UnForm Server and Client

Unix spooler options for raw output
UnForm PCL and  PostScript output is a binary print stream that must arrive at the printer unmodified.  Unix spool systems often default to the assumption th...
Tue, 12 Feb, 2013 at 10:54 AM
Error 33 in ufinprs.pv (out of memory)
When parsing a large input text stream, UnForm can run out of memory and report an error 33.  This is generally due to the default construction of an intern...
Thu, 16 Jul, 2015 at 3:17 PM
Error: Bad arg length for Socket
This error occurs if Perl is unable to resolve a host name into an IP address.  The most common cause of this is a missing 'localhost' entry in /etc/...
Sat, 9 Feb, 2013 at 8:46 AM
Client error codes
The UnForm clients can return a number of error codes when initializing a job on the server. Here are descriptions of common codes: 997 The server is re...
Wed, 31 May, 2017 at 2:04 PM
Windows heap issues
On Windows servers that support many users and many services, it is possible to run out of heap space, a portion of memory allocated to services and desktop...
Fri, 17 Jul, 2020 at 11:00 AM
Errors related to output (-o) arguments
The UnForm command line's -o argument specifies where the job's primary output goes.  If the unform server is unable to open the value specified, th...
Fri, 29 Jan, 2016 at 10:13 AM
Determining active connections
We are sometimes asked if it is possible to see what active connections are in use, particularly for Designer or Image Manager connections. If you can se...
Thu, 16 Jul, 2015 at 9:17 AM
Minimum hardware guidelines
We are often asked about minimum hardware requirements for UnForm, both the server and the Image Manager.  This is difficult, of course, as there is a hug...
Thu, 16 Jun, 2016 at 2:17 PM
MSFax Notes
File Formats When Microsoft Fax receives a document to fax, it must convert the document into a faxable image format. The technique it uses is the ...
Thu, 12 Jun, 2014 at 6:09 AM
Upgrading from UnForm 7.x to 8.0
The steps to upgrade, beyond simply installing version 8 to a new directory, licensing it, and starting it, vary based on how things worked in the previo...
Thu, 20 Feb, 2014 at 6:59 AM