Universal Viewing from Your Desktop
2D and 3D Viewing for Your Enterprise— Powerful and Easy to Use

Imagenation® is a powerful tool for accessing, sharing and distributing your company’s information. Its ability to handle document viewing requirements—from native file viewing, 3D CAD model viewing, to direct scanning and cleanup of paper documents, to document markup and revision—for over 200 industry standard formats, makes Imagenation the leader in enterprise-wide viewing tools.

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ScreenCam Demos*

*requires Pentium PC, Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP, sound card (recommended), and 800 x 600, 256-color display, or better

 

To download an evaluation copy of Imagenation, click here.

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Common Applications  

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Editions

Various editions of Imagenation are available to address applications from the very basic to the most demanding, with price and feature points to match.

If you require a very specific set of features, Spicer can provide custom configurations.

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Recommended System Requirements  

Imagenation for Windows:

• Microsoft Windows 95, 98, 2000, ME, NT 4.0, XP or better 
• Pentium class processor or better
• 64 MB RAM (128MB recommended)
• CD-ROM drive
• 45 MB free disk or network space
• mouse, track ball, or touch screen; VGA monitor (SVGA recommended).

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Support  

Not every feature is available on every   platform.

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For more product details, click here for your FREE Imagenation Evaluation software options.

Universal Viewing Custom Controls
ActiveX Controls for Network and Web Solutions

Imagine custom tailoring features from an award-winning application and including them in to your own viewing solution.

Spicer's Image a•X combines the flexibility of Microsoft's ActiveX™ technology and the proven view-markup-print-edit capability of Spicer's Imagenation. Now you can integrate Imagenation's functionality into your document solutions—whether they are traditional networked database solutions or sophisticated intranet/Web solutions. See Image a•X for Hummingbird integration.

With Image a•X you can:

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Common Applications

Image a•X controls are ideal for businesses that require:

• A Microsoft Internet Explorer embedded solution
• Document viewing and markup capabilities that can be deployed from within any application
• Customizable user interface and functionality
• High volume solutions that are cost sensitive on a per user basis
• COM/ActiveX integration

From Cost Savings to Collaboration Image a•X enables businesses to quickly share or distribute documents with all members of an organization and with the extended enterprise. Eliminate the need to send critical documents by mail or courier and minimize the risk associated with e-mail attachments.

Collaborate electronically with business partners, such as suppliers, engineers, and consultants, for superior product development and faster time to market. Users can retrieve documents from any networked solution such as the Internet, LAN or WAN to view and mark up documents for a collaborative review process.

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Benefit Features Save Costs Rapidly distribute documents and eliminate the need to use costly couriers or insecure e-mail messages. Enable rapid response from suppliers and directly involve them in the design stage for superior products and faster time to market.   Save Time - Virtually  Zero Client-side Administration Clients simply download and install the latest CAB files to upgrade Image a•X controls. Deploy Quickly Integrate Image a•X controls into virtually any Windows application or use a standard Microsoft Internet Explorer browser. Reduce Training Time Image a•X controls are designed for easy-to-use and intuitive functionality Integrators have the ability to include only the controls that the user requires. Enable Collaborative Capabilities Collaboratively view and mark up documents with all members of an organization and the extended enterprise including business partners, suppliers, consultants, etc. Increase Security Original documents are never altered so your corporate assets and intellectual property are always safe. [Top]System Requirements Microsoft Win9x/NT 4.0/2000/ME/XP personal computer 486 or better 16 MB RAM (32 recommended) CD-ROM drive 20 MB free disk or network space mouse, track ball, or touch screen VGA monitor (SVGA recommended) [Top] Product Preview Customize the User Interface to Suit Your Needs   Integrators have the freedom to give Image a•X controls any look and feel that they desire. Image a•X controls provide functionality for integrators, leaving them in complete control of customizing the user interface to suit their needs. Click here to see Detail view. [Top] Licensing Spicer's Image a•X controls are grouped in convenient editions that provide Integrators with different feature sets to choose from.  Large-format and office-size documents: VX View-Print VMX View-Markup-Print VMEX View-Markup-Edit-Print includes raster image cleanup tools.  Office-size documents: OVAX View office-type documents, such as Word, Excel, and B-size raster images. Includes printing and basic annotation tools. Image a•X controls are licensed on a per user or named seat basis. Concurrent licenses are not available.

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For more product details, click here for your FREE Image a•X Evaluation software.

Access Your Documents 
Via the Web—And More... 

Access, Share, and Distribute Your Documents—Collaborate Enterprise-Wide
ViewCafé brings the power of Java 2 and Spicer ThinSpeed™ technology to Web-based collaboration, viewing and markup. Capable of accessing over 200 industry-standard file formats, ViewCafé lets users view, share, distribute and collaborate online with partners, suppliers and customers. In many cases, users require little to no training, making enterprise-wide deployment quick and easy. Scalable architecture gives ViewCafé the ability to handle virtually a limitless number of users while its customizable API gives administrators complete control over security and functionality.

Industry- and Web-standard Technologies
ViewCafé incorporates leading Web technologies such as XML, XGL/ZGL, Java 2, Java 3D, and XML over HTTP architecture, providing the means for rapid integration into business applications, and a stable foundation for future growth in software technology.

Configurable Architecture
Choose the ViewCafé architecture that best suits your corporate Web communication needs. ViewCafé provides RMI and XML over HTTP architecture for fast and robust information transfers with all members across the enterprise and with business partners wherever they may be.

Viewing
ViewCafé quickly and reliably views over 200 formats—including CAD drawings, plotter output, MS Office documents, PDF files, and scanned images.

Printing
ViewCafé features the best printing available on the market today among Java thin client viewers. (See "Smart Print" features in product Detail View.) 

Secure Internet Environments
ViewCafé provides a "gateway solution" to support proxy servers in your integration.

Banners
Set ISO-compliant print banners using the API, the user interface, or system defaults. Banners can be static text, a dynamic value from a database, or a system variable, such as date or time.

Easy-to-use, Modern Interface
With its user-friendly interface, ViewCafé ensures that minimal to no training is required. Popular navigation tools, such as magnify, reduce, zoom to fit, pan, and paging controls, make ViewCafé a favorite among users. 

Optimized Tools for Markup and Drawing
ViewCafé tools are optimized for drawing and document markup—including shapes, text annotations, highlights, and callouts. See the Markup Explorer feature allows easy navigation and review of markup content by type or author.

Valuable Spicer Interoperability
ViewCafé's XML-based markups are also viewable with Imagenation®  6.1+ (for Windows), providing true interoperability between Spicer products.

Easy-to-Integrate
Use the ViewCafé ThinSet API to quickly build Web-based solutions—without requiring Java programming. The ThinSet API is designed to deliver on ViewCafé’s goal of a “One-Day Integration” for most solutions. For advanced integrations, ViewCafé’s ThinSocket Classes offer Java programmers even more control.

Easy-to-Deploy
Featuring a zero-administration client, ViewCafé is ideal for rapid deployment. The server can be easily installed and configured. To upgrade, only the server must be updated.

Easy-to-License
Concurrent licensing and OEM distribution are available. New licenses may be added at any time without reinstalling the software or restarting the server.

Create Raster Renditions

Generate PDFs, JPEGs, TIFFs and more from any Windows application

DocuJet is a powerful tool for generating secure, easily viewable raster images from any Windows application. As a print driver, DocuJet takes the data in the print stream and generates a raster file - saving the costs of printing documents and then scanning-to-file.

New! DocuJet 3.0

Powered by the award-winning technology of PrintWhere®, DocuJet 3.0 is a completely redesigned product. Taking advantage of the latest technology advances, DocuJet 3.0's performance and accuracy are unmatched in the industry.

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Common Applications

Why Do Companies Use DocuJet to Generate Raster Renditions?

• Eliminate Document Scanning
• Decrease File Size for Archival 
• Generate Images for a Fax Queue
• View Images for File Types not Supported
• Create Secure Renditions for Distribution 
• Generate Files for Regulation Compliance 
• Create a Custom Print Driver

Eliminate Scanning

By using a print driver, such as DocuJet, to create raster images, you no longer need to print out the documents/records and then scan them to file for storage. DocuJet is a viable alternative to using Adobe Distiller for this, as it does not alter fonts. 

• Coming Soon! See a DocuJet 3.0 and Adobe Distiller comparison.
• Coming Soon! See the ROI for eliminating document scanning. 

Archival Applications

Raster image renditions of files are usually smaller than the original file size. In addition, some regulations require that all files are archived in a specific format with specific settings.

See Regulations.

Generating Images for a Fax Server Queue 

Insurance and legal organizations have to fax out hundreds or even thousands of pages per day. One DocuJet customer uses RTF files, which have a number of embedded objects such as signature images and letterhead. When the faxes are processed through their normal applications/servers, the process is very slow and each copy eats tons of system resources. Given the volume, this is unacceptable. DocuJet provides a speedy alternative that takes less system resources to send the faxes and produces small, manageable TIFF files that can be easily archived. 

When faxes are prepared in a variety of applications such as Microsoft Office, COREL Draw or any other publishing package, each application uses the default printer driver to compute the resolution of the document. This can have a significant impact and cause the fax to look completely different since printers have different resolutions than faxes. Fax resolutions are 204x196 DPI or 204x98 DPI. Using DocuJet, you can set the resolution to the standard fax resolutions, ensuring that the images created for faxing are displayed accurately.

Document Viewing for File Types not Supported by the EDM System 

Some electronic document/content/records management systems do not provide support for all the formats that users need to access.  This is especially true when the files were created in the past using legacy systems or created by infrequently used authoring packages.  DocuJet can be used with any Windows application to create raster renditions. These files can then be shared throughout the enterprise.

Creating Secure, Shareable Renditions for Review and Markup 

In some cases, internal or external users of an EDM system need to be able to easily view, but not modify, documents and drawings. While native applications and native file viewers are always needed in the design/creation phase of a document or drawing, the imaging of finalized versions overcomes both the cost implication of providing native viewing technology to end users, and the technical issues posed by sharing files of varying versions and formats. The cost savings increase when more complex files, such as CAD drawings are involved. 

Coming Soon! Regulation Compliance

• NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) Electronic Information Exchange Guidelines ISO
• Sarbanes-Oxley

OEM: Create Custom Solutions

DocuJet 3.0 currently does not have an API. However, we do have customers who use command line controls to launch DocuJet within an application and send the resulting generated images to the same application.

For example, one of Spicer's partners uses DocuJet with their Document Management solution to provide "soft scanning". Instead of users printing and then manually scanning files to raster images. They have an option in their system to "soft scan" - when this is clicked, DocuJet launches, generates the image and then opens and sends it to Imagenation - a Spicer Universal Viewer - for viewing before checking the image into the repository.

Interested in creating a custom solution with DocuJet, but need technical advice or questions answered? Send us an email. We'll respond within the next business day.  

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Features

For a complete list of features, please contact your Spicer Sales Representative. 

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Output Formats

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System Requirements  

DocuJet 3.1 for Windows:

• Microsoft Windows 2000, 2003, NT 4.0, XP  Pentium class processor or better 64 MB RAM (128MB recommended) CD-ROM drive 45 MB free disk or network space
• mouse, track ball, or touch screen; VGA monitor (SVGA recommended).

To download a FREE evaluation copy of DocuJet, click here.

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