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Modernize Xerox Metacode Output for Production, Archive, and Digital Workflows

Transform Metacode print streams to support production workflows, migration, and digital delivery without changing source applications.

Product Overview

Call-out: Xerox Metacode and related line data print streams remain critical to high-volume operations but are often tied to proprietary legacy platforms that limit flexibility and modernization.

PRO Meta enables organizations to modernize Xerox Metacode, LCDS, and line data applications for print, archive, and digital workflows without changing source applications.

It preserves Xerox resources, fonts, overlays, forms, and production controls while reducing dependency on Xerox-specific platforms and supporting migration to modern print, archive and digital delivery environments.

Benefits

Consistent output across environments

Faster processing and reduced file size

Flexible deployment and integration

What does PRO Meta do?

PRO Meta converts and normalizes Xerox Metacode print streams for production print, archive, digital delivery, migration, and downstream processing without changing the original application.

It preserves fonts, forms, overlays, graphics, and layouts to maintain accurate output across customer communications, statements, policies, and other critical business documents.

With PRO Meta, organizations can:

Support Xerox resources and structures:

Support Xerox LCDS, Metacode, DJDE, JSL/JDL resources, tray commands, forms, overlays and production controls.

Convert to modern output formats:

Transform Xerox Metacode files into AFP, PDF, PDF/A, PDF/UA, PostScript, PCL, responsive HTML, TIFF, and PNG output formats.

Preserve document integrity:

Maintain fonts, forms, overlays, graphics, and layouts for consistent document output across environments.

Optimize high-volume processing:

Normalize Metacode print streams through object-to-object conversion and duplicate resource reduction to lower storage requirements and improve processing performance.

Enable secure digital delivery:

Apply PDF encryption, bookmarking, and indexing to improve document security, navigation, and retrieval.

Extract and automate workflows:

Create indexes, audit logs, XML or CSV output, and downstream workflow integrations from transactional data.

Support Xerox color and resource conversion:

Preserve Xerox highlight colors, fonts, forms, images, logos, and other resources across target output formats.

Modernize downstream workflows:

Add high-integrity barcodes, create inserter control files, suppress blank pages, and prepare output for archive or digital presentment.

Support production print requirements:

Support tray mapping, reprints, job splitting, job merging, and migration to modern print platforms.

Customer Success Story

Transform Options

Metacode to PDF / PDF/A

Convert Metacode output into PDF for digital delivery, customer access, long-term archive and accessibility.

Metacode to AFP

Transform Metacode print streams into AFP to support production environments that require consistent, high-volume output.

Metacode to PostScript

Convert Metacode output to PostScript to support mixed environments and printer migration.

Metacode to PCL

Convert Metacode print streams into PCL to support distributed printing environments.

Metacode to HTML (Responsive)

Render Metacode output as responsive HTML for web-based access and digital presentment without changes to the original application.

Metacode to Image (TIFF / PNG)

Create indexed image files from Metacode output for archive, reprint, and enterprise content management workflows.

Metacode Normalization

Optimize Metacode files by reducing duplicate resources and improving processing performance and storage efficiency.
Use Cases
Integrations
  • Modernize Metacode workflows with high-integrity barcodes, inserter control files, and blank page suppression
  • Prepare Metacode output for archive, digital presentment, and downstream processing
  • Convert Metacode output to responsive HTML for digital presentment and customer portal access
  • Migrate Xerox LCDS and Metacode applications to modern print, archive, and digital delivery platforms without reprogramming
  • Standardize Metacode output for consistent processing across production environments
  • Reduce dependency on Xerox-specific production environments while maintaining output integrity
  • Create production reprints from archived Metacode documents without production support
  • Add Metacode documents to enterprise archive and transactional document streams
  • Merge and split Metacode print streams to support diverse printers and locations

Flexible Integration and Deployment Options

Cloud deployment

Deploy PRO Meta in the environment that fits your business, including SaaS through PRO DocNow, private cloud, major cloud platforms, containerized deployments and on-premises environments.

Integrations

Integrate PRO Meta into existing environments through flexible APIs, including C/C++, Java, RESTful services, and gRPC, while supporting batch, on-demand, and hot-folder processing for connected workflows.

Operating system support

PRO Meta supports major operating systems:

  • z/OS, Linux for System z
  • AIX, Solaris
  • Windows, Linux

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