The Black Ice Printer Driver key features are listed below:
PDF File Format Specific Features
PDF linearization for Fast Web Viewing
PDF/A for the digital preservation
Enable Save As Option - prompt for filename before saving
Agent Printers for routine tasks
Printer Manager for easy configuration
Email printed documents as attachment
Supported file formats: PDF, PDF/A, XML, TXT
Redirect printing to additional printers
Merge/Combine Multiple Documents into one Single File
Large paper size - 177 predefined paper sizes including large paper size for engineering
Annotation on printed document
Watermark - add a watermark to every generated file
Profile Manager - create profiles to store printer settings
Bates Numbering - add bates numbering to printed documents
Extract ASCII text from the printed document
Full control over the output directory
File name generation (including custom file naming)
Start an application before or after printing
Post-printing options including opening in default viewer
The Black Ice printer drivers can be combined with a powerful API called the Resource Toolkit or RTK, which includes several sample applications and utilities with full source code, written in C++, Visual Basic, C#.NET, Visual Basic .NET, Delphi, and more.