ASCII Text File Format

The Black Ice printer driver, besides generating an image from the printed document, is also capable of extracting the text information from the printed document.

The text extracted from the document is saved as a standard text file which can then be processed as necessary. The text file will have the same name as the image, but using .txt extension.  To enable text extraction, check the Write text file option from the File Formats tab.

If the Generate Multipage Image option is checked, in the case that the printed document contains more than one page, all of the extracted text will be saved into a single text file. The text file will contain delimiters for each new page in the “Page 1:”, “Page 2:” format.  If the Generate Multipage Image option is not checked, a separate text file will be generated for each image page generated by the driver.

By default the text file is generated as ANSI text, however UNICODE text is also supported. In order to turn on the UNICODE text support use the Eastern character support option from the File Formats tab.

ASCII Text output is included in the following Black Ice printer drivers:

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