Supported File Types for E-printing and TIFF Conversions

CloudNine™ LAW supports printing images and documents created in Microsoft Office and other applications. In addition to the default file types, you can specify custom file types for printing, provided that they can be opened and printed by one of the supported source applications.  For a list of supported source applications please see System Requirements.
 

The source applications are the programs used to open and print documents, and must be installed on the same computer as LAW to print documents of that type.

 

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The following table lists the supported source applications and their common corresponding file types.

File Type

Source Application

*.pdf

Adobe Acrobat/Reader:

•Adobe Acrobat Standard 9

•Adobe Acrobat Pro 8 or X

•Adobe Acrobat Reader 8, 9, 10, or 11

 

Law PDF. This is an internal application provided for users without access to Adobe Acrobat/Reader.

 
 

Supports over 450 file types.

Please view the product website for a list of supported formats: www.cimmetry.com/_products/formats.html

AutoVue Suite

*.wpd

Corel WordPerfect
 

*.eprt, *.easm, *.edrw, *.eprtx, *.easmx, *.edrwx (eDrawings Files); *.sldprt, *.sldasm, *.slddrw (SolidWorks Files); *.dwf, *.dxf, *.dwg (DXF/DWG Files); *.3dxml (3DXML Files); *.stl (STL Files); *.prt, *.prt.*, *.xpr, *.asm, *.asm.*, *.xas (Pro/E Files); *.prtdot, *.asmdot, *.drwdot (SolidWorks Template Files)

eDrawings Viewer

A version of eDrawings Viewer can be used to view or print .DWG files.

Install a version of eDrawings Viewer, depending upon your version of CloudNine™ LAW.

•For LAW version 6.3, install just eDrawings Viewer 2013 (32-bit version only).

•For LAW version 5.9 – 6.2, install just EDrawings 2011 (32-bit version only). For example, if only EDrawings 2009 is installed along with LAW 5.9 or above, you will be prompted to install EDrawings 2011. It is recommended that you uninstall any versions of EDrawings prior to 2011.

•For LAW 5.3.14 – 5.8.17 install just EDrawings 2009.

•For LAW versions previous to 5.3.14 install just EDrawings 2008.
 

*.htm, *.html

Internet Explorer
 

Supports over 100 filetypes.

For a list of filetypes, click:

http://www.irfanview.com/main_formats.htm

IrfanView (Introduced in Version 6.17.96)

 

 

 

*.nsf

Lotus Notes
 

*.xls, *.xlw, *.wk?

Microsoft Excel
 

*.doc, *.dot, *.htm, *.rtf, *.txt, *.wpd, Unicode text files
 

Microsoft Word

*.eml, *.idx, *.ics, *.msg, *.pst, *.ost, *.vcs
 

Microsoft Outlook

•When tiffing MSGs with oversized images the oversized image is not able to resize to fit the page.  This behavior is by design. LAW uses Outlook to print the documents and this result is the behavior of Outlook.

*.pps, *.ppt

Microsoft PowerPoint
 

*.mpp

Microsoft Project
 

*.vs*, *.v?x

Microsoft Visio
 

*.xps

Microsoft XPS Document Writer
 

*.snp

Snapshot Viewer
 

*.bmp

True Color (32-bit) Bitmap
 

*.dxf

VoloView Express
 

 
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LAW directly supports printing of several file types. These are listed as follows:
 

•Binary/Hex Printer - *.bin, *.hex

•Text/RTF Printer - *.txt, *.rtf, *.ini, *.bat, *.vbs, *.java, *.cpp, and various other text based types.

 

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Unicode text files are not supported with the Text/RTF Printer. However, RTF with Unicode is supported. This is a limitation of the underlying component. To print Unicode text files, use Microsoft Word or the Shell Printer as the source application.

 

•Image Printer - *.awd, *.bmp, *.dcx, *.gif, *.jpg, *.pdf, *.pex, *.tif, *.xif

•IrfanView - IrfanView is a graphic viewer application that can be used for imaging many supported file formats.  For a list of formats, click: http://www.irfanview.com/main_formats.htm

•Native PDF Printer - The Native PDF Printer source application can be used to print PFD (*.pdf) formatted files.

•Shell Printer - The Shell Printer source application can be used to print file types through any application that supports command line printing. In other words, if you can right-click on a file in Windows and select Print, to print the file through the associated application, then the application supports command line printing.

When the Shell Printer is set as the SourceApp for a document in CloudNine™ LAW, then the application associated with that file type in Windows will be used to convert the file to TIFF or print the file to paper in CloudNine™ LAW.

For example, a user imports a text file into LAW and sets the SourceApp to Shell Printer. On the user’s computer, text files are associated with Notepad. When the user converts the file to TIFF in CloudNine™ LAW, Notepad will be used to print the file to TIFF or PDF. The output image will be added to the record in CloudNine™ LAW, as it would when using any other SourceApp.

If using the Shell Printer, you must ensure that the application registered on the system for text files supports shell prints. For example, Notepad supports shell prints.

Supported file types for the Shell Printer source application include *.xps files.
 

•Compressed (ZIP archive) Files - LAW also supports printing zipped archives (*.zip) and self-extracting zip archives (*.exe). Zipped files will automatically be included in both file and e-mail print jobs. The contents of the archive will be processed according to the specified file types for printing. If a zip file happens to contain a zip file, Z-Print will recursively open the archives and process the supported file types. The filename extraction format for Zip files is in the format <Archive>^<Filename>.

 
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LAW does not support printing Lotus 1-2-3 documents directly. In order to print these documents, you must have Microsoft Excel installed.
 

Printing WordPerfect files to MS Word may require an additional add-on found on the Microsoft Office installation CD. If this add-on is not installed prior to printing WordPerfect files, Word will be unable to recognize the file format and an error will be logged.
 

In order to use the "Snapshot Viewer", you must install support for the Microsoft Access Snapshot Viewer. If Microsoft Office with Access is installed, it can be added from the Office installation media. If Microsoft Access is not installed, a free viewer can be downloaded from Microsoft.
 

Both Internet Explorer and Word are capable of printing HTML (*.htm  / *.html) files. By default LAW prints these two file types to Internet Explorer due to issues with Word. If you experience any problems printing certain HTML files using Internet Explorer then try using Word to print.
 

Note: HTML files will always return a page count of 1 if the source application is set to Internet Explorer. If the source application is set to Microsoft Word, the page count will return 1 if the file is exactly 1 page long, or it will return 2 pages if the document is longer than a page. Accurate page counts for HTML files will be determined and logged after the file has been printed to either an image or paper.
 

Printing files with VoloView Express (*.dwg) automatically centers the drawing and fills the page.
 

 

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VoloView Express may not work correctly for the first document printed if the 'Drawing Settings' tab of the Page Setup is not the active tab. The last viewed tab remains the default. To ensure it works correctly, open a document, select the Drawing Settings tab, and click OK. This tab should remain the default tab allowing LAW to send the appropriate messages to the dialog.

 

Need additional help? E-mail the CloudNine™ LAW Technical Support team at: lawsupport@cloudnine.com, or contact a support representative at 713-462-6464 for CloudNine™ LAW Ext. 12 or CloudNine™ Explore Support Ext. 13. The Technical Support team is available between the hours of 9:00 A.M to 7:00 P.M. Eastern Time, Monday - Friday.

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