A PDF Conversion Control/Component by Amyuni Technologies Inc

Features in v2.5
The PDF Converter is a virtual printer driver that allows you to create a PDF document from any application running under Windows® operating systems. It can be installed on the end-user’s system like any standard printer. An automatic installation software is provided for an even easier installation without end-user interaction. Instead of printing to a standard printer, you will just select our printer. A file will be generated, which you can then transmit over the Intranet, Internet or view with the Amyuni PDF Creator or the free Adobe Acrobat® Reader.

PDF Converter is based on our internal developments and does not rely on external libraries such as Ghostscript. Licensing and distribution are hassle-free and developers are not required to license any external technology in order to distribute our tools.

Features
High performance and reliability. Create PDF documents in a fraction of the time needed with other tools.

Operates in multi-threaded environments and with service applications under Windows NT®/2000/XP/2003. Ideal for Web, Intranet and Terminal Servers with or without Citrix.

Interface with any Windows® programming language, including VBA. This interface is in the form of .NET classes, ActiveX classes and DLL Functions that allow the developer to:

* Automate the conversion process by setting the output file name and
various other options without user interaction.
* Intercept various events sent by the PDF printer when documents are
generated.
* Add bookmarks and hyperlinks to the PDF document.
* Set various document properties such as title, subject, author...
* Merge and concatenate or append PDF documents.
* Generate PDF/A compliant files (requires version 2.51 and higher)
* Ability to generate CMYK coloured PDF files for printing purposes.
* Direct JPEG and PNG output from Office applications improves conversion speed.
* Automatic generation of hyperlinks and bookmarks by analyzing document content.
* Developers are able to configure the PDF Converter to allow them to redirect the data stream to process the data or to define a destination other than saving to file or sending via email.
* Developers can modify the user interface language dynamically (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese)

Professional Features
The professional version of the PDF Converter provides the following additional features:

* PDF documents can be secured using either 40-bit or 128-bit encryption algorithms to prevent them from being viewed, modified or even printed.
* PDF documents can be digitally signed using any valid certificate installed on the end-user’s system.
* PDF documents can be optimized for downloading through the web, also known as PDF Linearization.
* PDF files can be printed to a physical printer after they have been generated.

Other features

* Multiple documents can be appended into one PDF file.
* Documents containing images can be compressed using a variety of image compression techniques such as JPEG, CCITT Fax, grayscale, downsampling, removal of duplicate images, and more.
* Multi-national character sets are supported. These include eastern-european, middle-eastern and far-eastern languages.
* TrueType® and Type1 (Postscript) fonts can be fully or partially embedded in the PDF document to ensure perfect portability.
* PDF documents can be watermarked using either a simple text string or another PDF file.
* PDF documents can be emailed directly using any MAPI or SMTP-compliant mailing systems as opposed to being saved on disk for later emailing.
* PDF documents can be archived directly into ODMA enabled document management systems (DMS).
* Resulting PDF document can be previewed either while being generated or after the conversion is completed.