Focus on conversion speed and high-quality PDF

callas pdfChip focuses on small file sizes and
high performance during PDF creation.

During conversion a lot of optimization happens while
writing out the resulting PDF document to ensure
the most robust, reliable and high-quality PDF possible.

callas pdfChip is based on the well-known Qt WebKit engine
which ensures support for a very wide range of
HTML, CSS and JavaScript features.

Standard HTML and CSS are limited with regards to
color spaces, prepress related features like overprint,
or advanced pagination.

callas pdfChip extends the syntax of
HTML5, CSS3 tags and JavaScript functions
to provide support for often needed professional
publishing, print, document exchange and archival features.

Some of the extensions to HTML5 and CSS3 with callas pdfChip are:

• Advanced color space support
  (CMYK, Lab, ICC-based color spaces, spot colors)


• Lossless import of CMYK JPEG images, PDF pages and SVG


• Placement of PDF files
  (HTML templates can reference PDF content to
  be placed without rasterization)


• Generation of an unlimited amount of
  dynamically modified PDF pages (via JavaScript)
  e.g. for transactional printing of invoices


• Advanced pagination functionality
  including multiple-pass PDF generation


• Generation of XMP metadata in the resulting PDF file


• Generation of standards-compliant PDF/X or PDF/A files


• Integrated support for barcode generation

• Support for advanced pagination

callas pdfChip provides custom JavaScript functions and
objects for full control of the PDF output process.
This includes extensive support of variable data type scenarios
where a basic HTML template is modified at runtime using JavaScript,
and pages are output for as many instances as necessary
(for example based on data dynamically retrieved from a database).

callas pdfChip can also output long documents
(such as for example books).
It includes a multi-pass option for advanced pagination,
supporting page numbers, running headers and
context dependent backgrounds or overlays.



• Barcodes and other advanced content

HTML already provides numerous possibilities to
describe content and apply styling;
callas pdfChip takes this one level higher and
also supports advanced scenarios.

SVG is fully supported,
both inline in HTML files or as a referenced SVG image;
conversion from SVG to PDF is carried out
without any loss of quality.

MathML is also fully supported,
introducing high quality PDF representation of
formulas of any complexity;
this is especially important for text book or scientific publishing.

And last but not least,
callas pdfChip incorporates full-featured barcode functionality.
Barcodes can be inserted through easy-to-define custom objects;
callas pdfChip supports over 100 types of barcodes
used throughout the world.



• Command-line processing for easy integration

callas pdfChip is a command-line application.
Because it is easy to install
(basically just extraction of the installation archive)
and has a clear and easy-to-learn command line interface,
it’s ideally suited for use on a web server to provide dynamic
PDF creation (web-to-print).
But it can just as easily be integrated in a custom application
or be driven by automated workflow solutions such as
Laidback Solutions FileTrain or Enfocus Switch.



• Wide applicability across different markets

callas pdfChip is ideally suited as the back-end PDF creation
solution for many different applications, amongst others:

• Imposition and content aggregation workflows


• Composition workflows where templates and user contents
  have to be combined on the fly and where printable PDF
  documents have to be delivered


• On-the-fly preparation of magazine, newspaper and
  book content or sales literature


• Dynamic generation of one-off content such as
  tickets, stubs, order data, invoices …
  (for example in web-to-print environments)


• Variable data printing where templates have to be filled
  with data coming from a data source
  (such as a database or CRM system)


• Transactional printing workflows where transactional data
  needs to be combined with visually rich designs