The main objective of all Investintech.com Inc. PDF Server Products is to collect documents (files) of certain types, process them and then return the result back to the sender.

There are 2 options for collecting (receiving) files:

• by local network
• via Email

Investintech.com Inc. PDF Server Product puts all collected files into a queue and processes them using several threads.

There are two methods of processing the collected files:

• Absolute PDF Server and Able2Extract Server only: conversion of PDF documents (*.PDF files) to MS Word, Excel, HTML, or simple text documents.
• Absolute PDF Server and Sonic PDF Server only: creation of PDF documents (*.PDF files) from original MS Word, Excel, HTML, text documents or other files (such as *.PPT; *.RTF; *.INI; *.LOG; *.GIF; *.JPG; *.JEPG; *.PNG; *.PCX; *.VSD).

Files collected through the local network can be retrieved from several specified folders (Watch Folders).

Files received via Email can be retrieved from several Email addresses (POP3 accounts).
It is possible to specify the processing type (conversion, creation or both) and details of processing for each Watch Folder or Email address. The conversion or creation details can be specified on both Server and Client side by means of a special file referred to as Job Ticket file (with extension *.tik on the client side and *.tikd on the Server side).

If the processing type and the details of processing are not specified by the client (i.e. a Job Ticket file is not attached), documents will be processed in according to PDF Server default settings.

In addition to making changes to the PDF Server default settings, Administrator can set some limitations (such as the maximum amount of pages in the original document that can be converted) by means of Job Ticket Limitations file — see “Watch Folders parameters” for details.

There are several methods of sending files from the client side:

• Simple method:
• for files sent through a local network:
  User copies selected file(s) to a specified Watch Folder (in this case parameters specified on the PDF Server side are used)
• for files sent via Email:
  User sends selected file(s) to a specified PDF Server Email address as an ordinary attachment (in this case parameters specified on the Server side are used)
• Advanced method (for both files sent through local network and via Email)
• User sends selected file(s) to a specified Watch Folder or Email address using a popup menu command which invokes a program (installed on the client side) to create accompanying Job Ticket file(s) with conversion or creation parameters (for details see “ JTConvGenerator . Administrator Guide” and “End User Guide for Creation”)
• User sends a selected file to a specified Watch Folder or Email address using JTConversion program (installed on the client side). This program allows the user to view the original PDF file and to create an accompanying Job Ticket file with conversion parameters (see “JTConversionViewer Administrator Guide” for details)