XSL FormatterV2.5 Graphic Support

We enhances Graphic support with the release of XSL FormatterV2.3. The following explains about graphic support.

Supported graphic file types

The following table shows the image files that can be loaded.

Category	Sub category	Subsub category	Notes
TIFF	Popular TIFF files of TIFF Revision 6.0-based can be loaded.
	Loadable compression methods	uncompressed
		Packbits
		Modified Huffman
		CCITT Group3 1D
		CCITT Group3 2D
		CCITT Group4
		JTIF(JPEG) TIF J2K(JPEG 2000)
		LZW	LZW compression method-based TIFF files requires LZW patent fee separately.
	Supports for color expression.	monochrome
		RGB
		CYMK
		YCbCr
	Important When the TIFF file consists of multiple pages (extension .MPT is often used), only the first page is displayed. The TIFF tags can be extended. Then, various kinds of TIFF files are on the market. There is a possibility that the extended TIFF files may not be loaded properly. Please check it by the evaluation copy before you purchase.
EPS	Encapsulated Postscript. When there is a display image in EPS, the image can be displayed on screen, output to Windows-GDI type printer, inserted to PDF as an image if you use AcrobarWriter, PDF Output Option. Postscript code in EPS is output to Postscript Printer Driver on Windows2000/XP, but excluding other Windows Operating System. In case of generating PDF by Acrobat Distiller, the printer driver within Acrobat Distiller is distigushed as Postscript Printer Driver. Then the Postscript code in EPS is output, converted and embedded into PDF, it means Acrobat Distiller can generate PDF with high quality EPS graphics on Windows2000/XP. FromV2.3, even if EPS has no preview imgage, it's possible to embed EPS by reflecting a dummy image on window. When printing by PS Printer, outputting PDF by Adobe Arobat Distiller, Postscript code in EPS is output and EPS image can be embedded. Important Since EPS can be created by various kind of software, there may be a possibility that some display images cannot be loaded properly in this software. Please check it by the evaluation copy before you purchase.
	Display image formats	TIFF
		Postscript raster
		WMF

PNG	Portable Network Graphics Format. PNG is designed as an alternative of GIF. Then you don't need to worry about an infringement of LZW patent when you use PNG instead of GIF.
JPEG	Progressive JPEG, JPEG 2000, JFIF(JPEG File Interchange Format)
GIF	Graphics Interchange Format. An extra LZW patent fee may be required. Important In the case of Animation GIF, and it has multiple pages, only the first page is displayed.
BMP	Windows BMP
WMF	Windows Metafile
EMF	Enhanced Metafile
SVG	When Adobe(TM) SVG Viewer is installed, SVG is converted to raster image and can be displayed, printed, embedded in PDF. Important Animation remains stationary. The operating on a server is not guaranteed. There may be a possibility that an error dialog appears and stops operating.
CGM	When ActiveCGM plug-in is installed, CGM is converted to raster image and can be displayed, printed, embedded in PDF. Important ActiveCGM plug-in is required to be installed.
MathML	When MathPlayer plug-in is installed, MathML can be displayed , printed and embedded in PDF. MathML image is displayed as vector image. When outputting to ordinary printer for Windows, or outputting in PDF by PDF Output Option, MathML image is converted to raster image. When outputting to PS Printer or outputtig in PDF by Adobe Acrobat Distiller, MathML image is output as vector image without converting. Important MathPlayer plug-in is required. Download MathPlayer here: Before you use MathPlayer, please install IE6. In some cases, the quality of MathML image may be destroyed if IE is before IE6.

UNISYS LZW Patent

The technology of LZW compression used for GIF and TIFF-LZW use is a patent technology of UNISYS. Because of the above reason, the payment of patent fee for UNISYS is required. The following shows the agreement and fees.

License Type		Description for license agreement and fees
For XSL Formatter stand alone license		We can provide customers LZW licenses in accordance with the license agreement made between Antenna House and UNISYS. Customers do not need to contact with UNISYS directly. GIF/TIFF-LZW is included in the price.
For XSL Formatter Corporate Network license		We can provide customers LZW licenses in accordance with the license agreement made between Antenna House and UNISYS. Customers do not need to contact with UNISYS directly. GIF/TIFF-LZW is included in the price.
For XSL Formatter Server license	Number of the PC accessible is limited.	We can provide customers LZW patent license in accordance with the license agreement made between Antenna House and UNISYS. Customers do not need to contact with UNISYS. It costs you: $180.00 up to 100 clients PC. $50.00 additional fee per 100 PC.
For XSL Formatter Server license	Internet Server, Intranet server, etc.	Customers need to make license agreements with UNISYS directly. Antenna House cannot provide customers LZW patent license for a internet server. Important If you decompress LZW on the Internet Server without making a license agreement with UNISYS, we think it is considered to be a infringement of license.

Reference

LZW license is based on the idea of UNISYS. Antenna House has no authority for that.

UNISYS Home page:http://www.unisys.com/unisys/lzw/

Applicable FO	Applicable graphic file types	Decision
fo:instream-foreign-object	SVG	Required that content-type is "image/svg+xml" or the first element is svg.
fo:external-graphic	All	Required that the content-type is specified correctly with MIME-TYPE or file extension is specified. When both is missing, XSL Formatter distinguishes PNG, TIFF, EPS, JPEG by reading inside the files.

Type	MIME-TYPE	Extension
TIFF	image/tiff, image/tiff2, image/x-tif	tif, tiff, mpt
EPS		eps
PNG	image/png, image/x-png	png
JPEG	image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, image/pipeg	jpg
GIF	image/gif	gif
BMP	image/bmp, image/x-bmp, image/x-MS-bmp	bmp
WMF	image/wmf, image/x-wmf	wmf
EMF	image/emf, image/x-emf	emf
SVG	image/svg, image/svg+xml, image/svg-xml	svg
CGM	image/cgm	cgm
MathML	application/mathml+xml	mml

Date revised	Contents revised
September 30, 2002	EPS graphic support enhanced. Supports MathML.
June 28, 2002	EPS and CGM graphic support enhanced.
April 1, 2002	First edition

Supported graphic file types

UNISYS LZW Patent

Reference

How to specify graphics

MIME-TYPE and Extension

Sample of image file