Documentation
Guides, references, and troubleshooting for the CriticalPDF Suite.
Welcome to the CriticalPDF docs. Pick a topic below, or jump straight into the introduction.
Introduction
What CriticalPDF is, how the pieces fit together, and where to start.
Installation
Run the signed MSI, verify the service, activate your trial or license.
Your first capture
Print a document, see it route through a template, find the result.
Templates
Define one template per document type. CriticalPDF picks the right one automatically.
Variable substitution
Pull values out of the document text into file names, subject lines, and email bodies.
Email providers
Sign into Gmail, Office 365, custom SMTP, or CTI relay — once, for every template.
PDF encryption
Per-template AES encryption with granular permissions for what recipients can do.
Credentials & secrets
Why nothing sensitive lives in config files, and where it lives instead.
Service operations
Health panel, log viewer, dead-letter queue, update control.
Savings calculator
Hard numbers in dollars for the paper-mail spend you've avoided.
Group Policy / SCCM
Silent install, license keys at deploy time, update-channel pinning.
Troubleshooting
Service 1053, missing printer, dead-letter triage, sending diagnostics.
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