – Windows Dienst / Folder Monitoring >>>

PDFmdx – Video – Automatically send invoices via EMail

This PDFmdx application example shows how a PDF document reads out areas and the information is subsequently used for automated email sending of the finished invoice.

  • Fields and areas are defined to: – read the company, the invoice number, the invoice date and the e-mail address from the document.
  • The input file is named based on the information read out. A PDF stationery is deposited. In addition, the read-out invoice number is applied to the invoice as a 1D bar code and a 2D QR code with a web link.
  • As a last step, an email message is generated via an HTML EMail template. Variables which have been inserted in the subject and in the message text are replaced with the read-out information. The PDF invoice as well as additional files are inserted as attachments and then automatically sent via an SMTP EMail server.

 

PDFmdx Version 3.2.5 available

Innovations PDFmdx Version 3.2.5:

  • New option for sending HTML emails – So far it was only possible to use external links, which were also available for the recipient, for pictures in the message. Now the images are embedded directly into the HTML message – either “all images” or “only the local images”. This means that no external resources accessible to all receivers need to be used.

HTML Body - Referenzierte Bilder werden im EMail eingebettet verschickt

  • If the option to preserve the creation date / time is activated, then this information is now also transferred from the output file for files or subfiles that are moved to the error folder.
  • The% COUNTER% variable now supports values> 9999
  • If the “Delete Blank Pages” function is active and a document is processed with only one blank page, it now correctly lands in the error folder and not in the destination folder.

Download – PDFmdx Template Editor & Processor >>>

PDF2Printer – New Version 2.0.2

What’s New PDF2Printer Version 2.0.2:

  • New PDF printing engine delivers improved quality when printing 1D and 2D barcodes – Barcodes can be generated and displayed in PDF via barcode fonts, lines or graphics. Certain label printers, however, had problems with the printing engine used so far and the prints were out of focus or had “stapling effects” on the black edges. Especially with 1D / 2D barcodes, this can lead to the barcode recognition no longer working reliably. This problem has now been fixed with the new PDF printing engine – sharp edges are now always generated and printed.
  • New function – print mode / scaling: Now you have the possibility to control the scaling of the prints as with the Adobe Reader
    • Fit to page – optimizes the printout – preserves the page ratio – adjusts the print horizontally or vertically to the maximum of the page.
    • Current size = 1: 1 – The printing is done with 100% – there is no adjustment to the page size
    • Decrease to page – If a print is smaller than the page, the printout will be 100%, If the print is larger than the page, the print will be reduced to fit the page.
    • Scaling (%) – Standard = 100% – Here you can adjust the size of the print up or down over a% set.
  • New function – Alignment: Alignment can be either automatic or fixed.
    • Automatic – For example, An A4 horizontal format for printing automatically to A4 high. The sheet is thus optimally utilized. Scaling is also not necessary in this case.
    • Portrait / Landscape – The print always takes place in the configured page orientation – The printout is adjusted to the page. An A4 aspect ratio is reduced so that it can be printed on an A4 portrait page.

 

PDF2Printer - Neue Druckfunktionen - Ausrichtung & Druck Modus

Download – PDF2Printer –  Service to print PDF’s automatically >>>

PDFmdx Version 3.2.4 available

Innovations PDFmdx Version 3.2.4:

  • PDFmdx Editor – New HTML editor for the message text of the email function.

PDFmdx Editor - Neuer HTML Editor für den Body Text

  • E-mail sending – The option in the PDFmdx editor to activate the e-mail transmission was not visible and therefore could not be activated.
  • The PDF / A converter has been updated.
  • Error Correction in the PDFmdx Editor – An automatic save error was fixed when creating templates. The problem occurred only when you created the first aliases.

Download – PDFmdx Template Editor & Processor >>

Move license (to new PC)

You can use this option in the ProductActivationManager to release the license for use on a new device. It is necessary to enter userID and password to execute this option! The product remains as a DEMO version on the PC.

OLD PC:

  1. openProductActivationManager
  2. select license
  3. klick „Move License“ Button
  4. enter Username / Passwort
  5. OK

NEW PC:

  1. open ProductActivationManager
  2. select application
  3. klick „Activate Application“ Button
  4. enter Username / Passwort
  5. select available license
  6. OK

PDFmdx – Version 3.2.2 available

Innovations PDFmdx Version 3.2.2:

  • PDFmdx is now a 64bit version and can only be installed on 64bit Windows versions. This requires the license to “move” on existing installations, that is, to return it to our license server and then retrieve it again. The new version also requires the .NET Runtime version 4.
  • New basic routines for PDF, Image, Barcode and OCR processing as well as for the extraction of text from the PDF
  • Extended list of supported 1D and 2D bar codes to detect barcodes and apply to the document.

Erweiterte Barcode Unterstützung für 1D und 2D Barcodes

  • PDF/A – 1b, 2b, 3b – Conversion and document output

PDFmdx kann Dokumente im Format PDFA 1 bis 3 ausgeben

  • New and improved feature to automatically detect and remove blank pages in black-and-white and color PDF documents. The percentage of the blackening serves as a parameter. In addition, the information about text in the background can also be used as a criterion.  The test function now also displays the identified blank pages of the selected sample document as well as their degree of blackening. Empty pages are removed at the very beginning of PDFmdx processing.

Funktion um Leere Seiten über einen Schwellwert zu finden und zu löschen

  • You can sort the evaluation list of the blank recognition by the displayed columns in ascending or descending order.

Testfunktion zeigt an welche Seiten bei dem eingestellten Schwellwert löschbar sind

  • In the test from the PDFmdx editor, the name of the layout identified by the D condition is now displayed. This can be used to determine whether and which layout is recognized with the document being tested.
  • Simplified collection and modification of the conditions in the PDFmdx editor, eg. an AND / OR condition can now be inserted at the start node.

Bei den Bedigungen gibt es jetzt alle Möglichkeiten der nachträglichen Bearbeitung

  • Under the conditions, the page range definition is now processed correctly.

Bei jeder Bedingung kann festgelegt werden auf welchen Seiten diese geprüft werden sollen

  • Fuzzy / approximation search for conditions and anchor fields. Specifies how many characters a deviation from the specified string is still accepted – is available with the deactivated substring search.

Unschärfte = Fuzzy Funktion für die Bedingungen  Unschärfte = Fuzzy Funktion für die Ankerfeld Suche

  • Text areas / fields will now also be read out if the text box in the PDF exceeds the visible page margin.
  • Text search and selection / copy function: In the preview of the PDFmdx editor, a text can be searched forward or backward in the entire document. The text location found is highlighted. It is now also possible to highlight text in the editor and copy it to the clipboard.

Im PDFmdx Editor kann im Markiermodus Text in der Voransicht ausgewählt und kopiert werden  Im PDFmdx Editor kann nach Text-Strings vorwärts und rückwärts gesucht werden - die Fundstelle wird markiert

  • Function to accept and maintain the creation date or time of the output file for the target file. This information also includes variables for the path / file name as well as for the metadata output, for example over XLS available.

Erstellungs-Datum & Uhrzeit der Ursprungsdatei kann für die Ausgabedatei erhalten werden sowie als Variablen verwendet werden

  • When the variable for the filename of the input file is used, the filenames’ uppercase / lowercase is retained – so far the file name has always been converted to lowercase.
  • In the PDFmdx service processor, the max. Number of parallel processes of 1,2,3,4,5,10, Previously, the minimum value of 5 was up.

Die max. Anzahl an parallelen Verarbeitungsprozessen kann konfiguriert werden

  • The Web service interface via REST / SOAP is activated by default during installation.

Die Web-Service Schnittstelle ist jetzt standardmäßig aktiviert

New web service functions (REST / SOAP) for user and job template management.

The new features are included in the included .NET / C # sample project and can be tested with it. These extensions are required to implement the future PDFmdx Commandline application.

  • user management – Create New Users, Delete, Reset Password / New, so far, there is only one “admin” user. Now it is also possible to create additional users. The jobs and the job templates are managed on the basis of the users. Additional users can be created via the “Admin”. The “admin” password can be reset by the PDFmdx service processor.

Web-Service Benutzerverwaltung

  • Job-Template Function – To create new jobs via the web service interface simply without much configuration effort, there is now also the possibility to use job templates. Job templates serve as a reference for new jobs. An existing job can be made via a checkbox to a job template. Jobs created via a template are referenced.

1_Neuen Job über Web-Service anlegen  2_Ein vorhandender Job kann als Templete verwendet werden um daraus neue Jobs anzulegen  3_Ein neuer Job Nummer #2 wurde durch Auswahl aus einem Template angelegt

Download – PDFmdx Template Editor & Processor >>>

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