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RICOH Transforms Suite

  • 1 RICOH Transforms Suite
    • 1.1 AFP2PDF Plus
      • 1.1.1 RICOH AFP2PDF Plus: Summary of Updates (March 2020-September 2025)
      • 1.1.2 RICOH AFP2PDF Plus: Summary of Updates 1.4.3 (October 2025-present)
      • 1.1.3 Quick Start Guide for AFP2PDF Plus, Version 1.4.3
        • 1.1.3.1 Overview
        • 1.1.3.2 AFP2PDF Plus Version
        • 1.1.3.3 Installing AFP2PDF Plus using the installer
        • 1.1.3.4 AFP2PDF Plus Transform Command
        • 1.1.3.5 Testing the AFP2PDF Plus Transform
        • 1.1.3.6 Upgrading from C/C++ AFP2PDF transform to AFP2PDF Plus
        • 1.1.3.7 AFP2PDF Plus Transform Option Parameters
        • 1.1.3.8 Setting the Java classpath parameter
      • 1.1.4 AFP2PDF Plus Setup Guide
        • 1.1.4.1 Introduction
          • 1.1.4.1.1 Important
          • 1.1.4.1.2 Cautions Regarding This Guide
          • 1.1.4.1.3 Guides for This Application
          • 1.1.4.1.4 How to Read the Documentation
            • 1.1.4.1.4.1 Before Using This Application
            • 1.1.4.1.4.2 How to Use the Manuals and Help
              • 1.1.4.1.4.2.1 Displaying the Instruction Manuals (Setup Guide and User's Guide)
              • 1.1.4.1.4.2.2 Symbols
          • 1.1.4.1.5 Trademarks
        • 1.1.4.2 Before Setting Up
          • 1.1.4.2.1 Requirements
        • 1.1.4.3 Installing the AFP2PDF Plus Transform
          • 1.1.4.3.1 Installing the AFP2PDF Plus Transform using the graphic user interface
          • 1.1.4.3.2 Deploying a license key using the AFP2PDF Plus License key management tool
          • 1.1.4.3.3 Installing AFP2PDF Plus Transform from command line
          • 1.1.4.3.4 Installing a Permanent License
          • 1.1.4.3.5 Revoking the License Key
      • 1.1.5 AFP2PDF Plus User's Guide
        • 1.1.5.1 Introduction
          • 1.1.5.1.1 Important
          • 1.1.5.1.2 Cautions regarding this guide
          • 1.1.5.1.3 Symbols
          • 1.1.5.1.4 Abbreviations
          • 1.1.5.1.5 Trademarks
        • 1.1.5.2 Overview
          • 1.1.5.2.1 Benefits
          • 1.1.5.2.2 Limitations
        • 1.1.5.3 Installing AFP2PDF Plus Transform using the installer
        • 1.1.5.4 Installing a Permanent License
        • 1.1.5.5 Revoking the License Key
        • 1.1.5.6 Configuring CMOD to work with AFP2PDF Plus Transform
        • 1.1.5.7 Configuring IBM Content Navigator to work with AFP2PDF Plus Transform
        • 1.1.5.8 Architecture and Configuration
          • 1.1.5.8.1 Architecture
          • 1.1.5.8.2 Configuration
            • 1.1.5.8.2.1 Configuring the Server.cfg File
            • 1.1.5.8.2.2 Configuring the logging.properties File
            • 1.1.5.8.2.3 Configuring the a2pclient.cfg File
          • 1.1.5.8.3 AFP2PDF Plus Transform Security
            • 1.1.5.8.3.1 Encryption
            • 1.1.5.8.3.2 Certificate Signatures
        • 1.1.5.9 Using the AFP2PDF Plus Transform
          • 1.1.5.9.1 Starting and Stopping the AFP2PDF Plus Server on a Windows Server
          • 1.1.5.9.2 Starting and Stopping the AFP2PDF Plus Server on a UNIX Server
          • 1.1.5.9.3 AFP2PDF Plus Transform Command
            • 1.1.5.9.3.1 Syntax
            • 1.1.5.9.3.2 Parameters
            • 1.1.5.9.3.3 Return Codes
          • 1.1.5.9.4 AFP2PDF Plus Transform Options File
          • 1.1.5.9.5 Working with AFP Visual Environment Control Files
          • 1.1.5.9.6 Running AFP2PDF Plus in a private Azure Cloud
        • 1.1.5.10 Using the AFP2PDF Plus Utility Programs
          • 1.1.5.10.1 split_afp2pdf Command
            • 1.1.5.10.1.1 Syntax
            • 1.1.5.10.1.2 Parameters
            • 1.1.5.10.1.3 The XML Format of Output TLE Information when -tle is Specified
            • 1.1.5.10.1.4 Return Codes
          • 1.1.5.10.2 ArchiveLoad_afp2pdf Command
            • 1.1.5.10.2.1 Syntax
            • 1.1.5.10.2.2 Parameters
        • 1.1.5.11 Working with AFP Resources
          • 1.1.5.11.1 Files Supplied for Mapping Fonts
            • 1.1.5.11.1.1 Using the country.cfg configuration file
            • 1.1.5.11.1.2 Coded Font Files
            • 1.1.5.11.1.3 Character Set Definition File
            • 1.1.5.11.1.4 Code Page Definition File
            • 1.1.5.11.1.5 Code Page File Map
            • 1.1.5.11.1.6 Alias File
            • 1.1.5.11.1.7 Font Mapping File
          • 1.1.5.11.2 Process for Mapping Fonts
          • 1.1.5.11.3 Using Custom AFP Raster Font Files
          • 1.1.5.11.4 Using Custom Font Metric Files
          • 1.1.5.11.5 Using AFP metrics in mapped font
          • 1.1.5.11.6 Mapping AFP Fonts to Type 1 Fonts
          • 1.1.5.11.7 Mapping AFP Fonts to TrueType Fonts, OpenType Fonts, or TrueType Collection Fonts
          • 1.1.5.11.8 Using AFP TrueType Fonts
          • 1.1.5.11.9 Using User Defined Characters within a DBCS Font
          • 1.1.5.11.10 Character encoding
        • 1.1.5.12 Working with AFP Images
          • 1.1.5.12.1 Adding background image from a PDF file
          • 1.1.5.12.2 Mapping AFP images
            • 1.1.5.12.2.1 Creating the image map configuration file
            • 1.1.5.12.2.2 Identifying AFP images in the image map configuration file
            • 1.1.5.12.2.3 Removing images using the image map configuration file
            • 1.1.5.12.2.4 Substituting existing images with AFP2PDF Transform
            • 1.1.5.12.2.5 Substituting AFP shaded images with colored areas
            • 1.1.5.12.2.6 Adding an image to the transform output
            • 1.1.5.12.2.7 Adding a shaded area to the transform output
            • 1.1.5.12.2.8 Adding an image or shaded area to the transform output based on a TLE key-value pair
        • 1.1.5.13 JAVA Application Programming Interfaces
        • 1.1.5.14 Comparison with AFP2PDF Transform
    • 1.2 AFPMerge
      • 1.2.1 AFPMerge User’s Guide
        • 1.2.1.1 Introduction
          • 1.2.1.1.1 Important
          • 1.2.1.1.2 Cautions regarding this guide
          • 1.2.1.1.3 Publications for RICOH Transforms Suite
          • 1.2.1.1.4 Symbols
          • 1.2.1.1.5 Abbreviations
          • 1.2.1.1.6 Trademarks
        • 1.2.1.2 Overview
          • 1.2.1.2.1 Description
          • 1.2.1.2.2 Limitations
        • 1.2.1.3 Installing the AFPMerge Transform
          • 1.2.1.3.1 Requirements
          • 1.2.1.3.2 Installing a Permanent License
          • 1.2.1.3.3 Installing a Permanent License
          • 1.2.1.3.4 Revoking the License Key
        • 1.2.1.4 Working with AFPMerge
          • 1.2.1.4.1 Creating the Output AFP Inline Resource Group
          • 1.2.1.4.2 Creating the Output AFP Print Document
        • 1.2.1.5 Command Line Syntax
          • 1.2.1.5.1 Parameters
        • 1.2.1.6 Configuration Options
        • 1.2.1.7 Errors and Warnings
          • 1.2.1.7.1 Errors
          • 1.2.1.7.2 Warnings
    • 1.3 AFP Visual Environment
      • 1.3.1 AFP Visual Environment User's Guide
        • 1.3.1.1 Introduction
          • 1.3.1.1.1 Important
          • 1.3.1.1.2 Cautions regarding this guide
          • 1.3.1.1.3 Publications for RICOH Transforms Suite
          • 1.3.1.1.4 Symbols
          • 1.3.1.1.5 Abbreviations
          • 1.3.1.1.6 Trademarks
        • 1.3.1.2 Overview
          • 1.3.1.2.1 System overview
          • 1.3.1.2.2 System requirements
          • 1.3.1.2.3 User interface
          • 1.3.1.2.4 Control files
          • 1.3.1.2.5 Commands
          • 1.3.1.2.6 Document index files
          • 1.3.1.2.7 AFP Indexer
            • 1.3.1.2.7.1 Page groups
            • 1.3.1.2.7.2 Supplemental pages
            • 1.3.1.2.7.3 Index tags
            • 1.3.1.2.7.4 Resource group files
          • 1.3.1.2.8 AFP Editor
            • 1.3.1.2.8.1 Barcodes
            • 1.3.1.2.8.2 Hidden areas
            • 1.3.1.2.8.3 Text masks
          • 1.3.1.2.9 Whitespace Manager
            • 1.3.1.2.9.1 White space
            • 1.3.1.2.9.2 Content
          • 1.3.1.2.10 Pipeline Manager
            • 1.3.1.2.10.1 Standard filters
            • 1.3.1.2.10.2 Supported Objects
            • 1.3.1.2.10.3 Supported structure fields
        • 1.3.1.3 Installing AFP Visual Environment using the installer
        • 1.3.1.4 Installing a Permanent License
        • 1.3.1.5 Revoking the License Key
        • 1.3.1.6 Working with sample AFP files
          • 1.3.1.6.1 Converting line data to MO:DCA-P in sample AFP files
          • 1.3.1.6.2 Installing AFP Visual Environment
          • 1.3.1.6.3 Displaying sample AFP files
          • 1.3.1.6.4 Creating and updating control files
          • 1.3.1.6.5 Identifying AFP resource directories
          • 1.3.1.6.6 Mapping fonts for AFP files
            • 1.3.1.6.6.1 Using font-mapping files to map fonts
            • 1.3.1.6.6.2 Creating font mappings from text blocks
            • 1.3.1.6.6.3 Modifying font mappings from text blocks
            • 1.3.1.6.6.4 Changing the default code page encoding
          • 1.3.1.6.7 Enabling object selection in sample AFP files
          • 1.3.1.6.8 Showing page information in sample AFP files
          • 1.3.1.6.9 Specifying a form definition
          • 1.3.1.6.10 Checking enhancements to sample AFP files
          • 1.3.1.6.11 Configuring and running a set of filters
        • 1.3.1.7 Indexing AFP files
          • 1.3.1.7.1 Creating page groups
            • 1.3.1.7.1.1 Creating page groups of fixed length
            • 1.3.1.7.1.2 Creating page groups with triggers
            • 1.3.1.7.1.3 Creating page groups when white space is found
            • 1.3.1.7.1.4 Defining header and trailer pages
          • 1.3.1.7.2 Defining supplemental pages
            • 1.3.1.7.2.1 Creating triggers for supplemental pages
            • 1.3.1.7.2.2 Creating index tags on supplemental pages
          • 1.3.1.7.3 Creating index tags
            • 1.3.1.7.3.1 Creating index tags for text blocks
            • 1.3.1.7.3.2 Creating index tags in areas
            • 1.3.1.7.3.3 Creating index tags in address areas
            • 1.3.1.7.3.4 Creating index tags from NOP records
          • 1.3.1.7.4 Working with page-level indexes
            • 1.3.1.7.4.1 Creating page-level triggers
            • 1.3.1.7.4.2 Creating page-level indexes
            • 1.3.1.7.4.3 Copying or moving page-level indexes to page groups
          • 1.3.1.7.5 Modifying or deleting AFP Indexer definitions
            • 1.3.1.7.5.1 Modifying triggers
            • 1.3.1.7.5.2 Deleting triggers
            • 1.3.1.7.5.3 Modifying index tags for text blocks
            • 1.3.1.7.5.4 Modifying index tags in areas
            • 1.3.1.7.5.5 Modifying index tags in address areas
            • 1.3.1.7.5.6 Deleting index tags
          • 1.3.1.7.6 Using existing page groups and index tags
          • 1.3.1.7.7 Editing text for triggers and index tags
          • 1.3.1.7.8 Managing comments
        • 1.3.1.8 Editing AFP files
          • 1.3.1.8.1 Creating barcodes
            • 1.3.1.8.1.1 Type tab
            • 1.3.1.8.1.2 Data tab for Code 39, Data Matrix, Interleaved 2-of-5, PDF417, POSTNET, and QR Code barcodes
            • 1.3.1.8.1.3 Data tab for IMBs
            • 1.3.1.8.1.4 Position tab
          • 1.3.1.8.2 Replacing POSTNET barcodes with IMBs
            • 1.3.1.8.2.1 Type tab for IMBs
            • 1.3.1.8.2.2 Data tab for IMBs
            • 1.3.1.8.2.3 Position tab for IMBs
          • 1.3.1.8.3 Creating IMB serial number files
          • 1.3.1.8.4 Creating conditions between barcode definitions
          • 1.3.1.8.5 Creating hidden areas
          • 1.3.1.8.6 Creating text with AFP Editor
          • 1.3.1.8.7 Defining text masks
          • 1.3.1.8.8 Modifying or deleting AFP Editor definitions
            • 1.3.1.8.8.1 Modifying barcodes
              • 1.3.1.8.8.1.1 Type tab
              • 1.3.1.8.8.1.2 Data tab for Code 39, Data Matrix, Interleaved 2-of-5, PDF417, POSTNET, and QR Code barcodes
              • 1.3.1.8.8.1.3 Data tab for IMBs
              • 1.3.1.8.8.1.4 Position tab
            • 1.3.1.8.8.2 Deleting barcodes
            • 1.3.1.8.8.3 Modifying conditions between barcode definitions
            • 1.3.1.8.8.4 Deleting conditions between barcode definitions
            • 1.3.1.8.8.5 Modifying hidden areas
            • 1.3.1.8.8.6 Deleting hidden areas
            • 1.3.1.8.8.7 Modifying text strings
            • 1.3.1.8.8.8 Deleting text strings
            • 1.3.1.8.8.9 Modifying text masks
            • 1.3.1.8.8.10 Deleting text masks
            • 1.3.1.8.8.11 Editing text for text masks
        • 1.3.1.9 Adding content to white space in AFP files
          • 1.3.1.9.1 Creating definitions for known white space
          • 1.3.1.9.2 Creating definitions by searching for white space
          • 1.3.1.9.3 Modifying or deleting white space definitions
            • 1.3.1.9.3.1 Modifying known white space definitions
            • 1.3.1.9.3.2 Modifying white space defined from a search
            • 1.3.1.9.3.3 Deleting white space definitions
          • 1.3.1.9.4 Assigning content to white space
            • 1.3.1.9.4.1 Creating rules for assigning content
            • 1.3.1.9.4.2 Inserting content text
            • 1.3.1.9.4.3 Inserting content images
            • 1.3.1.9.4.4 Modifying content text
            • 1.3.1.9.4.5 Modifying content images
            • 1.3.1.9.4.6 Creating rule conditions for content
            • 1.3.1.9.4.7 Modifying rule conditions for content
            • 1.3.1.9.4.8 Deleting content from white space
        • 1.3.1.10 Enhancing production AFP files
          • 1.3.1.10.1 Sending AFP Visual Environment files to the production system
          • 1.3.1.10.2 Creating page groups and indexes in production AFP files
          • 1.3.1.10.3 Creating hidden areas, bar codes, and text masks in production AFP files
        • 1.3.1.11 AFP Visual Environment commands
          • 1.3.1.11.1 EditAFP command
          • 1.3.1.11.2 IndexAFP command
          • 1.3.1.11.3 PluginMgr command
        • 1.3.1.12 Configuration files
          • 1.3.1.12.1 Font mapping files
            • 1.3.1.12.1.1 CharacterSets.properties file
            • 1.3.1.12.1.2 CodedFonts.properties file
            • 1.3.1.12.1.3 CodePages.properties file
            • 1.3.1.12.1.4 SampleCodePointMap.cp file
          • 1.3.1.12.2 IMB serial number file
          • 1.3.1.12.3 Document index file
          • 1.3.1.12.4 Resource group file
        • 1.3.1.13 Accessibility
    • 1.4 Line2PDF Plus
      • 1.4.1 Line2PDF Plus User’s Guide
        • 1.4.1.1 Introduction
          • 1.4.1.1.1 Important
          • 1.4.1.1.2 Cautions regarding this guide
          • 1.4.1.1.3 Publications for RICOH Transforms Suite
          • 1.4.1.1.4 Symbols
          • 1.4.1.1.5 Abbreviations
          • 1.4.1.1.6 Trademarks
        • 1.4.1.2 Overview
          • 1.4.1.2.1 Benefits
          • 1.4.1.2.2 Requirements
          • 1.4.1.2.3 Limitations
        • 1.4.1.3 Installing the Line2PDF Transform
          • 1.4.1.3.1 Installing Line2PDF Plus using the installer
          • 1.4.1.3.2 Installing a Permanent License
          • 1.4.1.3.3 Revoking the License Key
        • 1.4.1.4 Running Java Version of Line2PDF Plus
          • 1.4.1.4.1 Java Command Line
            • 1.4.1.4.1.1 Line2PDF Plus Command Notation
            • 1.4.1.4.1.2 Java Line2PDF Plus Command Options
          • 1.4.1.4.2 Running Java Line2PDF Plus Server
          • 1.4.1.4.3 Running Java Agent on Client Machine
        • 1.4.1.5 Client/Server Model
          • 1.4.1.5.1 Client Native C/C++ Program
          • 1.4.1.5.2 Client and Server on the Same Machine
          • 1.4.1.5.3 Client and Server on Different Machines
          • 1.4.1.5.4 Enabling Debug Mode for Server and Agent
    • 1.5 PCL2PDF
      • 1.5.1 PCL2PDF User’s Guide
        • 1.5.1.1 Introduction
          • 1.5.1.1.1 Important
          • 1.5.1.1.2 Cautions regarding this guide
          • 1.5.1.1.3 Publications for RICOH Transforms Suite
          • 1.5.1.1.4 Symbols
          • 1.5.1.1.5 Abbreviations
          • 1.5.1.1.6 Trademarks
        • 1.5.1.2 Overview
          • 1.5.1.2.1 Benefits
          • 1.5.1.2.2 Requirements
          • 1.5.1.2.3 Limitations
        • 1.5.1.3 Installing the PCL2PDF Transform
        • 1.5.1.4 Installing a Permanent License
        • 1.5.1.5 Using the PCL2PDF Transform
          • 1.5.1.5.1 Command syntax
          • 1.5.1.5.2 Parameters
    • 1.6 PS2PDF
      • 1.6.1 PS2PDF User’s Guide
        • 1.6.1.1 Introduction
          • 1.6.1.1.1 Important
          • 1.6.1.1.2 Cautions regarding this guide
          • 1.6.1.1.3 Publications for RICOH Transforms Suite
          • 1.6.1.1.4 Symbols
          • 1.6.1.1.5 Abbreviations
          • 1.6.1.1.6 Trademarks
        • 1.6.1.2 Overview
          • 1.6.1.2.1 Benefits
          • 1.6.1.2.2 Requirements
          • 1.6.1.2.3 Limitations
        • 1.6.1.3 Installing the PS2PDF Transform
        • 1.6.1.4 Installing a Permanent License
        • 1.6.1.5 Using the PS2PDF Transform
          • 1.6.1.5.1 Command syntax
          • 1.6.1.5.2 Parameters
    • 1.7 TIFF2PDF Plus
      • 1.7.1 Tiff2PDF User’s Guide
        • 1.7.1.1 Introduction
          • 1.7.1.1.1 Important
          • 1.7.1.1.2 Cautions regarding this guide
          • 1.7.1.1.3 Publications for RICOH Transforms Suite
          • 1.7.1.1.4 Symbols
          • 1.7.1.1.5 Abbreviations
          • 1.7.1.1.6 Trademarks
        • 1.7.1.2 Overview
          • 1.7.1.2.1 Description
          • 1.7.1.2.2 Specifications
        • 1.7.1.3 Installing the Tiff2PDF Transform
          • 1.7.1.3.1 Installing TIFF2PDF Plus using the installer
          • 1.7.1.3.2 Installing a Permanent License
          • 1.7.1.3.3 Revoking the License Key
        • 1.7.1.4 Running Java version of Tiff2PDF
          • 1.7.1.4.1 Java Command Line
          • 1.7.1.4.2 Java Tiff2PDF Command Options
          • 1.7.1.4.3 Running Java Tiff2PDF Server
          • 1.7.1.4.4 Running Java Agent on Client Machine
        • 1.7.1.5 Client/Server Model
          • 1.7.1.5.1 Client Native C/C++ Program
          • 1.7.1.5.2 Client and Server on the Same Machine
          • 1.7.1.5.3 Client and Server on Different Machines
          • 1.7.1.5.4 Enabling Debug Mode for Server and Agent
  1. Software Information Center

PCL2PDF User’s Guide

In this section:

  1. Introduction
  2. Overview
  3. Installing the PCL2PDF Transform
    This procedure steps through an installation of the PCL2PDF transform on AIX, Linux, and Windows using the installer.
  4. Installing a Permanent License
    To use PCL2PDF transform you need a license. You must install a permanent license on the computer where the product is installed.
  5. Using the PCL2PDF Transform
Parent topic: PCL2PDF

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