Key capabilities

• Streamline PDF file creation

  • A server-based solution, LiveCycle PDF Generator ES can be used to centrally deploy and manage the creation of PDF files across the enterprise. Employees can easily convert most documents created within your organization into the ubiquitous PDF format. If your organization uses PDF documents to share information or as part of an archiving solution, the flexible deployment options in LiveCycle PDF Generator ES will complement your existing core business systems and processes.

• Manage PDF file creation and conversion on a central server

  • LiveCycle PDF Generator ES makes it easy to include centralized PDF file creation within established business applications and processes. With many deployment options — network watched folder, e-mail, web user interface, Windows® client print driver, or Java™ APIs — you can customize how employees create PDF documents. LiveCycle PDF Generator ES creates PDF documents from virtually any file type. Plus, you help ensure that the PDF documents your employees generate are optimized for file size, resolution, and security to support your organization's business processes, corporate guidelines, or government regulations.

• Adapt PDF documents for new purposes

  • LiveCycle PDF Generator ES lets you assemble, disassemble, and manipulate PDF documents. It extends many of the PDF document assembly features of Adobe Acrobat® desktop products to the enterprise server, giving you an automated, high-volume solution for customized communications. Assemble content from diverse sources and file formats into a single PDF package that includes cohesive pagination, indexing, resizing, addition of headers and footers, insertion or deletion of pages, and creation of a table of contents — all according to your publishing requirements.

• Share and store business-critical documents in a consistent format

  • Whether employees are communicating with customers, submitting regulatory filings, or sending final document proofs to print, LiveCycle PDF Generator ES helps your company improve business process efficiency by leveraging a single, standard document format. With the ability to create searchable PDF documents, LiveCycle PDF Generator ES helps you more easily find and access information, as well as comply with government regulations. LiveCycle PDF Generator ES makes it easy to convert PDF documents to other file formats, such as TIFF, PNG, JPEG, and HTML, when those formats are used in corporate systems.

• Comply with archiving standards by converting documents to PDF/A

  • Your organization can simplify content management and streamline archiving processes by automatically converting documents into PDF/A, the ratified ISO standard for long-term archiving of digital records. LiveCycle PDF Generator ES converts selected native file formats, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, to the PDF/A-1a format, while image files and other documents easily convert to the PDF/A-1b format. New with LiveCycle PDF Generator ES Update 1 is the ability to convert large quantities of existing PDF documents into PDF/A-1b, with a validation step that first checks compliance with the standard and then converts the file if necessary. And to preserve digital signatures, LiveCycle PDF Generator ES works in conjunction with LiveCycle Digital Signatures ES to capture signature validation information in the document's metadata and then insert an image of the validated signature before converting it to PDF/A.

• Protect documents by controlling who can access, print, or modify PDF files

  • LiveCycle PDF Generator ES lets you apply basic security settings — such as requiring passwords to open a document — to control how users interact with PDF documents. You can also restrict users' ability to print, copy, modify, or extract content from a document. For advanced security, deploy Adobe LiveCycle Rights Management ES software in concert with LiveCycle PDF Generator ES. With it, organizations can apply persistent confidentiality, privacy, and policy protection to enable access control, revocation, revision control, and audit trails to electronic documents — online or offline, inside or outside the firewall — throughout the document lifecycle.

• Build extended processes with additional solution components

  • LiveCycle PDF Generator ES integrates with other LiveCycle solution components to support enhanced work processes such as document reviews or approval processes involving customers, partners, or suppliers. Route assembled and secured PDF documents to stakeholders for review and resubmission using workflows created with Adobe LiveCycle Process Management ES software. Create and publish certified documents or generate document packages that are ready to be signed with Adobe LiveCycle Digital Signatures ES software. Store PDF files for easy retrieval with Adobe LiveCycle Content Services ES software.

• Create searchable documents from image files

  • LiveCycle PDF Generator ES provides enterprise-class conversion technology that can consume flat image files and make them come alive as searchable PDF files. This is especially useful in compressing and converting from image file formats such as TIFF. The conversion process uses optical character recognition (OCR) to associate character shapes with the characters they represent. When the resulting searchable PDF file is opened in Adobe Reader® software, the document has the same appearance as the original and can be up to ten times smaller than the original file. Users can select the characters (using the text tool) and search for characters, and automated search tools have complete access to the information contained within the document. Adobe's ClearScan technology can be used to achieve compression ratios better than JBIG2 with higher image fidelity and greater OCR accuracy.