Tool Server G8

Server-Automated Client Applications

Benefits

Ease of Use

  • Easy to install, administer, and use

Remote Automation Framework

  • Jobs with settings are sent to the Tool Server; finished jobs are returned
  • “Run as user” support for tools
  • Separate process for each job
  • Load balancing and fail-safety
  • Automatic cleanup of temporary files and processes
  • Error reporting to the client
  • Bonjour browsing to find Tool Servers
  • HELIOS Bonjour server included

Available Tools

  • PDF flattening via Acrobat (Mac/Win)
  • Office-to-PDF conversion (Word/Excel/PowerPoint)
  • HTML-to-PDF conversion (Mac)
  • RAW-to-TIFF conversion (Mac)
  • Photoshop actions (Mac AppleScript)
    More details and additional tools:
    www.helios.de/web/EN/products/TS_examples.html

Cross-Platform Client Support

  • Mac, Windows, Web, UNIX clients