[Basic] Menu

This section describes each item on the [Basic] menu of the SkyPDF V4 Driver Settings screen.

Output Settings

PDF Output Settings

PDF Version

The version of the output PDF can be changed.

The functions that can be set differ depending on the version of the PDF (see chart below).

Also, please display the output PDF with a PDF viewer that supports the PDF version and the set functions.

M: Must be set
O: Can be set
 -: Cannot be set
Functions not listed in chart: No effect
  Settings PDF Version
1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 2.0
Watermark Watermark Types [PDF] - - O O O O
Transparency 0-99% - O O O O O
Transparency 100% O O O O O O
Image Quality Color/Grayscale images compression method [JPEG2000] - - O O O O
File Size Compress the structure information - - O O O O
Object Compression - - O O O O
Security Settings Security Types [PKI] - - O O O O
Encryption Level [128bit RC4] O O O O O -
Encryption Level [128bit AES v2] - - - O O -
Encryption Level [256bit AES] - - - - O O
Enable text access for screen render device for the visually impaired O O O O O M
Standards Standard Compliant [PDF/A-1b] O O - - - -
Standard Compliant [PDF/A-2b] O O O O O -
Standard Compliant [PDF/A-3b] O O O O O -
Standard Compliant [PDF/X-1a:2001] O - - - - -
Standard Compliant [PDF/X-1a:2003] O O - - - -
Viewer Preference When printing, do not change scaling settings - - - - - O

Items Other Than PDF Version

Color The color setting of the output PDF can be change.
Full Color Converts to a PDF without changing the colors of the original document.
Grayscale

Converts to a grayscale PDF regardless of the colors of the original document.

  • This setting does not apply to the watermark when the watermark type is set to ‘PDF’. If a non-grayscale PDF is set as a watermark, only the watermark will be output in its original color. (See: PDF)
Output Folder Settings The destination for PDF output can be set to either specify each time via a dialog that appears, or to output to a folder specified in advance.
Select the location to save a file when printing Specify the destination and filename for output with each PDF conversion.
  • This setting is not displayed if Windows Logs were selected as message notification method at the time of installation. 
Desktop Outputs the PDF file to the “Desktop” folder. 
The file name will be the same as the original document.
My Documents Outputs the PDF file to the “My Documents” folder.
The file name will be the same as the original document.
Custom Outputs the PDF file to any folder specified here.
The file name will be the same as the original document.
  • When you select [Custom], a folder selection field will be displayed. You can either enter the folder path directly or press [...] to select a folder.
Process for same file name already exists If you have specified an output folder in [Output Folder Settings], you can set how to handle it when there is a file with the same name in the output folder.
Check Overwrite

A message appears to confirm whether to overwrite the existing file with the same name.
If you select [No], when [Select the location to save a file when printing] is set as the PDF output destination, a dialog to change the save destination and file name will be displayed, and when [Desktop], [My Documents], or [Custom] are set, the print will be canceled.

  • This setting is not displayed if Windows Logs were selected as message notification method at the time of installation. 
Overwrite Overwrites the existing file with the same name without a warning message.
Add sequential numbers to file name Adds a sequential number to the end of the file name and saves it under a different name.
For example, if a document named ABC.doc is converted three times without changing the file name, the PDF files to be created will be ABC.pdf, ABC1.pdf and ABC2.pdf. 
Append to the final page of existing file The content of the new PDF file is appended to the content of the existing file to make a single file.
  • If an existing file has password security, it cannot be added unless an equal or higher level of encryption is set using the same password. Also, security settings are overridden by the settings at the time of addition.
  • If the existing file has PKI-based security set, it cannot be added.

Output Options

Append date of filename The content of the new PDF file is appended to the content of the existing file to make a single file.
  • None
  • yyyymmdd(Year/Month/Date)
  • yyyymmddhhmmss(Year/Month/Date/Hour/Minutes/Seconds)
  • yyyymmddhhmmssfff(Year/Month/Date/Hour/Minutes/Millisecond)
Open Files after Saving Check here to have the PDF file open automatically after it is created. 
  • This setting is not displayed if Windows Logs were selected as message notification method at the time of installation. 
Optimize for Web display Optimizing a PDF file reduces the file size and prepares it for page-at-a-time downloading.
  • Page-at-a-time downloading enables PDF files to appear quickly.
  • This setting cannot be set simultaneously with the security settings.
Automatically Convert URLs to PDF Weblinks Check here if you want URLs and mail addresses included in the original document to be converted automatically into hyperlinks.
Character strings beginning with "http://", "https://", "ftp://", and "file://" will be recognized as URLs. A character string beginning with "mailto:" and written in "XXX@XXX.XXX" format will be recognized as a mail address.
  • This setting cannot be set simultaneously with PDF/X.
Delete Blank Pages Check here to automatically delete blank pages from the PDF file that were included in the original document.
  • This setting does not apply to PowerPoint files.
  • In the case of Word files, blank pages created using line breaks or page breaks will not be removed.