Black Ice Software is proud to announce a NEW file format feature for Creating Searchable PDFs when printing non-searchable Faxes or Tiff files to PDF!

The newly added file format name will appear as “Searchable Compact PDF - OCR (*.pdf)” under selectable file formats available only in the PDF and ColorPlus Printer Drivers. This feature is designed for customers who are using the Printer Driver to convert Faxes or Tiff Documents to PDF. Adding improved accessibility and functionality to converted/achieved documents.
Version 16.75 is a recommended update to create a searchable PDF.

Another useful aspect for the new searchable file format would be when printing from Google Chrome, Edge, or Google Docs where the resulting PDF file would normally be non-searchable and none-selectable. Using the “Searchable Compact PDF - OCR (*.pdf)” format the Printer driver applies Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to the file and converts the image-based text into searchable text and then automatically overlays the text on the image.

The complete list of improvements in the latest Printer Driver includes the following:

DATE: 10-29-2021
Version: 16.75 (revision: 2727)

• Added "Searchable Compact PDF - OCR" file format that lets one create searchable PDF files from non-searchable documents (#14482)
• Updated PDF DLLs to version 3.2.5.739

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