Universal Document Converter is intended to convert any kind of printable document into an image or a PDF. Like many other tools, it works by installing a virtual printer, which you can access from any program that supports printing. Many image output formats are supported, including JPG, PNG, TIFF, GIF, BMP, PCX, and DCX.
Using the program is not more difficult than using a real printer. However, to prevent any complications, there is an excellent tutorial. In order to convert a document, you first need to open it in an application that supports its type. Then, you should look for the Print command. If you want to use the default settings, you just need to press the OK button. However, in case you need to personalize the output, you may change the printing preferences. This way, you are allowed to pick an output format, resolution and set page size. As extra features, the tool allows you to automatically detect and crop unnecessary borders, add text and picture watermarks and configure post-processing operations (such as running a custom program). And in the case of PDFs, the tool can protect them with passwords. Fortunately, your settings can be saved for their later use. Finally, I must say that the program does not affect the quality of the source document.
All in all, Universal Document Converter is not so “universal” as its name may suggest because the program can only export to some formats. Just to mention an example, it cannot convert from PDF to Word. Moreover, it does not let you configure additional PDF properties, like the use of fonts. The product has a trial version that can be used indefinitely but leaves a watermark on the output files. In addition, it seems to me that the program may be somewhat overpriced, as there are other rather similar tools that can be used at no cost.
v6.6 [Sep 3, 2015]
Universal Document Converter 6.6 is ready to Capture Documents as PDF and Image files
fCoder company recently introduced an updated version of Universal Document Converter – a virtual printer software product used worldwide for converting documents, drawings and presentations to PDF, JPG, TIFF, PNG, PCX, DCX, GIF and Bitmap files.
The new version of Universal Document Converter is 100% compatible with Microsoft Windows 10 and Microsoft Office 2016. It also includes noticeable improvements in PDF and JPEG creation algorithms.
Universal Document Converter installs a special toolbar to the Microsoft Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint ribbon menus. This component lets customers export active documents to an image or PDF file with just one mouse click.
Document Converting Automation
Users can also perform batch conversions of documents to PDF or image files on a workstation using a combination of Universal Document Converter and Print Conductor.
Simply run Print Conductor, add documents to the list, select Universal Document Converter as the active printer and click “Start”. All documents will be converted automatically at the same time!
2Printer is a command line instance of Print Conductor. IT specialists can use 2Printer for automating document printing.
If the IT specialist is also using Universal Document Converter, all documents will be converted to PDF, JPG, TIFF or another file format – depending on the preferences configured in Universal Document Converter.
FolderMill is a server-side solution for processing documents and image files. FolderMill is designed to convert documents with the same settings configured by IT specialists when the software is deployed.
With this type of setup, regular office personnel don’t have access to document conversion preferences. As a result, all PDFs or image files are created automatically with no chance for mistakes made by the “human intervention factor”.
FolderMill is also compatible with Universal Document Converter. Using these two products together dramatically increases the list of documents FolderMill can process.
