OpenPDF
will convert PCL files on the HP3000 to PDF regardless of the
package in which the original PCL file was created. It
supports far more than simple txt to PDF. OpenPDF supports the
conversion of soft fonts, logos, signatures and other graphics as
well as supporting basic PCL colour conversion.
The cost savings available
through switching your output to PDF rather than physically printed
material are immense. OpenPDF can usually be shown
to return your investment in it within six months by
saving paper, toner and postage.
The benefits of producing PDF files directly on the HP3000
include:
- HP3000 output in a format ready to be stored directly on a web
site.
- Reduction of printing costs for manuals and large reports.
These can now be stored in PDF format on CD.
- PDF formatted reports can be distributed easily by e-mail or
stored to a web site.
- PDF documents can be printed to any printer supported by
Windows that will print from Acrobat e.g. small desktop inkjet
printers. This in turn frees the HP3000-connected laser printers
for other tasks.
- Read-only report archives can be created, e.g. month-end
reports can be stored in PDF format anywhere on the network for
retrieval without having to run 3000-based reports or jobs on the
central application.
OpenPDF supports Adobe's macro facility within a PDF.
This greatly reduces the file size for multi-page PDFs by
ensuring graphics such as logos and forms can be stored in the PDF
just once and then called repeatedly to appear numerously
throughout the document.
OpenPDF supports Acrobat Security
Features
OpenPDF supports the security features included in Adobe
Acrobat version 8.0 and above. This includes the ability to produce
128 bit encrypted PDF files with further options to:
- Requiring a password to open a document
- Requiring a password to change the security settings
- Disallowing printing
- Disallowing changing of the document
- Disallowing selecting text or graphics
- Disallowing adding or changing notes or form fields
- Disallowing the fill-in of existing interactive form
fields
- Disallowing the extraction of text and graphics in support of
accessibility
- Disallowing the assembly of the document
- Limiting printing to a low level representation of the
appearance
OpenPDF also is available for Unix and Windows systems under the
product name PCL2PDF.
SpoolPDF
is an optional add-on module for OpenPDF which handles MPE spool
files. SpoolPDF preprocesses HP3000 spooler control
characters (CCTL) before passing the PCL over to OpenPDF to convert
to PDF.
OpenPDF Literature
