new toolbar layout that more closely matches FinePrint

you can now set the PDF doc info title directly from the Jobs tab

Ctrl-0 (zero) now returns the display to 100% zoom

fixed problems imaging accented Arabic, Hebrew, and Thai characters

Microsoft Publisher 2010 no longer erroneously shows the "Manual 2 Sided
   Printing" duplex mode when printing to pdfFactory

using the "Send" button to send email using Outlook 2007 or 2010 no longer causes a Security dialog to be presented

fixed problems with printing double-sided to a physical printer

when autosave is disabled, pdfFactory now offers the option of presenting a Yes/No/Cancel dialog when the main window is closed. Yes ==> Save As No ==> close the window Cancel ==> leave the window up to use this feature, just set "Ask before saving if file is larger than 0 MB", then disable autosave.

fixed problems with the "Save settings on close" setting

installing pdfFactory 4 onto a system where pdfFactory 3 is installed no longer breaks the pdfFactory 3 uninstaller

the Add/Remove Programs entry for pdfFactory now shows the version number and date of installation

fixed a DLL error that happened when printing from some 32-bit applications under 64-bit Windows

fixed a bug where sometimes Setup did not create the pdfFactory printer

fixed a crash that sometimes occurred when multiple characters were deleted

hyphens now work correctly in URLs and other links

the printer shortcut in the Send To folder is now created correctly under Vista and Windows 7

the thumbnail tooltips that appear when you click and drag the scroll bar are now larger

you can now easily hide or show the left panel with a single click on the arrow button in between the two panels

you can now set encryption, font embedding, and the PDF document title directly from the Jobs tab (as well as in their respective dialog boxes)

(Pro only) checking/unchecking the "Stamp set" and Letterhead checkboxes no longer causes the Jobs tab to flash unnecessarily

(Pro only) when necessary, "mailto:" is now automatically included to a link destination that is an email address

(Pro only) the "Create new pdfFactory printer" command in the File menu no longer requires administrative privileges under Windows Vista and Windows 7

(Server Edition) right-clicking in the Users list now allows you to copy the list to the clipboard. You can paste the results into Excel and create reports.

(Server Edition) propagation of settings to non-admin users now works correctly under all supported versions of Windows (including Windows Server 2008 R2) and no longer triggers driver updates

(Server Edition) the "Create new pdfFactory printer" command in the File menu no longer requires administrative privileges under Windows Vista and Windows 7

Jobs tab added

Security setting is now persistent

Send problems fixed

toolbar user interface

(Pro only) copy, hilite, redact text

(Pro only) copy, delete, save graphics

(Pro only) link dictionary converts any text to URL link

(Pro only) select text for bookmark level added

Windows 9x/Me is no longer supported

Windows NT 4 is no longer supported

the correct icon is now displayed in the Windows 7 task bar

fixed problems in the uninstaller under Windows 7

fonts which are installed on the system are no longer unnecessarily embedded in the FP file

fixed problems imaging small images from Microsoft Project

fixed problems where words were sometimes printed too close to each other

fixed problems where text output was sometimes erased or partially erased when multiple print jobs were imaged into a single PDF file

the "Always embed all fonts" setting is now properly saved when you change it

fixed a crash that sometimes happened when the print job name is very long

fixed a problem where sometimes a password was required to open the PDF file even though no password was specified in the Security tab

letterheads and stamp sets that overlap each other are now imaged correctly

stamp sets are now positioned onscreen and in the PDF file based on the margins of the pdfFactory printer (as set in the "Metrics" tab in Printing Preferences)

combined the 32-bit and 64-bit releases into a single downloadable file

(Server Edition only) fixed a problem where incorrect characters were sometimes added to the Servers list in the "Configure Server" dialog

fixed problems imaging embedded TrueType fonts which contain incomplete tables

ompatibility changes for FinePrint 6.10

Server Edition only) Fixed problems where sometimes the Client Folder settings were not correctly propagated from the server to the clients

Server Edition only) Fixed problems where stationery were sometimes not correctly propagated from the server to the clients

fixed "CreateFile" and "CreateFileMapping" errors

fixed "GetFontData" errors that happened with some unusual TrueType fonts- fixed "CreateFile" and "CreateFileMapping" errors

PDF level 1.3 is no longer supported

(Pro only) PDF/A-1b format is now supported. PDF/A-1b can be selected on the Settings tab (in the "PDF level" combo box) or by clicking on the PDF pane of the status bar.

(Pro only) 40-bit encryption is no longer supported

(Pro only) the Appearance button is back on the Settings tab

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fixed installation errors in AddPrinterDriver and AddPrinter that happened on some systems

now properly handles the case where a user logoff or system shutdown is started while the FinePrint window is open

Windows 7 is now supported

text runs can now be longer than 255 characters

(Server Edition) improved propagation of printer settings (e.g. paper size, "Do not show dialog") from the server to the clients

bitmaps with RLE compression now image correctly

fixed incorrect character widths when imaging certain Central European characters

fixed text spacing problems when imaging content from Excel 2007

(Pro only) the Jobs list now grows or shrinks automatically when print jobs are added or deleted

(Server Edition only) fixed problems that sometimes happened when standard users attempted to upgrade to a newer version of the product

bitmaps with RLE compression now image correctly

(Pro only) added a Grayscale option to the Jobs tab

fixed display problems in the Printing Preferences dialog

non-ANSI characters in OpenType fonts with Type 1 outlines are now imaged
   correctly in the PDF file

(Pro only) fixed problems displaying right-to-left text in stationery

fixed a CFpFile Error 7 that sometimes happened with embedded or Symbol fonts

fixed problems imaging content drawn with PATINVERT

(Server Edition only) fixed communication problems that sometimes prevented the Licensing tab from seeing other servers running pdfFactory

(Server Edition only) new "Configuration..." button on the Licensing tab for easily configuring a multi-server installation of pdfFactory

fixed redraw problems in the driver UI under Vista

(Server Edition only) Improved Citrix compatibility by issuing licenses based on the current logged-in user name, not the client computer name

use 32-bit coordinates in FP files when necessary

display the reg code in the About tab

fixed dispatcher problems that sometimes happened when print jobs arrive in rapid succession, or that caused "Dispatcher not found" errors under Windows Vista

fixed problems displaying complex clipped content

rotated text on rotated landscape pages now displays correctly

fixed a problem where PDF files printed with the Shift key held down (quick bypass) sometimes appeared with incorrect Symbol fonts

fixed dispatcher problems that sometimes happened when print jobs arrive in rapid succession

fixed a resource DLL error that happened on some systems

fixed problems with print job names containing double byte characters

fixed problems imaging complex layered line art from Visio

PDF level 1.2 files (Acrobat 3.0) are no longer produced by default

Chinese TrueType fonts with Big5 encoding are now imaged correctly

fixed problems that caused PDF files to sometimes print incorrectly to Postscript printers (e.g. Xerox Phaser 4400 series)

fixed problems with custom paper sizes

improved the imaging of pattern fills, e.g. from Microsoft Project

fixed problems imaging PNG files from Windows Picture And Fax Viewer

fixed onscreen display problems when scaling monochrome bitmaps

fixed onscreen display problems when printer margins are set to zero

(Pro only) fixed a crash that sometimes occurred when imaging stamp sets

(Pro only) bookmarks generated automatically from header text now appear at the correct level when automatic job bookmarks are enabled

(Server Edition only) fixed a crash that sometimes happened when viewing the Test window from the Appearance tab

(Server Edition only) fixed problems with the /quiet option to SETUP

fixed a resource DLL error that happened on some systems

fixed problems with print job names containing double byte characters

fixed problems communicating with the dispatcher under Windows Vista

fixed problems imaging masked bitmaps which use SRCAND and SRCPAINT

fixed an "AddPrinterDriver failed" error that happened during installation on some Windows XP systems

headers, footers, and watermarks can now contain environment variables. The syntax is <%VariableName%>, e.g. <%SystemRoot%>.

fixed errors that occurred when print job names contain certain non-ANSI characters

fixed problems with the pdfFactory Settings dialog box when both FinePrint and pdfFactory are installed

fixed errors that sometimes occurred when the current logged on user's name
contains double byte characters

fixed a crash that sometimes occurred when editing print settings from the
Settings tab in Printing Preferences

now works with Windows Vista

(Server Edition only) the Client Folders dialog now lets you specify one
group of settings for Citrix/Terminal Server/Remote Desktop clients and
another for regular Windows clients

fixed problems imaging the TrueType font News Gothic GDB Regular

fixed problems imaging certain types of filled polygons

(Pro only) Page Tags containing double byte characters now image correctly

(Pro only) fixed problems with the <TotalPages> tag when "Start page numbers at" is specified

(Server Edition only) the installer now lets you choose which Windows platforms printer drivers will be installed for

(Server Edition only) fixed problems with entering license codes when pdfFactory 2.x and 3.x are installed on the same server

(Pro Server Edition only) client folder settings can now be applied to an individual pdfFactory printer instead of to all pdfFactory printers

(Pro Server Edition only) if pdfFactory Pro v2.x is already on the server where v3.x is being installed, then the v3.x installer automatically updates all existing shared printers from v2.x to v3.x

fixed problems imaging styled lines

released

improved imaging of dashed and dotted lines

fixed problems imaging embedded fonts in print jobs sent from FinePrint to
pdfFactory

the AutoSave folder is now properly trimmed back to size even when the
pdfFactory dialog is suppressed

rotated fonts on an opaque background are now imaged correctly both onscreen
and in the PDF file

new and improved "Email settings" functionality on the Settings tab

Lucida Calligraphy and Lucida Handwriting are now imaged properly when not embedded

improved the imaging of transparent fills

fixed problems imaging complex layered graphics in CAD drawings

accented characters in Type 1 fonts are now imaged correctly when the fonts are embedded

initial release for 64-bit Windows (x64 only)

- (Server Edition) computer names longer than 16 characters are now supported

- fixed problems imaging vertical writing in Asian languages

- fixed problems embedding some versions of the Optima (Type 1) font

fixed problems imaging the TradeGothic family of fonts

fixed problems imaging certain kinds of color graphics from Powerpoint

Russian Type 1 fonts (e.g. Minion Cyrillic) are now imaged correctly

fixed problems imaging compound consonant + vowel Hindi glyphs

fixed problems imaging opaque rectangles when drawing text

fixed a "GetUserName failed" error that sometimes happpened under Windows 9x/Me

fixed problems imaging transparent content (R2_MASKPEN) from AutoCAD, Word, etc.

fixed problems imaging yellow highlighted text from ScanSoft Paperport

fixed problems imaging bar code fonts

fixed a problem with the "% complete" display when converting very large documents

fixed problems imaging vertical writing in Asian languages

(Server Edition) fixed license allocation problems when printing from remote Citrix Web clients

(Pro Server Edition) automatic bookmarks are now generated even when the Bookmarks UI is suppressed via the Appearance tab

Type 1 fonts are now supported (requires Windows NT/2000/XP/2003)

fixed problems with missing text output when PDF files are printed from Acrobat 7

- fixed problems imaging white text on a nonwhite background when printed from the Acrobat viewer

- (Server Edition) the Appearance tab item for suppressing the program group in the Start menu now works correctly

(Server Edition) improved license management in multi-server environments.  Licenses are now consolidated and automatically load-balanced among servers, and it is no longer necessary (or supported) to manually move licenses from one server to another.

(Server Edition) licenses for remote Citrix and Terminal Server sessions are now issued on a client computer basis instead of by user name

(Server Edition) network information is now cached, so full network scans are performed only when the Licensing tab is shown for the first time or when you click on the "Refresh" button

fixed text spacing problems with some TrueType fonts (e.g. Palatino Linotype)

fixed a rounding error which caused small errors in some Metric paper sizes

(Server Edition) fixed a crash which sometimes occurred when entering a new license code

(Server Edition) licenses for remote Citrix and Terminal Server sessions are now issued on a client computer basis instead of by user name

(Server Edition) Server Edition Licensing and Appearance tabs are now available to administrative users in remote Terminal Server sessions

combine documents into a single PDF

fixed an "Unable to shut down the dispatcher" error which sometimes occurred when launching the dispatcher shortcut in the program group

fixed a logoff problem from non-desktop Citrix or Terminal Server sessions

the standalone version of the product is no longer supported on Windows Server operating systems (Windows NT 4.0 Server, Windows 2000 Server, and Windows Server 2003). Server operating systems require the Server Edition of the product.

the standalone version of the product no longer reports that it is Server Edition when running on a remote desktop under Windows XP

sharing the printer requires the Server Edition of the product, and is no longer supported in the standalone version

(Server Edition) fixed display problems with the Test window when launched from the Appearance tab

(Server Edition) fixed an "AddMonitor failed" error which sometimes occurred when clients were upgraded from the server

(Server Edition) you can now specify which folder locations clients should use by clicking on the "Client folders" button on the Settings tab. This feature is available only from Printing Preferences when run on the server console.

fixed problems under international versions of Windows when printer names contain non-ANSI characters

fixed problems printing to Server Edition printers from remote Terminal Server or Citrix clients

fixed problems with publishing settings when running Server Edition on a Windows NT or Windows 2000 server

Server Edition compatibility added

fixed problems imaging PDF files with content printed from Policy Works

added a check box to the Settings tab which allows the dispatcher to be preloaded at Windows logon time

(Pro only) fixed display problems with Ctrl-Up and Ctrl-Down in the Jobs minitab

the dispatcher now automatically starts when necessary and shuts down when it is no longer needed

fixed problems imaging some types of bitmaps when sent to pdfFactory from the "pdfFactory" button in FinePrint

fixed problems creating the AutoSave folder under Korean versions of Windows

fixed problems imaging some transparent and masked bitmap images from Word

fixed problems when uninstalling under Japanese versions of Windows 9x/Me

corrected bitmap image distortion which sometimes occurred when printing on Windows NT-based systems

fixed timing problems that were causing print failues from remote non-desktop Citrix/Terminal Server sessions

fixed problems with onscreen display of custom paper sizes

fixed email problems with Mozilla Mail

fixed problems imaging some transparent and masked bitmap images from the Acrobat viewer

fixed cases where the main window sometimes didn't appear when large print jobs were sent from remote non-desktop Terminal Server or Citrix sessions

fixed problems with inverted red and blue colors in bitmap images

the semicolon character ';' is now allowed when generating automatic links

the time zone is now properly set in the CreationDate field of the PDF file

now avoids unnecessarily writing the Dispatcher to the Run registry key

the characters '<' and '>' are now properly recognized when they appear in

hyperlinks

fixed problems imaging styled lines on Windows NT-based systems

highlighted cells from Crystal Analysis now image correctly

fixed problems relating to combining PDF files created by pdfFactory which contain embedded fonts

new command "Copy PDF file name to clipboard" on the right-click context menu

gray scale JPEG bitmap images now downsample correctly

fixed image distortion problems in some downsampled images

fixed problems imaging text from PrintMaster under Windows 9x/Me

fixed problems imaging Linotype versions of Helvetica fonts

fixed problems imaging masked bitmap images from PowerPoint

fixed problems imaging line end caps when drawing AutoShapes from Excel

the program group is now properly created when you import old settings during reinstallation

fixed a hang that sometimes occurred when multiple PDF files were printed to pdfFactory

(Pro only) fixed errors that sometimes happened when you mix automatic bookmarks with manual ones, or when you manually reposition automatic bookmarks

(Enterprise Edition) the program group is now properly suppressed when so specified in the INI file

fixed problems saving to PDF file names containing double byte characters

fixed a rare crash that sometimes happened when imaging bitmaps

fixed a hang that sometimes occurred when PDF files were printed

fixed problems imaging 16-bit bitmap images

fixed problems imaging the Frutiger family of TrueType fonts

added support for paper sizes A0, A1, ANSI A through E, and ARCH A through E

fixed cases where setting a custom paper size was sometimes not remembered

environment variables may now be used to specify folder locations in the Folder Locations dialog (from the Settings tab)

fixed an "Application Error" that sometimes happened during installation

fixed some minor UI problems with the Save As dialog box

fixed problems with setting the Jobs and AutoSave folders

the paper size display in the status bar now shows the correct paper sizes when job pages are deleted

(Pro only) fixed some minor display problems with tool tips in the Jobs list

new "Print" button on the main pdfFactory window allows you to quickly create a printed copy of the content you are converting to PDF

fixed problems imaging opaque text from Visual FoxPro reports

fixed problems imaging box characters from some fonts (e.g. Symbol)

the characters '(' and ')' are now properly recognized when they appear in hyperlinks

(Pro only) the paper size display in the status bar now shows the correct paper sizes when job pages are deleted

fixed problems with incorrect black rectangles from some CAD applications

fixed problems imaging some Asian TrueType fonts (e.g. HGSoeiKakugothicUB)

fixed problems detecting hyperlinks in Internet Explorer headers and footers

fixed problems detecting hyperlinks from Word Pro

fixed problems imaging Type 1 fonts

fixed problems imaging gradient fills from Microsoft Publisher

improved performance when imaging large Asian fonts

the "percent complete" progress indicator no longer resets to zero in the middle of creating PDF files

fixed problems imaging gridlines from Microsoft Project and other applications

fixed display problems when the pdfFactory window is shrunk to its minimum size

fixed a hang that sometimes occurred when Type 1 fonts are sent to pdfFactory

improved AutoSave settings on the Settings tab

fixed problems imaging some Mathematica TrueType fonts (e.g. Mathematica1)

printing from FinePrint to pdfFactory is now faster and produces smaller PDF files

fixed problems imaging some embedded TrueType fonts from Acrobat

the print job name is now carried over into the FP file when you print under Windows NT 4.0

fixed an "AddPrinterDriver failed" error that happened during installation on some Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 systems

fixed problems printing to Postscript Level 3 printers (e.g. Xerox Phaser)

(Pro only) fixed spacing problems with automatic bookmarks when you print from FinePrint to pdfFactory

(Pro only) bookmarks now inherit the default zoom level instead of setting an explicit zoom

(Pro only) fixed cases where consecutive headings in Word documents were sometimes incorrectly combined to form a single bookmark

fixed a CFpFile Error 1 that sometimes occurred when you printed very long documents under Windows 9x/ME

better MAPI handling fixes problems with the "Send..." button

fixed problems when printing from Scientific Notebook, Adobe Acrobat, and other applications that rely heavily on embedded TrueType fonts

fixed imaging errors with certain types of bitmap images

page navigation keys now work by default when the main pdfFactory window first comes up

(Pro only) new "Email settings" button in the printer UI and on the Settings tab lets you specify email profiles, message recipients, subject line, and message body before you click the Send button

(Pro only) fixed problems creating automatic bookmarks from Word heading styles

changing printer settings from within Powerpoint's Print dialog now works correctly

fixed text spacing problems with dotted tabs from Word

JPEG images now print correctly from the Acrobat viewer to Postscript printers

fixed problems imaging italicized rotated embedded fonts

fixed problems imaging some Cyrillic characters

reduced PDF file size for some types of bitmap images

fixed problems imaging transparent and masked bitmap images

fixed problems detecting multiple hyperlinks in the same line of text

fixed problems when Doc Info fields contain non-Western characters (e.g. Central European)

the CollectJobs, OutputFile, and OutputFilePerm registry settings are now supported in HKCU\Software\FinePrint Software\pdfFactory2 as well as in HKCU\Software\FinePrint Software\pdfFactory2\FinePrinters\printer_name

(Pro only) AutoSave settings and folder locations are now stored per-pdfFactory printer, instead of globally for all pdfFactory printers

released

fixed text spacing problems with dotted tabs from Word

fixed JPEG image quality problems

fixed problems printing to pdfFactory from a non-desktop Terminal Services or Citrix session

(Pro only) Bookmarks, Links, and Security settings stored in the registry are now properly applied even when their respective tabs are hidden

fixed problems with setting paper size

fixed problems imaging bold versions of certain TrueType fonts (e.g. Microsoft Sans Serif, Franklin Gothic Book)

fixed problems imaging 16-bpp bitmaps

double-byte characters in the Doc Info fields are now handled correctly when the PDF file is encrypted

fixed problems imaging vertical writing in HGMaruGothicMPRO and other Japanese fonts

(Pro only) trailing commas are no longer included in automatic hyperlinks

(Pro only) mailto links like "mailto:foo@bar.com?subject=test&body=link" are now properly recognized

after installing this version, if you delete the pdfFactory program group from the Start menu, it will no longer be recreated the next time you logoff and logon to Windows

(Enterprise Edition) Changes made to the FPP1.INI file on the server are automatically propagated to the clients the next time the dispatcher is started on the client.

fixed a CFpFile Error 7 that sometimes occurred when imaging WordArt

fixed problems when printing from SAS

fixed problems imaging Excel worksheets embedded in Word documents

fixed a hang which sometimes happened when printing from Word

fixed a hang which sometimes happened when uninstalling the product

fixed problems when bookmarks with children were moved or deleted

fixed problems editing the text of multiline bookmarks

reinstalling the product no longer overwrites custom INI files with a default one

fixed an uninstall problem where an AppPaths registry key was not deleted in some cases

fixed problems with INI file propagation

made the dispatcher more reliable

the dispatcher no longer sets the ForegroundLockTimeout setting to zero, except when the product is running in a non-desktop Terminal Services or Citrix session under Windows 2000 or above

fixed problems when imaging web sites whose URL contains certain unprintable character

(Pro only) fixed problems when bookmarks with children were moved or deleted

(Pro only) fixed problems editing the text of multiline bookmarks

fixed problems with dispatcher on Windows XP

fixed problems where print jobs were sometimes incorrectly named "FinePrint pdfFactory, Job xx"

fixed problems imaging some Chinese characters when printing from Acrobat to pdfFactory under Windows NT 4.0

fixed problems printing in a Terminal Services or Citrix environment

fixed a "GetPrinter failed" error that sometimes occurred under Windows NT/2000/XP

fixed problems with Fast User Switching under Windows XP

fixed problems imaging text against a colored background under Windows NT/2000/XP

(Pro only) moving bookmarks from one location to another no longer causes an error

(Pro only) fixed problems where manually editing bookmarks (renaming, inserting, deleting, moving, indenting, outdenting) sometimes caused bookmarks to be removed from the output PDF file

(Pro only) hyperlinks containing commas are now properly recognized

fixed problems when running in a single application session (no Windows desktop) under Terminal Server or Citrix Metaframe

fixed problems imaging mathematical equations from LaTex

PDF files created by pdfFactory can now be combined without causing subset font name conflicts

fixed a problem where repeatedly printing a document to pdfFactory from Microsoft Word under Windows NT/2000/XP sometimes failed

fixed problems imaging HGMaruGothicMPRO and other Japanese fonts

fixed problems where multiple instances of the dispatcher were sometimes executing at the same time

PDF files created by pdfFactory can now be edited using the Text Touch-Up Tool in the Acrobat viewer

vertical writing in Asian fonts is now imaged correctly

fixed problems imaging complex bitmaps from PowerPoint

fixed problems with filled black rectangles from some applications (e.g. TapScan)

fixed problems imaging certain kinds of GIF files when printed from Internet Explorer

fixed problems with saving and loading settings

TrueType fonts with very few defined characters (e.g. MicroBus) now image correctly

TrueType fonts like Batang, GulimChe, PMingLiU, and others now image correctly under Windows NT 4.0

pdfFactory no longer requires a kernel mode printer driver under Windows 2000/XP. The only exception to this is pdfFactory Enterprise Edition clients under Windows 2000/XP connected to a pdfFactory printer driver shared by a Windows NT 4.0 machine. This is a limitation of Windows NT 4.0, not of pdfFactory.

fixed slow logoffs from Windows 2000 Terminal Server after you've printed to pdfFactory. You will need to update your Windows 2000 Terminal Server to Service Pack 3 (which is available from Microsoft). Alternatively, you can apply Hotfix Q289564 (also available from Microsoft) to your Windows 2000 Terminal Server.

the dialog box focus no longer changes incorrectly when the PDF file is regenerated

Doc Info settings and the "Use security" setting are now saved when you click "Save all settings now" on the Settings tab

fixed some problems with missing bitmaps from PageMaker

fixed a CFpFile error 4 that sometimes happened when printing from FinePrint to pdfFactory

fixed problems imaging gradient fills from WordArt

fixed problems imaging TrueType fonts which use Shift-JIS or other double-byte encodings (examples: DFPOP1-W9, DFPPOP1-W9)

fixed "CreateScalableFontResource failed" error

fixed bugs where monochrome bitmaps were sometimes drawn with colors inverted

fixed some problems with colored fills from Claris Impact

fixed problems where complex PowerPoint documents could not be printed to pdfFactory

better handling of gradient fills from Powerpoint and Word/WordArt

the TrueType font "AT Sackers" no longer fails with a GetFontData error

fixed problems embedding symbol fonts (e.g. Symbol, Wingdings)

fixed problems imaging some Chinese fonts (e.g. DFLiHei)

fixed problems imaging Bengali and other Indian fonts

fixed problems with missing or incorrect bitmap output under Windows 9x/Me

the "Sans" family of fonts now embeds properly in PDF files

document headings are now properly detected when the "ANY" face name is chosen

document headings using Windows font substitutes (e.g. Arial CE, Times New Roman CYR) are now properly detected as bookmarks

PRO - document headings using embedded fonts are now properly detected as bookmarks

fixed problems when printing to FinePrint from Terminal Clients or Citrix Metaframe clients running in single-application mode

Enterprise Edition clients running Windows NT/2000/XP no longer need to logoff and logon the first time they print to a shared FinePrint printer

fixed cases in Enterprise Edition where a serial number entered on the server was not propagated down to the clients

PRO - added support for PDF bookmarks (see the "Bookmarks" tab)

PRO - added keyboard shortcuts to the right-click menu on the Preview tab

fixed "CFpFile Error 7" problems that sometimes occurred when creating the PDF file

fixed problems embedding Czech characters (and other non-ASCII characters)

fixed problems where sometimes the underline or rectangle adornment of a hyperlink was not the correct size

fixed problems where bitmap images were sometimes drawn with incorrect colors

users can now disconnect and re-logon to a Terminal Server without disrupting pdfFactory operation

fixed problems where pdfFactory printer settings were sometimes not stored

fixed problems where sometimes uninstalling pdfFactory on an Enterprise client did not remove the Dispatcher from the Run registry key

fixed problems when automatically upgrading an Enterprise client from a non-administrative user under Windows NT/2000/XP

the error "HKEY_CURRENT_USER is not valid" no longer occurs when printing to pdfFactory under Windows NT/2000/XP

pdfFactory printer settings (e.g. the "Show dialog" setting) now propagate correctly when they are changed

the Acrobat viewer now shows the correct paper size in its Print dialog preview when pdfFactory is selected as the destination printer

fixed installation error messages where an INF directory was not found

now uses the correct TEMP folder under Windows NT and 2000. this error was causing pdfFactory print jobs to fail, sometimes without an error message.

the pdfFactory program group in the Start menu is no longer recreated every time the dispatcher restarts

fixed problems imaging text in right-to-left languages

per-user folders created by pdfFactory (the Start menu group and the

"pdfFactory files" folder in My Documents) now have the correct security

privileges on NTFS systems

fixed problems drawing circles from CorelDraw

the /inf option to SETUP now works correctly

fixed problems where text was sometimes covered up by a black rectangle

fixed a crash that sometimes happened when you tried to save to an existing read-only file

fixed problems imaging certain characters (e.g. Euro symbol, A-diaresis) when embedding fonts

fixed the error "Could not create file fpp1-9x.inf" which occurred on

some systems during installation

improved imaging of non-ASCII characters; produces smaller PDF files

bold versions of the TrueType font "Bookman Old Style" are now imaged correctly

fixed problems where the pdfFactory printer sometimes stopped working on Windows XP after a reboot

now supports Fast User Switching under Windows XP

fixed installation problems under Windows XP

fixed problems imaging complex text and graphics from CorelDraw 9

fixed a "resource mismatch" warning that sometimes happened when reinstalling FinePrint or pdfFactory

non-ANSI characters are now spaced appropriately when you copy and paste text from the PDF file into another application

the folders for saving (JobsDir) and autosaving (AutoSaveDir) are now exported to the INI file when settings are saved

when printing from FinePrint to pdfFactory, the PDF file now shows the correct underlying font names (e.g. "LucidaConsole") instead of the temporary font names (e.g. "~FP1230000000") whenever possible

fixed problems imaging the font "GulimChe"

fixed a bug in bitmap downsampling that was causing incorrect bitmaps in both the preview and in the PDF file

better status messages when installing and uninstalling

fixed problems when running with multiple users under Windows XP

fixed a crash in FPPDIS1A that sometimes happened when creating PDF files

fixed memory leak problem in Win9x/ME

fixed problems imaging very wide lines

fixed problems displaying embedded TrueType fonts onscreen when you scroll the preview

PRO - URLs containing hyphens or other dividing characters are now properly recognized

the output PDF file is now properly regenerated when you check or uncheck the "Always embed all fonts" check box

fixed problems imaging some unusual TrueType fonts under Windows NT 4 (e.g. Marlett, Monotype Sorts, MT Extra, SansSerif, Symbol)

embedded Asian fonts now display correctly in all versions of Acrobat readers and viewers

rotated bitmaps in Visio documents are now imaged correctly

you can now access more pdfFactory settings from the Printers folder under Windows 9x/Me by clicking on the "Advanced" button on the pdfFactory printer's Setup tab

fixed a problem where some valid serial numbers were rejected as invalid

the TrueType font "Garamond Book Condensed" now images correctly

fixed a text spacing bug with kerned text drawn in a horizontally scaled font

improved handling of Visio objects embedded in Word documents

now remembers the last directory where you saved a file, and proposes it as the default the next time you save

PRO - fixed problems creating PDF links from URLs containing "username@password" syntax

PRO - fixed a crash that sometimes occurred when scanning for hyperlinks in print jobs from Microsoft Word

PRO - fixed an error that sometimes occurred when switching between 40-bit and 128-bit encryption