Introduction

The 3-Heights™ PDF to Image Converter converts PDF documents into single page or multi-page raster images such as TIFF or JPEG. It can also convert PDF files into rastered PDFs.

Its areas of use include the web, TIFF-based DMS solutions, archive and workflow systems and the protection of PDF documents. The Converter is characterized by its high speed and outstanding quality.

Brief Description

Performance Characteristics

• High speed
• Outstanding quality
• Simple integrability
• Comprehensive format support
• Many intelligent functions

Areas of Use

• Incoming mail
• Document processing
• Archive
• Fax-Server solutions
• Web preparation (thumbnails, content-secure viewing)
• Conversion to TIFF for legacy, archive and DMS systems

Functions

• Create single page and multi-page image files and rastered PDFs
• Convert PDF files to CCITT fax files
• Set the compression for TIFF files (JPEG, ZIP, LZW, Group3, Group4)
• Set the quality of lossy image compression
• Define resolution, image filters, color depth and color space
• Set page mode, page dimensions and rotation

Sectors

• Public sector
• Webcontent providers
• Telecommunications
• Banking and insurance
• Archives and libraries
• Health sector
• Construction and graphics sector

Functions

The 3-Heights™ PDF to Image Converter merges pages from different input files to form one or more files. Color space and image size are defined automatically during the process. The Converter supports scaled and unscaled conversions and a variety of image formats such as PNG, TIFF, JBIG2 or JPEG2000.

Functions

• Create single page and multi-page image files and unrastered PDF documents
• Convert individual pages
• Convert a PDF file into a PDF image file so that the new file contains the entire text and all the vector graphics as raster images (to prevent text extraction, for instance).
• Convert PDF files to CCITT fax files
• Set page mode
• Define page dimensions in points or pixels
• Set rotation (identical to the incoming PDF document or portrait or landscape)

• Resolution in DPI including X and Y direction
• Dithering (Floyd Steinberg, Halftone Block, Halftone Continuous)
• Set image filters
• Set color depth
• Set color space
• Set TIFF file compression
• Set the quality of lossy image compression
• Set bit filling order for fax files
• Define minimum line width

Benefits

No third-party software is needed to run the PDF to Image Converter. This allows PDF documents to be filed in a TIFF archive or conditioned for TIFF-based workflow and for fax server applications. The tool can create thumbnails of PDF pages and condition PDF files for high-resolution printing on a raster device. Creating a rastered PDF protects the content of PDF files against unauthorized use. The PDF to Image Converter also enables users to view web-based PDFs without a PDF viewer.

Performance Characteristics

• High performance
• Robust quality
• Simple integrability
• Comprehensive format support

Areas of Use

Incoming Mail

Convert incoming PDF documents into TIFF format for further processing in TIFF-oriented workflow processes in document management systems (DMS).

Archiving

The PDF to Image Converter is suitable für TIFF-based archives.

Areas of Use

• Fax-Server solutions
• Document processing
• Web preparation (thumbnails, content-secure viewing)
• Conversion to TIFF for legacy, archive and DMS systems
• Graphics processing

Document Processing

The PDF to Image Converter creates images for display via the web and in other applications such as an image viewer. The files can be shown in their original size or as high-resolution images or thumbnails. The tool also converts PDF files into rastered PDF to protect the content.

Sectors

• Public sector
• Webcontent providers
• Telecommunications
• Banking and insurance
• Archives and libraries
• Health sector
• Construction and graphics sector

Technical Details

Architecture and Application Options

The 3-Heights™ PDF to Image Converter is available in the following variants:

• as a Windows service with watched directories
• as a command line for batch processing
• as a programming interface for integration in existing applications

Product Variants

• Shell (command line)
• Windows service (programming interface)
• API (system service)

Formats

Input Formats

• PDF 1.x (e.g. PDF 1.4, PDF 1.5, etc.)

Target Formats

• TIFF (Tagged Image File Format)
• JPEG (Joint Photographic Expert Group)
• PNG (Portable Network Graphics)
• GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
• BMP (Window Bitmap)
• EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
• JBIG2 (Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group)
• JPEG2000
• Extended JPEG2000
• PBM (Portable Bitmap File Format)

Platforms

Operating Systems

• Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, Windows 7 – 32 and 64 bit

Interfaces and Languages

Interfaces

• API: C, Java, .NET 2.0, COM

For further product details please see "Further product details"

Programming Languages

All program libraries are written in efficient and thread-safe C++. API offers a selection of the following connections to programming languages:

• C#, VB .NET, J# via .NET
• Java via JNI
• MS Visual Basic, Borland Delphi, MS Office products such as Access and C++ via COM
• C and C++ via native C

Product Code

• P2I

Related Products

• 3-Heights™ Image to PDF Converter
• 3-Heights™ PDF Producer (TIFF Producer)

Further Product Details

The 3-Heights™ PDF to Image Converter API is a PDF conversion tool that converts PDF documents to image files, for instance TIFF, JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP.

The 3-Heights™ PDF to Image Converter API converts PDF files into TIFF, JPEG, JPEG2000, JBIG2, PNG, GIF, PBM, BMP, EPS and PDF (rastered PDF) images. Various standard and format-specific options can be set prior to conversion.