Universal Document Converter

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Universal Document Converter
Developer(s) fCoder Group, Inc.
Initial release10 August 2000;24 years ago (2000-08-10) [1]
Stable release
6.8 / December 18, 2017;6 years ago (2017-12-18) [2]
Operating system Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server
Size 22.9 MB
Available in11 languages
List of languages
English, Russian, German, Japanese, Italian, French, Spanish, Ukrainian, Portuguese, Dutch, Arabic
Type Virtual printer
License Proprietary commercial software
Website www.print-driver.com

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.

Contents

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.

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

System requirements

SDK

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

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References

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