Miraplacid Publisher 2008

Why convert documetns to images or PDF?

You might need to convert you document to image or PDF when:

you need to publish it on the Web or in your intranet

to back it up for later reference

to send read-only copy by email

Miraplacid Publisher vs. PrintScreen button

Converting document to image with PrintScreen button might be a challenge when:

document has multiple pages

you need high resolution image with fine details

you need some image processing like resizing and gamma correction

you need it all to work automatically

How it works

With Miraplacid Publisher software you can convert (print) any document to an image or web presentation. Anyone can open your document across a broad range of hardware and software, and it will look exactly as you intended - with layout, fonts, and images intact. No one can modify or copy and paste your texts.
After installation on your PC, Miraplacid Publisher appears as a new virtual printer in your system. All the documents you print to this "printer" will be opened in a preview dialog. You scale the image, adjust hue, saturation and value, get rid of unused white borders, and do some other image processing. Then you can save resulting images to disk, upload to FTP or HTTP server, email, or print them to a real printer.
Miraplacid Publisher supports following output formats: PDF, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, PNG, TGA and Web Presentation. When redirecting to a printer, reduce saturation to save color cartridge or increase value to save black ink. Use borders detector in manual mode to set printing area when you need to print only the document part you need.
Miraplacid Publisher 2008 adds icon to desktop. All the documents you drag and drop to this icon will be printed behind the scenes and processed by Miraplacid Publihser. Turn "Auto Send" on if you want Miraplacid Publisher to send images to chosen destinations without waiting for your input. Filenames and paths of the resulting files can be constructed using special tags: {{TERMINAL}}, {{DOCNAME}}, {{EXT}}, {{USER}}, {{MACHINE}}, {{SYSFOLDER}}, {{PAGE}}, {{IDENTITY}}, {{JOB}}, {{DATE}} or {{TIME}}. They will be replaced with appropriate values.
Miraplacid Publisher is integration-ready software. All the settings can be easily managed from your software or script.

If you wish to use Publisher in Terminal Services environment, please, use special Terminal Edition of Publisher.

If you wish to use Publisher as integrated part of your own product, please, use Miraplacid Publisher SDK.

OS supported: Windows 2000/XP/2003/XP 64-bit/Vista 32/64 bit
Input formats supported: Any printable documents
Installation: Easy 5-seconds installation
Trial period: 15 days

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Miraplacid Publisher (Image Printer Driver) setup dialog

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Registered customers of Miraplacid Publisher versions 5.x can purchase version 2008 as an upgrade for only 9.45 USD.

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Price:	69.95 USD (1 - 4 licenses)
	54.95 USD (5 - 19 licenses)
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Trial period:	15 days

New in version 2008

Printing speed improved a lot.
Microsoft Windows Vista and 64-bit Windows support. Vista security requirements compatible.
Better Image Preview Window.
Better settings management system. Now you can create multiple virtual printers with different settings. For instance, you can create "PDF" printer to convert to PDF and "JPG" printer to save JPEGs.
Sending result images by email.
GIF format support, including Animated GIF.
HTTP transport updated to support HTTPS.
FTP now creates nested folders.
Personal settings and settings for all users support.

New in version 5.2

Threading model improved. This allows you to print faster.
Publisher now uses per user settings. Each user will have his own Publisher settings.
COM model slightly changed.
"Default" printer added to printer list in Printer transport.
Minor fixes made in Publisher and documentation.
New date and time formats applied.

New in version 5.1

Version 5.1 works faster.
New "Document name" option added to FTP and HTTP transports.
New CancelAllJobs method added to COM object model.
Fixed TIFF graphics format.
Some minor fixes made.

New in version 5.0

Now, beside the sending to file and redirecting to printer, you can upload result images to FTP and HTTP servers. Moreover, you can do it all at the same time. Meaning, you can save result image to disk and print it to printer.
Better preview window with scroll and zoom.
Custom paper sizes support.
Better scripting support.

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Online documentation

Discuss Miraplacid Publisher (Image Printer Driver) at our forum.
If you need support or have questions/suggestions, contact us via e-mail support@miraplacid.com

PDF comments

There are two ways to create PDF file from a document - text-based and image-based. The difference is in text representation. You can save text and font settings or you can convert text to a raster image and save the Image. Image-based PDF is usually produce slightly larger file, but it is guaranteed to look identically on every computer. Miraplacid Publisher and Miraplacid Screen Capture work with snapshot image copies of documents rather than with text documents itself. That is why Miraplacid products produce image-based PDF files rather than text-based. If you have concerns about PDF file size, please use appropriate software from Adobe or third party vendors. We recommend you to choose software able to convert your document format directly to text-based PDF file for better results.
PDF files generated by Miraplacid Publisher are compatible with Adobe Acrobat Reader version 4, 5, 6 and 7.