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Qoppa Software’s fall release of Java PDF libraries and components improves PDF text extraction and rendering performance

Atlanta – September 12 2012 – Qoppa Software, a leading provider of PDF solutions, releases newly improved versions of all of their Java PDF library products.

Qoppa’s Java PDF class libraries are enhanced with a new powerful algorithm for text extraction.

“The order and organization of text objects in a PDF document do not necessarily correspond to the logical reading order. We have developed a new text extraction algorithm which detects the natural flow of even structured PDF documents such as research or newspaper articles. We’re very happy with the results when compared with other PDF tools.” says Gerald Holmann, Qoppa President.

The new release also adds enhanced memory management so the PDF libraries can handle rendering and printing of very large CCITT fax images (200Mb and above).

In this fall release, Qoppa’s Java PDF visual components benefit from a new tile-based rendering approach which splits each page of a PDF document into multiple tiles that can be rendered and cached independently. This new strategy enables implementing out of thread rendering and improving image caching and memory usage, which makes it easier to work with intensive PDF documents in 3 areas:

Faster rendering
Smoother drawing of annotations
Better GUI responsiveness

Also new in this release is Qoppa’s pan and zoom tool which will allow users to zoom in and out of high-resolution pages and move around a page (“pan”) while also displaying a larger view of a page. This new tool should greatly benefit professionals working in the media, print, and graphics industries.

Thanks to the revision of Qoppa’s text extraction algorithm, text selection and highlight is also greatly improved in the visual components. Now cursor based, it follows the logical reading order of structured documents and allows marking up text across columns.

“The new release brings our Java PDF rendering components to a whole new level, delivering one of the best user experiences available on the market when it comes to viewing, marking up and scrolling through PDF documents.” – Gerald Holmann, Qoppa President

For additional details, change logs are published on Qoppa’s Knowledge Base:

Full Change Log for Java PDF Library 2012-09 Release

Full Change Log for Java PDF Component 2012-09 Release

Video: Java PDF Library Products and Components

Qoppa Software has published this new video introduction to our Java PDF Library products and components – a library for every PDF processing need.

More about Qoppa PDF Library Products and Components

Live demos of Qoppa PDF Library Products and Components

Why choose Qoppa’s PDF library products?

PDF Studio 7 introductory tour video published

On July 20, Qoppa Software published an introductory tour of PDF Studio 7, our powerful, easy to use, PDF software for Windows, Mac OSX, Linux.

This video covers major capabilities and usability features in PDF Studio 7.

Qoppa’s qPDF Notes for Android receives 8.5/10 review

The author of “Let qPDF Notes Handle All Your PDF Needs” points to the ease with which qPDF Notes users can navigate and then annotate PDF documents; comments that password security and the ability to validate or apply digital signature security are included, along with integration to Gmail, Google Drive, Dropbox, and BoxOneCloud.

“It’s fast, solid, and potentially one of the best PDF productivity apps out there.”

Qoppa Software Integrates qPDF Notes with Box OneCloud

PDF viewing, markup, and form filling now available to millions of Android Box users

Atlanta – June 25 2012 – Qoppa Software, a leading provider of PDF solutions, announced it has integrated its Android PDF editing app, qPDF Notes, with Box OneCloud to power mobile document collaboration and productivity. qPDF Notes’ integration with Box helps millions of individuals and companies easily work from their Android tablets and smartphones on forms, drawings, contracts, and other PDF files managed on Box OneCloud.

Qoppa users can now simply open PDF documents from Box OneCloud directly into qPDF Notes and use the application’s powerful editing capabilities to:

fill interactive PDF forms
review and markup PDF documents
digitally sign PDF documents

Once editing is finished, documents can be saved straight back to Box with a single tap. The integration is transparent to users and makes editing PDF files stored in the cloud as simple as editing local files.

“This collaboration between Qoppa and Box is a big step to improve document handling on the go. PDF is the de facto electronic collaboration format on mobile devices where editing has to be easy, graphical, and intuitive. The great thing with the PDF format is that annotations are saved as part of the document itself and thus can be viewed by any recipient on any capable PDF viewer.” says Gerald Holmann, president of Qoppa Software.

PDF documents are an integral part of business workflow today and qPDF Notes is used by companies and professionals in various industries including architects, contractors, educators as well as real estate and medical professionals.

To celebrate qPDF Notes’ one year anniversary and the Box OneCloud integration, the app is offered at 70% off through June. Users who are currently evaluating qPDF Notes Demo are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to upgrade to qPDF Notes Full Version.

About Qoppa Software:

Qoppa Software specializes in the development of high-end libraries and applications to work with PDF documents. Qoppa Software offers a suite of highly portable products that cover every aspect of PDF processes and integrate seamlessly into document work flows, including end-user, server and PDF library products. Qoppa’s products are carefully designed to provide the highest level of performance and reliability.

New v2.4 Android qPDF apps deliver outlines, bookmarks, comments list at a limited time discount

qPDF Notes 70% off through June!

ATLANTA – June 20, 2012 – Qoppa Software, a leading producer of PDF solutions, celebrates the 1 year anniversary of their Android PDF apps with new release 2.4 of both qPDF Viewer and qPDF Notes; and by extending a 70% discount on the paid qPDF Notes app for a limited time.

“As Android users continue to elect Qoppa’s qPDF apps as their favorite eBook readers and business tools, we are delighted to respond with additional UI improvements to make the experience even more intuitive and complete.” says Leila Holmann, Qoppa’s Vice President.

Android users will find that release 2.4 adds support for key capabilities in the PDF format. In addition to the existing page navigation overlay and continuous scrolling capabilities, qPDF Notes further improves reading and scrolling through large documents with its new navigation pane containing the following tabs:

qPDF View Outline inside PDF

Outline / Document Bookmarks: Navigate through the outline / table of contents. The outline presents itself as a collapsible tree, usually created by the document publisher, and often contains a bookmark for each section within the document. The outline is stored inside the PDF document itself.

qPDF - User Bookmarks on device

User Bookmarks: Users may create personal bookmarks to mark preferred passages at specific page / magnification inside a document. User bookmarks are stored on the device and will remain even after reinstallation of the app.

qPDF Notes - View Annotations / Comments List - ordered by page

qPDF Comments List

Annotations List: See the list of annotations / comments (ordered by page) that were added to the PDF document. Tap on an annotation to jump to it in the document.

Search for a string in the document and see all the search results in a scrollable list. Easily jump to a given occurrence of the string in the document.

qPDF Text Search

Text Search (tablets only): Search for a string in the document and see all the search results in a scrollable list. Easily jump to a given occurrence of the string in the document.

qPDF apps version 2.4 now remember the last page read in a document. Upon reopening any previously read document, the last position is restored. This feature is expected to delight existing users who have elected qPDF as their everyday reader.

A new, user-friendly free-hand highlighter tool lets users highlight areas in documents with the tip of a finger as if using a marker. This tool works on all documents including scanned images which do not contain any text. It is very easy to use and may become a favorite for users on smaller screens.

To celebrate qPDF Notes’ one year anniversary, the app is offered at 70% off through June. Users who are currently evaluating qPDF Notes Demo are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to upgrade to qPDF Notes Full Version.

Qoppa Software also makes its Android PDF technology available in qPDF Toolkit for Android developers to integrate PDF features into their own apps.

Qoppa’s Android products are available for all Android phones and tablets 2.1 or higher including: Asus Transformer Prime, Acer Iconia, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Samsung Galaxy Note, Motorola XOOM, Lenovo Thinkpad, Kindle Fire, Nook Color, Sony Xperia, devices with custom ROMs, and the Blackberry Playbook.

About Qoppa Software:
Qoppa Software specializes in the development of high-end libraries and applications to work with PDF documents. Qoppa Software offers a suite of highly portable products that cover every aspect of PDF processes and integrate seamlessly into document work flows, including end-user, server and PDF library products. Qoppa’s products are carefully designed and developed on Qoppa’s own robust PDF technology to provide the highest level of performance and reliability.

Read more about Qoppa’s Android PDF Solutions

Qoppa Announces AnDevCon III Participation

We’ll be at AnDevCon III, the technical conference for software developers building Android apps, on May 15 and 16 in booth 505. We’re excited to showcase our Android qPDF Toolkit. Qoppa President Gerald Holmann will be available for personal demos and business or technology discussions.

Based on our own proprietary PDF technology, qPDF Toolkit helps developers easily PDF-enable Android apps, including the ability to digitally sign PDFs right on the Android device. Since AnDevCon II, Qoppa has delivered many changes and additions to our Android PDF apps and to our Java PDF libraries and GUI components for developers.

Stop by Booth 505 to see live demonstrations of our qPDF capabilities on Android devices including PDF rendering and markup, form filling, document manipulation and digital signatures.

Real Digital Signatures on Android with qPDF Notes 2.2

True Digital Signatures with qPDF Notes

Atlanta – April 12, 2012 – Android device users finally have the ability to validate and apply true digital signatures to PDF documents with the new 2.2 release of qPDF Notes, Qoppa Software’s PDF Android app. Also in this release are improved editing of annotations properties, and additional user interface improvements.

qPDF Notes 2.2 is the only Android PDF tool with the ability to apply true digital signatures directly from an Android device. The app allows the user to choose which digital signing certification to use: create self signed certificates, or import digital certificates issued by a certificate authority such as Verisign or Thawte. Digital certificates are PKCS files with a .p12 or .pfx filename extension.

qPDF Notes also enables the digital signature’s appearance to be fully customized by adding a handwritten signature (through a finger gesture) and by overlaying an image such as a company logo.

“Qoppa’s suite of tools to validate and apply electronic signatures on PDF documents is now extended to mobile devices. Our users have been signing documents on Windows, Mac and Linux with our desktop tool PDF Studio for years. They can now sign PDF documents on the go with qPDF Notes.“ says Qoppa President Gerald Holmann.

Qoppa Software also makes these new features available in the latest version of qPDF Toolkit for Android developers to integrate PDF features into their own apps.

qPDF Notes works on all Android phones and tablets 2.1 and higher including: Asus Transformer Prime, Acer Picasso, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Samsung Galaxy Note, Motorola XOOM, Toshiba, Lenovo Thinkpad, Kindle Fire, Nook, and devices with custom ROMs. qPDF Notes is also available on Blackberry Playbook 2.

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Spring release of Java PDF components and libraries by Qoppa Software adds creation of linearized PDF documents, user interface and API enhancements

Atlanta, GA March 19 2012 – Qoppa Software’s new spring release of Java PDF components and libraries delivers API improvements for easier integration into Java and web applications, along with UI improvements to make the PDF components easier for users to work with.

Key among the features delivered this spring is the ability for Qoppa’s library jPDFProcess to create linearized PDF documents. Linearization allows fast viewing of even large PDF documents over the web because pages of linearized documents are made accessible without the need for downloading the entire file.

With the new release, programmers gain further control when integrating the PDF libraries into applications. The revised API now supports adding PDF content to a specific layer, creating rotated rubber stamps, and adds a convenience method to overlay a watermark on top of PDF documents when viewing and printing. Moreover, Qoppa’s team has made licensing easier by simplifying the process of requesting, validating and setting license keys.

This release also adds many improvements to Qoppa’s visual PDF components such as a new invert colors mode and enhancements around interactive PDF forms, including support for Submit and Reset buttons and even better editing of interactive form fields data.

Gerald Holmann, President, says “Qoppa’s spring release of our Java PDF library products is all about continuing to deliver easy to use, powerful PDF products. Our PDF technology makes it easy for developers to confidently PDF-enable their own applications, while remaining focused on their business logic.”

For additional details, change logs are published on Qoppa’s Knowledge Base:

Full Change Log for Java PDF Library 2012-03 Release
Full Change Log for Java PDF Component 2012-03 Release

ABOUT QOPPA SOFTWARE

Qoppa Software specializes in the development of high-end libraries and applications to work with PDF documents. Qoppa Software offers a suite of cross platform products that cover every aspect of PDF processes and integrate seamlessly into document work flows, including end-user, server and PDF library products. Qoppa’s products are carefully designed and developed on Qoppa’s own robust PDF technology to provide the highest level of performance and reliability.

Qoppa Software Announces qPDF Notes™ Bundling by Samsung Italy

Qoppa Software, a leading producer of PDF software, announces a recent bundling agreement with Samsung Italy. Samsung Italy will include Qoppa’s qPDF Notes™, a PDF markup and form filling app, on their new Galaxy Note device. Samsung’s Galaxy Note is the new phone-tablet device from Samsung which offers a large screen and powerful performance while maintaining smartphone portability.

Samsung Press Event

With Qoppa’s qPDF Notes, a user-friendly PDF app on Android, Galaxy Note users can annotate PDF documents with sticky notes, text notes, highlights or free-form drawings. Interactive PDF forms can be filled and saved. qPDF Notes can access, save, and send PDFs via email, Dropbox, Bluetooth or SD cards.

“PDF documents are the perfect fit for taking notes on tablets and portable devices, because PDF is the de facto electronic collaboration format. Annotations are an integral part of the PDF document specification. They are saved as part of the document and are viewable in any PDF viewer.“, says Gerald Holmann, president of Qoppa Software. “We are proud that Samsung Italy elected to bundle qPDF Notes after a thorough evaluation of competitive products. We have perfected our PDF technology over the last 10 years and believe that our app is the most solid and comprehensive PDF app on Android today. “

Galaxy Note users in Italy may download qPDF Notes for free from the Samsung app store.

Qoppa email android@qoppa.com or call +1 (404) 685-8733.

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