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Benefits

  • Distribute PDFs with confidence that documents are controlled in exactly the way you want - they cannot be copied or printed without your permission
  • Generate single, multiple or bulk generate secure files
  • No risk of security breaches or hidden viruses, as have been experienced with other (e.g. industry standard) products
  • Fast, small footprint, full functionality, free PDF reader/publisher
  • Extremely cost effective - no up front license fee for end users and free or low cost options for publishers
  • Sample documents can be provided at no cost
  • Sell books, research reports, magazines, articles - indeed any document that you can create as a PDF, safe in the knowledge that the purchaser cannot create further copies and distribute them to others
  • Offer previously unpublished or out-of-print works to customers by scanning them to PDF and then publishing them via the Drumlin service
  • Offer free PDF versions of materials to accompany a book or magazine and/or as an incentive and instant service, whilst customers await delivery of printed materials 
  • Provide rental and subscription services using the start/end date facility
  • Provide bulk licensing arrangements - e.g. provide multiple authorization codes to allow a single user to have more than one copy of a secured document (e.g. on their work PC and their laptop), and/or to allow multiple copies to be made available to users attending a course or for all members of a department in a corporation
  • Capture information on usage of your documents - tailored service only
  • Central document storage and user-specific secure distribution - tailored service only. Please see the Tailoring page or email us for more details   

Features  

Reader features:
  • PDF versions 1.0 to 1.6 (includes PDF revision 1.7, Acrobat 8)
  • Multi-language support, including English, French, German, Italian, Danish, and other language files in the standard kit
  • PCs with Windows OS and Apple Mac computers with Windows PC software supported (see Apple Mac page for more information)
  • Small footprint, fast display PDF reader and Digital Rights Managed (DRM) service
  • PDF feature support: standard pages, foreground and background watermarks, annotation display, form display (not filling), standard PDF password controlled security (RC4 and AES128bit), bookmarks tab, thumbnail view tab
  • Application-specific print watermarking (identifies document, user and date/time of printing)
  • Page display options: single page, single continuous, facing page, facing continuous, rotated pages plus Zoom in/out, fit page and fit page width, multiple document open with multiple window arrangement support plus full screen view option
  • Page numbering, navigation and 'Go to page' facilities plus range of additonal keyboard and right mouse click features
  • Text search - high speed search and highlighting of search results on the pages
  • Copying of screen text and clipboard copying - disabled by default, can be enabled. Is enabled by default for standard PDF files (non-secured). In-context menu support via right mouse click (if text copying permitted)
  • Prevention of screen grabber programs from capturing content
  • Printing - local, network and hub-based printing enabled or disabled according to publisher settings; non-physical device printing is disabled
  • File types read: .PDF and .DRM
  • File types authorized: .DRMX - see Publisher features for more details
  • Built-in emailing (active document via right mouse click menu item, any drm/drmx or pdf via File menu and email icon)
 Publisher features:
  • Create .DRMX files (locked .DRM files) from .PDF files - extremely secure encryption system, with central Digital Rights Management (DRM) control over usage - details of the security model and background to the local, central and communications security system used are available to corporate customer security departments on a confidential basis - see Permission settings, below, for more details
  • Create .DRM files directly (PDFs with additional controls but not requiring authorization) - provides controlled PDF distribution with no cost - basic version is designed for issuing sample and evaluation versions of materials - these have restricted number of times they may be viewed and no printing is allowed. Distribution of .DRM files without such restrictions can be enabled for publishers (e.g. mass distribution of proprietary marketing, sales or technical information) for a fee - see Pricing & ordering for details. User-specific DRMs can also be created via the User Lists facility enabling DRMs to be sent to users and not require an authorization process (effectively these are pre-authorized for one or more users - require Pro or Pro+ license)
  • Add optional document description, ISBN, Version number and version retention to metadata stored on the Drumlin central DRM server
  • Add application-specific watermarking to printed output, giving extra protection when printing is permitted; with preview facility
  • Publishing details logged to local disk file (PublishingHistory.csv) in - also logged to central Drumlin web site
  • Permission settings:
    • Start and end dates for document opening
    • Number of times document may be viewed (0 to unlimited)
    • Number of times document may be printed (0 to unlimited)
    • Number of pages that may be printed (if printing allowed)
    • Network printing enabled/disabled
    • Copy of text to clipboard enabled/disabled
    • Screen grabber program detection
    • Password protection - Drumlin's own secure password protection. Password is required to open a document that has already been authorised
    • Must be online: can only be opened if user is online and connection to Drumlin DRM site established - includes client-independent date/time check
    • Must be registered: can only be viewed if end user has registered their Drumlin software - registration is required for both authorisation and publishing of documents, so most users will have registered anyway
    • User lists - identify one or more Drumlin users who may view/print the document. Makes the Basic DRM files restructed to the selected users