Print to PDF and other Document Formats using Virtual Printers

Posted on 2019-03-11 by Nick Villalobos

Paperless, or paper-free, offices are getting more popular in all work environments. Because of this, digital printing is becoming more of the norm. With the use of the LEADTOOLS Document Writer and Virtual Printer, you can create a virtual printer and print to a PDF from any printable source. What makes this great is the simplicity of configuring the printer. Now let’s get to the code!

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LEAD Takes Home Three ComponentSource Awards for 2019

Posted on 2019-03-07 by Katie
ComponentSource Awards
ComponentSource Awards

We are once again pleased to announce that LEAD Technologies and multiple LEADTOOLS products are the recipients of several top awards from ComponentSource. This global distributor has been a partner with us since 1996, serving thousands of LEADTOOLS customers throughout Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa, and Australia.

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Build a .NET Core Image Conversion MicroService using LEADTOOLS NuGet Packages

Posted on 2019-01-22 by Nick Villalobos

This blog post is to demonstrate the simplicity when working with LEADTOOLS NuGet packages to convert a hosted file from the web to a PNG. LEAD introduced NuGet packages at the release of Version 20 and never looked back. The following example is a spin-off of a prior blog that exemplified how to incorporate LEADTOOLS using .NET Core without NuGet packages.

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Adjusting Image Tones to Improve OCR Results

Posted on 2019-01-09 by Nick Villalobos

Tonal range is an important attribute of an image, especially photographs, when trying to improve OCR results. Tonal range is the range of tones between the lightest and darkest areas of an image and is also known as contrast. An image with a wide range has both very dark (black) and very light (white) elements. An image with a narrow range is more limited in its tonal scope, which is usually in the mid-ranges (varying shades of grays).

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LEADTOOLS Extends Encoder Support for MP4, MKV, and RTSP

Posted on 2018-12-05 by Greg

Today, LEADTOOLS released an update to its Multimedia SDKs that enhances support for several formats and streaming capabilities. These improvements are all geared towards extending our support for various technologies as they emerge on the market, and in speeding up the overall process of streaming audio and video data to clients.

  • Added support for h.265 and h.264 hardware encoders to MP4 and MKV outputs
  • Added support for MP3 audio to MP4 and MKV outputs
  • Added support for MPEG-2 audio encoder to MKV output
  • Improved capture device support
  • Added the ability to use Microsoft RTSP media source using windows media extensions, with implementation of network source authentication interfaces

This update is freely available to any existing LEADTOOLS Version 20 customers and is included in the latest Multimedia SDK download.

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