SwiftView Tools Product Announcements

SwiftPublish Version 2.8 adds integral PDF import, TIFF/PDF export, color, and enhanced "watched folders".
SwiftPublish is a Microsoft Windows tool to convert PDF, Microsoft Office(TM), HTML, or other Windows documents to searchable, distributable, print-ready, and archive-ready PCL, TIFF, or PDF files. Just print to the SwiftPublish "virtual printer", copy files to an "import directory", or run a simple batch file conversion utility. Configurable output filenames and automatic program invocation make it easy to integrate SwiftPublish into your print, document management, and archiving workflows.

SwiftView and SwiftConvert Version 8.3.5.2:

Version 8.3.5.2 is a thoroughly field-tested bugfix release of version 8.3, and is a strongly recommended upgrade for all customers. Version 8.3.5.2 highlights:
- Supports eLynx WPS .elx document files, and is the new standard WPS viewer.
- A critical security update to ActiveX control and browser plugin. For an overview, please read the eLynx security bulletin or Security issue FAQ
- Mixed letter/legal printing on single-tray printers.
- Searchable text in tiff files.
Version 8.3 highlights:
- PDF/A-1b compliant output. SwiftView now converts PCL, HPGL, and TIFF to PDF/A, a new ISO standard PDF subset that ensures the long-term usability of archived documents.
- Secure, passworded PDF output
- Windows Vista and IE7 support
- Dynamic control from JavaScript in Firefox/Mozilla/Opera browser plugin, via ICS commands
- Many printing improvements, e.g. PCL edge-to-edge and custom paper size handling, improved PostScript output
- Improved duplex handling. Optimized printing of duplexed files on duplex and simplex printers
- Input tray mapping. Input tray selection is configurable for your printer
- Customer-installable TrueType fonts, e.g. for barcodes
- Complete color printing support including HPGL and markup (Pro Viewer and SwiftConvert only)
- SwiftConvert reads streamed PCL and HPGL data from a pipe, improving embedded rendering performance
- Verified memory and resource management for continuous conversion operations.
Customers with current maintenance may install 8.3.5.2 now.
Download a free 30-day trial of 8.3.5.2 here.

SwiftView/SwiftConvert release notes (to view, Install SwiftView)

Previous Announcements:

SwiftView and SwiftConvert Version 8.2:

Version 8.2 highlights:
- SwiftView Pro and SwiftConvert now output smaller PDF and TIFF files in many cases:
  - New JBIG2 compression makes most PCL text files converted to PDF at least 3 times smaller than in version 8.1. Large files with a lot of text will achieve even better compression, up to 10x or more. This was accomplished via participitation in Google's new open-source JBIG2 technology initiative.
  - Automatically selects the best PDF/TIFF compression format for each color or monochrome page.
- New SwiftConvert features assist in conversion workflows, especially under the new Directory Monitor
- New SwiftView Viewer and SwiftConvert features:
  - TrueType fonts can be installed to support custom PCL symbol sets. This enables printing of specialized characters (such as barcodes) without installing font cartridges in the printer or including download fonts in the PCL file.
  - Improved rendering accuracy, especially HPGL text
  - Color and transparent markups now print correctly to all output formats
  - Improved viewer compatibility with the FireFox browser
  - Internet Explorer 7 viewer compatability, as of IE7 Release Candidate 7.0.5700.6
Customers with current maintenance may install 8.3.5 now.
Download a free 30-day trial of 8.3.5 here.

SwiftView/SwiftConvert release notes (to view, Install SwiftView)

SwiftExtract, the batch PCL page extractor, is now a member of the SwiftConvert product family, and is deployed as a licensing option to the SwiftView Viewer/SwiftConvert program. This enables:
- using SwiftConvert's simple command structure and page selection features in SwiftExtract
- adding fast random PCL page access to SwiftConvert
- reducing the price of SwiftExtract to $2495
- bundling SwiftExtract and SwiftConvert for $3495

SwiftView and SwiftConvert Version 8.1:

Version 8.1 has numerous new features and improvements. Here are some highlights. The following improvements are only in SwiftView Pro viewer and SwiftConvert:
- Conversion performance improvements, especially for Windows print of landscape files
- Output hpgl/markup in color to PCL, PDF, TIFF, and PNG files
- SwiftConvert can now be executed by a Windows service
The following improvements are in SwiftView Standard and Pro viewers and SwiftConvert:
- Generalized output size control for all save and print drivers; permits, e.g., fixed-size TIFF output and mixed letter+legal FAX output.
- PCL duplex handling fully implemented, including display of duplex informtion.
- Major improvements to PCL and HPGL rendering accuracy, e.g. text spaces and HPGL text.
- Generalized page-per-file file numbering, e.g. mytiff01.tif

SwiftReprint discontinued:
SwiftReprint is no longer available. Some of it's features have been incorporated into SwiftView Pro. Email sales@swiftview.com if you need markup editing, emailing of files, or manual SwiftStamping capability.

SwiftView Pro viewer
Builds on SwiftView Standard with high-performance, high-resolution color PCL viewing, extraction and conversion. Highlights:
- Manually export as PDF, TIFF, PNG, or plain text.
- View and print COLOR PCL5 and PCL6 files. The most complete PCL support available.
- Manually print or save ranges of pages from a PCL file in their original PCL format.
Upgrades to Pro are available at a special price to customers with current maintenance and support. Please email licensing@swiftview.com for upgrade pricing. Regular Pro pricing .

SwiftView and SwiftConvert Version 8.0.2:
The following new features are available only in SwiftView Pro and SwiftConvert:
- Render at 600 DPI for display, print, and conversion.
- View and print COLOR PCL5 files in full color.
- Export and convert to PDF, PCL, and TIFF in color.
- Export and convert searchable PDF from searchable PCL/HPGL documents.
- Tailor your output with the new Export options menu.
The following new features are also included in SwiftView Standard:
- View any PCL file: SwiftView now renders accurately on nearly all PCL and non-raster HPGL files, without compromising SwiftView's industry-leading speed.
- View and print PCL5 color files in monochrome, just as on newer monochrome PCL printers.
- Access the GUI configuration menu from the ActiveX control and web browser plugins.
- Configure PCL printer front panel settings and printer type by right-clicking on the toolbar.

SwiftReprint version 2.6.1 (update for existing customers only):
- New Markup editing features - move/delete existing markups.
- Easier-to-use markup with menu shortcuts and "Keep Tool" mode.

SwiftConvert
Programmatically convert any number of PCL, HPGL or TIFF files to PDF, PostScript, PCL, Raster HPGL, PNG, plain text, CALS, PCX, or TIFF.
reduced SwiftStamp Batch pricing.
Now anyone can afford to distribute documents for free viewing and printing with SwiftView.
SwiftView Viewer and SwiftConvert version 7.1.2.4:
- 35 new features and many bug fixes since version 7.0.
- First SwiftConvert release, including conversion to PDF and PNG.
- Available on Microsoft Windows, Linux, Solaris, HPUX, SCO, and IBM AIX.
- XP Service Pack 2 compatibility.
- Foxfire browser support.
- Print multiple ranges of pages, even/odd pages, in reverse order.
- Enhanced printing of custom and mixed paper sizes.
- View TIFF-LZW files.
- Support additional PCL and markup symbol sets, such as barcode fonts.
- Updated French, German, Italian, and Spanish translations.
SwiftView release notes.
SwiftReprint version 2.5.1 (update for existing customers only):
- Instantly compose an email message with your document pre-attached.
- Easier-to-use markup with menu shortcuts and "Keep Tool" mode.
- Instant first-time extraction of the first few pages of a large PCL file (SwiftReprint uses SwiftConvert 7.1).
SwiftReprint release notes.
SwiftPublish version 2.5.1:
- Fully searchable and copyable text from most Windows applications.
- Citrix/Terminal Server compatibility.

SwiftView viewer Version 7.0.1 with Color PCL 6, Mozilla/Netscape 7 support, improved markup and printing, web-based fonts+forms, and more.

Features in SwiftView Version 7.0.1:

Mozilla and Netscape 7 are now fully supported by the SwiftView Windows plugin.
Color PCL 6 document support. The SwiftView viewer now supports PCL version 6, including color PCL6 files. Now you can make any Windows document into a print-perfect, portable PCL document file. See the press release for more information.
Fonts On Demand.
Macros On Demand. We've made a great tool for presenting form-based reports on-line even better. Browser-based Windows SwiftView can now automatically download from a web server any macros or fonts required by a PCL document. The fonts and macros are cached by the browser, so only need to be downloaded once for any number of delivered documents. This enables on-line forms to be implemented just as they often are in real printers, with pre-installed fonts and macros. It also gives improved accuracy and performance for documents that depend on printer-resident fonts, without requiring a custom installation of SwiftView.
Enhanced text search. SwiftView can now search for text in more file formats, from more sources, faster, while using less memory. Its sophisticated text analysis capability has expanded to include text export with full character position information.
Intelligent Printing. SwiftView takes full advantage of the fact that PCL and HPGL are actual print streams, and prints using the most precise and efficient printing method possible for your printer. If you have a LaserJet or HPGL-compatible printer or plotter, the printout IS the original document - no print driver or distiller gets in the way to change its appearance. PCL and SwiftView preserve the page layout of your original printed document, including mixed page sizes and duplexing. No other portable document format, including Acrobat and PDF, can do all this!