LEAD Announces the Release of LEADTOOLS ePrint Version IV
Excellent PDF Options for Users to Control Output

Charlotte, NC (August 18, 2003) - - - - LEAD Technologies, Inc., a LEADing provider of imaging developer toolkits, today released version IV of its award-winning ePrint printer driver/file converter. LEADTOOLS ePrint installs and registers as a printer driver, and allows you to convert your images or documents from any Windows application to over 140 file types including searchable PDF, DOC, TIFF, JPEG etc, as easy as printing the file. New features have been added to ePrint IV to make it one of the most powerful image converters on the market.

New ePrint IV features include:

Powerful PDF Options:

• PDF Font embedding. Enables PDF documents to show specific fonts, even if the fonts are not installed on the destination OS.
• PDF Bookmarks. Supports 10 levels of bookmarks.
• PDF Watermarks. Custom watermarks can be added to your resulting PDF documents.
• Compression options to help users control their PDF documents sizes.
• Control how Acrobat Reader® (or any other available PDF reader) will open the produced PDF files and specify their initial view.
• PDF Security Options. Now you can produce protected PDF documents by using the security options ePrint provides. It applies encryption algorithms that prevent un-authorized access to the resulting documents.
• URL detection. The PDF output can be enabled to parse the document and convert the URLs like “www.leadtools.com” into working links within the resulting PDF document.
• Different output versions. You can specify which version of PDF document to use as output. LEADTOOLS ePrint IV supports versions 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4.
• Unicode Support. Print from any language including English, French, German, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Arabic and Hebrew to PDF without losing any text or images.

New Output File Formats:

• Paint Shop Pro (PSP)
• TIFF-FX (Internet Fax)
• Kodak Cineon (CIN)
• Flexible Image Transport System (FITS)

LEADTOOLS ePrint includes many features that enhance your existing printer driver to save resources, time and money. For a complete list of functionality, visit the LEADTOOLS ePrint product page or contact sales@LEADTOOLS.com.

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About LEAD Technologies, Inc.
Founded in 1990, LEAD grew out of years of research headed by Moe Daher to find a comprehensive compression standard for digital images. LEAD is now the world-leading supplier of imaging development toolkits, providing technology of the future, today. LEAD brings to the market the most innovative and technically superior products that provide the greatest possible value for its customers. LEAD’s award winning imaging technology is chosen by Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Boeing, Xerox and thousands of other companies for use in their high volume applications and internal systems.