PEERNET has sold a version of Raster Image Printer for the last 20 years, yet the release of Raster Image Printer 12 marks one of the most dramatic overhauls to how the virtual printer operates behind the scenes and to how the user interact with the virtual printer. Raster Image Printer 12 includes a wide range of major improvements and new features. Some that users have been asking for, and others that we've been planning for awhile and we hope will be a welcomed surprise.
Raster Image Printer now includes a user interface that is modern, clean and easy-to-use. There is a Dashboard, which is the hub for Raster Image Printer where users can edit their conversion settings, manage their printers and access licensing tools. In addition, the Dashboard provides quick access help and resources.
With Raster Image Printer 12 we've introduced the concept of Profiles, which are a group of settings used to create the output file you want. These can be created and edited through our brand new Profile Manager interface. When created or editing a Profile within Profile Manager, users will have access to all output settings available in previous versions of Raster Image Printer as well as newly added features such as filename creation, stamping, and document information. Another brand new utility with Raster Image Printer 12 is Printer Management, which allows users to copy, create, delete, and rename instances of Raster Image Printer without having to work with the Devices and Printers menu.
In addition to all of these front end additions, Raster Image Printer 12 includes major driver improvements chiefly TIFF quality improvements to produce clearer text in output files. Perhaps the most significant improvement is that Raster Image Printer can now produce both searchable and non-searchable PDF files. The ability to create searchable PDF files has been long requested and we are pleased to be able to include this feature in Raster Image Printer 12.
New starting with Raster Image Printer 12.0.020 is the ability to perform OCR or Optical Character Recognition, when creating PDF files and images. OCR attempts to recognize the text on scanned pages or on images and extract it as digital text. With this new feature, you can now create fully searchable PDF files from scanned PDF documents. You can also save the recognized text from the PDF as hOCR, Text, and ALTO OCR files. When creating an image instead of a PDF, the recognized text is output to hOCR, Text, and ALTO OCR files.
Existing Raster Image Printer users
If you are upgrading from an earlier version of Raster Image Printer this chapter will help you to understand the new features and changes that have been made to Raster Image Printer. These changes will make working with Raster Image Printer more accessible and efficient, but if you need assistance re-creating your printer settings once you upgrade to Raster Image Printer 12 do not hesitate to reach out to the PEERNET team. We hope you enjoy the new version and we are here to answer any questions about the changes that you may have.
New Raster Image Printer users
If you are a new Raster Image Printer user, we recommend getting started with our Basic Conversions chapter. The tutorials in that chapter will walk you through the basic instructions on how to create a Color TIFF, Black and White TIFF, Faxable TIFF, Searchable Adobe PDF, Non-Searchable Adobe PDF, or JPEG Images using the system profiles that we provide with Raster Image Printer. Subsequently, we recommend reviewing our Working with Raster Image Printer chapter for step-by-step instructions on how to create personal profiles that enable and configure specific settings offered by Raster Image Printer.
