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PDF Conversion SDK
- Enables viewing, conversion, extraction, compression and over 140 other functions.
- Allows access to PDF documents from memory or a directory and is contained in a compact library under 1 MB.
- Supports both Type 1, Type 2, double-byte and composite fonts.
- Performs PDF conversions without invoking a print driver
- Supports PDF Portfolios
- PDF hyperlinks
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- Developed from our robust imaging SDK so it supports all of the file formats offered in our library.
- Compatible with all of the formats we support enabling you to view multiple document and image formats, including PDF, through a universal viewer instead of separate viewers for AFP, TIFF, PDF, and Word.
- Known for its support of complex PDFs. Because we leverage our own PDF library, we are able to more easily address challenges including improper documents that are corrupt, faulty, and not covered by the spec.
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Explore Our Other Supported Formats
You name the format. We got it.
The matrix below represents the formats we support and in what platform or stage of development the format is supported. Please refer to the key provided for definitions. Other formats in addition to the ones listed below may be supported. For more information on a specific format, click the name within the grid and you will be directed to an individual page.For up-to-date information regarding Snowbound's format support, please contact us.
Key:
- B = Base
- O = Optional format/ Additional charges may apply.
- D = In development.
| Format | Notes | Ext | Extract Text | Read | Write |
| Video | As supported by the browser, including: mp4, m4v, mkv, webm, and ogv and ogg | ||||
| Audio | As supported by the browser, including:mp3, m4a, wav, flac, and ogg | ||||
| ABIC | Includes image formats with ABIC compression, including CIF, CIMS, COFF and TIFF. |
O | |||
| AFP | Part of the AFP/MO:DCA Bundle, along with IOCA and PTOCA | .afp | yes | O | O |
| Annotations - XML | B | B | |||
| Annotations (Filenet/Daeja) |
Filenet/Daeja annotations can be opened and then saved as a Snowbound XML-based annotation |
B | B | ||
| Annotations - Brava | B | ||||
| ASCII | .txt | yes | B | ||
| BMP_Compressed | .bmp | B | B | ||
| BMP_Uncompressed | .bmp | B | B | ||
| CALS | .cals | B | B | ||
| CCITT_G3 | .tif | B | |||
| CCITT_G3_FO | .tif | B | |||
| CFF | .cif | O | |||
| CIFF | .cif | O | |||
| CIMS | O | ||||
| DCX | .dcx | B | |||
| DIB | .dib | B | B | ||
| DICOM | Lossless DICOM is not supported | .dcm | B | ||
| DOC | Sold as part of the MS Office Package Cannot be purchased individually |
.doc | yes | O | |
| DOCX | Sold as part of the MS Office Package Cannot be purchased individually |
.docx | yes | O | |
| DWG | .dwg | D | |||
| DXF | .dxf | D | |||
| EMAIL (MSG) | Sold as part of the MS Office Package Cannot be purchased individually |
.msg | O | ||
| EPS (bitmap only) | .eps | B | B | ||
| EPS_BITMAP | .eps | B | B | ||
| EPS_BITMAP_G4 | .eps | B | |||
| EPS_BITMAP_LZW | .eps | B | |||
| FILENET | B | ||||
| GIF | .gif | B | B | ||
| GIF_INTERLACED | .gif | B | |||
| HGPL | Support for HPGL & HGPL2; Sold as part of the PCL module | .hgpl | O | ||
| HTML | .htm | yes | O | ||
| IMNET | B | ||||
| IOCA | Part of the AFP/MO:DCA Bundle, along with PTOCA | .ica | yes | O | O |
| JBIG | .jbg | B | |||
| JBIG2 | .jbg | B | |||
| JEDMICS | .jed | B | |||
| JPEG | .jpg | B | B | ||
| JPEG2000 | Supports 24-bit color and greyscale images | .jpg2 | O | ||
| LINE_DATA | B | ||||
| MIME | .eml | B | |||
| MO:DCA | Part of the AFP/MO:DCA Bundle, along with IOCA and PTOCA | .mca | yes | O | O |
| NCR | .ncr | B | |||
| ODF | The OpenDocument Format (ODF) Bundle includes ODP, ODS, and ODT | .odf | D | ||
| ODP | Part of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) Bundle, along with ODS and ODT; Requires MS Office Bundle |
.odp | yes | D | |
| ODS | Part of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) Bundle, along with ODP and ODT; Requires MS Office Bundle |
.ods | yes | D | |
| ODT | Part of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) Bundle, along with ODP and ODS; Requires MS Office Bundle |
.odt | yes | D | |
| OOXML | Office Open XML (OOXML) currently supports documents with .docx, .xlsx, .pptx extensions |
yes | O | ||
| PCL_1 | Support for both black & white and color output | .pcl | yes | O | B |
| PCL_5 | Support for both black & white and color output | .pcl | yes | O | B |
| PCX | .pcx | B | |||
| Our library supports Type 1 and Type 2 fonts, Double-byte, and Composite fonts. |
yes | O | B | ||
| PNG | Ability to specify output resolution to 24-bit, 8-bit, or 1-bit |
.png | B | B | |
| PPT | Sold as part of the MS Office Package Cannot be purchased individually |
.ppt | yes | O | |
| PPTX | Sold as part of the MS Office Package Cannot be purchased individually |
.pptx | yes | O | |
| PTOCA | Part of the AFP/MO:DCA Bundle, along with IOCA | .pto | yes | O | O |
| RTF | Sold as part of the MS Office Package Cannot be purchased individually |
.rtf | O | ||
| SEARCHABLE_PDF | yes | O | B | ||
| SVG | .svg | B | |||
| TARGA | .tga | B | |||
| TIFF_2D | .tif | B | |||
| TIFF_ABIC | .tif | O | |||
| TIFF_G3_FAX | .tif | B | B | ||
| TIFF_G4_FAX | .tif | B | B | ||
| TIFF_G4_FAX_FO | .tif | B | B | ||
| TIFF_G4_FAX_STRIP | .tif | B | |||
| TIFF_HUFFMAN | .tif | B | |||
| TIFF_JBIG | .tif | B | B | ||
| TIFF_JPEG | .tif | B | B | ||
| TIFF_JPEG7 | .tif | B | B | ||
| TIFF LZW | .tif | B | B | ||
| TIFF_PACK | .tif | B | B | ||
| TIFF_UNCOMPRESSED | .tif | B | B | ||
| UTF_8 | .txt | B | |||
| UTF_16 | .txt | B | |||
| WMF | .wmf | B | |||
| XFA | Sold as a separate option for PDF Cannot be purchased individually |
O | |||
| XLS | Sold as part of the MS Office Package Cannot be purchased individually |
.xls | yes | O | |
| XLSX | Sold as part of the MS Office Package Cannot be purchased individually |
.xlsx | yes | O |
*Additional Format Information:
AFP: Customize AFP Fonts For Optimal Display
All of our solutions support Font Maps for AFP allowing users to modify properties of their fonts including font type, point size, color, and style. Font maps enable companies to standardize how AFP documents display by overriding the internal font objects with custom fonts and styles. Fonts maps, created as simple ASCII files, ensure that documents display correctly and allow administrators to control the look of documents.
Important: Test Your Documents and Images
Avoid surprises and delays. Snowbound recommends that, as part of your evaluation process, you test your own sample documents against our products. Though we've been in the document business for 23 years, modifications to document formats occur from time to time. Additionally some documents are created that don't precisely conform to standards. We often can modify our products to handle them, but testing in advance will avoid surprises. Please also note that successfully testing one page of a document, or even a whole document, doesn't mean that other documents aren't created differently. For best outcomes, test as many documents as you can.
Snowbound, unlike most of our competitors, develops its own document rendering technology. If in the rare case you come across a problem or non-conforming document or image, we can often quickly fix it. Simply send us as many of the problem documents as you can.