News | October 26, 2009

ISIS Papyrus Releases AFP Viewer Freeware To Promote AFP Standard For Advanced Printing, Presentation And Archiving

In cooperation with the global printing and imaging industry's AFP Consortium (AFPC), enterprise software innovator ISIS Papyrus announces it has released its AFP Viewer V7.00 for Windows as freeware for the benefit of the entire IT community.

"As an early adopter of the AFP standard, ISIS Papyrus is excited to demonstrate the importance of easy access to business and customer documents with a professional-quality viewer," said Roberto Anzola, R&D Manager for ISIS Papyrus Software and AFPC Board Director. "Our global enterprise experience and success in high-volume and high-quality document management environments gives us deep expertise in enhancing AFP performance."

The ISIS Papyrus AFP Viewer plug-in enables Web browser-based viewing of any documents created or stored in the widely-used AFP format. AFP, or Advanced Function Presentation, is a presentation architecture that offers independence from specific applications and devices for document and information presentation.

Particularly important in driving new industry initiatives like TransPromo, e-discovery and the electronic delivery of mission-critical documents such as bills, statements, and policies, AFP has powerful advantages over other print architectures as it supports very high print speeds, output integrity and centralized, automated server-based management.

Papyrus AFP Viewer Benefits
With advanced functionality and processing speed, the Papyrus AFP Viewer provides superior accuracy of presentation with the embedded AFP resources, making it ideal for business and production environments that demand superior user interface and presentation of colors, as well as reliable and efficient archiving.

Papyrus AFP Viewer Features & Capabilitie

  • View AFP files from any system (z/OS, Unix, Windows)
  • 100% WYSISWYG on any output channel
  • View any AFP document from online archive or file system in the browser
  • Fast navigation, search and zooming the AFP File
  • Broad support for AFP functionality
  • Print on any laser printer with highest fidelity
  • Full usage of the original AFP resources (Fonts, Images, Formdef, etc.)

As an initial Board member, ISIS Papyrus played a strong role in the formation and leadership of the AFP Consortium and is committed to promoting recognition and support of the AFP standard for printing and presentation.

"The AFP Consortium has been a ground-breaking group that exemplifies open collaboration among industry partners and competitors for the benefit of our collective customers," said Harry Lewis, President and Secretary of AFP Consortium and AFP Architect and Manager of Intellectual Property & Open Standards at InfoPrint Solutions. "We appreciate the commitment to collaboration and the AFP standard that ISIS Papyrus demonstrates with this open and forward-looking contribution, and we commend the ISIS team's leadership in sharing their technology."

The ISIS Papyrus AFP Viewer is available for free download by visiting the ISIS Papyrus Web site (http://www.isis-papyrus.com/e/pages/forms/2/afpviewerdlrequest.html). Future versions of the ISIS Papyrus AFP Viewer will support Mac and Linux environments.

Next week, ISIS Papyrus Software will be exhibiting in Booth #704 as a Gold Sponsor at IBM Information On Demand 2009 Global Conference from Oct. 25-28 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.

About ISIS Papyrus Software
ISIS Papyrus develops and delivers integrated software solutions for personalized customer communications and process optimization for enterprise organizations in the financial, insurance, utility, telecommunications, healthcare and public sectors. In 2008 ISIS Papyrus celebrated 20 years of excellence and customer-focused innovation, with 16 offices, 14 subsidiaries and three development centers supporting more than 2,000 enterprise and government customers worldwide. ISIS Papyrus solutions for process improvement, business correspondence, multi-channel output, transpromo, document capture and archiving are based on a proven and fully integrated application platform. Its defined business architecture enables flexibility, efficiency, collaboration, quality and continuous improvement of customer-focused content and processes. For more information, visit http://www.isis-papyrus.com.

About AFP Consortium
Advanced Function Presentation Consortium (AFPC) is a nonprofit organization committed to develop an optimum and open presentation architecture to serve as the strategic basis for current and future print solutions. Focused on promoting industry innovation, interoperability and collaboration on mission-critical standards among its 30-plus members, AFPC continues the advancement of a print architecture that works across multiple vendor platforms to pass on the benefits of device-independent applications, resources and workflows to the members' own customers. For more information, visit http://www.afpcolor.org.

SOURCE: ISIS Papyrus