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| Conversion
style |
Automated
batch conversion using polled folders or integration with workflow. |
Interactive -
user prints to ImageMaker from within any Windows application. |
| Clients |
Not required.
Users only need access to polled folders. |
Client
installed for each user, can be located anywhere,, local or remote, with
IP connection to ImageMaker Server. |
| Input formats |
DWG, DXF and
HPGL by direct conversion, no additional apps need be present.
MS Office formats (incl. Visio) when Office is present on same computer as
RasterServer.
Other formats if they can be opened in DDE (dynamic data exchange)
compliant viewers. |
No limit. If
a file can be opened in an application with a print function it can be
converted. |
| Output
formats |
Same for both
applications: PDF, TIFF, CALS, JPG, PNG etc. |
| Metadata |
DWG block
information can be automatically captured and written out to PDF keyword
fields. |
Metadata
attributes to be captured are entered/edited by the operator and saved
to output files. Fields and format are customizable. |
| QC |
Automated
process prevents real time QC but viewer is built in to RasterServer. |
Operator can
individually QC a proof of each image before conversion. |
| Installation |
Runs
standalone as desktop application or a service. Through command line or
user interface. |
ImageMaker
Server component installs as an add-on to Trix RasterServer and runs as
a service.
Clients are installed on each users' computer and appear only when
invoked by printing to ImageMaker from a regular application. |
