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Web Enablement Solutions Suite

  • 1 RICOH Web Enablement Solutions Suite
    • 1.1 AFP2PDF Plus
      • 1.1.1 RICOH Web Enablement Solutions Suite: Summary of Updates 1.3
      • 1.1.2 Quick Start Guide for AFP2PDF Plus, Version 1.301
        • 1.1.2.1 Overview
        • 1.1.2.2 AFP2PDF Plus Version
        • 1.1.2.3 Initial Setup
        • 1.1.2.4 AFP2PDF Plus Transform Command
        • 1.1.2.5 Testing the AFP2PDF Plus Transform
        • 1.1.2.6 Upgrading from C/C++ AFP2PDF transform to AFP2PDF Plus
        • 1.1.2.7 AFP2PDF Plus Transform Option Parameters
        • 1.1.2.8 Setting the Java classpath parameter
      • 1.1.3 AFP2PDF Plus Setup Guide
        • 1.1.3.1 Introduction
          • 1.1.3.1.1 Important
          • 1.1.3.1.2 Cautions Regarding This Guide
          • 1.1.3.1.3 Guides for This Application
          • 1.1.3.1.4 How to Read the Documentation
            • 1.1.3.1.4.1 Before Using This Application
            • 1.1.3.1.4.2 How to Use the Manuals and Help
              • 1.1.3.1.4.2.1 Displaying the Instruction Manuals (Setup Guide and User's Guide)
              • 1.1.3.1.4.2.2 Symbols
          • 1.1.3.1.5 Trademarks
        • 1.1.3.2 Before Setting Up
          • 1.1.3.2.1 Requirements
        • 1.1.3.3 Installing the AFP2PDF Plus Transform using the graphic user interface
        • 1.1.3.4 Deploying a license key using the AFP2PDF Plus License key Installer
        • 1.1.3.5 Installing AFP2PDF Plus Transform from command line
        • 1.1.3.6 Deploying a license key using the AFP2PDF Plus License key Installer from command line
      • 1.1.4 AFP2PDF Plus User's 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 Symbols
          • 1.1.4.1.4 Abbreviations
          • 1.1.4.1.5 Trademarks
        • 1.1.4.2 Overview
          • 1.1.4.2.1 Benefits
          • 1.1.4.2.2 Limitations
        • 1.1.4.3 Installing AFP2PDF Plus Transform
          • 1.1.4.3.1 Upgrading from AFP2PDF to AFP2PDF Plus Transform
          • 1.1.4.3.2 Installing AFP2PDF Plus Transform using the installer
          • 1.1.4.3.3 Configuring CMOD to work with AFP2PDF Plus Transform
          • 1.1.4.3.4 Configuring IBM Content Navigator to work with AFP2PDF Plus Transform
        • 1.1.4.4 Architecture and Configuration
          • 1.1.4.4.1 Architecture
          • 1.1.4.4.2 Configuration
            • 1.1.4.4.2.1 Configuring the Server.cfg File
            • 1.1.4.4.2.2 Configuring the logging.properties File
            • 1.1.4.4.2.3 Configuring the a2pclient.cfg File
          • 1.1.4.4.3 AFP2PDF Plus Transform Security
            • 1.1.4.4.3.1 Encryption
            • 1.1.4.4.3.2 Certificate Signatures
        • 1.1.4.5 Using the AFP2PDF Plus Transform
          • 1.1.4.5.1 Starting and Stopping the AFP2PDF Plus Server on a Windows Server
          • 1.1.4.5.2 Starting and Stopping the AFP2PDF Plus Server on a UNIX Server
          • 1.1.4.5.3 AFP2PDF Plus Transform Command
            • 1.1.4.5.3.1 Syntax
            • 1.1.4.5.3.2 Parameters
            • 1.1.4.5.3.3 Return Codes
          • 1.1.4.5.4 AFP2PDF Plus Transform Options File
          • 1.1.4.5.5 Working with AFP Visual Environment Control Files
          • 1.1.4.5.6 Running AFP2PDF Plus in a private Azure Cloud
        • 1.1.4.6 Using the AFP2PDF Plus Utility Programs
          • 1.1.4.6.1 split_afp2pdf Command
            • 1.1.4.6.1.1 Syntax
            • 1.1.4.6.1.2 Parameters
            • 1.1.4.6.1.3 The XML Format of Output TLE Information when -tle is Specified
            • 1.1.4.6.1.4 Return Codes
          • 1.1.4.6.2 ArchiveLoad_afp2pdf Command
            • 1.1.4.6.2.1 Syntax
            • 1.1.4.6.2.2 Parameters
        • 1.1.4.7 Working with AFP Resources
          • 1.1.4.7.1 Files Supplied for Mapping Fonts
            • 1.1.4.7.1.1 Using the country.cfg configuration file
            • 1.1.4.7.1.2 Coded Font Files
            • 1.1.4.7.1.3 Character Set Definition File
            • 1.1.4.7.1.4 Code Page Definition File
            • 1.1.4.7.1.5 Code Page File Map
            • 1.1.4.7.1.6 Alias File
            • 1.1.4.7.1.7 Font Mapping File
          • 1.1.4.7.2 Process for Mapping Fonts
          • 1.1.4.7.3 Using Custom AFP Raster Font Files
          • 1.1.4.7.4 Using Custom Font Metric Files
          • 1.1.4.7.5 Using AFP metrics in mapped font
          • 1.1.4.7.6 Mapping AFP Fonts to Type 1 Fonts
          • 1.1.4.7.7 Mapping AFP Fonts to TrueType Fonts, OpenType Fonts, or TrueType Collection Fonts
          • 1.1.4.7.8 Using AFP TrueType Fonts
          • 1.1.4.7.9 Using User Defined Characters within a DBCS Font
          • 1.1.4.7.10 Character encoding
        • 1.1.4.8 Working with AFP Images
          • 1.1.4.8.1 Adding background image from a PDF file
          • 1.1.4.8.2 Mapping AFP images
            • 1.1.4.8.2.1 Creating the image map configuration file
            • 1.1.4.8.2.2 Identifying AFP images in the image map configuration file
            • 1.1.4.8.2.3 Removing images using the image map configuration file
            • 1.1.4.8.2.4 Substituting existing images with AFP2PDF Transform
            • 1.1.4.8.2.5 Substituting AFP shaded images with colored areas
            • 1.1.4.8.2.6 Adding an image to the transform output
            • 1.1.4.8.2.7 Adding a shaded area to the transform output
            • 1.1.4.8.2.8 Adding an image or shaded area to the transform output based on a TLE key-value pair
        • 1.1.4.9 JAVA Application Programming Interfaces
        • 1.1.4.10 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 the Web Enablement Solutions 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 Working with AFPMerge
          • 1.2.1.3.1 Creating the Output AFP Inline Resource Group
          • 1.2.1.3.2 Creating the Output AFP Print Document
        • 1.2.1.4 Command Line Syntax
          • 1.2.1.4.1 Parameters
        • 1.2.1.5 Configuration Options
        • 1.2.1.6 Errors and Warnings
          • 1.2.1.6.1 Errors
          • 1.2.1.6.2 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 the Web Enablement Solutions 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
        • 1.3.1.4 Working with sample AFP files
          • 1.3.1.4.1 Converting line data to MO:DCA-P in sample AFP files
          • 1.3.1.4.2 Installing AFP Visual Environment
          • 1.3.1.4.3 Displaying sample AFP files
          • 1.3.1.4.4 Creating and updating control files
          • 1.3.1.4.5 Identifying AFP resource directories
          • 1.3.1.4.6 Mapping fonts for AFP files
            • 1.3.1.4.6.1 Using font-mapping files to map fonts
            • 1.3.1.4.6.2 Creating font mappings from text blocks
            • 1.3.1.4.6.3 Modifying font mappings from text blocks
            • 1.3.1.4.6.4 Changing the default code page encoding
          • 1.3.1.4.7 Enabling object selection in sample AFP files
          • 1.3.1.4.8 Showing page information in sample AFP files
          • 1.3.1.4.9 Specifying a form definition
          • 1.3.1.4.10 Checking enhancements to sample AFP files
          • 1.3.1.4.11 Configuring and running a set of filters
        • 1.3.1.5 Indexing AFP files
          • 1.3.1.5.1 Creating page groups
            • 1.3.1.5.1.1 Creating page groups of fixed length
            • 1.3.1.5.1.2 Creating page groups with triggers
            • 1.3.1.5.1.3 Creating page groups when white space is found
            • 1.3.1.5.1.4 Defining header and trailer pages
          • 1.3.1.5.2 Defining supplemental pages
            • 1.3.1.5.2.1 Creating triggers for supplemental pages
            • 1.3.1.5.2.2 Creating index tags on supplemental pages
          • 1.3.1.5.3 Creating index tags
            • 1.3.1.5.3.1 Creating index tags for text blocks
            • 1.3.1.5.3.2 Creating index tags in areas
            • 1.3.1.5.3.3 Creating index tags in address areas
            • 1.3.1.5.3.4 Creating index tags from NOP records
          • 1.3.1.5.4 Working with page-level indexes
            • 1.3.1.5.4.1 Creating page-level triggers
            • 1.3.1.5.4.2 Creating page-level indexes
            • 1.3.1.5.4.3 Copying or moving page-level indexes to page groups
          • 1.3.1.5.5 Modifying or deleting AFP Indexer definitions
            • 1.3.1.5.5.1 Modifying triggers
            • 1.3.1.5.5.2 Deleting triggers
            • 1.3.1.5.5.3 Modifying index tags for text blocks
            • 1.3.1.5.5.4 Modifying index tags in areas
            • 1.3.1.5.5.5 Modifying index tags in address areas
            • 1.3.1.5.5.6 Deleting index tags
          • 1.3.1.5.6 Using existing page groups and index tags
          • 1.3.1.5.7 Editing text for triggers and index tags
          • 1.3.1.5.8 Managing comments
        • 1.3.1.6 Editing AFP files
          • 1.3.1.6.1 Creating barcodes
            • 1.3.1.6.1.1 Type tab
            • 1.3.1.6.1.2 Data tab for Code 39, Data Matrix, Interleaved 2-of-5, PDF417, POSTNET, and QR Code barcodes
            • 1.3.1.6.1.3 Data tab for IMBs
            • 1.3.1.6.1.4 Position tab
          • 1.3.1.6.2 Replacing POSTNET barcodes with IMBs
            • 1.3.1.6.2.1 Type tab for IMBs
            • 1.3.1.6.2.2 Data tab for IMBs
            • 1.3.1.6.2.3 Position tab for IMBs
          • 1.3.1.6.3 Creating IMB serial number files
          • 1.3.1.6.4 Creating conditions between barcode definitions
          • 1.3.1.6.5 Creating hidden areas
          • 1.3.1.6.6 Creating text with AFP Editor
          • 1.3.1.6.7 Defining text masks
          • 1.3.1.6.8 Modifying or deleting AFP Editor definitions
            • 1.3.1.6.8.1 Modifying barcodes
              • 1.3.1.6.8.1.1 Type tab
              • 1.3.1.6.8.1.2 Data tab for Code 39, Data Matrix, Interleaved 2-of-5, PDF417, POSTNET, and QR Code barcodes
              • 1.3.1.6.8.1.3 Data tab for IMBs
              • 1.3.1.6.8.1.4 Position tab
            • 1.3.1.6.8.2 Deleting barcodes
            • 1.3.1.6.8.3 Modifying conditions between barcode definitions
            • 1.3.1.6.8.4 Deleting conditions between barcode definitions
            • 1.3.1.6.8.5 Modifying hidden areas
            • 1.3.1.6.8.6 Deleting hidden areas
            • 1.3.1.6.8.7 Modifying text strings
            • 1.3.1.6.8.8 Deleting text strings
            • 1.3.1.6.8.9 Modifying text masks
            • 1.3.1.6.8.10 Deleting text masks
            • 1.3.1.6.8.11 Editing text for text masks
        • 1.3.1.7 Adding content to white space in AFP files
          • 1.3.1.7.1 Creating definitions for known white space
          • 1.3.1.7.2 Creating definitions by searching for white space
          • 1.3.1.7.3 Modifying or deleting white space definitions
            • 1.3.1.7.3.1 Modifying known white space definitions
            • 1.3.1.7.3.2 Modifying white space defined from a search
            • 1.3.1.7.3.3 Deleting white space definitions
          • 1.3.1.7.4 Assigning content to white space
            • 1.3.1.7.4.1 Creating rules for assigning content
            • 1.3.1.7.4.2 Inserting content text
            • 1.3.1.7.4.3 Inserting content images
            • 1.3.1.7.4.4 Modifying content text
            • 1.3.1.7.4.5 Modifying content images
            • 1.3.1.7.4.6 Creating rule conditions for content
            • 1.3.1.7.4.7 Modifying rule conditions for content
            • 1.3.1.7.4.8 Deleting content from white space
        • 1.3.1.8 Enhancing production AFP files
          • 1.3.1.8.1 Sending AFP Visual Environment files to the production system
          • 1.3.1.8.2 Creating page groups and indexes in production AFP files
          • 1.3.1.8.3 Creating hidden areas, bar codes, and text masks in production AFP files
        • 1.3.1.9 AFP Visual Environment commands
          • 1.3.1.9.1 EditAFP command
          • 1.3.1.9.2 IndexAFP command
          • 1.3.1.9.3 PluginMgr command
        • 1.3.1.10 Configuration files
          • 1.3.1.10.1 Font mapping files
            • 1.3.1.10.1.1 CharacterSets.properties file
            • 1.3.1.10.1.2 CodedFonts.properties file
            • 1.3.1.10.1.3 CodePages.properties file
            • 1.3.1.10.1.4 SampleCodePointMap.cp file
          • 1.3.1.10.2 IMB serial number file
          • 1.3.1.10.3 Document index file
          • 1.3.1.10.4 Resource group file
        • 1.3.1.11 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 the Web Enablement Solutions 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 Running Java Version of Line2PDF Plus
          • 1.4.1.3.1 Java Command Line
            • 1.4.1.3.1.1 Line2PDF Plus Command Notation
            • 1.4.1.3.1.2 Java Line2PDF Plus Command Options
          • 1.4.1.3.2 Running Java Line2PDF Plus Server
          • 1.4.1.3.3 Running Java Agent on Client Machine
        • 1.4.1.4 Client/Server Model
          • 1.4.1.4.1 Client Native C/C++ Program
          • 1.4.1.4.2 Client and Server on the Same Machine
          • 1.4.1.4.3 Client and Server on Different Machines
          • 1.4.1.4.4 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 the Web Enablement Solutions 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 Using the PCL2PDF Transform
          • 1.5.1.3.1 Command syntax
          • 1.5.1.3.2 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 the Web Enablement Solutions 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 Using the PS2PDF Transform
          • 1.6.1.3.1 Command syntax
          • 1.6.1.3.2 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 the Web Enablement Solutions 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 Running Java version of Tiff2PDF
          • 1.7.1.3.1 Java Command Line
          • 1.7.1.3.2 Java Tiff2PDF Command Options
          • 1.7.1.3.3 Running Java Tiff2PDF Server
          • 1.7.1.3.4 Running Java Agent on Client Machine
        • 1.7.1.4 Client/Server Model
          • 1.7.1.4.1 Client Native C/C++ Program
          • 1.7.1.4.2 Client and Server on the Same Machine
          • 1.7.1.4.3 Client and Server on Different Machines
          • 1.7.1.4.4 Enabling Debug Mode for Server and Agent
  1. Software Information Center

Overview

The PCL2PDF transform converts Printer Command Language PCL5e, PCL5c and PCL XL data stream files into Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

In this section:

  1. Benefits
  2. Requirements
  3. Limitations
Parent topic: PCL2PDF User’s Guide

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