The IceViewer Pro allows users to view, print, OCR, annotate, search (and redact highlighted search matches) documents, scan, batch scan, email, and edit TIFF images, Faxes, medical Faxes through the standalone user interface. The IceViewer Pro can display Microsoft Office Document Imaging (MODI) annotations, OCR data, and WANG annotations.
The IceViewer Pro includes PDF functionality that allows users to View, Print, Merge PDF, Split, Fill PDF forms, OCR, and Search vector/editable PDF files.
Along with the Standalone application, the IceViewer Pro includes a Browser Extension and a Web Application for Google Chrome/Microsoft Edge.
- View, print, scan, annotate, and edit TIFF, PDF, JPEG, and a variety of image types.
- Save images into searchable/vector PDF file format
- Password protect PDF documents
- OCR faxes, sales receipts, mail or any kind of scanned documents.
- OCR, Search and Redact/Highlight search results in TIFF or Image PDF documents
- Search and Redact/Highlight search results in vector/editable PDF documents
- Preserve layout and text information of OCR-ed documents
- Open TIFF, FAX, and editable PDF documents
- Fill PDF Forms
- German, French, and Spanish language versions are available
- Seamlessly navigate pages using Continuous scrolling and multi-page viewing
- Add Signatures or Initials to documents
- Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge Browser Extension
- IceViewer Core Web Application
- Undo for 16-step operations
- Print Preview
- Organize or Reorder PDF and TIFF documents by moving, inserting, and deleting, page(s).
- Drag and Drop PDF pages between the IceViewers to organize documents
- Extract, Insert, and Split pages from PDF and TIFF documents
- Place Text, Note, or Comment Annotations anywhere on a Document
- Redact and Whiteout documents
- Stamps, Time Stamps, Personalized Stamps, and more...
- Multi-page operation for rotating, deleting, flipping, document cleanup, and more.
- Auto Rotate documents to portrait or landscape
- MSI installer is available for IT managers for large scale deployment
- IceViewer Transferable licenses
- Context Menu for the Thumbnail View
- Thumbnail view to the IceViewer Browser Plugin
- IceViewer can display legacy MODI annotations
(Microsoft Office Document Imaging replacement) - IceViewer can display WANG annotations
- Print TIFF documents silently with IceViewer from the command line!
- Customizable Ribbon
The IceViewer Pro Server is ideal for viewing, editing, and printing TIFF, Vector PDF, Image PDF, and various additional image types. The IceViewer Pro is commonly used for processing medical data, medical faxes, eFax, browsing the USPTO website and viewing patent documents as well turning scanned documents into editable, searchable PDF.
Besides the standalone version, the IceViewer Pro also includes a Browser Extension and a Web Application for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge.
Open eFax and PDF documents in IceViewer Pro
The Black Ice IceViewer Pro comes with advanced PDF reading capabilities, allowing users to open eFax and Image or Vector/editable PDF documents. The IceViewer Pro is a seamless solution to open Image PDF documents from eFax or other online fax providers, and directly view, annotate, print, or email the faxes!
Why use the Black Ice IceViewer Pro?
15-Day Free Evaluation
The evaluation copy is fully functional for 15 days. Once the demo period is over you may purchase IceViewer TIFF, IceViewer PDF or IceViewer Pro edition or switch to the limited free edition. Order multiple copies or a site license at a discount, visit the Black Ice Online Store for details.
Update the IceViewer more easily while preserving the user settings
The update feature allows Administrators to seamlessly upgrade the IceViewer Pro to the latest version on every computer while preserving the user settings such as View Modes, File Associations, Annotation, Stamp configurations, etc...
Supported Operating Systems
Client
Windows 11 64 bit
Windows 10 32/64 bit
Windows 8.1 32/64 bit
Windows 7 32/64 bit
For Windows Server version, please see IceViewer Pro Server.
Looking to develop an Image Viewer or add Imaging capabilities to a web site? Click here for details on our imaging toolkits.
View, Edit & Print
Page View Modes
The IceViewer Pro offers a variety of view modes including multipage, fit-to-window, fit-to-width views, and more...
Bookmarks
Bookmarks provide a convenient way to jump directly to specific sections within a PDF document.
Zoom
Zoom in or out with ease to see every detail of the document.
Magnifying Glass
Focus on specific areas of your document with a simple click using the Magnifying Glass feature.
Rotate or Flip Page(s)
Fix page orientation within your document with the page rotation and flipping tools.
Text Search
Use the fast Text Search function to search through Searchable/Vector PDF documents.
Fill PDF Forms
Fill out PDF forms quickly and effortlessly.
Print PDF documents and utilize advanced printing options.
Print Preview
Inspect documents before printing.
Merge or Split
Merge Documents
Combine multiple TIFF images and PDF documents easily with the IceViewer Pro.
Merge Different File Formats
Combine PDF documents and TIFF images seamlessly. Added pages or documents will be converted to match the file format of the target document.
Split Documents
Split documents at any point in your document with the Split function.
Extract Page(s)
Extract specific pages from existing documents and create a new file with the extracted pages.
Organize
Reorder Pages
Keep your document organized, with the Move Tool or by moving the page thumbnails in the Thumbnail Sidebar.
Insert Page(s)
Insert pages before or after a specific page in your document with the Insert Page feature.
Copy, Cut, and Paste Page(s)
Effortlessly copy/cut and paste pages within and across documents.
Delete Page(s)
Remove unnecessary pages from your document with the Delete Pages feature.
OCR
Text Recognition (OCR)
Convert images and scanned documents to searchable text with IceViewer's powerful OCR technology. Learn more...
Search
Search through TIFF, FAX, or Image PDF doucments using the OCR Search feature or use the more faster Text Search function on Searchable PDF documents.
Redact/Highlight Search Matches
Once a search process is complete, one can redact or highlight the current or all search matches. Learn more...
Save images into Editable PDF
Convert TIFF, JPEG, PNG, or other image-based documents to searchable PDF file format.
Annotate
Sign
Add Initials or Signature to PDF and TIFF documents.
Highlight
Emphasize specific parts of the document with the Highlight annotation.
Redact
Protect sensitive information with the easy-to-use Redact feature.
Text, Comment, Note Annotation
Add customized comments and notes to your documents with the intuitive annotation tools.
Learn more...
Annotation Replies
Annotation Replies allow users to collaborate while working on documents.
Shape Annotations
Add customizable shapes (such as Rectangle, Ellipse, Arrow, and more...) to your documents.
Pencil
Freehand drawing on to documents.
Add Stamp or Watermark
Add Timestamp, Rubber Stamp, or custom Stamps/Watermarks to documents.
Security
Password protect PDF documents
Enhance document security PDF encryption.
Flatten
PDF documents with interactive elements (e.g. forms) will be no longer editable after saving.
Scan
Scan
Scan, batch scan documents for easy distribution and storage.
Document Cleanup
Remove punch holes, black borders, black lines or black pixels from scanned documents or photos easily.
Deskew
Deskew scanned photos or documents automatically or by using a custom angle.
Share
Share your documents quickly, by sending them as email attachments directly from the IceViewer.
SharePoint
Upload documents to a SharePoint server with a single click directly from the IceViewer.
Convert
Save images into Editable PDF
Convert TIFF, JPEG, PNG, or other image-based documents to searchable PDF file format.
Compress TIFF
Reduce the exported TIFF file size with CCITT G4, CCITT G3 1D No EOL, CCITT G3 1D EOL, CCITT G3 2D, Pack Bits, or LZW compressions.
Convert To FAX
Convert PDF or TIFF documents to Dialogic, GammaLink, Bicom/NMS FAX format.
Convert To JPEG
Convert PDF or TIFF documents to JPEG file format.
Convert To PNG
Convert PDF and TIFF documents to PNG file format.
Convert To BMP
Convert PDF and TIFF documents to BMP file format.
IceViewer Pro is an annual subscription. A single license is valid for a single PC on Windows 11/10/8/7 operating systems for one year. For multiple users on the same PC, no additional licenses are required. For installations on different PCs, you will need enough licenses to cover the total number of PCs.*
Black Ice Software offer different licensing models for corporate users and End Users. For more information, please visit the What license do I need? page.
IceViewer Pro Server is also an annual subscription licensed per Server on Windows Terminal Server and Citrix environments. Please see the IceViewer Pro Server pricing.
IceViewer Pro Licenses | Subscription Price (Renewed Annually) |
IceViewer Pro (Single License) | |
IceViewer Pro (5 Licenses) | |
IceViewer Pro (10 Licenses) | |
IceViewer Pro (25 Licenses) | |
IceViewer Pro (50 Licenses) | |
IceViewer Pro (100 Licenses) | |
Corporate License | Please Call |
* Prices subject to change without notice
** Subscription fee includes a support subscription.
*** Please see End User License Agreement for legal definition of the licensing terms
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E-Mail: sales@blackice.com
- Automatic silent installation
- Automatic register/activate the IceViewer Pro with a serial number
- Upgrade the IceViewer Pro while preserving the user settings using the MSI installer
- Install the IceViewer Pro for evaluation
- Configure installation target directory
- Install IceViewer Pro with a transformation file
- Configure the registration of the IceViewer Pro with Black Ice license server:
- 443 port with SSL (default)
- 80 port without SSL
- 3500 port without SSL
- 15000 port without SSL
- Configure the connection to the license server with proxy server
- Not using proxy server (default)
- Attempt to discover automatic proxy
- Use HTTP proxy
- Use SOCKS proxy
- Enables or Disables the Browser Plug-in for all users
- Install the IceViewer Browser Extension for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge
- Pre-configure the IceViewer Pro with configuration INI file during installation
- File association
- Tiff, Dialogic, GammaLink, Bicom/NMS (TIFF and TIF)
- Fax
- JPG
- Bitmap (BMP)
- PNG
- Cals
- ASCII (TXT)
- Viewer settings
- First Start
- Auto Rotate
- General settings
- File extension dialog.
- Display mode.
- Controls the getting started dialog.
- Enable the Thumbnail View for multi-page documents.
- Enable Save View Setting feature.
- Enable Auto Save feature.
- Enable Show Annotation Color Lost feature.
- Enable File Navigation feature.
- Enable Thumbnail Browser feature.
- Specifies the dithering method of monochrome (black and white) documents.
- Enable Send documents in Email feature.
- Enable Upload documents to SharePoint feature.
- Enable OCR (Optical Character Recognition feature.
- Configures the Enable loading annotation file automatically option in the IceViewer Pro General options.
- Enable or disable saving.
- Enable or disable memory file.
- Enable or disable "Burn annotation into the image when saving the document" option.
- Redirect saving.
- Save directory.
- Tools ribbon tab.
- Annotation
- Document cleanup.
- Options
- Annotation settings
- Shows or hides all annotations
- Selects the stamp type for the Default Stamp button on the Home ribbon.
- Selects the stamp type for the Rubber Stamp button on the Annotation ribbon.
- Shows or hides the date on the Timestamp.
- Sets the date format for the Timestamp.
- Shows or hides the time on the Timestamp.
- Sets the time format for the Timestamp.
- Shows or hides the minutes on the Timestamp.
- Shows or hides the seconds on the Timestamp.
- Shows or hides the time zone on the Timestamp.
- Specifies the text of the Timestamp.
- Specifies the position of text on the Timestamp.
- Specifies the alignment of the timestamp text relative to the date and time on the Timestamp.
- OCR configuration:
- The absolute path of the application to open OCR documents.
- The language of the OCR.
- The absolute path of the directory to save the OCR files.
- Printing configuration:
- Enables or Disables the Center the Image Vertically option on the Print dialog of IceViewer Pro.
- Enables or Disables the Center the Image Horizontally option on the Print dialog of IceViewer Pro.
- Enables or Disables the Scale to Fit Page Proportionally option on the Print dialog of IceViewer Pro.
- Enables or Disables the Use Image DPI option on the Print dialog of IceViewer Pro.
- Enables or Disables the Stretch to Fit Page option on the Print dialog of IceViewer Pro.
- Enables or Disables the Print annotations option on the Print dialog of IceViewer Pro.
- Browser plug-in viewer settings:
- This option configures the default View Mode of the Browser Plug-In.
- Browser Plug-in printer settings:
- Enables or Disables the Stretched to Fit Page option in IceViewer Browser Plug-In.
- Enables or Disables the Center on Page option in IceViewer Browser Plug-In.
- Configures the Default Printing Mode in IceViewer Browser Plug-In.
- Scanning configuration:
- When this option is 1, the IceViewer Pro will always remember and use the previously used batch scan directory.
- Specifies the default scan directory where the batch scanned documents will be saved.
- Twain data source manager selection allows users to select which data source manager version must be used for scanning.
- Assign to Computer (silent install)
- Assign to User (silent install)
- Publish
- Installation from command line (cmd.exe)
- .NET framework 4.0 or higher
MSI Installer for large scale deployment
The MSI installer for IceViewer Pro is designed for large-scale deployment in Active Directory environments. With the IceViewer Pro MSI installer System Administrators can create custom configurations for every User on the system and register or activate the IceViewer Pro. The MSI installer will greatly simplify mess deployment and eliminates the need for customers to build custom installations.
The MSI installer is compatible with Microsoft SMS/SCCM, Zenworks, and Marimba.
The MSI install has the following installation features:
The following features of the IceViewer Pro can be pre-configured:
For example:
msiexec /i "[PATH]\IceViewer64BitSetup.msi" /q TARGETDIR="C:\Black Ice\IceViewer" CUSTOMINI="[PATH]\IceViewer.ini" REGNUM=xxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxx
Supported Installation methods using Group Policy Deployment;
Additional supported installation method;
Installing the IceViewer on VDI
The IceViewer can be installed on Azure VDI, AWS VDI, VMware VDI, or any VDI system from the master image.
The base requirement for licensing of the IceViewer is the IceViewer Special Installer with the licensing mechanism designed for VDI.
The MSI or Interactive IceViewer Special Installer can be requested from Black Ice Software Sales sales@blackice.com.
The Interactive or MSI IceViewer Special Installer for VDI is not available for a single license and is not available from the online store only directly from Black Ice Software sales.
Installing Black Ice products on Citrix VDI for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
Installing Black Ice products on Azure Windows Virtual Desktop
Requirement
For MSI Installer availability, contact sales@blackice.com.
Web Solutions
The number of cloud and web applications is more than ever. As more and more businesses are moving to the cloud, the need for a reliable and flexible web document viewer solution rises.
Black Ice IceViewer Pro offers different solutions for viewing documents in a web browser.
Lightweight and Flexible Solutions
In most cases, we recommend our IceViewer Core Web Application, which is a lightweight and flexible solution with a rich feature set for viewing and editing documents in the browser.
Chromium-based Solutions
Ideal solution for viewing multi-page TIFF and PDF files from the web in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers.
Legacy Internet Explorer Solutions
For legacy applications and environments, we offer our Browser Plug-In for viewing multi-page documents using MS Internet Explorer or MS Edge in compatibility mode.
Which web solution should I choose?
While our solutions for the web offer a similar feature set, there are significant differences between installation and integration. Please see the most important differences below:
IceViewer Core | Chrome / Edge extension | IE Browser Plug-In | |
Browser Support | Chrome, Edge | Chrome, Edge | Internet Explorer |
File Support | TIFF, PDF, JPG, BMP, PNG, TEXT, ICA, ZIP | TIFF, PDF, JPG, BMP, PNG, TEXT, ICA, ZIP | TIFF, PDF, JPEG, TEXT, ICA |
Easy Integration (IFRAME) Support | YES | YES | YES |
URL Parameter support for Easy Integration | YES | YES | NO |
Support Multi-Page Documents | YES | YES | YES |
OCR and Search | YES | YES | NO |
AI Assistant | YES | NO | NO |
Annotation Support | Full Support for Viewing and Editing | Full Support for Viewing and Editing | Only Viewing |
Open Files on New Tab | YES | YES | NO |
Open Files on New Window | YES | YES | NO |
Internet Connection | Not Required | Required | Not Required |
Installation | Easy – Installs with IceViewer | Intermediate – Installs with IceViewer, but users may have to enable it manually in the browser. | Easy – Installs with IceViewer |
Update to a new version | Updates with IceViewer | Partially updates with IceViewer, and partially from the Chrome Web Store automatically | Updates with IceViewer |
Large-Scale Deployment | Easy – MSI Installers and parameters | Intermediate – MSI Installers and parameters, and Group Policy settings for the extension installation | Easy – MSI Installers and parameters |
Uninstallation | Easy – Uninstalls with IceViewer | Intermediate – Uninstalls with IceViewer, but Chrome and Edge browsers must be closed and reopened to complete. | Easy – Uninstalls with IceViewer |
Technology | The latest ASP.NET Core Web Application | Chrome Browser Extension | Legacy IE ActiveX Plugin |
Environment | Self-Running Application | Inside Chrome / Edge | Inside Internet Explorer |