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ProductsOverview

The PDFlib Product Family

PDFlib PLOP DS

PDFlib is the leading developer toolbox for generating and manipulating PDF documents. PDFlib’s main targets are dynamic PDF
creation on a Web server or any other server system, and to implement »Save as PDF« in existing applications. You can use PDFlib todynamically create PDF documents from database contents, similar
to dynamic Web pages. PDFlib has proven itself in a wide range ofother use cases as well.

PLOP DS offers all features of PLOP plus the ability to apply digitalsignatures to PDF documents. The signatures can be validated in
Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Reader. Due to support for the latest
PAdES standards PLOP DS can be used to create qualified electronic
signatures according to the eIDAS regulation which are accepted in
all EU countries.

The PDFlib product family comprises three different products:
PDFlib is the base product for generating PDF output. PDFlib
offers all functions required for creating PDF documents with text,graphics, images, and interactive elements such as annotations orbookmarks.
PDFlib+PDI includes all PDFlib functions plus the PDF Import
Library (PDI). With PDI you can open existing PDF documents andincorporate some pages into the PDFlib output.
PDFlib Personalization Server (PPS) includes PDFlib+PDI plus additional functions for variable data processing using PDFlib Blocks.
PPS makes applications independent from layout changes. The designer creates placeholders for variable contents (text, image, PDF
pages or SVG graphics) using the PDFlib Block Plugin for Acrobat.
These Blocks contain a variety of properties, such as font size, color,and image scaling. On the server PDFlib Personalization Server fills
the Blocks with variable data.

PDFlib PLOP
PDFlib PLOP is a versatile tool for linearizing, optimizing, repairing, analyzing, encrypting and decrypting PDF documents. PLOPlinearization and optimization features create efficient and small
PDF documents for fast Web delivery. PLOP protection features
encrypt or decrypt PDF documents and apply or remove permission settings, such as »printing not allowed« or »content extraction
not allowed«. Both password security and certificate security aresupported. PLOP’s repair mode automatically detects damaged PDFdocuments and fixes the problems if possible. PLOP can also insert
XMP metadata in a PDF/A-conforming manner.

PDFlib TET
The patented PDFlib Text and Image Extraction Toolkit (TET) is a
developer product for reliably extracting text, images and metadata from PDF documents. TET makes available the text contents of a
PDF as Unicode strings, plus detailed glyph and font information as
well as the position on the page. In addition, TET contains advanced
content analysis algorithms for determining word boundaries,grouping text into columns and removing redundant text, suchas shadows or artificially bolded text. TET optionally converts PDF
contents to an XML-based format.

PDFlib TET PDF IFilter
TET PDF IFilter extracts text and metadata from PDF and makes it
available to search and retrieval software on Windows. This allows
PDF documents to be searched on the local desktop, a corporate
server, or the Web. TET PDF IFilter is based on the patented PDFlib
TET.

The pCOS Interface
pCOS provides a simple and elegant facility for retrieving any
information from a PDF document which is not part of the page
contents. For example, PDF metadata, interactive elements (linksetc.), or page dimensions can easily be queried with pCOS.
The pCOS interface is not a separate product, but is included in
PDFlib+PDI, PDFlib Personalization Server (PPS), PDFlib PLOP, PDFlib
PLOP DS, and PDFlib TET.

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Benefits of using PDFlib Software
Rock-solid Products
Tens of thousands of programmers worldwide are working with
our software. PDFlib meets all quality and performance requirements for server deployment. All PDFlib products are suitable forrobust 24x7 server deployment and unattended batch processing.
Speed and Simplicity
PDFlib products are incredibly fast – up to thousands of pages per
second. The programming interface is straightforward and easy tolearn.
PDFlib Products all over the World
Our products support all international languages as well as Unicode. They are used by customers in all parts of the world.
Relevant Standards supported
PDFlib products support relevant standards including ISO 32000,
PDF/A, PDF/X, PDF/VT, PDF/UA, XMP metadata, ICC profiles, aswell as industry standards such as the Pantone® and HKS® colorlibraries.
Professional Support
If there’s a problem, we will try to help. We offer commercial support to meet the requirements of your business-critical applications. By adding support you will have access to the latest versions
and have guaranteed response times should any problems arise.

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Supported Development Environments
PDFlib products are everywhere – they run on practically allcomputing platforms. We offer variants for all common flavors ofWindows, macOS, Linux and Unix as well as for IBM i5/iSeries andzSeries systems.
The core is written in highly optimized C/C++ code for maximum
performance and small overhead. Via a simple API (ApplicationProgramming Interface) the functionality is accessible from a variety of development environments:>>COM for use with VB, ASP, etc.
>>C and C++>>Cobol (IBM zSeries)>>Java>>.NET for use with C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, etc.
>>PHP>>Perl>>Python>>RPG (IBM i5/iSeries)>>RubyLicensing
We offer various licensing programs for server licenses, integrationand site licenses, and source code licenses. Support contracts forextended technical support with short response times and freeupdates are available.

Library or Command-Line Tool?
All PDFlib products are available as a programming library (component) for various development environments. PLOP, PLOP DS,TET and pCOS are also available as command-line tools for batch
operations.
Who uses PDFlib Products?
Customers from a variety of industries and businesses make use of
the powerful PDFlib products, for example:>>Software developers integrate PDFlib into all kinds of applications to enable reliable and high-quality PDF output.

>>Businesses create their invoices with PDFlib. Dynamic invoicegeneration is one of the most popular scenarios.
>>Bulk mailers merge personal data to existing PDF documents.
>>Prepress companies use PDFlib to build systems for creating, assembling, or personalizing PDF for commercial printing.
>>Archive departments extract text from existing PDF documentswith PDFlib TET for repurposing the contents.
>>Search engines index PDFs with PDFlib TET.
>>Web developers automatically optimize PDF content for fast Web
delivery with PDFlib PLOP.
>>Companies encrypt confidential PDF documents with PDFlibPLOP.
>>Qualified digital signatures can be created with PDFlib PLOP DS.
>>...and many more!

About PDFlib GmbHPDFlib GmbH is completely focused on PDF technology. Customers
worldwide use PDFlib products since 1997. The company closely
follows development and market trends, such as ISO standards for
PDF. PDFlib GmbH products are distributed all over the world withmajor markets in North America, Europe, and Japan.
Contact
Fully functional evaluation versions including documentation andsamples are available on our Web site. For more information pleasecontact:

PDFlib
PDFlib GmbH
Franziska-Bilek-Weg 9, 80339 München, Germany
phone +49 • 89 • 452 33 84-0, fax +49 • 89 • 452 33 84-99
sales@pdflib.com
www.pdflib.com