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DjVuer v1.12 Trial Download Still
Available A report by PlanetDjVu, January 19,
2003  Interested in trying out DjVu file encoding?
Look no further than www.download.com.
Type in the search word "DjVu", and you will be guided to the download
link for DjVuer v1.12.
With DjVuer, you can make 100 DjVu pages for free.
After that, you can purchase additional pages from Feith, the
producer of this software application. The prices for additional DjVu
pages are as follows:
1,000 color (or 2,000 b&w) pages for
$39.95
6,000 color (or 12,000 b&w) pages for
$195.00
12,000 color (or 24,000 b&w) pages for
$395.00
37,500 color (or 75,000 b&w) pages for
$795.00
While DjVuer makes it simple to scan directly to
DjVu, or to convert existing image files to DjVu, the DjVu format produced
is the now-obsolete v2.0 format. This version does not support the
multipage formats introduced with DjVu v3.0, and it does not support a
searchable text layer. However, if your documents are single page,
and you don't need searchability, this might work out fine for you.
Try it, and you might like it.
DjVu 2.0 format files have the benefit of working
with ACDSEE and IrfanView viewers, whereas the current DjVu 3.5 format
does not, and they can also still be displayed with the DjVu Web Browser
Plugin.
If you are looking to try out DjVu encoding using the
current DjVu format version 3.5, we are afraid you are (almost) out of
luck. LizardTech, the owner of the DjVu format, no longer offers the
free non-commercial DjVu Solo 3.1, and does not offer any trial DjVu
software. LizardTech announces a product called Document Express Desktop
Edition, which we understand is the successor to DjVu Solo. Prices for
LizardTech DjVu products are not published. Our invitation to review
Document Express Desktop Edition at PlanetDjVu was declined, and we have
never seen or heard any reports from users about this
software.
The original authors of the DjVu format have
independently created the Any2DjVu web server for on-line encoding of DjVu
3.5 files. This is a great way to try out DjVu encoding. You cannot
interface directly to a scanner, and you are limited to processing one
file at a time, but you will get a DjVu 3.5 format file that you can then
save to your local disk.
It is completely natural to want to try out your hand
at DjVu encoding as you explore this technology. Unfortunately, the
owner of the DjVu format, LizardTech, has made DjVu encoding on a trial
basis using their DjVu products unavailable. Fortunately, Feith Systems
and the original DjVu format authors Yann, Leon and Jeffery still have
product offerings to get you started with DjVu file encoding!
The direct link to the DjVuer product from Feith is:
http://www.feith.com/DjVuer/
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