PCLTool SDK - PCLXForm Configurations

Welcome to PCLXForm.com, home of the most powerful product for transforming complex PCL on the market!

Most PCL transformation products are legacy parsers that can only extract text from simple PCL, like that generated from mainframe computers. PCLXForm can transform complex PCL generated from the latest printer drivers sold in today’s printers.

What is “complex” PCL? Modern printer drivers by default download temporary bitmap font characters in the order that they‘re used in a document. This results in unreadable or “scrambled” text (unbound to a symbol set). PCLXForm can EXCLUSIVELY unscramble this text and then convert it to PDF, TIFF or other popular formats with searchable text or external indexes. PCLXForm may also be used to unscramble and extract text from complex PCL, then re-insert our output as searchable hidden text so that other, less sophisticated parsers can do their job.

PageTech offers three PCLXForm batch transformation options. The option you choose depends on your application requirements and the composition of your PCL. The majority of our clients get more out of our products than they initially thought was possible. For that reason, we are pleased to sell all of our PCLTool SDK options with a 30-Day refund guarantee.

PageTech has over 3,000 clients using PCLXForm in mission-critical applications, including many industry leaders:

•   Document Imaging OEMs
•   System Integrators and VARs
•   Imaging Service Bureaus

Take advantage of our free, pre-sales PCL consultation via our Technical Support Form. One of our engineers will assess your PCL transformation task and recommend the best solution. We are experts in PCL, PCLTool SDK, imaging and typeface conversion technology.

Custom Scripts vs. Writing Code

Through the use of scripting functions, one can easily customize the transformation power of the underlying SDK functions at the operator level merely by writing some simple scripting code.

The documentation for PCLXForm includes several sample scripts to show how to extract text from PCL print streams with which to name the output conversion, log or index files. When PCLXForm is invoked using PageTech's new Port Monitor, it can be positioned as a virtual text migration tool.

Ways to Integrate PCLXForm

PCLXForm.exe is a script-driven program that can be launched in the following ways:

PCLXForm - PCLTool SDK Option V

PCLXForm Option V ("PCL2ALL") is our most powerful product, providing full access to all of our TPT (Transformation Parameter Table) scripting functions to transform complex PCL printstreams into all supported formats.

Option V takes advantage of functions that will extract text for bursting documents, derive the individual output PDF file naming convention, index key extraction and other advanced transformation functions. It can generate "Rapid Batch Index" files for importation into virtually any third-party document imaging system (e.g. DocFinity^®, FileNet^®, Optika^®, etc.).

PCLXForm Option V Streamediting Features

The Option V configuration of PCLXForm is the most powerful transformation tool on the market. It is the preferred product for anyone who needs to "streamedit" legacy PCL for print stream enhancement such as:

• Add OMR marks or barcodes for insertion equipment.
• Count document pages to split/sort into separate folders.
• Add logos, form overlays, signatures, etc.
• Edit PCL for printer migration: Go from an existing printer with multi-tray/bin assignments to a new printer's different tray/bin assignments.
• Colorize PCL text to highlight negative numbers in red; insert color logos for better branding; add color shaded patterns to invoices to test the response rate of color vs mono mailings.
• Address correction and mail run optimization: We can extract all the address data, pass it to any third-party address correction software for ZIP+4 and other optimizations, and then replace the original text with the mail-optimized text. Also, we can add a postal barcode, index, add OMR marks and sort into batch folders.
• Add searchable text to complex PCL that other products can't parse: Fortunately for us, most PCL "parser only" products can't handle complex PCL. They were developed when PCL was simple with readable text bound to character sets. PCLXForm can fix PCL files so that other, less sophisticated parsers can read them.

PCLXForm - PCLTool SDK Option IV

Option IV ("PCL2ANY") provides the straight, pass-though conversion of PCL into other formats such as TIFF, PCX, DCX, BMP and ASCII text. Option III does not provide full use of the PCLXForm script language functionality.

PCLXForm - PCLTool SDK Options III

Option III (PCL2PDF) provides the straight, pass-through conversion of PCL into PDF. Option III does not provide full use of the PCLXForm script language functionality.

PCLXForm Features

• Sample Script Programs: Most script functions are exercised in the various sample scripts enabling the user "learn by example."
• WINFMOVE Script: Converts the TrueType typefaces that come with Windows^® for support of these fonts.
• Speed: Rasterizes downloaded or resident fonts “on-the-fly” or, optionally, re-maps them to available TrueType fonts in a heartbeat! Other products can only re-map HP fonts to available TrueType fonts, which limits support for any HP and custom symbol sets, fonts and font metrics.
• TPT Log File: If PCLXform encounters any warnings or error conditions, or PCL that requires it to make a decision, a log file is automatically generated.
• Font Substitution Map: A font map can be used to substitute metrically correct scalable fonts for bitmap fonts. This, coupled with our own font engine, comprise one of the underlying strengths of our technology. Our exclusive HP bitmap to scalable TrueType font conversion on-the-fly allows much smaller vector, text and embedded actual fonts--not substitutions--in our PDF output.

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