Universal Document Converter

Universal Document Converter is a virtual printer and PDF creator for Microsoft Windows developed by fCoder Group. It can create PDF documents (as raster images or searchable text) and files in graphic formats JPEG, TIFF, PNG, GIF, PCX, DCX and BMP.[3] It can create graphic or PDF files from any document that can be printed. There are full and demo versions.

Universal Document Converter
Developer(s)fCoder Group, Inc.
Initial release10 August 2000 (2000-08-10)[1]
Stable release
6.8 / December 18, 2017 (2017-12-18)[2]
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server
Size22.9 Mb
Available in11 languages
List of languages
English, Russian, German, Japanese, Italian, French, Spanish, Ukrainian, Portuguese, Dutch, Arabic
TypeVirtual printer
LicenseProprietary commercial software
Websitewww.print-driver.com

System requirements
  • Supports 32-bit and 64-bit systems
  • Universal Document Converter does not require GhostScript to generate the PDF files.
  • Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10 or Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008/2012

Features

Universal Document Converter is able to create large size files (print with resolution up to 6000 DPI and PDF files up to 10 Gb since 2009) and can be used in professional projects.

  • In 2006 Universal Document Converter 4.1 was tested for DELOS Digital Preseravtion Testbed project (Vienna University of Technology study on Long-Term Preservation of Electronic Theses and Dissertations) along with Adobe Acrobat 7 Professional[4]
  • В 2009 Harvard Planning & Project Management of Harvard University had included Universal Document Converter as one of the programs recommended for DWG to TIFF conversion[5]

Universal Document Converter can also be used to create e-books.[6][7]

SDK

A public API is distributed with Universal Document Converter. It allows to integrate the software functions into third-party applications.[8][9]

References
  1. Official gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Trademarks. v.1318:no.1/pt.2 2007:May 1. p. 1184
  2. "Version History of Universal Document Converter". Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  3. "Supported Formats - Universal Document Converter". Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  4. "Evaluating Preservation Strategies for Electronic Theses and Dissertations" (PDF). 2013-11-25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-16. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
  5. "CAD and Image Standards for Construction Documentation" (PDF). 2009-09-15. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
  6. Mackenthun, Gerald (2014-11-11). Self Publishing: Kurzanleitungen für Kindle, ePub, Epubli, BoD, CreateSpace, ISBN, VLB und DNB. ISBN 978-3738609615. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
  7. Demaris, Stella (2007-02-19). Come impaginare libri cartacei ed e-book con Word. ISBN 978-1-311-21140-8. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
  8. "Developer Solutions - Universal Document Converter".
  9. "Developer Solutions - Universal Document Converter (old web-site with examples in different programming languages)".
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