3-Heights™ PDF Producer: User Manual

User Manual
3-Heights™
PDF Producer
Version 6.8.3
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2 Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2.2 Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.2.3 Conformance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.3 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.4 Understanding the 3-Heights™ PDF Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.5 Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.6 Documentations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.7 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.1 Interactive Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.2 Automated Installation using MSIEXEC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.3 Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.4 Uninstall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.5 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.5.1 After an update, an Evaluation Watermark is printed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.5.2 Error 126 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.5.3 Printing via PDF Producer blocks Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.1 Printer Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.2 Document Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.3 MS Office Add-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4 Configuration of the 3-Heights™ PDF Prodcuer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

4.1.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.1.2 Sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.1.3 Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Execute Program after Creation of PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Execute a Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Multiple Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.1.4 Advanced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Creating PDF Synchronously vs. Asynchronously . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Printing Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.1.5 Color Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.1.6 Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.1.7 Device Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.2.1 Paper/Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.2.2 Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.2.3 Document Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.3 XML Stamp File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4.3.1 Stamp File Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4.3.2 Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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5 Configuration of the 3-Heights™ TIFF Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
5.1.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
5.1.2 Sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
5.1.3 Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3-Heights™ Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
5.1.4 Advanced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
5.1.5 Color Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
5.1.6 Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
5.1.7 Device Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
6 How to print from a Windows Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
7 Document Conversion Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

7.1 Known Issues of the GDI and EMF Spooler System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
7.1.1 Direct Printing vs. Spooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
7.2 Conversion Accuracy Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
7.2.1 Back Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
7.2.2 Down-sample Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
7.2.3 Print Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
7.2.4 Rasterize Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
7.2.5 JPEG Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
7.3 GDI Specification Coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
7.4 Conversion Accuracy Testing Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
8 Convert from Office Document to PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

8.1 The 3-Heights(TM) PDF Producer Application Runner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
8.2 Convert MS Excel Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
8.3 Print from the Internet Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
8.4 Create a Print Job using Windows Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
9 Client and Server Data Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
10 Version History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
10.1 Patches in Version 6.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
10.2 Changes in Version 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
10.3 Changes in Version 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
10.4 Changes in Version 4.12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
10.7 Changes in Version 4.9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
10.8 Changes in Version 4.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
11 Licensing, Copyright, and Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
1 Introduction
1.1 Description
The 3-Heights™ PDF Producer creates files conforming to PDF and PDF/A from any Windows application via the print
function. PDF/A has been acknowledged world-wide as the ISO standard for long-term archiving since 2005. PDF/A
documents can also be created at the touch of a button from within Microsoft Office Applications and displayed
automatically thanks to a plug-in.
The OEM version offers software development partners a multitude of additional options. The product is character-
ized by its high speed and the outstanding quality of its PDF/A conforming conversions.
PDF Producer
PDF
Windows
Application (Windows)
Port Monitor
GDI
Producer Driver
PDF/A
Office
Document PDF
PDF
Add-In‘s
Save As
Viewer
API
Other
Document
TIFF
Parameters
1.2 Functions
The PDF Producer converts documents from any Windows application into PDF, PDF/A or TIFF. Page format, com-
pression and other parameters are customizable. Fonts can be embedded, whereby either the entire font set is
stored or only the subset of characters actually used in the document. The viewer integrated in the desktop version
displays the file immediately after conversion. The OEM version can handle multiple print jobs at the same time.
Synchronous generation means that the files are available again immediately after conversion - a huge benefit for
integration in applications.
1.2.1 Features
Set PDF conformance
Automatically detect and adjust portrait and landscape formats
Use Unicode and ANSI font sets including Asian font sets (Chinese, Japanese and Korean)
Print in color or grayscale
Set image compression quality (e.g. JPEG)
Set output resolution
Set compression for bi-tonal images (G3, G3-2D, G4, JBIG2, ZIP, Packbits)
Set compression for indexed images (LZW)
Set compression for color and grayscale images (JPEG, ZIP)
Add XMP Metadata to generated PDF document
Encrypt and password-protect documents and set user access permissions
Select from more than 100 standard page formats
Reduce image resolution (optional)
Linearize PDF documents for fast web view
Embed fonts (optional)
Subset fonts to reduce file size (optional)
Set output intent (Color management)
Set standard settings for all users
Set customized settings per user
Port monitor for automated and configurable post-processing of generated PDF documents
Port pool for parallel document creation in multi-user environments (Terminal Server, Citrix)
Synchronous and asynchronous document creation
Predefined settings in TIFF Producer (Fax N, bi-tonal, grayscale, RGB, CMYK)
Automatic resolution limitation to prevent memory space problems
Optional application of stamps, watermarks, etc., with the aid of XML control files
Scripted installation (MSI) for automated software distribution
1.2.2 Formats
Input Formats
The tool accommodates all input formats supported by the print function of the proprietary application (e.g. Mi-
crosoft Word).
PDF Producer Output Formats
PDF 1.x (PDF 1.4, . . ., PDF 1.7)

PDF 2.0
PDF/A-1b, PDF/A-2u, PDF/A-3u
TIFF Producer Output Formats
Bi-tonal
uncompressed
CCITT G3
CCITT G3-2D
CCITT G4
LZW
ZIP
Packbits
Grayscale (4 or 8 bit), RGB and CMYK
uncompressed
LZW
JPEG
ZIP
Packbits
1.2.3 Conformance
ISO 32000-1 (PDF 1.7)
ISO 32000-2 (PDF 2.0)
ISO 19005-1 (PDF/A-1)
ISO 19005-2 (PDF/A-2)
ISO 19005-3 (PDF/A-3)
1.3 Applications
PDF creation on-the-fly
Microsoft Office Add-Ins
Server-based document conversion for all types of file formats, such as Internet Explorer HTML, MS Office docu-
ments, etc.
Integration in enterprise applications, e.g. archiving systems
1.4 Understanding the 3-Heights™ PDF Producer

If you are not familiar with this product or not sure about its application area and functionality, please read this
chapter first. It describes the concept and idea and is important to be understood. It covers briefly what this prod-
uct can and what it cannot. The following section applies to the “3-Heights™ PDF Producer” and “3-Heights™ TIFF
Producer”, which will be abbreviated as “Producer”.
From an application’s point of view is the functionality and control of the Producer equivalent to any other printer
driver. This means:
1. The Producer must be used in combination with a Windows application that has the ability to print. A PDF or
TIFF file is produced by the printer driver which interprets the Windows GDI calls from the printing application.
For more details, see also chapter “GDI Specification Coverage”
Example:
A way to create a PDF from an MS Word document, is open the document with MS Word (see example), use the
print functionality of MS Word and select the “3-Heights™ PDF Producer” as printer.
2. The Producer does neither have the ability to read the native file, nor does it have the functionality to print it on
paper (e.g. the MS Word file).
3. The API, which is only available for the OEM version does not change the above concept. A feature of the API is
to add XMP metadata.
The samples that are provided do not use the API of the Producer. All sample programs open or create from scratch
a document and print it. This is done using libraries which provide these functionalities (and not the Producer). This
can be done using any programming language.
The VB.NET samples converting MS Word documents to PDF use the COM API of the MS Word Object. The docu-
ment is opened, read and printed using objects of the MS Word Object. The Producer is provided as printer. This
is achieved by passing the name of the printer as string to a function of the Word API.
The C sample uses GDI calls to create a document and print it. The program consists of Windows GDI commands
only. The Producer is used as printer.
1.5 Operating Systems

The 3-Heights™ PDF Producer is available for the following operating systems:
Windows Client 7+ | x86 and x64
Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019 | x86 and x64
‘+’ indicates the minimum supported version.
1.6 Documentations
There are two manuals.
Manual
Product Name Description
PDF Producer This documentation contains information, mainly used by the end-user, such as:
Installation uninstallation of the product on a desktop computer
Configurations and document settings
How to print from a Windows application
Usage scenarios and printing application examples
Online documentaion available for download:
http://www.pdf-tools.com/public/downloads/manuals/PdfProducer.pdf
PDF Producer API This documentation contains information for developers, such as:
Installation Command Line Tool and deployment scenarios
Installation API and integration into own installation programs
The PDF Producer API
The Licensing interface
Online documentaion available for download: http://www.pdf-tools.com
/public/downloads/manuals/PdfProducerAPI.pdf
1.7 Glossary
This chapter should provide a quick overview of the most important key words that are used in this documentation.
Keyword Description
Printer In terms of the Windows operating system, a printer is an object which can be accessed by
a printing Windows application to create print jobs. Printers are listed in the window
“Devices and Printers” of your system’s Control Panel.
Examples for names of printers:
3-Heights™ PDF Producer
3-Heights™ TIFF Producer
HP Laser Jet 4050 Series PS
Names of printers can be defined by the user.
Commonly a printer is also referred to a hardware device that is able to print a hard copy of
a file. However this type of printer is not meant in this manual.
Printer Driver A printer driver is a piece of software that is used by the printer to translate data from the
printing application (GDI) to a format that is understandable by the printer device. The
most common formats are PostScript and PCL. 3-Heights™ PDF Producer Driver creates
PDF.
Printer drivers can be selected in the “Advanced” tab of a printer’s property dialog.
Multiple printers can use the same printer driver. Printer drivers often have the same name
as the printer by which they are used. For that reason the terms “printer” and “printer
driver” are confused frequently.
Examples for names of Printer Drivers:
3-Heights™ PDF Producer Driver
HP Laser Jet 4050 Series PS
Names of printer drivers are given by the manufacturer.
Port Every printer has a port. The port defines to where documents are sent, such as a printer
port, or a file port.
Examples for Ports:
3-Heights™ Port
LPT1, LPT2, COM1, COM2
An IP address
FILE
Port Monitor A port monitor is a piece of software that is monitoring a port and processing data sent to
that port. The 3-Heights™ PDF Port Monitor is monitoring the 3-Heights™ Port and saves
the documents at the location that is configured in the port monitor and optionally
post-processes them (e.g. opens them in a PDF viewing application).
Print Job A print job is a series of pages that are printed as one job.
When printing to a physical device, all pages of a print job are printed on paper before the
next print job starts.
When printing to the 3-Heights™ PDF Producer, all pages of the same print job are printed
into the same PDF file.
Print Processor A print processor can preprocess (e.g. convert) the input data before it is sent to the spooler
and from there to the print monitor. The 3-Heights™ Procuder Print Processor will enable
future product features.
2 Installation
2.1 Interactive Installation

This is the standard installation process for the 3-Heights™ PDF Producer.
1. Run the PdfProducer-‹Version›-Windows-‹Architecture›.msi.
2. After going through the initial setup page, accept the terms in the “License Agreement”.
3. Continue to the Installation Options via the “Next” button.

a. Change the destination folder, if desired.
b. Select the features to be installed.
c. Click on “Next”.
4. Trigger the installation by clicking on the “Install” button.

5. After the installation, the 3-Heights™ PDF (and TIFF) Producers should now be listed in the window “Devices and
Printers”.
2.2 Automated Installation using MSIEXEC

This is a description how the 3-Heights™ PDF Producer can be installed using the Microsoft Installer MSIEXEC and
its incorporated additional functionalities. This is used for automated installation, e.g. for deployment.
Type the following command to retrieve the usage of MSIEXEC:
msiexec /?
The following command launches the installer of the 3-Heights™ PDF Producer without any additional parameters.
It is basically the same as starting (double-clicking) the MSI file directly:
msiexec /i "3-Heights(TM) PDF Producer.msi"
If you would like to log the installation, use the switch /l. The following command logs all information except
verbos and extra debugging messages:
msiexec /l* installation.log /i "3-Heights(TM) PDF Producer.msi"
You can use 3-Heights™ PDF Producer specific configuration settings via MSI properties on the command line. Sup-
ported settings (properties) are:
PDFPORT_NAME
PDFPORT_COMMAND
PDFPRINTER_NAME
PDFPORT_PROMPTNAME=0 (default 1, prompt enabled)
TIFFPORT_PROMPTNAME=0 (default 1)
PDFPORT_ADDTIMESTAMP=1 (default 0)
TIFFPORT_ADDTIMESTAMP=1 (default 0)
PDFPORT_ADDUSER=1 (default 0)
TIFFPORT_ADDUSER=1 (default 0)
PDFPORT_REMOVEEXTENSION=0 (default 1)
TIFFPORT_REMOVEEXTENSION=0 (default 1)
PORTPOOLSIZE=10 (default 1; maximum: 20)
PRINTDIRECT=1 (default 0, use spooling)
PDFDEVMODE=C:\pdf.devmode (default None, Path to a PDF DEVMODE file)
TIFFDEVMODE=C:\tiff.devmode (default None, Path to a TIFF DEVMODE file)
Note: TIFF printer entries will by default use the same port(s) as PDF entries. If
you want to configure different port settings for the PDF and TIFF printer entries,
you must also configure different port directories.
Note: For more information about saving and loading document settings (DEV-
MODE), ensure that the feature “Developer Tools” is installed and check the PDF-
ProducerAPI.pdf manual.
The following command defines the name of the directory to which the port monitor outputs documents. Note
that the path must always end with a backslash:
msiexec /i "3-Heights(TM) PDF Producer.msi" PDFPORT_NAME="C:\Documents and

Settings\All Users\Documents\PDF Outbox\"
The following command sets the printer name:
msiexec /i "3-Heights(TM) PDF Producer.msi" PDFPRINTER_NAME="My 3-Heights(TM)
PDF Producer"
Here is an example which combines several settings:
msiexec /qb /l* i.log /i "3-Heights(TM) PDF Producer.msi" PDFPORT_NAME=

"C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\PDF Outbox\"
(Due to a “feature” of Windows, it is not possible to pass the string "%FILE%" as argument because ""%%FILE%%""
is transformed to "%FILE%". Instead the argument should be passed as Q-FILE-Q, MSIUTIL replaces this by
"%FILE%".)
For PDFPORT_PROMPTNAME and TIFFPORT_PROMPTNAME use value "0" to disable the prompt. By default the
file name prompt is enabled.
It is also possible to control the feature set to be installed. The package consists of the following MSI feature set and
hierarchy:
PDFProducer (contains the PDF Producer driver, port monitor, API DLL, printer installer and port explorer exe-
cutables, the manual and readme file)
TIFFProducer (contains the TIFF printer driver)
OfficeAddin (contains the 32 bit MS Office plugin)
OfficeAddin64 (contains the 64 bit MS Office plugin)
SDK (contains the software development kit)
The INSTALLLEVEL for PDFProducer is 1. TIFFProducer has an INSTALLLEVEL of 200, OfficeAddin 110, OfficeAddin64
120, and SDK 300.
Furthermore, PortExplore.exe has an installation condition of PE<>"N". To install just the PDF printer and the
automatic file open support, you would specify the following command:
msiexec /qb /l* i.log /i "3-Heights(TM) PDF Producer.msi"

ADDLOCAL=PDFProducer,ShellOpen PE=N
The silent de-installation stops processes that have driver DLLs loaded. There are two silent modes. Option /qb
allows popup; /qn suppresses popups.
2.3 Update
1. Ensure that no application is currently using the PDF Producer. If the printer is shared, also ensure that the PDF
Producer is not used from other machines.
2. Run the PdfProducer-‹Version›-Windows-‹Architecture›.msi similar to the installation proce-
dure.
3. If the printer is shared, other machines need to restart the “Print Spooler” service to get the updated version.
2.4 Uninstall
1. Ensure that no application is currently using the PDF Producer. If the printer is shared, also ensure that the PDF
Producer is not used from other machines.
2. Uninstall the PDF Producer using the Start Menu entry.
2.5 Troubleshooting
2.5.1 After an update, an Evaluation Watermark is printed

Ensure that you restart the “Print Spooler” service on the machine, specially if the Printer is shared in a network
environment.
2.5.2 Error 126

Should the installation or uninstallation fail with the error 126 (Error message: The specified module could not be
found), verify the %PATH% environment variable is set correctly and does not include any invalid directories. To
verify or change the %PATH% environment variable, open “System” from the “Control Panel”. In the tab “Advanced”,
click on “Environment Variables. . .”. Under System variables, find and select the entry “Path”, then press the “Edit. . .”
button underneath it. Remove any invalid directories.
2.5.3 Printing via PDF Producer blocks Applications

Printing via a PDF Producer printer entry works like printing through any Windows printer: print jobs are serialized
to pass one by one to the configured printer port. This can block the printing application, if other applications are
also using the same printer and port, and if printing is configured to not use spooling.
There are two parameters that permit performance tuning in these cases:
1. The printer’s advanced setting “direct printing”: If “direct printing” is configured, change this to “Spool print
documents. . .”
2. Port pooling: Make use of port pooling for the PDF printer, and increase the number of ports to a sufficiently
large count
Note1: If you anticipate that multiple users and/or application will be using the
same printer(s) and port(s), you can specify the necessary parameters via com-
mand line during the installation. (See PORTPOOLSIZE and PRINTDIRECT pa-
rameters.)
Note2: When configuring port pooling with multiple ports, make sure to con-
figure all port settings identically to ensure deterministic behavior.
3 Configuration
The configuration of either the 3-Heights™ PDF Producer or the 3-Heights™ TIFF Producer is done at two different
places:
Printer Properties
Document Settings
Printer properties are set per printer. Document settings are set per user (or all users).
This chapter gives a brief overview for both producers. Detailed configuration information is found at the in the
corresponding chapters for the PDF and TIFF Producers.
Configurations applied in the printer are persistent.
In a Windows application that is printing a document, specific settings for each document can be applied. Document
settings configured from within an application are volatile and are only valid for a print job, or a series of print jobs.
After the application is closed, the document settings are lost. If document settings are not defined at the time of
printing from an application, the default values (current user’s document settings) are applied.
3.1 Printer Properties

Printer Properties define the properties of the Windows printer. These are:
Printer Name
Network Sharing
Ports
Windows Security
etc.
Once you install either the 3-Heights™ PDF Producer or the 3-Heights™ TIFF Producer, you can use the Properties
dialog box to set its properties. You access the Printer Properties dialog box by doing the following:
Start your “Control Panel” and in the category “Hardware and Sound” click on the “View devices and printers”.
Right-click on the icon of the printer you want to configure and select “Printer properties” from the pop-up
menu.
Printer properties are set per printer. If multiple sets of printer properties (e.g. different ports or different network
sharing) are required, multiple instances of the producer need to be installed.
3.2 Document Settings

Document settings define how a PDF or TIFF document is to be produced. The settings are different for the PDF and
TIFF Producer. They include for example:
Orientation
Paper Size
Color
Resolution
Image Compression
etc
Document settings can be set for all users or for the current user.
To configure the current user’s document settings: In the tab “General” of Printer Properties dialog box, press
the button “Printing Preferences. . .”.
To configure the default document settings for all users: In the tab “Advanced”, press the button “Printing De-
faults. . .”. This operation requires administrator rights.
Doing either opens the document settings dialog box.
3.3 MS Office Add-In

The installation process also installs an MS Office Add-in. The add-in is available in the following applications:
MS Word
MS PowerPoint
MS Excel
The add-in allows for creating PDF documents via mouse click directly from MS Office applications. It comes with
a button that is labeled “Save to PDF/A” (English) or “PDF/A Speichern” (German). Pressing that button prints the
current document to the 3-Heights™ PDF Producer with PDF/A-2u settings.
If multiple instances of the 3-Heights™ PDF Producer are installed, and one of them is set as default Windows printer,
the Word plug-in picks that one. Otherwise it chooses a random instance.
Metadata from the MS Office document’s properties are mapped to XMP metadata of the PDF as described in Table:
Mapping of Metadata. The table includes the names of the English and German MS Office. Of course the plug-in
also works in other languages.
XMP (PDF) MS Office (English) MS Office (German)
pdfaid:part 1 1
pdfaid:conformance B B
dc:title ‹Title› ‹Titel›
dc:creator ‹Author› ‹Autor›
dc:description ‹Comments› ‹Kommentar›
dc:subject ‹Subject› ‹Thema›
dc:source ‹Name of document (path)› ‹Name des Dokuments (Dateipfad)›
xmp:CreatorTool ‹Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel or ‹Microsoft Word oder Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint› oder Microsoft PowerPoint›
pdf:Keywords ‹Keywords› ‹Stichwörter›
xmp:CreateDate ‹Date of creation› ‹Datum der Erstellung›
4 Configuration of the 3-Heights™ PDF Prodcuer
After installing the 3-Heights™ PDF Producer, its default settings are set to factory defaults. The default values can
be adjusted and set individually for the current user or for all users.
The current user’s document setting are by default applied to any document printed using the 3-Heights™ PDF
Prdocuer.
4.1.1 General
This tab lists the printer name, and optionally the location and a comment of the printer. It also lists the default
features of printers, such as color, and available paper sizes.
Press the button “Printing Preferences...” to open a dialog box for the current user’s personal default document
properties. A description of the available features that can be configured is available in the chapter Document
Settings.
Press the button “Print Test Page” in order to print a one-page test page to the PDF Producer.
4.1.2 Sharing
Specify the name if the printer is shared. Check the “List in the Directory” box to publish the shared printer in the
Active Directory and thereby allow users to search for the printer based on its capabilities and location.
4.1.3 Ports
The installation process automatically installs a port monitor called “3-Heights(TM) Port Monitor”, and creates a new
instance of this type. This is the default port after installation. The port has the name that was defined during the
installation. The default is .\PDF OutBox\. which means the output is stored in the sub-directory PDF OutBox
of the user’s My Documents directory. This requires that only users who have such a folder on the target system
may submit print jobs otherwise the operation will fail.
Alternatively an absolute path can be defined, such as: C:\PDF OutBox\.
The port monitor handles any document that is sent to a port of the type “3-Heights(TM) Port”.
The path may contain system variables, such as %TEMP%.
If you would like to not use the 3-Heights(TM) Port, but another port, such as FILE, you can reset it by checking
another port. Press the button “Configure Port. . .” to view and edit the settings of the port.
Make File Names Unique By checking “Make File Names Unique” (Alt-U) documents with the same name are
automatically renamed, by adding a number in brackets to the file name. If it is not checked, output files with
the same name overwrite each other.
Remove file name prefixes With this box checked file names with some predefined prefixes such as Microsoft
Word - etc. are removed from the resulting file name. This configuration parameter is set by default.
Prompt file name If you wish a dialog box to be prompted and asking for the file name every time a document
is created.
Time in File Name By ticking the checkbox “Add time to file” name, the resulting file name is automatically given
a prefix with the current time. The prefix consists of 17 characters representing the current date (including year,
month, day, hour, minutes, seconds, milliseconds) and an underscore.
Example:
20110219082359777_ stands for 2011, February 19, 08:23:59 and 777 ms.
Execute Program after Creation of PDF
By checking “Execute Command” (Alt-X) a command can be specified, which is executed after the file is created. The
placeholder %FILE% can be used as a variable of the file name. This feature can be used for example to launch an
application to display the PDF after it is created.
Extended path names must be included in “quotation marks” like for shell commands. Depending on the command
the placeholder may or may not require quotation marks: "%FILE%". Here are some sample commands:
"C:\Program Files\PDF Tools AG\3-Heights(TM) PDF Viewer\bin

\viewer.exe" "%FILE%"
"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe" "%FILE%"
The command is executed under the account that submitted the print job.
In order to execute different commands for different instance of the 3-Heights™ PDF or TIFF Producer, multiple ports
of the type 3-Heights™ Port Monitor must be installed and configured individually.
If this option is active then the specified command line executable has access to environment variables of the print-
ing user’s session.
In addition to the %FILE% variable the %COPIES% and %COLLATE% variables are replaced by the corresponding
values in the device mode (i.e. printer settings).
The command line may also contain variables from the system environment in the command. The variable %FILE%
is reserved and is automatically replaced by an empty string. The same applies to invalid variables. (System Variables
can be listed using the command set in the command prompt.)
Assuming %VIEWERPATH% is defined (e.g. as “C:\Program Files\PDF Tools AG\3-Heights(TM) PDF Viewer\bin”)
"%VIEWERPATH%\viewer.exe" "%FILE%"
Execute a Script
The command can only start processes. In order to start a batch script (.bat, .cmd) the executable cmd.exe needs
to be started with the batch file as parameter.
Example: Of an execute command
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c start C:\run.bat "%FILE%"
The content of the referred batch file C:\run.bat:
"C:\Program Files\PDF Tools AG\3-Heights(TM) PDF Viewer\bin\viewer.exe" %1
exit
If the script resides at a location whose path contains blanks, the path can be set using /D"‹path›", where ‹path›
is an existing directory that contains blanks.
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c start /D"C:\sp ace\" run.bat "%FILE%"
User’s Tip: Ports can also be set by certain printing application. For example
in the print dialog of MS Word, there is a check box “Print to File”, if checked, the
port “FILE” is used for this particular print job.
If the application does not allow for selecting the port, but it is required to print
to different ports, one can simply install multiple instances of the PDF Producer,
each with different ports and select the port by selecting a different instance of
the PDF Producer.
This trick can also be applied for other settings of the printer (e.g. one instance
produces PDF/A another produces regular, web-optimized PDF).
Multiple Ports
The 3-Heights™ Port Monitor Version 4.1.26.0 and later supports printer pooling. This allows creating multiple ports
for the same PDF Producer. The port monitor delegates the print job to the first free port. As a result, documents
can be created in parallel. It is suggested to use 1 to 4 ports, but not more than available CPUs. The ports can be of
different port types and/or have different configurations (e.g. different output directories).
When printing directly to the FILE port, only one port is required, because this port supports parallel processing
implicitly.
To enable multiple ports, do the following steps:
Create additional instance of the 3-Heights™ PDF Port Monitor.
In the tab “Ports” tick the box “Enable printer pooling”.
Tick all ports that should be part of the pool.
4.1.4 Advanced
Creating PDF Synchronously vs. Asynchronously
In order to create PDF documents synchronously check the radio button “Print directly to the printer” in the “Ad-
vanced tab” (default). This means the print command returns once the print job is closed and the PDF is complete.
In order to create PDF documents asynchronously check the radio button “Spool print documents so program fin-
ishes printing faster”. This means at the time the print command returns the PDF is potentially not yet completed,
but only in queue, and the application can proceed without waiting until it is finished.
Printing Defaults
Pressing the button “Printing Defaults. . .” opens the document settings for all users. If the 3-Heights™ PDF Producer
is shared, these will be the default document settings for all users. In order to modify these settings, the logged-in
user must have the proper access-rights.
User’s document settings defined in General →“Printing Preferences. . .” overrule these document settings.
4.1.5 Color Management

Not supported at this time.
4.1.6 Security
Set the Windows standard permissions that you can allow and deny for users and groups.
4.1.7 Device Settings

The tab Device Settings shows a subset of the document settings. These are the factory defaults for the settings
PDF Compliance Level, Character Encoding, Fonts and Image Quality. They are read- only.
Document settings define how a PDF document is to be produced. For example it defines what version of PDF shall
be created, or what type of image compression shall be applied, shall fonts be embedded or not, etc.
Document settings can be set persistently for the current user, or default settings for all users, or individually and
volatile when printing from an application, see Section How to print from a Windows Application.
Current user: Under the tab “General”, press on the button “Printing Preferences...”.
All users: Under the tab “Advanced”, press the button “Printing Defaults...”.
User’s Tip: The initial value of the current user is defined by the All users setting.
Once the current user has a setting, changes in the default for all users have no
impact on already existing current user settings.
4.2.1 Paper/Output
The paper format and output orientation are usually controlled by the printing application. (E.g. paper size and
format of a Word document.)
Paper Size All paper sizes installed on the system (including the 118 Windows default paper sizes) are available
for selection.
Default: A4
Orientation Choose between Portrait and Landscape orientation.

Default: Portrait
User’s Tip: To add additional (custom) paper sizes, do the following steps:
1. Open the “Devices and Printers” window
2. From the menu “File” select “Server Properties”
3. In the tab “Forms” check the box “Create a New Form”, specify the paper size
and press the button “Save Form”. Note that the PDF file format limits paper
sizes to 200x200 inches, which is 500x500 cm.
4.2.2 Graphics
Print Quality Define the resolution of rendering. Available settings are:
High (1200 DPI)
Medium (600 DPI)
Low (300 DPI)
Draft (150 DPI)
Display High (120 DPI)
Display Low (96 DPI)
The print quality has different impacts:
PDF Producer: The selected resolution is applied by the PDF Producer. It affects down-sampling of images
as well as the precision of coordinate system calculations, e.g. of text and graphics.
Printing application: The set print quality is reflected in the device capabilities. This means the printing
application renders (or should render) with the appropriate resolution. Effects of that are:
The application may (or may not) apply up or down-sampling of images.
Due to rounding to full pixels, at low resolution, the coordinate system may be missing one pixel to render
the last character of a word, what would fit in at higher resolution. As a result line and page breaks (e.g.
of MS Word) can vary with different resolutions.
(These effects are related to the Windows printing architecture, which does not support WYSIWYG).
Generally a higher print quality results in a visually better output at the cost of a larger file size. However selecting
a too high print quality may result in the printing application up-sampling images, which does not necessarily
improve the quality but only increases the file size.
Default: Low
Color Gray scale uses one color channel, whereas color requires at least three channels. Therefore gray scale PDF
documents will in general have a smaller file size.
Default: Color
ICM Method Set the Image Color Management (ICM) to one of the following settings:
“Disabled”
handled by Windows
handled by the PDF Producer
Default: Disabled
The ICM Intent

Colormetric: For matching a particular color.
Contrast: Optimized for photographic images.
Saturation: Optimized for presentation graphics.
Default: Colormetric
4.2.3 Document Options

Pages Per Sheet (“N-Up”) This setting allows for placing multiple pages (1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 16) on one sheet.
Default: 1
PDF Conformance Level Sets the PDF version. Supported are

PDF 1.4 (Corresponds to Acrobat 5 and higher)
PDF 1.5 (Corresponds to Acrobat 6 and higher)
PDF 1.6
PDF 1.7
PDF/A-1b
PDF/A-2u
PDF/A-3u
Selecting PDF/A-1b automatically adjusts other settings. Among other requirements, in PDF/A fonts must be
embedded, JPEG2000 compression is not allowed, etc. See also the note about PDF/A in the chapter Features.
Selecting PDF/A-2u creates a document, which conforms to PDF/A-2 levels B and U.
Default: PDF/A-2u
Output Intent Sets the Output Intent for the produced PDF document. Possible values are “None” or an installed
color profile.
None: sRGB colors will be used without conversion. If the PDF Compliance Level is PDF/A, the Output Intent
will be the “sRGB Color Space Profile”, otherwise there will be no Output Intent.
Color Profile: Colors will be converted to fit the chosen color profile and the Output Intent will be set to the
chosen color profile. There are two exceptions:
Color is set to “GrayScale”: Colors will be directly converted to a gray scale value using the color space
“DeviceGrey”. Independedly, the Output Intent will be set to the chosen color profile.
A stamp file is used: The Output Intent setting is ignored and treated like it is set to “None”.
If this setting is used in the API and a invalid color profile is used, it will be ignored and treated like it is set to
“None”.
Default: None
Installed color profiles can be selected, if they fulfill these criteria:
Valid ICC Profile
Output device is MONITOR or PRINTER
Version 2.x
Color space RGB or CMYK
Color transformation from RGB to the color profile must be possible.
Fast Web View (linearize) Add so called linearization tags to the document. A linearized document has a slightly
larger file size than a non-linearized file, and provides the following features (among others):
When a document is opened through a PDF viewing application plug-in for an Internet browser, the first
page can be viewed without downloading the entire PDF file.
When another page is requested by the user, that page is displayed as quickly as possible and incrementally
as data arrives, without downloading the entire PDF file.
Default: No
Character Encoding Sets the character encoding of fonts. This is important if the text must be extracted later.
UNICODE: A 16 bit character encoding that can be used for most languages. This creates a PDF output file
with Type0 font objects for all fonts.
Windows ANSI: An extension to ASCII, using 256 defined characters. This creates a PDF output file with simple
font objects for all fonts if possible.
Default: UNICODE
Fonts
Embed Fonts: A font can be embedded as a resource into a PDF document. This ensures the document is
portable and the font displays equally on different systems. Embedding a font file however increases the file
size of PDF document.
The following fonts are only embedded if embedding is selected: PDF Standard Fonts (Helvetica, Courier,
Times Roman, Symbol and ZapfDingbats)
Common fonts that are available on basically every operating system, such as “Arial”, “Times New Roman”
The following fonts will always be embedded:
Fonts for uncommon characters, e.g. Asian characters
Fonts that use uncommon glyphs
Symbolic fonts
Barcode fonts
Default: Yes
Subset Fonts: An embedded font means only the characters that are actually used are embedded in the
document. This has the advantage of reducing the file size, in particular for Asian fonts, which can be several
Megabytes in size. On the other hand, if the document is modified at later time, only the characters that are
already used are available and not the complete font.
Default: Yes
True Type Font: Not supported at this time.
Image Quality Set the compression types for bi-level, indexed and continuous tone images.
JPEG Quality: Set the compression quality for JPEG compressed images, allowed values are 1 to 100. A higher
value results in an image with a visually higher quality and a larger file size. A lower value uses a higher
compression rate that comes with a visually lower quality and a smaller file size.
Default: 80
Bi-level:
None No compression
CCITT G3 CCITT Fax Group 3
CCITT G3-2D CCITT Fax Group 3-2D
CCITT G4 Fax Group 4
JBIG2 Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group
ZIP Flate compression
Default: CCITT G4
Indexed
None No compression
ZIP Flate Compression
Default: ZIP
Continuous Tone:
None No compression
JPEG Joint Photographic Expert Group
JPEG 2000 JP2 compression, supported in PDF 1.5 and higher and PDF/A-2 and higher.
ZIP Flate compression
Default: JPEG
Encryption Select between “None” and Weak (40-bit RC4, min PDF 1.2), Medium (128-bit RC4, min PDF 1.4), Strong
(128-bit AES, min PDF 1.6) and Strong (256-bit AES, min PDF 1.7). A PDF/A document may not be encrypted.
User Password: The password to open the document. If a user password is set, the application displaying
the document (e.g. Acrobat Reader) will pop up a box asking for a password. At this point, either the user or
the owner password must be provided. The user password is optional.
Owner Password: The password to change the security settings (permission flags and passwords) of the
document. The owner password is required to be set if any sort of encryption is applied.
Permissions:
Annotate: This option sets the permissions of annotations. Annotations are interactive features, such as
form fields, check boxes, sticky notes, links, file attachments, etc.
1. None
2. Fill Form Fields (including Signing)
3. Annotate Document, Fill Form Fields (including Signing)
Default: None
Print: This option sets if and at which quality printing the document is allowed.
1. None
2. Low Resolution (150 DPI)
3. High Resolution
Default: None
Extract: Allow mark and extraction of text and graphics.
1. None
2. Extract Text and Graphics in Support of Visually Impaired Users
3. Extract Text and Graphics for any Purpose
Default: None
Author: This option defines whether modifying the actual document is allowed.
1. None
2. Insert, Rotate and Delete Pages
3. Assemble Document and Create or Modify Form Fields (including Signature Fields)
Default: None
Page Rendering Options

Rotate Landscape Pages: Set whether landscape pages should be rotated or not. The available options are:
None
Clockwise
Counter-Clockwise
Default: None
Use a back buffer: Use a memory buffer to support complex operations such as binary and ternary raster
operations. On documents where these operations are not applied, enabling the back buffer comes with an
increase of processing time. For unusually-formed documents, using the back buffer may as well come with
a better performance.
Default: No
Down-sample Images: Automatically down-sample images if their resolution exceeds the value defined in
the “Print Quality”. Requires the back buffer to be enabled. Re-sampling adjusts the image and optimizes
it for the defined print resolution (see “Print Quality”). It always comes with a loss of information as it alters
the original image. The 3-Heights™ PDF Producer only samples down, it never samples up.
Default: Yes
Rasterize Pages: Store each page of the output PDF as one rasterized image that is rendered by the GDI. The
benefit of using this option is that any visual content can be rendered, as the conversion to PDF operations
is not required. The downside is a usually larger file size and the loss of vector and text objects.
Default: No
Stamp File Set the path to an XML stamp file. The stamp file can add content such as text or images to defined
pages. See Section XML Stamp File.
Default: None
Background Stamp File Similar to “Stamp File”, but stamps are applied to background of pages.
Default: None
Process control data Control data are defined as key-value pair using the format @@key@value@@, where the
key is not allowed to use the ‘@’ character. Key and value are not allowed to use line breaks.
Ignore: Process the document without handling any control data.
Metadata: Remove control data from the output page and add the key-value pairs to the document meta-
data.
Metadata and output: Add the control data key-value pairs to the document metadata without removing it
from the output page.
Default: Ignore
XMP Metadata File Set the path to an XML Metadata File. The metadata will be added to the PDF output document,
however the correctness of the XMP Metadata will not be validated.
Default: None
4.3 XML Stamp File

In the “Printing Preferences” of the PDF Producer optionally a stamp file can be defined. This stamp file is an XML
file defining one or multiple stamps that are to be added onto the pages of the created PDF document. The stamps
can consist of text or images or both and can be applied to selected pages.
There are two separate stamp files: one for the foreground and one for the background.
4.3.1 Stamp File Syntax

For each Tag there is a separate table below, where the Attribute-Names and the Attribute-Values are
described.
ps:pdfstamps The Root Tag for the PDF stamps. The tag may contain multiple stamps.
xmlns:ps
http://www.pdf-tools.com/pdfstamp/
ps:stamp Stamp
page The pages to which the stamp is to be applied. Comma-separated combinationsare allowed.
first First page.
last Last page.
odd Only odd pages including first page and last page in case it is odd.
even Only even pages including last page in case it is even.
all All pages.
not_first First page excluded.
not_last Last page excluded.
ps:rotate Applies to stamp content defined within this tag.
angle
n Rotate by n degrees counter-clockwise, e.g 90
origin
x y Set the origin of the rotation in points, e.g 100 100
ps:translate Coordinate Translation: Applies to stamp content defined within this tag.
offset
x y The x (horizontal) and y (vertical) offset in points. A translation by x y is equal to a transformation by
1 0 0 1 x y.
ps:transform Coordinate Transformation: Applies to stamp content defined within this tag
matrix
a b c d x y The transformation matrix, to scale rotate, skew, translate, etc the stamp, e.g:
Identity: 1 0 0 1 0 0
Scale by factor 2: 2 0 0 2 0 0
Translate 50 points left, 200 up: 1 0 0 1 50 200
Rotate by x: cos(x) sin(x) -sin(x) cos(x) 0 0
For 90° (= π/2) that is: 0 1 -1 0 0 0
ps:filltext Add Filled Text
color
r g b The color as RGB value, where all values must be from 0 to 1, e.g:
Red: 1 0 0
Green: 0 1 0
Black: 0 0 0
Gray: 0.5 0.5 0.5
position
x y The position in points in the stamp, e.g. 200 300.
With the default align values (align="left top"), position defines the left top corner of the text.1
font
path The path to the font that is to be used, e.g. C:/Windows/Fonts/Arial.ttf
size
n The font size in points, e.g. 12. If set to 0, the size is chosen such that text fits stamp size (not allowed if
operator is within transformation operator).
1
Prior to version 4.4.31.0 of the 3-Heights™ PDF Producer, position specified the origin of the first character. When upgrading, add 0.75*size
to the value of y.
text
text The text that is to be written, e.g. text="Hello World"
Multi-line text is supported by using the newline character
, e.g. text="1st line&\#10;2nd
line".
ps:stroketext Add Stroked Text (Outlined Text): For parameters see ps:filltext.
linewidth
f Set the linewidth in points, e.g. 1.0.
color
r g b See ps:filltext
position
x y See ps:filltext
font
name See ps:filltext
size
n See ps:filltext
text
text See ps:filltext
ps:image Add Image: In order for the stamp to conform to PDF/A, the image’s color space must match the
document’s output intent.
rect
x y w h The rectangle where the image is to be placed at. x, y correspond the the location (origin at
lower left corner), and w, h to width and height, e.g. 100 200 50 50
filename
path The path to the file, e.g. C:/pictures/image1.jpg
compression
value By default bi-tonal images are compressed with CCITTFax, continuous tone images with DCT and
indexed images with Flate. To explicitly set the compression use this property.
Supported values are:
Flate: Flate encoded
DCT: DCT (JPEG) encoded
CCITTFax: CCITT G4 encoded
4.3.2 Examples
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<ps:pdfstamp xmlns:ps="http://www.pdf-tools.com/pdfstamp/">
<ps:stamp page="first">
<ps:rotate angle="90" origin="100 100">
<ps:image rect="100 100 50 25" filename="c:/images/img1.jpg"/>
</ps:rotate>
</ps:stamp>
<ps:stamp page="even">
<ps:transform matrix="1 0 0 1 0 0">
<ps:filltext color="1 0 0" position="200 300"
font="C:/Windows/Fonts/Arial.ttf" size="12" text="Hello, World"/>
</ps:transform>
</ps:stamp>
<ps:stamp page="all, not_last">

<ps:translate offset="20 20">
<ps:stroketext linewidth="1.0" color="0.3 0.3 1.0" position="200 300"
font="C:/Windows/Fonts/Arialbd.ttf" size="11" text="Watermark"/>
</ps:translate>
</ps:stamp>
</ps:pdfstamp>
5 Configuration of the 3-Heights™ TIFF Producer

In the printer properties dialog box, the tabs “General”, “Sharing”, “Port”, “Advanced”, “Color Management”, “Secu-
rity” and “Device Settings” are available.
5.1.1 General
Set the name of the printer and optionally a location and comment.
Pressing the button “Printing Preferences. . .” opens the current user’s document settings.
Pressing the button “Print Test Page” prints a 1-page test page to the TIFF Producer.
5.1.2 Sharing
See chapter Sharing for the 3-Heights™ PDF Producer.
5.1.3 Ports
The installation process automatically installs the 3-Heights™ Port Monitor if not already installed and creates a new
port of this type. The port has the name that was defined during the installation. For example C:\Documents
and Settings\All Users\Documents\OutBox\
The port monitor handles any document that is sent to a port of the type “3-Heights(TM) Port”.
To change the port, check another port, e.g. FILE:
Click “Configure Port...” to view the settings of the port.
3-Heights™ Port
The port name cannot be changed after the installation.
By checking “Make File Names Unique” documents with the same name are automatically renamed, by adding a
number in brackets to the file name. If it is not checked, output files with the same name overwrite each other.
By checking the box “Execute Command”, a command can be provided, which is executed after a TIFF document is
created. For further information, see the corresponding chapter Execute Program after Creation of PDF in the PDF
Producer section.
5.1.4 Advanced
See chapter Advanced for the3-Heights™ PDF Producer.
5.1.5 Color Management

Not supported at this time.
5.1.6 Security
Set the Windows standard permissions that you can allow and deny for users and groups.
5.1.7 Device Settings

The tab Device Settings shows the factory defaults of the document settings.
They are read-only.

Document settings define how a TIFF document is to be produced. For example it defines the resolution, color
depth, or what type of image compression is applied, etc.
Document settings can be set for all users or for the current user.
To configure the current user’s settings: In the tab “General”, press the button “Printing Preferences...”.
To configure the default settings for all users: In the tab “Advanced”, press the button “Printing Defaults...”.
Doing either will show the graphical interface for the 3-Heights™ TIFF Producer Printing Preferences.
There are default profiles available for the various TIFF Class: Fax Standard, Fax High Res, Bilevel, Grayscale and Color.
The default values of these profiles are listed in the table Default Profiles.
Each default profiles has default values for color space, orientation, bits per component, resolution, compression
and fill order. Some of the values can be modified, some cannot. e.g. when selecting Fax Standard, the default
compression is CCITT G4, but it can be altered to CCITT G3, G3-2D, all other settings cannot be altered.
The TIFF class profile Custom allows for individually adjusting any settings. Note that not all combinations are al-
lowed, e.g. a G4 compression always requires 1 bit per component.
The table below shows the default TIFF Class profiles. A value on a gray background indicates it cannot be altered
while that specific profile is active, a bold value indicates it can be altered.
Default Profiles
Parameter Color Space Orientation Bits per Comp Resolution Compression Fill Order
Fax Gray Portrait 1 204 x 98 CCITT G4 MSB first

Standard
Fax High Gray Portrait 1 204 x 196 CCITT G4 MSB first

Res
Bilevel Gray Portrait 1 200 x 200 CCITT G4 MSB first
Grayscale Gray Portrait 8 150 x 150 LZW MSB first
Color RGB Portrait 8 150 x 150 LZW MSB first
Custom any any 1/4/8 any any MSB first
Orientation Set the orientation of the paper (the TIFF) to either Portrait or Landscape.
Paper Size Select one of more than 100 paper sizes.
Color Space Select from Gray, RGB and CMYK color space.
Bits per Component Select the color depth. Available values listed in the table below:
Bits per Component
Bits per Component Color Space Bits per Pixel
1 Gray (1) 1
4 Gray (1) 4
8 Gray (1) 8
8 RGB (3) 24
8 CMYK (4) 32
Resolution X, Y Set the resolution in dots per inch (DPI). Typical values are 150 DPI for color and 200 or more dpi
for bi-tonal images. Fax Tiffs have always a horizontal resolution of 204 DPI and a vertical resolution of either
98 DPI (Fax Standard) or 196 DPI (Fax High Res).
Compression All available types of compression and color space combinations are listed in the table TIFF Formats.
Compatibility Note: In versions prior to 2.0.22.0, the JPEG compressions had dif-
ferent names. “JPEG” was named “JPEG (old)” and “JPEG Technote #2” was named
“JPEG”.
Compression Quality The value can be set from 1 (lowest) to 100 (highest). The default is 75.
Fill Order Set the fill order of the bits. Available orders are MSB (most significant bit) first and LBS (least significant
bit) first.
TIFF Formats
3-Heights™ PDF Viewer Pro 1.8
Photoshop 8
Acrobat 7
MS Office 12: Picture Manager
Kodak Imaging for Windows (W2000)
Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (XP)
Paint 6.0 (Vista) Paint 5.1 (XP)
Windows Photo Gallery (Vista)
Color Space Compression
Bitonal None ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
TIFF Formats
Photoshop 8
Acrobat 7

Color Space Compression
CCITT G3 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
CCITT G3-2D ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
CCITT G4 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
LZW ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
ZIP ✓ ✓ ✓
Packbits ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Grayscale None ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
LZW ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
JPEG (Technote #2) ✓ ✓ ✓
JPEG ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
ZIP ✓ ✓ ✓
Packbits ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
RGB None ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
LZW ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
JPEG (Technote #2) ✓ ✓
JPEG ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
ZIP ✓ ✓ ✓
Packbits ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
CMYK None ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
LZW ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Color Space
ZIP
JPEG
© PDF Tools AG – Premium PDF Technology

Packbits
Compression
JPEG (Technote #2)
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Photoshop 8
TIFF Formats
✓
✓
✓
Acrobat 7
✓
✓

✓

✓

✓

✓
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6 How to print from a Windows Application
Once the 3-Heights™ PDF Producer is installed, it can be used as any other printer driver. However instead of printing
to a physical printer device, it creates PDF documents.
If not defined differently, the default values are applied, see chapter Printing Defaults. It is possible to adjust these
default values when printing from an application by configuring the document settings.
Document settings can be configured at the time a document is printed. They can be set individually for each print
job. (Print job in this case means producing a PDF document.)
In order to configure the document settings, do the following steps:
1. From the Windows application select the print function.
2. Select the printer driver with the name “3-Heights(TM) PDF Producer”.
3. Press the button “Properties”.
The window of the printer dialog is provided by the application and is therefore different for each application. As
an example a screenshot of the MS Word dialog is shown here:
A description of the available features that can be configured is available in the chapter Document Settings.
Here is a description of the work flow when a user prints a document from a Windows application using the
3-Heights™ PDF Producer.
1. A user creates/opens a document using a Windows application, e.g. MS Word
2. He uses the print functionality of the application to print the document. The print 1. User creates document
dialog is provided by the application and therefore looks differently for different Current document is shown
applications.
3. In the print dialog the printer driver “3-Heights(TM) PDF Producer” is selected. 2. User selects print functionality
Optionally the print dialog may allow to modify the document settings. Print Dialog is shown
4. If document settings can be edited, the document settings dialog of the

3-Heights™ PDF Producer is shown. The default values are the user document 3. User selects printer driver
settings. Print Dialog optionally may allow adjusting
the document settings
If modifying document settings is not allowed by the application printer dialog,
Yes No
the default values (i.e. the user document settings) are used for the print job.
5. The user confirms and initiates the print job. 4. User presses button for Printer
Properties
The application prints the document. Document settings

dialog of the PDF
The 3-Heights™ PDF Producer creates a PDF document. Producer is shown
5. User confirms and starts print job
Document is printed

produces PDF document
User Actions Application PDF Producer
7 Document Conversion Accuracy
The PDF Producer has been designed to map the printed appearance of the source document’s pages into an accu-
rate representation in the PDF document. This is one of the reasons why the PDF Producer has been implemented
without any dependencies to existing drivers such as the PostScript driver with its known limitations.
However, there are inherent limitations regarding conversion accuracy which are given by the Windows spooler
architecture, in particular the limitations of the GDI and EMF interface specification.
Furthermore, some settings influence the conversion accuracy.
7.1 Known Issues of the GDI and EMF Spooler System
7.1.1 Direct Printing vs. Spooling

Direct printing produces the PDF output file synchronously during the print operation which means that the PDF
file creation finishes at the same time as the print operation completes. Spooling produces an intermediate EMF
spool file which is converted asynchronously meaning that the print operation terminates earlier than the PDF file
creation. Direct printing produces more accurate results than spooling in general. The following operations are not
supported by GDI when choosing spooling:
Pattern brushes to stroke lines
Certain types of bitmap operations
7.2 Conversion Accuracy Settings
7.2.1 Back Buffer

Usually a printer driver (e.g. the PostScript driver) assumes that the target page is a paper sheet. Thus, complex
graphics features such as transparency blending is not supported. In general, all raster operations which require
“reading” from the target surface are not supported.
Enabling the back buffer performs all complex raster operations in memory before sending the result to the target
surface, in this case the PDF page. If simple raster operations are used which do not require a back buffer, it is not
used.
Enabling the back buffer increases conversion accuracy but makes the resulting PDF file in general bigger.
7.2.2 Down-sample Images

If the resolution of a raster image is higher than the desired resolution (see print quality), then the number of samples
is reduced to match the desired resolution.
Down-sampling reduces the quality of the image (usually only visible when zooming) but reduces the size of the
resulting PDF file in general.
7.2.3 Print Quality

This setting defines the resolution of the target page. Although PDF is a resolution independent format, the print
quality influences how coordinates are rounded to integers. This has an impact on the positioning of bitmaps, graph-
ics and text. Furthermore, if down-sampling is enabled then the print quality defines the resulting resolution of the
image.
Finally, the print quality defines the resolution of the back buffer if it is enabled.
7.2.4 Rasterize Page

This setting converts the page description in a single raster image which constitutes the page of the resulting PDF
file. This setting has a similar effect as using the back buffer but rasterizes all content independent whether the
back buffer is required or not. This setting is mainly used to protect the page content from being extracted - the
document cannot be searched anymore.
Rasterizing the page significantly increases the file size in general.
7.2.5 JPEG Quality

The JPEG compression reduces the size of raster images at the price of inaccurate visual details which are usually
not observed in photographic images. This setting defines a trade-off between the loss of visual accuracy and
compression ratio.
7.3 GDI Specification Coverage

The creation of PDF files with the 3-Heights™ PDF Producer is accomplished by printing a document to a special
printer driver that produces a PDF data stream instead of a printer hardware specific PostScript or HPPCL data stream.
In order to do so, applications must use the Windows GDI (graphics device interface) and the printer spooler func-
tions.
The GDI specification has been extended with each new version of the Microsoft Windows operating system. The
3-Heights™ PDF Producer printer driver is based on the GDI specification for Windows 2000 and newer systems (XP,
Windows 2003 Server, VISTA). All required printer driver functions including alpha blended, parallelogram shaped,
color keyed and masked bitmaps as well as gradient fills have been implemented and will produce high quality PDF
renderings. The printer driver capabilities are:
24-Bit device surface
Constant alpha, per pixel alpha (transparency is replaced with white if conformance is PDF/A-1b)
Gradient rectangles, Gradient triangles
Alternate and winding fills of shapes
Arbitrary opaque brushes for text background rectangles
Bézier curves
Vector fonts: TrueType, OpenType and Type1
Geometric wide strokes
Fonts that have an inherent vertical writing direction
JPEG compressed bitmaps
The following capabilities are not yet implemented but planned in future releases:
CMYK color space
ICM color management
7.4 Conversion Accuracy Testing Tool

PDF Tools AG provides tool to test the conversion accuracy of the PDF and TIFF producer. It can freely be downloaded
at http://www.pdf-tools.com/public/downloads/resources/testafw.zip
It can used to experiment with various settings and compare the PDF and TIFF producer with products from other
vendors (e.g. the PostScript driver).
8 Convert from Office Document to PDF
Note: The steps to convert an office document to TIFF -using the “3-Heights(TM)
TIFF Producer” printer driver- are analogue to those in this section.
From an Office application run the “Print” command. The common print dialog of the application will be shown.
As the MS Word printer dialog is shown here:
As printer driver name select the “3-Heights(TM) PDF Producer”.
Click on “Properties” in order to adjust the settings.
Make sure “Print to file” is unchecked if such a checkbox is available (In MS Office 2010/2013, “Print to File” is at
the bottom of the list of “Printers”).
Press “Print” to print the document to a PDF and to start the “3-Heights(TM) PDF Producer Application Runner”.
8.1 The 3-Heights(TM) PDF Producer Application Runner
Is a userfriendly tool to commit the created PDF directly to an other application for further processing.
The “Application Runner” starts if in the “3-Heights(TM) PDF Producer” port configuration (see section Ports) the
option “Prompt file name” is checked. Otherwise the created PDF document is saved in the “Output folder”.
Open email Opens a new Outlook message with the attached PDF document.
Note: Works with MS Outlook only.
Save on desktop Saves the created PDF document on the Desktop.
Save As.. Save the PDF document in the file system. The default directory is specified in the “3-Heights(TM) PDF
Producer” port configuration, see Ports.
Merge files Additional software is required.
8.2 Convert MS Excel Tables

When sending an MS Excel table to the 3-Heights™ PDF Producer it is important to ensure the print quality of the
document is not set to “High”. The print quality mainly influences the quality of images, but it also sets the precision
of text positioning. When converting Excel Tables this should be set to “Low” or “Medium”. Otherwise the creation
of the PDF takes a lot of memory and is time consuming.
To apply this setting to an Excel document:
Open the document in MS Excel.
Click on the print button or select “Print” from the menu.
The “Print” dialog opens. Select the “3-Heights(TM) PDF Producer”, click on the button “Properties”.
The “3-Heights(TM) PDF Producer Document Properties” windows opens. In the menu “Graphics”, set “Print
Quality: Low”.
Save the document.
8.3 Print from the Internet Explorer
Using the Microsoft Internet Explorer
6, it is suggested to use the following
steps in order to receive a good result:
From the “File” menu, select “Page
Setup. . .”.
Press the button “Printer. . .” and select
the “3-Heights (TM) PDF Producer”.
Press the button “Properties. . .” to set the

document settings.
When done press “OK” to close the dialog.
From the menu “File”, select “Print”, se-
lect the “3-Heights (TM) PDF Producer” and
print the document.
8.4 Create a Print Job using Windows Calls

There is a C example available at samples/sample.c, that shows how to print “Hello World”. The relevant steps
are:
Open the printer driver “3-Heights(TM) PDF Producer” using the call OpenPrinter().
Get the document settings.
Create device context for the printer.
Begin a print job, and thereby set the document relevant information such as document name, output path and
data type.
Begin a page.
Create a font, taking into account the resolution.
Write the text “Hello World”.
Cleanup the page.
Terminate the page and the print job.
Cleanup the document.
9 Client and Server Data Flow
On a client system, the 3-Heights™ PDF Producer works like this:
The Windows application makes calls to the Graphics Device Interface (GDI)
These GDI calls are interpreted by the printer driver, the 3-Heights™ Producer
The 3-Heights™ PDF Producer creates a PDF document
In a network environment, the structure is very similar. However the output of the GDI is an enhanced metafile
(EMF). The EMF is a spool file and sent over the network. It is played back on the server system, interpreted by an
EMF Print Processor and changed to non-EMF. The 3-Heights™ PDF Producer is installed on the server where the
PDF document is produced.
Application
GDI
Application
Network
Spool File
GDI
EMF Print Processor
PDF Producer
GDI
PDF
PDF Producer
PDF
10 Version History
10.1 Patches in Version 6.8
Patch 1.8.2
Fixed a problem where the license manager could crash during license activation on macOS
10.2 Changes in Version 6

No functional changes.
10.3 Changes in Version 5

New additional supported operating system: Windows Server 2019.
10.4 Changes in Version 4.12

New support for encryption according to PDF 2.0 (revision 6, replaces deprecated revision 5).
New HTTP proxy setting in the GUI license manager.

New support for the creation of output files larger than 10GB (not PDF/A-1).
Improved font subsetting of CFF and OpenType fonts.

Improved installation process (msi).
New support for adding XMP Metadata File through the document options (DEVMODE).
New support of DEVMODE files for predefined configurations in automated installations.

New support for color profiles (Output Intent).
New support for OpenType font collections in installed font collection.
Improved metadata generation for standard PDF properties.

New feature: Images used for stamping may now have any color space, even if it differs from the output file’s
output intent.
New feature: Control data can be embedded as metadata and used for post processing (e.g. mail dispatch).
Improved creation of annotation appearances to use less memory and processing time.
Added repair functionality for TrueType font programs whose glyphs are not ordered correctly.
11 Licensing, Copyright, and Contact
PDF Tools AG is a world leader in PDF (Portable Document Format) software, delivering reliable PDF products to
international customers in all market segments.
PDF Tools AG provides server-based software products designed specifically for developers, integrators, consultants,
customizing specialists and IT-departments. Thousands of companies worldwide use our products directly and hun-
dreds of thousands of users benefit from the technology indirectly via a global network of OEM partners. The tools
can be easily embedded into application programs and are available for a multitude of operating system platforms.
Licensing and Copyright The 3-Heights™ PDF Producer is copyrighted. This user’s manual is also copyright
protected; It may be copied and given away provided that it remains unchanged including the copyright notice.
Contact
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4 Configuration of the 3-Heights™ PDF Prodcuer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

6 How to print from a Windows Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

7 Document Conversion Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

8 Convert from Office Document to PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

9 Client and Server Data Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

11 Licensing, Copyright, and Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

PDF Producer Output Formats

PDF 1.x (PDF 1.4, . . ., PDF 1.7)

TIFF Producer Output Formats

1.4 Understanding the 3-Heights™ PDF Producer

1.5 Operating Systems

Product Name Description

2.1 Interactive Installation

3. Continue to the Installation Options via the “Next” button.

4. Trigger the installation by clicking on the “Install” button.

2.2 Automated Installation using MSIEXEC

msiexec /i "3-Heights(TM) PDF Producer.msi"

msiexec /l* installation.log /i "3-Heights(TM) PDF Producer.msi"

msiexec /i "3-Heights(TM) PDF Producer.msi" PDFPORT_NAME="C:\Documents and

The following command sets the printer name:

msiexec /i "3-Heights(TM) PDF Producer.msi" PDFPRINTER_NAME="My 3-Heights(TM)

Here is an example which combines several settings:

msiexec /qb /l* i.log /i "3-Heights(TM) PDF Producer.msi" PDFPORT_NAME=

msiexec /qb /l* i.log /i "3-Heights(TM) PDF Producer.msi"

2.5.1 After an update, an Evaluation Watermark is printed

2.5.2 Error 126

2.5.3 Printing via PDF Producer blocks Applications

3.1 Printer Properties

3.2 Document Settings

3.3 MS Office Add-In

XMP (PDF) MS Office (English) MS Office (German)

dc:title ‹Title› ‹Titel›

dc:creator ‹Author› ‹Autor›

dc:description ‹Comments› ‹Kommentar›

dc:subject ‹Subject› ‹Thema›

dc:source ‹Name of document (path)› ‹Name des Dokuments (Dateipfad)›

pdf:Keywords ‹Keywords› ‹Stichwörter›

xmp:CreateDate ‹Date of creation› ‹Datum der Erstellung›

4.1 Printer Properties

Execute Program after Creation of PDF

"C:\Program Files\PDF Tools AG\3-Heights(TM) PDF Viewer\bin

"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe" "%FILE%"

Example: Of an execute command

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c start C:\run.bat "%FILE%"

The content of the referred batch file C:\run.bat:

"C:\Program Files\PDF Tools AG\3-Heights(TM) PDF Viewer\bin\viewer.exe" %1

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c start /D"C:\sp ace\" run.bat "%FILE%"

Creating PDF Synchronously vs. Asynchronously

4.1.5 Color Management

4.1.7 Device Settings

Orientation Choose between Portrait and Landscape orientation.

The ICM Intent

4.2.3 Document Options

PDF Conformance Level Sets the PDF version. Supported are

CCITT G3 CCITT Fax Group 3

CCITT G3-2D CCITT Fax Group 3-2D