| Maximum settings | No limits on the number of documents generated and distributed. No limits on the number of end users and no limits (unless preset) on the number of views of any document. Multiple administrators and sub-administrators can be enabled |
| Local conversion | No need to upload PDF files to our DRM service - your PDF files remain entirely on your own site; only metadata relating to the PDF file is stored on our server |
| Copying | Always disabled (i.e. no copy/paste is permitted) for secured/encrypted PDF files, enabled for standard PDFs |
| Forwarding | Forwarded secure files cannot be read by other users (authorized files are only decrypted in memory when use on a device is authorized) - secured files remain protected |
| Save As | No "save as" functionality - secured files cannot be saved to a different format |
| Printing | Printing only allowed for desktop/laptop devices, and only if permitted by the publisher. Control includes number of print copies and number of pages (in total). Printing to non-physical devices not permitted |
| Date expiry | Files may have an explicit (hard) expiry date, for example 31st Dec 2027 or implicit (soft) expiry date of "days from first viewing", e.g. 90 days. Soft expiry values can be reset to permit a further period of the same duration if required. |
| Watermarking | Extensive range of dynamic watermarking facilities, for both screen and print views. Content of dynamic watermarks can include static text plus dynamic variables such as device details, date and time, filename, authorization code used and user details. For print versions positioning, transparency, color, font size etc. can be specified. Recommended to protect against screen grabbing |
| Screen capture | Screen capture program protection is optional for Windows-and MacOS-based target devices; always set for Android devices, and a subset of such facilities provided for iOS devices. Use of dynamic watermarking is recommended as the preferred approach |
| Personalization | A special automated facility to enable a single secured file to be personalized for a list of individuals, with personalized dynamic watermarking (not removable) and unique file naming |
| Tracking | Extensive tracking and reporting of activities, including user authorizations, "Pro" registrations, open and print events, unauthorized access attempts etc. - all available to publishers via the free DrumlinPublisher software |
| Enabling | Access (permission to view) to secured files provided via use of authorization codes and license files (the latter for selected "Pro" versions only) |
| Disabling | A range of facilities provided for disabling access to files and tracking of this process (centrally initiated and/or user initiated) |
| Accessibility | Support for extensive size zooming and text-to-speech synthesis (Read-Aloud) for standard PDFs and secured PDFs |
| eCommerce | A range of facilities are available for eCommerce working - please see our eCommerce page for more details |
| OS support | MS Windows (including touch screen versions), Apple macOS, iOS (iPhone/iPAD), Android, plus other OS via virtualization (e.g. Parallels) or Android support (e.g. for Chromebooks) |
| Pre-authorization | Secured (drmz) files may be "pre-authorized" to enable files to be distributed for use without additional authorization or license files being required (i.e. without separate DRM) |
| User access | Unique codes and/or license files enable user-specific access to individual files, i.e. in addition to separately controlled file access |
| Views | Number of times a document can be viewed (specific number or 'unlimited') |
| Markup | All our offline PDF readers (current versions) support markup (highlighting, underlining, strike-through) |
| Annotation | All our offline PDF readers (current versions) support annotation (addition of notes to pages in the text) |
| Display | All our offline PDF readers (current versions) support multiple display modes, varying by operating system version - typically these include single and multiple page modes, with or without scrolling (vertical, horizontal) |
| Navigation | All our offline PDF readers (current versions) support a complete range of document navigation adds, including: page selection, page scrolling, multi-level contents/outline/bookmarks trees, in-context (history) navigation (as per web browsers), text search, page bookmarking etc. |
| Search | All our offline PDF readers (current versions) support fast text search (for text strings) with hits highlighted in lists and in the text itself |
| Branding | Selected Javelin3 readers can be provided as bespoke apps or "branded" - standard facilities are provided to enable this for MS Windows |
| Web invocation | Selected Javelin3 readers (Android and iOS versions) can be invoked from a web page with automated document and catalog delivery (so-called deep linking) |
| Catalogs | Powerful downloadable document catalog facilities, supporting auto-download of details of secured and standard PDF files, with metadata and cover images. Multi-level catalogs provide for large and complex document inventories, with no need for end users to manually download or locate files |
| Networks | Users with MS Windows PCs can bypass local network security in order to authorize their secured files and/or register "Pro" versions of the Javelin3 readers using a range of options and facilities, including web-page-based registration and authorization and document/user-specific license files |
| Backup/Restore | For MS Windows devices a special backup/restore facility is provided to enable a downloaded file plus its annotations (stored in the usually hidden AppData folder) to be backed up and optionally restored to the current or a separate device |
| Management | Powerful free offline software for creating secure files, setting their permissions (single files, multiple files, bulk operations, folder-based operation) plus code creation and management, document summaries, activity tracking and reporting, personalization and more. Most facilities are provided via the DrumlinPublisher software |
| Online | Provided via our separate WEBDOXX web-based services - for details and features see our WEBDOXX website |
