FileDistributor

Automated file distribution between network servers, FTP servers and E-mail servers

FileDistributor is a MS Windows™ based automated tool for fast and reliable file distribution between network servers.

FileDistributor may be used for continuous hot-folder polling and transfer to/from LAN folders, FTP servers or upload/download of e-mail attachments.

Common scenarios are uploading locally dropped files to one or more remote FTP servers, or retrieving files from an FTP folder to the local workflow entry point.

Apart from securely moving files, FileDistributor has an advanced renaming scheme for adapting incoming files to workflow naming conventions. The system can be configured to route files to specific folders based on name pattern matching

Image process plug-in

The optional Image Process plug-in can be used for folder-to-folder TIFF/PDF/JPEG document normalize, allowing rotation, invert, mirroring and trimming of TIFF and PDF files.

FileDistributor can solve a common ‘white stripe problem’ dealing with combining two 1-bit TIFF files to a spread. The problem is related to round-up/pixel padding in the RIP but can be solved using FileDistributor bit-shifting capabilities. As all other operations this is done automatically based on hot-folders.

Highlights:

   Multiple hot-folder operation

   Automatic download/upload from/to FTP servers or other network servers

   Automatic retrieval of e-mail file attachments and sending of files attached to e-mails.

   Copying and optionally compression (zip) of files to archives

   Automatic renaming of files based on multiple regular expressions

   Conditional routing to target folders based on name pattern matching

   Image processing (optional) including rotation, inverting, mirroring of TIFF files,
    trimming of TIFF and PDF files and scaling of PDF files. (For scaling of 1-bit TIFFs - see CCResampler)

   Elimination of Harlequin RIP TIFF output pixel round-off error (‘white stripe problem’)
    allowing perfect pairing of pages to spreads

   Customized status reporting and optional reporting

   Requirements: Standard Intel Pentium/AMD based CPU, 1 GB or more recommended,
    32 GB disk, Windows 2000/2003/2008 Server or Windows XP, Vista or 7

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