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Bring the power of Xerox resource creation and editing to any desktop!
Reduce Application Development Time
DesignPro Tools provides a visual interface that enables you to create and edit the forms, fonts and images you need for business communications.
Never Write Another Line of Code
No coding/scripting is needed and no resource pre-conversions are required. After editing, resources can be saved in the desired print format and placed on the printer.
Advanced Form Design Tools DesignPro Tools includes a powerful set of design and editing tools developed specifically for document creation. Create a wide range of document types quickly and easily including statements, policies, letters, coupons and more.
Powerful Font Editing
Create Xerox fonts from scalable TrueType or Adobe Type1 fonts. Existing Xerox raster fonts can be edited in a visual interface. Special characters can be added and character widths can be changed. Fonts can be slimmed, darkened and reversed.
Advanced Graphics Editing
Edit or create standard format graphic files including BMP, TIF, JPG, IMG or LGO. Clean up and edit bitmap graphics such as a scanned logos or signatures. Support for color, highlight, grayscale and black and white image formats and standard shading patterns.
Import Microsoft, Adobe and More DesignPro Tools includes a powerful conversion feature so you can use documents created in Microsoft Word, Adobe PageMaker, Adobe Acrobat and Adobe InDesign. Files are converted to the Xerox or Elixir format for editing and production.
Run Automated Conversions
DesignPro Tools provides powerful automation features allowing a user-defined lights-out operation for all conversion needs. Simply define the business rules for conversions and let DesignPro Tools process the files automatically.
Tagged Forms (Normalized Metacode)
DesignPro Tools provides sophisticated variable data merging capabilities to produce Normalized Metacode files for Image Sciences’ DocuMerge.
Benefits
Eliminate unnecessary steps:
No pre-conversion of Xerox resources needed, edit resources in native format
Programming skills not necessary:
Create designs in familiar Windows interface
Improve printer performance:
Tiling images into fonts is just one of the many ways DesignPro Tools can increase printer throughput
Utilize more document designs in your organization:
Convert documents from Windows applications
Applications and Industries
Elixir proudly serves customers in these and many other industries using the applications listed:
Education
Finance
Government
Healthcare and Insurance
Manufacturing
Service Bureaus
Utilities
Statements
Bills
Checks
Invoices
Letters
Policies
more...
Functions and Features
Load and save native Xerox resources
Generate Metacode and Normalized Metacode documents
Define data tags to merge variable data, such as Name and Address in forms
Convert forms into PDF documents
Import tag definition lists or create your own tags
Form Editor
Drag and drop design elements
Color support for all elements
Apply Xerox standard screen and shade patterns
Text wrapping, justification, and rotation
Spellcheck all text or individual words as text is entered
Use grids and guidelines to facilitate overlay design
Digital and graphic rulers with choice of unit measure
Convert and Import Files into DesignPro Tools
Convert Windows documents into Xerox forms or Normalized (tagged) Metacode documents. Supported packages: Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe InDesign, Adobe PageMaker and many more.
Converters
Convert all native and Elixir document, form, font and image formats
Use command-line converters for batch, offline conversions
Automate conversion tasks
Font Editor
Create and edit Xerox raster fonts
Edit a font, an individual character or blend characters together
Display and edit Xerox font header information
Control font metrics
Transforms include: reverse, halftone, and mirror
Tile images into fonts for improved printer performance
Graphics Editor
Full image transformations include resize, rotate, lighten, darken, mirror, outline, filter, shift, reverse, and halftone. Tile images into a font, control sizing and sequencing of tiles. Includes palettes of specialized Xerox screen and shade patterns
Forms
Input
Output
Xerox FRM, FSL
Microsoft Windows EMF
Elixir ELX, EFR, EP
Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe InDesign, Adobe PageMaker and other Windows document types
Xerox FRM, FSL,
Support for Xerox LCDS-Spectrum
Microsoft Windows EMF
Elixir ELX, EFR, EP
PDF, PCL, PostScript
Image TIF, JPG, SEG, IMG