User guide
IRISCompressorTM – User guide Table of Contents Introduction ........................................................................ 1 IMPORTANT NOTES ......................................................................... 1 Legal Notices ..................................................................... 3 Installation and Setup ................................................................. 5 System Requirements ......................................................... 5 Installation ...........
IRISCompressorTM – User guide INTRODUCTION IRISCompressor is a handy compression tool that allows you to convert your image and PDF files into compressed PDF or XPS files in just a few mouse clicks. The PDF and XPS files IRISCompressor generates are fully textsearchable, thanks to I.R.I.S.' OCR technology (Optical Character Recognition). IMPORTANT NOTES IRISCompressor can process one image file or PDF file at a time. A file may contain up to 10 pages.
IRISCompressorTM – User guide LEGAL NOTICES ICOMP_Normal-dgi/pko-25012012-04 Copyrights Copyrights ©2011-2012 I.R.I.S. All Rights Reserved. I.R.I.S. owns the copyrights to the IRISCompressor software and to this publication. The information contained in this document is the property of I.R.I.S. Its content is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of I.R.I.S.
IRISCompressorTM – User guide INSTALLATION AND SETUP SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS This is the minimal system configuration required to use IRISCompressor: A Pentium-based PC. 128 MB RAM. 115 MB free disk space. Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 Operating System. INSTALLATION Before you start the installer: Check if you need the 32-bit or 64-bit version; go to the Windows Control Panel, and click System. Then check your System type.
Installation and Setup To install IRISCompressor: ESD version: download the installer to your computer. Double-click the installer to start it. Select the Setup language and click OK. ATTENTION IRISCompressor Standard: the language you select here will also be the language in which you can recognize your documents (IRISCompre. Then, click Next and follow the on-screen instructions. Select I accept the terms in this license agreement and click Next.
IRISCompressorTM – User guide It is not recommended to have more than one version of IRISCompressor installed at the same time. In case you want to upgrade to a superior version, always uninstall your current version first before installing the superior version. See the topic Uninstall for more information. ACTIVATION Once you have installed IRISCompressor you need to activate it. Unactivated copies of IRISCompressor are only available for use for ten days.
Installation and Setup If you purchased a regular version you find the activation key inside the product box. Then click Next and follow the on-screen instructions. Note that an internet connection is required to complete the activation. In case you do not have an internet connection on this machine but still want to do the activation, then click Next anyway. A new dialog box appears. Select Manual Activation and follow the instructions described there.
IRISCompressorTM – User guide AUTOMATIC UPDATE Each time a new update is available you will be prompted to install it. Click Download and Install to do so. REGISTRATION When you launch IRISCompressor for the first time, you are prompted to register. Registering your copy of IRISCompressor offers such benefits as product updates, product support, discounts on new products, and so on. To register: Fill out the registration form, then click Register now.
Installation and Setup UNINSTALL To uninstall IRISCompressor: Close IRISCompressor. Go to Windows Control Panel. Click Programs and Features. Then select IRISCompressor from the list and click Uninstall.
IRISCompressorTM – User guide USING IRISCOMPRESSOR With IRISCompressor you can compress your image and PDF files into compressed PDF or XPS files. Supported image file types IRISCompressor is able to compress the following image file types: JPEG JP2K (JPEG2000) BMP TIFF PDF* GIF PNG *Attention: PDF files are compressed best when they contain images. PDF files that only contain text will hardly be reduced in size. To compress your image or PDF files: Select the files you want to compress.
Using IRISCompressor Then right-click them and point to IRISCompressor in the menu that is displayed. Click Compress here to compress the file in the same location as the original. Your files are converted to compressed PDF files by default. Note: if you convert regular PDF files into compressed PDF files, the original files are replaced by the compressed versions. The output files IRISCompressor generates are by default textsearchable, thanks to I.R.I.S.' OCR technology.
IRISCompressorTM – User guide Format Select the output format you want to generate: PDF or XPS. Important note: Adobe Reader is recommended to open compressed PDF files on a mobile OS (e.g. on an iPad or Android tablet) OCR Select Enabled in case you want IRISCompressor to recognize the text in your images. IRISCompressor will then generate textsearchable output files. If OCR is disabled, IRISCompressor just compresses your images without recognizing the text.
Using IRISCompressor Favorite Output Folder The Favorite Output Folder is the folder where IRISCompressor generates the compressed output files. By default, this folder is C:\Users\"YourUser"\Documents. Click the browse button to change it. Advanced options Select Auto Deskew in case you are processing images that are not entirely straight - or "skewed". The Auto Deskew option straightens your images. Note: the skew angle may not exceed 10 degrees.
