Template Driven PDF Production

Using an existing PDF as a template, Infix server can reflow and justify new text into marked areas as well as replace existing artwork & photographs.

PDF templates can be easily created in a matter of minutes using Infix Pro. All template information is then stored within the instrumented PDF documents.
Watch a movie showing how a template is made and used.

One use for this facility is to allow your customers to create their own advertisements on-line. Presented with a selection of example ad-types (PDF templates), users would upload images and text and then instantly review fully print-ready PDF ads generated from their data and template choices.

Automated Folio Management

Publishers and repro houses can use Infix Server to automate the generation of folios without the need to revert to the original page source or applications such as InDesign or Quark.

When integrated into a publishing workflow, the software can instantly respond to changes in magazine layout by automatically re-generating all affected folio lines.

Folios may be as simple or complex as required and can even be created to allow for changes to left/right layout when pages are moved within a publication.

A very simple folio for changing page numbers:
“[P] The Green Review”

A more complex folio for changing page number, magazine name and date on either left or right hand side of the page:

Infix Server searches for the tags you request and replaces them with your alternative text maintaining the font and style of the original tag text. It also offers full control over text alignment and reflow behaviour.|

PDF Imposition & Page Construction

Place existing PDF pages onto other pages. Placed pages are positioned using x,y coordinates and can be scaled to fit within a bounding box. Scaling can be controlled within pre-set limits to ensure pages are not over or undersized during automatic placement.

Automated Cropping

Use Infix Server to automatically crop all incoming PDF material. The software looks for all the standard graphical and meta-data means of determining media and trim boxes and uses them. Failing that, it employs a set of heuristics which reliably deliver accurately cropped jobs from any PDF supplier.

Variable Data Printing

Infix Server can search for and replace text within an existing PDF, seamlessly reflowing and rejustifying the completed text.

By adding simple macros or “call-outs” such as [NAME] or [DEPARTMENT] to an existing document, sophisticated variable-data documents can be prepared. Call-outs can be added to the source document (InDesign, Illustrator, MSWord etc.) or to the PDFs you produce using Infix.

Using Iceni’s unique PDF text reflow engine, callouts can be placed on their own, within existing paragraphs or even within text that flows across columns and pages.

Accurate reflow & automatic text fitting ensure that text replacements occur seamlessly and are undetectable by the customer.

PDF Editing SDK

A simple C/C++ API enables you to embed the PDF editing functionality of Infix Server into your own software either for in-house use or resale. The demo download of Infix Server includes the SDK and documentation to enable you to begin integrating straight away. If you need any technical assistance, we are glad to help.

If you wish to resell products incorporating Infix Server or the SDK, please get in touch.

Infix Pro and Infix Server

Infix Pro offers a suit of specialised features for preparing PDF documents for use with Infix Server.

These include defining behaviour for target text and images for when they are replaced by Infix Server (reflow behaviour, fitting, scaling and cropping).

Infix Pro also enables the creation of unique ‘elastic’ templates – PDFs that grow to accommodate the dynamic content placed within them. Especially useful for creating display-ad templates into which text can be flowed. Infix Server will intelligently re-size the ad, its borders, artwork, crop and trim boxes to produce a finished ad.

• Template driven PDF creation.
• Variable data printing
• PDF imposition / Compositing
• Upload your own templates and try them out

Clients can customise their own corporate stationary by converting their artwork into PDF templates.

Newspaper Construction

1. Change folio on-the-fly
2. Insert & scale advertising
3. Insert and re-number pages

Convert existing ads to templates using Infix Pro. Templates are ordinary PDFs with additional embedded information for use by Infix Server.

Automated real-estate ads- new text is imported into a template and automatically reflowed together with new images to produce the finished ad in seconds.