Who We Are

Artifex is the exclusive licensing agent for the highly regarded Aladdin Ghostscript (PostScript, PDF and PCL) technologies. Ghostscript 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 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 licensees worldwide evidences our successful application of Aladdin's technologies in the commercial arena. Our clients include such industry leaders as BEST, two divisions of Hewlett Packard, Macromedia, T/R Systems and three divisions of Xerox. Please check out our list of customers.

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 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 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 was the first independent implementation of PDF and PCLXL. With an increasing presence in both host-based and embedded applications, Ghostscript sets the pace for PostScript, PDF, PCL5 and PCLXL.

Open Technology

In support of the concept of open technology, Ghostscript was created as a fully functional, cross-platform PostScript interpreter with source code availability. Originally distributed as a freely available end-user package, Ghostscript 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.

To learn more about Ghostscript, see the Ghostscript Home Page .

Contact Us:

Miles Jones, President:
101 Lucas Valley Road, Suite 110
San Rafael, CA 94903
tel: +1 415 492 9861
fax: +1 415 492 9862
email: miles@artifex.com

Scott Sackett, Vice President of Sales:
9300 Hickory Road
Krum, TX 76249
tel: +1 940 482 7985
fax: +1 940 482 7983
email: scott@artifex.com