Picsel ePAGE PDF file format support
Picsel PDF File Format Support Page 2 Copyright Copyright © Picsel 2002 Neither the whole nor any part of the information contained in, or the product described in, this document may be used, sold, transferred, adapted or reproduced in whole or in part in any manner or form or in any media except with the prior written permission of the copyright holder. The product described in this document is subject to continuous development and improvement.
Picsel PDF File Format Support Page 3 Introduction On handheld computers, traditional applications typically rely on synchronization with a PC to convert content from the original document format into a simpler format used by the device. This creates at least three problems. Firstly, some visual integrity is inevitably lost in the conversion process from a rich format to a simpler one, resulting in documents that do not look exactly like the original.
Page 4 Picsel PDF File Format Support ePAGE supports the most popular global file formats. The formats interpreted by ePAGE are richly expressive, containing not just text but sophisticated layout and rendering features, rich fonts, colour, images, tables, graphics and many other document features. Picsel is continuously developing its file format support to eventually cover every feature of the native file.
Page 5 Picsel PDF File Format Support Feature Support Notes Page dimensions Headers and footers Page break Page numbering Appended pages Text using Western character sets Text using Asian characters Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Includes page rotation Bold text Italic text Underlined text Strikeout text Pre-installed TrueType fonts supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Font Matching Yes Font Switcing (fallback) Yes Font Widths Yes Embedded fonts: Type 1 TrueType Character Encodings Yes Embedded char
Page 6 Picsel PDF File Format Support Feature Support Tab stops left centre right decimal Tables Table borders Table border styles Yes Table captions Background colours Charts and graphs Uncompressed bitmap images Compressed bitmap images ASCIIHexDecode ASCII85Decode LZWDecode Flate RunLengthDecode CCITTFaxDecode DCTDecode Transformed images Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Vector line paths Line join styles bevelled mitred round Line end cap styles butt square round triangle (arrowhead) Line colour Path Fill: s
Page 7 Picsel PDF File Format Support Feature Support Notes Encryption (for Digital Signatures) Yes Supports 40 bit encryption (R=2, V=1 and R=3, V=2) using empty password Compatibility sections Yes Standard Fonts PDF assumes that a set of 14 standard fonts are guaranteed to be available in the reader or viewer. These fonts are as follows.
Page 8 Picsel PDF File Format Support the original, or text lines that are longer or shorter than those using the correct standard font. In practice, these discprepancies tend to be minor, but ultimately the choice whether to include the standard fonts must be made by the OEM. Picsel have designed the PDF agent to provide flexibility and a choice of either option. Character Maps ePAGE can work with all characters in the Unicode specification.
Page 9 Picsel PDF File Format Support UniCNS-UCS2-H UniCNS-UCS2-V Simplified Chinese encoding CMaps Available from Picsel on request GB-EUC-H GBpc-EUC-H GBK-EUC-H UniGB-UCS2-H Korean CMaps Available from Picsel on request KSC-EUC-H KSCms-UHC-H KSCms-UHC-HW-H KSCpc-EUC-H UniKS-UCS2-H GB-EUC-V GBpc-EUC-V GBK-EUC-V UniGB-UCE2-V KSC-EUC-V KSCms-UHC-V KSCms-UHC-HW-V UniKS-UCS2-V The Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Korean encodings are not included by default in the Picsel product range, but
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