Artifex Software Inc. is the exclusive
licensing agent for the highly regarded Artifex
Ghostscript® PostScript, PDF and PCL interpreter
technologies. Ghostscript software began in 1986
as a freely available alternative to Adobe's PostScript
products and is now widely recognized as a premiere
independent implementation of all the leading
page description languages.
Leader in Open
Technologies
Known for its unique open architecture,
availability of source code, responsive support
and portability across an enormous range of CPU's,
operating systems and output devices, Ghostscript
software has long been considered one of the best
pieces of freely available software on the Net.
Serving Industry
Leaders Worldwide
The growing number of Artifex's
licensees worldwide evidences our successful application
of these technologies in the commercial arena.
Our clients include such industry leaders as two
divisions of Hewlett Packard, IBM, Kyocera, Nuance
and three divisions of Xerox. Please check out
our list of customers on our "Technology Customers"
page.
Demonstrated Reliability
and Performance
We've earned the confidence of our
OEM customers through demonstrated reliability
and highly competitive results on performance
benchmarks. Each generation of Artifex's technologies
reaches maturity through the scrutiny of dozens
of external beta testers and thousands of diverse
users on the Internet. Before release to customers,
Artifex's products are validated with the demanding
Genoa conformance test suites (the de facto industry
compatibility standard).
Expert, Responsive
Customer Support
The foundation of Artifex's technical
excellence is our experienced team of design engineers
and QA experts. Our staff includes some the most
senior PostScript and PCL technologists available
in the industry. They provide responsive support
for our existing technologies, as well as the
expertise to extend those capabilities both as
a part of our continuous product improvement process
and by targeted development projects in response
to specific customer needs.
Committed to Current
and Emerging Technologies
As a technology provider, Artifex
Software Inc. is committed to offering complete
and independent implementations of all the commercially
important high-level PDL's for the printing and
document processing industry. Artifex Software
Inc. is continually expanding its array of interpreter
and font offerings to meet the current and emerging
needs of our OEM customers.
Artifex's Track
Record
Artifex Software Inc. began in 1993
as the exclusive commercial licensing agent for
the Ghostscript interpreter technologies of Aladdin
Enterprises. Ghostscript software was the first
independent implementation of PDF and PCLXL. With
an increasing presence in both host-based and
embedded applications, Ghostscript technologies
set the pace for PostScript, PDF, PCL5 and PCLXL.
Open Technology
In support of the concept of open
technology, Ghostscript software was created as
a fully functional, cross-platform PostScript
interpreter with source code availability. Originally
distributed as a freely available end-user package,
Ghostscript software became highly sought after
by OEMs who wanted to license it for their own
products. Thus, Artifex was created to facilitate
transfer of freely available software to commercial
licensing applications.
