Product Overview

The FolderMill Document Conversion Server provides automated conversion of input documents to PDF, JPEG, TIFF, or other image formats.

The software's ease of use makes it possible to deploy the system in minutes for a large number of users.

The basic idea behind configuration is to create conversion rules. A rule defines the input folder, input document conversion settings as well as the output folder where converted documents will be placed. Individual rules are normally created for different work groups or to address different tasks. A new user connects to the system simply by creating shortcuts to the input and the output folders.

The conversion process is as follows:

• a user would copy a document to a pre-defined input folder
• the system would detect the file and immediately proceed to the conversion
• the converted document would be placed in the output folder

Several conversion "Rules" may be created for a single workgroup (department) each with a certain functionality. For example, a "Rule" may help prepare material for publication whereas another rule creates compact archives.

Product Features and Advantages

• No additional software needed on workstations. The only thing required is to install the FolderMill Conversion Server on a selected network server, to define rules, and to map the desired network folders for selected users in system policies.
• Export into 8 formats. Documents of any type can be exported into Adobe PDF or image files in 7 popular formats: TIFF, JPEG, PNG, PCX, DCX, GIF, or BMP.
• Work with multipage documents. Several documents of various types can be combined into one multipage file.
• Ease of use. The only thing that is required to export documents of any type as PDF or image files of the desired format is to copy them into the input folder. And a few moments later, the converted document will be placed in the output folder.
• Advanced quantization algorithm. An advanced image quantization algorithm produces extremely high quality copy even when converting into a black and white format.
• High resolution. Resolutions of up to 600 DPI produce documents that preserve all the elements of the artwork of advertising materials and the smallest detail on drawings and circuit diagrams.
• Automatic margin cropping. The functionality that automatically eliminates empty margins saves on the editing of images of tables and diagrams before they are placed in presentations or text documents.
• Small system footprint. Small system footprint helps export documents of almost any size with hundreds of pages.
• Flexibility of Settings The software's flexibility helps optimize for document quality and file size. For example, publication to a website requires the smallest possible size. On the other hand, if a document is to be sent to the printer's, high resolution is needed as well as lossless compression.
• Quick configuration. The FolderMill Control Panel makes FolderMIll Document Conversion Server configuration very quick and easy.