Configuring the PDFIN filter

The procedure for configuring a PDFIN filter is the same as for all other types of filter chain filters. See the Design Center documentation for information about filter chains. If you want to load a PDF file as a sample in the PreformatIN tool, you must also configure the PDFIN filter settings. See the PreformatIN documentation for information on how to load samples.

Settings
OwnerPassword	The password to enter if the PDF input document is protected by an owner password.
UserPassword	The password to enter if the PDF input document is protected by a user password.
Font Mapping File Name	A mapping table where PDF font names are mapped to Windows font names. See The font mapping table. The mapping table must be included in the same resource set as the filter chain (that includes the PDFIN filter).
SDF binary output	Select Yes to deliver the output from the filter in binary format. Select No to deliver the output from the filter in XML based LXF format.
Produce output even when error occurs	Specify whether you want the PDFIN filter to create output even if an error occurs.
Consolidate separate text labels when possible	Specify whether you want the PDFIN filter to consolidate text fragments in the LXF output. See Consolidating text below.
Use Windows fonts when available	Specify whether to use fonts in the Windows fonts folder. If enabled, StreamServer will first search for fonts in the Windows fonts folder and then, if a font is not found, in the data\fonts folder in the working directory. If disabled, StreamServer will only search for fonts in the data\fonts folder. This will enhance performance if the input consists of large volumes of small PDF files. Note that you must make sure all used fonts are included in the export. See also Font handling.
Embed fonts	Specify whether to embed fonts in the LXF output from the PDFIN filter. • No – Do not embed any fonts. • Only missing fonts – Embed fonts that are missing on the machine where you run the PDFIN filter. • All fonts – Embed all fonts.

Consolidating text

When the Consolidate option is disabled, each paragraph section in the PDF is by default converted to several text fragments in the LXF output from the PDFIN filter.

Figure 1

Consolidation option disabled.

When the Consolidate option is enabled, each line of text in the PDF is consolidated into the same text fragment in the LXF output from the PDFIN filter.

Figure 2

Consolidation option enabled.