EscapeE

About EscapeE conversion resources

About EscapeE conversion resources

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RedTitan's EscapeE is a program which interprets print files such as Hewlett-Packard PCL and HP-GL, Adobe® PostScript and PDF files, Epson ESC/P and ESC/P 2 files and IBM® AFP datastream (please contact RedTitan for more details). EscapeE can also read a number of image formats such as TIFF, PNG, JPEG, PCX, DCX, BMP and Xerox® IMG.

The program has five main uses:

Click to expand/collapse this hidden textViewing a print file

on screen and printing sample pages. This means you can view the layout of a job before production printing.

Click to expand/collapse this hidden textConverting a print file

to other formats. Some of these formats are useful for archiving documents: e.g. TIFF (Tagged Image File Format), PDF (Portable Document Format), plain text or the new format that Windows Vista® defaults to: XPS (XML paper specification). Other formats are useful for transferring jobs to other printers, e.g. IBM® IPDS and AFP images, Xerox® IMG images, PostScript files and FDL (Forms Description Language). You can export files manually or set up EscapeE to run continuously, converting new files as they arrive. EscapeE supports TCP/IP input from a specified port and can send its PDF output via LPR. EscapeE also can be controlled remotely from a standard browser using the RedTitan nQ server.

Click to expand/collapse this hidden textExtracting data from a print file

This is done by marking out the position of the data fields on a page. EscapeE then saves the data in those positions into comma separated values (CSV), extensible markup language (XML) or Plain Text.

Click to expand/collapse this hidden textConverting between image formats

at lower resolution or with different compression or rotation.

Click to expand/collapse this hidden textConstructing a composite document

from several files. EscapeE uses a control file to combine selected parts of print files and/or images into a single document, then export it in the format of your choice.

The functions available depend on which version of the program you have installed:

EscapeE Viewer has full viewing features.
EscapeE Transformer has in addition many of the conversion format options.
EscapeE Professional has all the features of the Transformer plus the ability to automate conversion.

For more details, see Compare features.

Important note: If you have downloaded EscapeE from the Internet, you will need to register it. Click here for more information.


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Running EscapeE

About viewing pages

Handling fonts

Navigating around

About exporting pages

About extracting data

Using plugins

About Composite documents