In PDF conversion solutions, the user experience is directly related to the total cost of ownership. If the conversion process is too complicated or offers too many options at the user level, the users may neglect important formatting steps. Or worse, they may fail to use the system at all, sabotaging larger objectives of converting documents to universally accessible and portable PDF format. Likewise, desktop-based PDF conversion solutions create work for IT staff in installing, training and maintaining the individual systems. For large multi-user environments, the costs of desktop solutions may also become prohibitive.

Server-based conversion solutions offer benefits to users, IT and cost considerations. Because they can be set up, wholly or in part, as background services that automatically convert documents according to pre-set business rules, they free users from concerns about standard conversions, and enable exceptional jobs to be routed to staff with more extensive formatting skills. The IT staff is relieved of desktop-related work, and the overall licensing costs may be significantly reduced.

Adlib is the leader in server-based solutions for document transformation, OCR and publishing. Its solutions integrate seamlessly into the user interfaces, such as Office applications or SharePoint, that are already familiar to the users.