PAS Features

Reliability. PDF Automation Server has been produced and tested with the utmost care so that uptime is maximized and your documents are always processed reliably. Intelligent error handling and recovery is done at multiple levels in the software so that the server can recover from transient error conditions. Additionally, different processes are independent, so errors in one process will not affect other processes.

Multiple Sources. PDF Automation Server can receive documents from multiple sources concurrently. Documents from different sources can be handled in the same manner or unique processes can be defined for individual sources.

Multiple Destinations. After processing documents, PDF Automation Server can deliver the documents to multiple destinations. Each process in the server can send the resulting document to multiple destinations and different processes can send output to unique destinations.

Event Logging. PDF Automation Server keeps a complete log of events in the server, including informational, warning and error events. With the event log, users can track document processing and pinpoint causes of problems.

Notification. PDF Automation Server can send notification emails based on a number of criteria, including error conditions as well as successful processing of documents.

Platform Independence. PAS is platform independent and can run on Windows, Linux, Mac OSX and several Unix flavors.

PDF Processing Functions

Printing. PAS can automatically print incoming PDF documents to single or multiple printers before or after processing the document.

Preflight. PAS can automatically check preflight compliance of PDF documents.

Set and Clear Security. PAS can encrypt and set passwords and permissions on PDF documents.

Assembling / Merging. PAS can add pages and merge documents into single documents.

Splitting. PAS can split documents by page count, page range, bookmarks, blank page, text content.

Cropping Pages. PAS can set the Crop, Trim, Bleed and Art Box margins for PDF documents.

Images. PAS can convert PDF documents into images and can create PDF documents from images.

Data Extraction. PAS can extract data from PDF documents with interactive form fields and output the data in a variety of formats.

Data Merging. PAS can import data in a variety of formats into PDF documents with interactive form fields and then route the PDF documents to any of the available destinations.

Text Extraction. PAS can extract text content from documents for storage.

Text Conversion. PAS can convert text documents to PDF.

Flattening Fields and Annotations. PAS can "flatten" form fields and annotations in PDF documents. Flattening is the act of making the form fields or annotations part of the PDF content so that they become non-editable.

Digital Signatures. PAS can apply digital signatures to PDF documents to certify the content.

Move Files. PAS can also move, transfer or route files of all types, even when PDF specific process is not required.

Stamping. PAS can stamp documents with watermarks, page headers and footers, images or any other text content. Text can be formatted and can include variables such as current date and time, file names, page numbers and others.

Import and Export of Annotations. PAS can import annotations into PDF documents as well as export annotations from PDF documents.