Investintech’s Absolute PDF Server is an enterprise-level document management solution that offers both PDF conversion and creation through a powerful, flexible and simple-to-maintain server-side process.
Absolute PDF Server Features
Create PDFs from hundreds of printable Windows file types at scale. Convert native PDFs and turn scanned (image) PDFs into editable documents with original formatting and layout retained right on your organization’s server. Unlimited conversions and users per server. No hidden future expenses.
| Key Feature | The Benefit |
|---|---|
| No Limits | You only pay once, no hidden future expenses |
| Unlimited Conversions Per Server |
No tracking of the number of conversions, since it is unlimited. Your organization can create and extract as many PDFs as necessary. |
| Unlimited Users Per Server |
No need to worry about licensing for specific number of users. Everyone in your organization can have access to Absolute PDF Server 3.0 and therefore create and extract PDF files. As a result, the document management is streamlined organization wide. |
| Convert All PDFs into MS Word/MS Excel and More. | Significant amount of time is saved since native PDFs and text from Scanned (image) PDFs are converted to immediately editable Word documents, formatted Excel spreadsheets and more. All of this with original formatting and layout retained. |
| Create PDF from ANY Printable Windows Application | One solution for many different file formats. PDF creation is not limited to MS Office applications (i.e. Word, Excel and PowerPoint). Hundreds of printable Windows file types can be instantly turned into PDF files. |
| More Ways to Create: Great versatility at your fingertips | |
| Monitored Folders/Sub Folders | Automate PDF creation by specifying a folder for placing input files which Absolute PDF Server 3.0 will watch and pick files from in order to create PDFs. |
| Email Integration | Great Accessibility is ensured by allowing both remote and internal users to email files for conversion to the Absolute PDF Server 3.0. The files are then processed and the result is sent back to the sender. |
| Job Ticket Creation | Absolute PDF Server 3.0 comes with a Job Ticket Editor which is used for specifying PDF creation and extraction settings and will give you full control over the layout of the resulting files. The ticket editor is a standalone desktop application created with an end user in mind, as a tool which will allow them to easily create and modify ticket files. |
| Advanced method for power users | Power users can create a ticket to specify conversion instructions. This ticket is then placed into the InFolder along with the PDF files which should be converted. In case you only put PDF files in the InFolder, the default ticket file for the chosen type of conversion will be applied. |
| PDF Repurposing Options | |
| Combine multiple PDFs, split or join | Automate and customize document creation with these advanced processing options. |
| Manage fonts and colors | Choose whether or not the original fonts will be embedded, and decide if CMYK colors will be converted to RGB |
| Branding | Add watermark text, header and footer information, page numbers, "confidential", etc. |
| Hyperlinks and Bookmark Support | Retain hyperlink and bookmark structures created in PDF. Bookmark levels are also customizable. |
| PDF Security | Password protect your PDFs, set the editing and printing permissions and choose the desired encryption level (40 or 128 bit) to enhance the document security. |
| Unicode Font Support | Got a set of Unicode fonts in your document? No problem, these are easily handled. |
| Text Output | PDF files can be transformed into Text for editing or database storage. |
| PDF Handling | |
| OCR Output | Convert scanned/image PDF files into text using optical character recognition (OCR) technology. |
| Searchable PDF | Regain access to image PDF and TIFF files by transporting them into searchable PDF form. |
| Page/Content Scaling | Vary content to fit popular paper sizes such as US Letter size and A4. |
| Scheduler | Schedule the tasks for the server so it operates at specific times and dates. Files can be processed in middle of the night if desired. |
| Document Compression Settings | Use the most advanced compression settings available to determine quality and size of the created PDFs. |
| Set PDF File Name and summary information | These can be defined by either the administrator or the user. |
| Initial View of the PDF document | Determine the initial layout of the PDF file upon opening by setting the desired magnification, specifying the starting page and showing or hiding various interface elements (menu bar, toolbars etc). |
| Robust | Built to handle a high number of PDF conversions each hour. |
| A Full Suite of Benefits | Get all of the above for one server license fee. No extra modules to buy or add-on later. |
Absolute PDF Server Requirements
Absolute PDF Server 3.0 can be installed on any server that has:
- Windows XP SP3 or newer, Windows 2003 SP2 or newer, 32-bit or 64-bit edition.
- 1 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
- 4 core CPU recommended.
- 200 MB of hard disk space for Server installation. Additional 100 MB of hard disk space can be required for system files installation. Additional space required for the files being processed.
- PDF creation function has limited functionality on Windows Vista and newer/Windows 2008 and newer if Server is running in service mode.
- PDF creation function depends on 3rd party applications that are properly registered in the system and that support printing of the associated document types.
There are 3 different methods* for creating or converting PDFs (the administrator controls and determines which method will be used):
- E-mail: Send an attached document to a designated e-mail for server-side processing. The output document is returned to the user via e-mail.
- Watched Folder: The input folders are organized based on the input file format. The Absolute PDF Server 3.0 will watch folders and process the documents it finds. You can designate input folders to act as output folders or specify any other folder per format. Users can apply filters to process or skip files that meet certain criteria.
- Job Ticket User Interface: The administrator can deploy a simple user interface to individual desktops where it can be used by end users to send files for processing.
* We can only guarantee out-of-the-box functionality of the "Watched Folder" method. Functionality of "E-mail" and "Job Ticket User Interface" methods needs to be confirmed on a case-to-case basis.
There are hundreds of input file formats that can be used for PDF creation. Image (scanned) PDFs and TIFFs can be used for conversion into searchable PDFs and image (scanned) and native PDFs can be used for all available conversions.
By using the Administrator interface, your IT department will have full control over managing documents for your entire organization. Easily integrate Absolute PDF Server 3.0 into existing IT processes by managing settings such as permissions, conversion methods, and document features.
Absolute PDF Server 3.0 output file formats can be PDF (and searchable PDF), Microsoft Word and Excel, BMP, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, Calc, Writer, Impress, DWG, DXF, PPTX, PPT.
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