PGC to PDF Converter

Note: This plug-in has been moved to the Legacy group.

The PGC to PDF Converter task extracts the digital ink located in a PGC file and adds it to a blank PDF, creating one page per document in the PGC. It's main use is to process PGCs that generated errors when processing them, as part of an Error Handling process.

Note: When adding this task to your process, you will be asked if you want to add the task as an Action or a Condition. This task should only be used as an Action. If used as a condition, it will always return False.

This task is put into effect in the following use cases and example processes:

• PlanetPress Capture Workflow

Input

A PGC file received from an Anoto digital pen.

Processing

The ink contained in the PGC file is converted into an EPS layer, which is then applied on an blank, empty PDF file of the size specified in the task's properties. If more than one Pattern ID is found in the PGC file, each separate Pattern ID will generate a new page on which its ink is applied.

Output

A PDF file with a blank background and only the ink data found in the PGC file.

Task properties

General Tab

• PDF page size: Choose the page size of the output PDF. The default size is A2, and changing the format does not scale the digital ink. Ink appearing outsize of the selected page size will not be visible.

Note: This task was built using a custom plugin system and does not display the On Error tab in the regular view. To access the On Error tab, right-click on the task and select Advanced Properties...

On Error Tab

For a description of the options on the On Error tab see Using the On Error tab.

Miscellaneous Tab

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