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Document imaging is an information technology category for systems capable of replicating documents commonly used in business. Document imaging systems can take many forms including microfilm, on demand printers, facsimile machines, copiers, multifunction printers, document scanners, computer output microfilm (COM) and archive writers. Document imaging is a form of enterprise content management, built around the need to manage and secure the escalating volume of electronic documents (spreadsheets, word-processing documents, PDFs, e-mails) created in organizations.
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In this tenth video of my Xpdf series, I discuss and demonstrate the PDFtoPS utility, which converts a PDF file to PostScript (PS). Also, it provides an option allowing creation of an Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) file. It performs its functions via a command line interface, making it suitable for use in programs, scripts, batch files — any place where a command line call can be made.
You may have already downloaded the Xpdf tools while watching one of my earlier videos in the series, but there has since been an upgrade from Version 3 to Version 4 and there is a new download site:
https://www.xpdfreader.com/download.html
Visit that site and download the pre-compiled Windows binary ZIP archive, then unzip it.
Go to the folder where you unzipped the downloaded ZIP file and find the doc folder.
Go into the doc folder and find the plain text file called pdftops.txt.
Open it with any text editor, such as Notepad, and read it. This is the documentation for the PDFtoPS tool.
Create a test folder.
Copy pdftops.exe from the unzipped bin32 folder into your test folder.
Copy a sample PDF file into your test folder.
Open a command prompt window.
Navigate to your test folder.
Issue a DIR command in the command prompt to be sure that only two files are in it - the PDFtoPS executable and the sample PDF file.
Issue the following command in the command prompt:
pdftops TestFileName.pdf…
1. Download the software
You may have already downloaded the Xpdf tools while watching one of my earlier videos in the series, but there has since been an upgrade from Version 3 to Version 4 and there is a new download site:
https://www.xpdfreader.com/download.html
Visit that site and download the pre-compiled Windows binary ZIP archive, then unzip it.
2. Locate the documentation folder for the Xpdf utilities
Go to the folder where you unzipped the downloaded ZIP file and find the doc folder.
3. Read the documentation for the PDFtoPS tool
Go into the doc folder and find the plain text file called pdftops.txt.
Open it with any text editor, such as Notepad, and read it. This is the documentation for the PDFtoPS tool.
4. Set up a test folder
Create a test folder.
Copy pdftops.exe from the unzipped bin32 folder into your test folder.
Copy a sample PDF file into your test folder.
5. Set up a command prompt for testing
Open a command prompt window.
Navigate to your test folder.
Issue a DIR command in the command prompt to be sure that only two files are in it - the PDFtoPS executable and the sample PDF file.
6. Run the PDFtoPS utility to create the PostScript file
Issue the following command in the command prompt:
pdftops TestFileName.pdf…
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In this ninth video of my Xpdf series, I discuss and demonstrate the PDFtoPPM tool, which converts a PDF file to color portable pixmap (PPM) format, grayscale portable graymap (PGM) format, or monochrome (black & white) portable bitmap (PBM) format. It creates a separate image file for each page of the PDF file. It does this via a command line interface, making it suitable for use in programs, scripts, batch files — any place where a command line call can be made.
You may have already downloaded the Xpdf tools while watching one of my earlier videos in the series, but there has since been an upgrade from Version 3 to Version 4 and there is a new download site:
https://www.xpdfreader.com/download.html
Visit that site and download the pre-compiled Windows binary ZIP archive, then unzip it.
Go to the folder where you unzipped the downloaded ZIP file and find the doc folder.
Go into the doc folder and find the plain text file called pdftoppm.txt.
Open it with any text editor, such as Notepad, and read it. This is the documentation for the PDFtoPPM tool.
Create a test folder.
Copy pdftoppm.exe from the unzipped bin32 folder into your test folder.
Copy a sample PDF file into your test folder, preferably one with numerous pages.
Open a command prompt window.
Navigate to your test folder.
Issue a DIR command in the command prompt to be sure that only two files are in it - the PDFtoPPM executable and the sample PDF file.
…
1. Download the software
You may have already downloaded the Xpdf tools while watching one of my earlier videos in the series, but there has since been an upgrade from Version 3 to Version 4 and there is a new download site:
https://www.xpdfreader.com/download.html
Visit that site and download the pre-compiled Windows binary ZIP archive, then unzip it.
2. Locate the documentation folder for the Xpdf utilities
Go to the folder where you unzipped the downloaded ZIP file and find the doc folder.
3. Read the documentation for the PDFtoPPM tool
Go into the doc folder and find the plain text file called pdftoppm.txt.
Open it with any text editor, such as Notepad, and read it. This is the documentation for the PDFtoPPM tool.
4. Set up a test folder
Create a test folder.
Copy pdftoppm.exe from the unzipped bin32 folder into your test folder.
Copy a sample PDF file into your test folder, preferably one with numerous pages.
5. Set up a command prompt for testing
Open a command prompt window.
Navigate to your test folder.
Issue a DIR command in the command prompt to be sure that only two files are in it - the PDFtoPPM executable and the sample PDF file.
…
In this eighth video of my Xpdf series, I discuss and demonstrate the PDFtoHTML utility, which, exactly as its name says, converts a PDF file to HTML. It does this via a command line interface, making it suitable for use in programs, scripts, batch files — any place where a command line call can be made.
You may have already downloaded the Xpdf tools while watching one of my earlier videos in the series, but there has since been an upgrade from Version 3 to Version 4 and there is a new download site:
https://www.xpdfreader.com/download.html
Visit that site and download the pre-compiled Windows binary ZIP archive, then unzip it.
Go to the folder where you unzipped the downloaded ZIP file and find the doc folder.
Go into the doc folder and find the pdftohtml.txt file.
It is a plain text file. Open it with any text editor, such as Notepad, and read it. This is the documentation for the PDFtoHTML tool.
Create a test folder.
Copy pdftohtml.exe from the unzipped bin32 folder into your test folder.
Copy a sample PDF file into your test folder, preferably one with numerous pages.
Open a command prompt window.
Navigate to your test folder.
Issue a DIR command in the command prompt to be sure that only two files are in it - the PDFtoHTML executable and the sample PDF file.
Issue the following command in the command prompt:
pdftohtml TestFileName.pdf HTMLfolder…
1. Download the software
You may have already downloaded the Xpdf tools while watching one of my earlier videos in the series, but there has since been an upgrade from Version 3 to Version 4 and there is a new download site:
https://www.xpdfreader.com/download.html
Visit that site and download the pre-compiled Windows binary ZIP archive, then unzip it.
2. Locate the documentation folder for the Xpdf utilities
Go to the folder where you unzipped the downloaded ZIP file and find the doc folder.
3. Read the documentation for the PDFtoHTML tool
Go into the doc folder and find the pdftohtml.txt file.
It is a plain text file. Open it with any text editor, such as Notepad, and read it. This is the documentation for the PDFtoHTML tool.
4. Set up a test folder
Create a test folder.
Copy pdftohtml.exe from the unzipped bin32 folder into your test folder.
Copy a sample PDF file into your test folder, preferably one with numerous pages.
5. Set up a command prompt for testing
Open a command prompt window.
Navigate to your test folder.
Issue a DIR command in the command prompt to be sure that only two files are in it - the PDFtoHTML executable and the sample PDF file.
6. Run the PDFtoHTML utility
Issue the following command in the command prompt:
pdftohtml TestFileName.pdf HTMLfolder…
This is the eleventh — and final — video of my Experts Exchange Micro Tutorials on the Xpdf utilities. The first video is an overview of the command line tools. The next nine videos are tutorials on all them:
PDFimages - Extract Images from PDF Files
PDFtoText - Convert PDF Files to Plain Text Files
PDFinfo - Retrieve Page Count and Other Information from PDF Files
PDFdetach - Detach Attachments from PDF Files
PDFtoPNG - Convert a Multi-page PDF File into Separate PNG Files
PDFfonts - List Fonts Used in a PDF File
PDFtoHTML - Convert a PDF File to HTML
PDFtoPPM - Convert a PDF File to PPM, PGM, PBM
PDFtoPS - Convert a PDF File to PS (PostScript)
This last video in the series discusses xpdfrc, which is the single configuration file that Xpdf uses for all nine utilities. It provides an enormous number of options, allowing extensive control of the tools, such as character mapping, font configuration, PostScript control, rasterizer settings, text control, and much more.
You may have already downloaded the Xpdf tools while watching one of my earlier videos in the series, but there has since been an upgrade from Version 3 to Version 4 and there is a new download site:
https://www.xpdfreader.com/download.html
Visit that site and download the pre-compiled Windows binary ZIP archive, then unzip it.
Download the Symbol and Zapf Dingbats fonts from the same page.
Go to the folder where you unzipped the downloaded ZIP file and find the doc folder.
…
PDFimages - Extract Images from PDF Files
PDFtoText - Convert PDF Files to Plain Text Files
PDFinfo - Retrieve Page Count and Other Information from PDF Files
PDFdetach - Detach Attachments from PDF Files
PDFtoPNG - Convert a Multi-page PDF File into Separate PNG Files
PDFfonts - List Fonts Used in a PDF File
PDFtoHTML - Convert a PDF File to HTML
PDFtoPPM - Convert a PDF File to PPM, PGM, PBM
PDFtoPS - Convert a PDF File to PS (PostScript)
This last video in the series discusses xpdfrc, which is the single configuration file that Xpdf uses for all nine utilities. It provides an enormous number of options, allowing extensive control of the tools, such as character mapping, font configuration, PostScript control, rasterizer settings, text control, and much more.
1. Download the software and fonts
You may have already downloaded the Xpdf tools while watching one of my earlier videos in the series, but there has since been an upgrade from Version 3 to Version 4 and there is a new download site:
https://www.xpdfreader.com/download.html
Visit that site and download the pre-compiled Windows binary ZIP archive, then unzip it.
Download the Symbol and Zapf Dingbats fonts from the same page.
2. Locate the documentation folder for the Xpdf utilities
Go to the folder where you unzipped the downloaded ZIP file and find the doc folder.
…
Image Magick C# Library throwing exception
I suspect this is an easy one for you to help me solve.
I am trying to run a Visual Studio project that works on my friend's Windows PC, but is throwing a path/library exception on my Windows Visual Studio Community 2015,where Windows is running on my Mac via Parallels.
I verify the file exists, but then I get the following exception...
Message = "PDFDelegateFailed `The system cannot find the file specified.\r\n' @ error/pdf.c/ReadPDFImage/7
and here is the code that throws it:
I suspect this is an easy one for you to help me solve.
I am trying to run a Visual Studio project that works on my friend's Windows PC, but is throwing a path/library exception on my Windows Visual Studio Community 2015,where Windows is running on my Mac via Parallels.
I verify the file exists, but then I get the following exception...
Message = "PDFDelegateFailed `The system cannot find the file specified.\r\n' @ error/pdf.c/ReadPDFImage/7
and here is the code that throws it:
Microsoft Office Picture Manager was included in Office 2003, 2007, and 2010, but not in 2013 or 2016. Now that Office 2019 is here, the bad news is that it is still missing, but the good news is that the same no-cost method that works to install it with Office 2013 and 2016 also works with 2019.
I previously published an Experts Exchange video Micro Tutorial that describes how to scan documents to a PDF file using an excellent, free product called Foxit Reader:
How to scan to a PDF file with free software
N.B.: As with any "free" software, there may be restrictions, which are always specified in the software's licensing agreement, typically known as the End-User License Agreement (EULA). I encourage you to read the entire EULA of this product to be certain that you are in license compliance.
This new video Micro Tutorial shows where to download the free Foxit Reader and explains how to use it to place a date-time stamp on a PDF file.
Visit the website for Foxit Reader at Foxit Software:
https://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf-reader/
Select the language and O.S. from the drop-downs, then click the big, red Download button:
After downloading, run the installer.
The installer creates a Foxit Reader program group with a shortcut to the Foxit Reader program.
Click the shortcut to run Foxit Reader.
After opening a PDF file, click the Comment menu.
Click the drop-down on the Stamp button.
Click one of the five pre-defined Dynamic Stamps, all of which have a date-time stamp.
Position the mouse wherever you want the stamp and click to place it.
Click the drop-down on the Create button.
Click Create Custom Dynamic Stamp.
Select a Stamp Template and fill in the options in the dialog box.
Click Add.
Click OK.
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How to scan to a PDF file with free software
N.B.: As with any "free" software, there may be restrictions, which are always specified in the software's licensing agreement, typically known as the End-User License Agreement (EULA). I encourage you to read the entire EULA of this product to be certain that you are in license compliance.
This new video Micro Tutorial shows where to download the free Foxit Reader and explains how to use it to place a date-time stamp on a PDF file.
1. Download and Install the Free Version of Foxit Reader
Visit the website for Foxit Reader at Foxit Software:
https://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf-reader/
Select the language and O.S. from the drop-downs, then click the big, red Download button:
After downloading, run the installer.
2. Run Foxit Reader
The installer creates a Foxit Reader program group with a shortcut to the Foxit Reader program.
Click the shortcut to run Foxit Reader.
3. Put a pre-defined date-time stamp on the PDF
After opening a PDF file, click the Comment menu.
Click the drop-down on the Stamp button.
Click one of the five pre-defined Dynamic Stamps, all of which have a date-time stamp.
Position the mouse wherever you want the stamp and click to place it.
4. Create a custom date-time stamp
Click the drop-down on the Create button.
Click Create Custom Dynamic Stamp.
Select a Stamp Template and fill in the options in the dialog box.
Click Add.
Click OK.
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I've published three five-minute Experts Exchange video Micro Tutorials that describe terrific features in an excellent, free PDF product called PDF-XChange Editor:
How to rotate pages in a PDF with free software
How to OCR pages in a PDF with free software
How to password-protect a PDF with free software
PDF-XChange Editor has many other features in its free version, but, unfortunately, it cannot do scanning — you must purchase one of its non-free versions to get scanning functionality. Fortunately, there's another excellent, free PDF product that can perform scanning — Foxit Reader. However, the free Foxit Reader cannot do OCR, so you'll want to keep the free PDF-XChange Editor for its OCR capability, and add Foxit Reader for its scanning capability. The combination of the two products will allow you to create searchable PDFs (aka PDF Searchable Image files) with your scanner, utilizing free software.
N.B.: As with any "free" software, there may be restrictions, which are always specified in the software's licensing agreement, typically known as the End-User License Agreement (EULA). I encourage you to read the entire EULA of these products to be certain that you are in license compliance.
In order to scan, Foxit Reader requires an …
How to rotate pages in a PDF with free software
How to OCR pages in a PDF with free software
How to password-protect a PDF with free software
PDF-XChange Editor has many other features in its free version, but, unfortunately, it cannot do scanning — you must purchase one of its non-free versions to get scanning functionality. Fortunately, there's another excellent, free PDF product that can perform scanning — Foxit Reader. However, the free Foxit Reader cannot do OCR, so you'll want to keep the free PDF-XChange Editor for its OCR capability, and add Foxit Reader for its scanning capability. The combination of the two products will allow you to create searchable PDFs (aka PDF Searchable Image files) with your scanner, utilizing free software.
N.B.: As with any "free" software, there may be restrictions, which are always specified in the software's licensing agreement, typically known as the End-User License Agreement (EULA). I encourage you to read the entire EULA of these products to be certain that you are in license compliance.
In order to scan, Foxit Reader requires an …
You did a proper uninstallation of PaperPort. You even ran the official PP14 Remover Tool. But when you try to reinstall PaperPort, you get the dialog box above, which you can't get past. There is simply no way to install PaperPort! This article presents a solution that has worked for many PP users.
Sometimes PaperPort will not even open. It displays the splash screen (above) and exits, or it may show an "Application Crash" dialog before exiting (sometimes with a dump, sometimes not). There are many reasons for this problem. This article discusses several of them and offers possible solutions.
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Sometimes PaperPort will not even open. It displays the splash screen (above) and exits, or it may show an "Application Crash" dialog before exiting. There are many reasons for this, but a recent cause that has reached epidemic levels is due to an issue with Firefox. This article offers a solution.
I had the problem with the splash screen appearing, and then exiting. I edited the registry to change it from firefox to explorer. Voila! Opened fine. closed PP, opened it again, all good. That was yesterday. Today though, PP again would exit after the splash screen. When I checked the registry, i see that it had changed back to firefox. So I edited the registry, again changing it to explorer. And PP now again opens without trouble. So, am I going to have to edit the registry every time? Or is there a way to make the edits "stick"? I am using Firefox 63.0.1
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Hi Len,
I haven't had to fix it again since I first fixed it. I recently upgraded to Firefox 63.0.1 (64-bit) and PaperPort still opened fine. I did not even look at the registry entry since PaperPort was still working. But I just looked at the registry to be certain and its value is still "xxx" (which is what I set it to). So, I don't know why yours would keep changing...I don't have a clue what is changing it. If you can't figure it out, I would put the .REG file on your desktop or in your Start menu or pin it to the taskbar so that you have very fast access to it and can fix the problem quickly with a single or double mouse click. I'd like to provide you with better help, but I don't know why it's happening. Regards, Joe
P.S. Thanks for endorsing the article...much appreciated!
I haven't had to fix it again since I first fixed it. I recently upgraded to Firefox 63.0.1 (64-bit) and PaperPort still opened fine. I did not even look at the registry entry since PaperPort was still working. But I just looked at the registry to be certain and its value is still "xxx" (which is what I set it to). So, I don't know why yours would keep changing...I don't have a clue what is changing it. If you can't figure it out, I would put the .REG file on your desktop or in your Start menu or pin it to the taskbar so that you have very fast access to it and can fix the problem quickly with a single or double mouse click. I'd like to provide you with better help, but I don't know why it's happening. Regards, Joe
P.S. Thanks for endorsing the article...much appreciated!
Document Imaging
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Document imaging is an information technology category for systems capable of replicating documents commonly used in business. Document imaging systems can take many forms including microfilm, on demand printers, facsimile machines, copiers, multifunction printers, document scanners, computer output microfilm (COM) and archive writers. Document imaging is a form of enterprise content management, built around the need to manage and secure the escalating volume of electronic documents (spreadsheets, word-processing documents, PDFs, e-mails) created in organizations.
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