Kofax Communication Server KCS Document Conversion Technical Manual Version: 10.3.0 Date: 2019-12-13 © 2019 Kofax. All rights reserved. Kofax is a trademark of Kofax, Inc., registered in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form without the prior written permission of Kofax. Table of Contents Chapter 1: Preface...................................................................................................................................... 7 Purpose...............................................................................................................................................7 Third Party Licenses................................................................................................................7 Usage..................................................................................................................................................7 Feature Comparison (Links Versus TWS)......................................................................................... 8 Conversion Tools................................................................................................................................ 8 Imgio.......................................................................................................................................10 File Formats......................................................................................................................................10 Document Conventions.................................................................................................................... 11 Chapter 2: Overview................................................................................................................................. 12 Image to TCI Conversion................................................................................................................. 12 Document Conversion...................................................................................................................... 12 Chapter 3: Image to TCI Conversion...................................................................................................... 13 Purpose.............................................................................................................................................13 Components......................................................................................................................................13 File Types......................................................................................................................................... 13 PDF Files..........................................................................................................................................14 Postscript and PCL Files..................................................................................................................14 Input Formats.........................................................................................................................15 Output Formats......................................................................................................................15 Error Codes............................................................................................................................15 EPFAX.INI File.......................................................................................................................20 Supported Font Types........................................................................................................... 26 Provided Fonts.......................................................................................................................26 Installation of Additional Postscript Fonts............................................................................. 26 Output Resolution.................................................................................................................. 26 Option to Reject Invalid PCL Files........................................................................................27 PCL Conversion Performance...............................................................................................27 Output Resolution.............................................................................................................................27 Configuration.....................................................................................................................................27 Error Handling...................................................................................................................................30 Troubleshooting.................................................................................................................................31 Trace Files............................................................................................................................. 31 Chapter 4: Document Conversion...........................................................................................................32 3 Kofax Communication Server KCS Document Conversion Technical Manual Purpose.............................................................................................................................................32 Components......................................................................................................................................32 Operation Mode................................................................................................................................33 Background Mode..................................................................................................................33 Test Mode vs. Productive Mode............................................................................................33 Application Control............................................................................................................................34 Overview................................................................................................................................ 35 Applications............................................................................................................................ 35 Controlling an Application via Shell Execute.........................................................................35 Stopping Applications............................................................................................................ 36 Exclusive Locking.................................................................................................................. 37 Default Printer Changes........................................................................................................ 37 Output Formats.................................................................................................................................38 TCI..........................................................................................................................................38 Plain Text............................................................................................................................... 38 TIFF........................................................................................................................................39 PDF........................................................................................................................................ 39 Kofax Converter................................................................................................................................48 Multiple Instances.................................................................................................................. 48 Normalize PDF Documents to PDF/A...................................................................................49 PDF XFA Forms.................................................................................................................... 49 MSG and EML Format.......................................................................................................... 50 Advanced Configuration.........................................................................................................50 Trace Files............................................................................................................................. 54 Error Handling...................................................................................................................................55 Failed Documents..................................................................................................................55 Applications............................................................................................................................ 55 Temporary Files..................................................................................................................... 56 Configuration.....................................................................................................................................57 Registry Keys.........................................................................................................................57 Converting Additional Document Types................................................................................ 65 Troubleshooting.................................................................................................................................67