Notification of license change of PDF generation library "iText"

The license form of "iText", a PDF generation library for Java / .NET that Unipos has been handling as a reseller for many years, has changed (as of August 2022).

iThe handling of the Text Core Instance License has ended, and it will be provided in two forms. iText OEM Distribution License iText Subscription License Volume

What is iText?

It is a library for creating and manipulating PDF files from Java and .NET, and is also used as a PDF engine by the US Department of Defense, Google, NASA, etc.

The latest version is iText 7 is. With optional features such as sensitive information removal from PDF documents, invoicing, and ligature rendering, the tool is more powerful than ever.

Major features

• Insert PDF in browser
• Generate dynamic documents from XML files and databases
• Use PDF's interactive features
• Add bookmarks, page numbers, watermarks and more
• PDF pagination, concatenation and manipulation
• Automate PDF form filling
• Add digital signature to PDF files

 

About License

If you want to use iText in a closed source, proprietary environmentcommercial license is required.

License type

Incorporating iText into a self-developed server application or end-user application and selling it as a package to "an unspecified number of general users"iText OEM Distribution License”and a license whose cost is determined according to the number of processes (number of PDF files, number of events)"iText Subscription License Volume" There are two types.

* Due to the change in license form, the handling of iText Core Instance License has ended.

iText OEM Distribution License Embeddable into server or end-user applications Licensed – iText OEM Distribution Server License – iText OEM Distribution end-user device license 　　　　　 iText Subscription License Volume A license whose cost is determined according to the number of processes (number of PDF files, number of events) *Please provide a rough estimate of how much processing will be done per year.

 

About Add-Ons

Each license has the following Add-Ons:Please contact us if you wish.

• pdfXFA – Program dynamic PDF for iText7
• pdfCalligraph – Ligature rendering and text extraction
• pdfHTML – Convert HTML and CSS to PDF documents
• pdfRender – Render PDF as image
• pdfOptimizer – Optimize PDF images, quality and size
• pdf Office – High quality document conversion from Office documents to PDF
• pdfSweep – Remove confidential information from PDF documents
• pdfOCR – Automated text recognition

When contacting us, please let us know the type of license, necessary Add-on, etc.

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