PaperPort (MAX) - Revision history

Sembiance: /* Sample files */

2023-12-28T17:49:19Z

‎Sample files

Sembiance: Added sample files

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Thorsted: /* File Identification */

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‎File Identification

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Thorsted: Wikidata

2019-10-09T20:38:53Z

Wikidata

Thorsted at 01:04, 7 September 2019

2019-09-07T01:04:15Z

Thorsted: /* File Identification */

2019-08-30T23:07:33Z

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Thorsted at 23:01, 30 August 2019

2019-08-30T23:01:55Z

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2019-08-30T22:57:34Z

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Thorsted at 02:06, 12 May 2019

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 == Sample files ==
-* https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/paperPortMAX/
+* {{DexvertSamples|image/paperPortMAX}}
 == Links ==

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 ==Screenshots==
 [[Image:PaperPort3-About.png|450px]]
 == Links ==

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 Paperport MAX files begin with three bytes in ascii "{{magic|ViG}}"
-* PaperPort 2 files begin with  <code>ViGBe</code>
+* PaperPort 2 files begin with  <code>ViGAe</code> or <code>ViGBe</code>
 * PaperPort 3-4 files begin with  <code>ViGCj</code>
 * PaperPort 5-7 files begin with  <code>ViGEm</code>

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 |subcat=Graphics
 |extensions={{ext|max}}
-|pronom={{PRONOM|fmt/1223}}, {{PRONOM|fmt/1224}}, {{PRONOM|fmt/1225}}
+|pronom={{PRONOM|fmt/1223}}, {{PRONOM|fmt/1224}}, {{PRONOM|fmt/1225}}, {{PRONOM|fmt/1339}}
 |wikidata={{wikidata|Q29651047}}
 |released=1995

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 |extensions={{ext|max}}
 |pronom={{PRONOM|fmt/1223}}, {{PRONOM|fmt/1224}}, {{PRONOM|fmt/1225}}
 |released=1995
 }}

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 |released=1995
 }}
-'''PaperPort (MAX)''' is a proprietary image format used in early versions of the PaperPort document scanning and management software (from Nuance Communications). Around version 14 they switched to using the [[PDF]] format instead<ref>http://supportcontent.nuance.com/paperport/14/doc/Getting_Started_Guide.pdf#page=16</ref>, making it possible to use standard tools with the files instead of being locked into proprietary tools from the original vendor.
+'''PaperPort (MAX)''' is a proprietary image format used in early versions of the PaperPort document scanning and management software originally from Visioneer, then ScanSoft then Nuance Communications. In version 14 they switched to MAX files being read-only and to using the [[PDF]] format instead<ref>http://supportcontent.nuance.com/paperport/14/doc/Getting_Started_Guide.pdf#page=16</ref>, making it possible to use standard tools with the files instead of being locked into proprietary tools from the original vendor.
 ==File Identification==
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 * PaperPort 2 files begin with  <code>ViGBe</code>
 * PaperPort 3-4 files begin with  <code>ViGCj</code>
-* PaperPort 5-6 files begin with  <code>ViGEm</code>
+* PaperPort 5-7 files begin with  <code>ViGEm</code>
-In order to migrate from version 2 to 5-6 you need to first convert to version 3-4 using the utility included with the install.<ref>http://nuance.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1473/kw/MAX</ref>
+In order to migrate from version 2 to 5-7 you need to first convert to version 3-4 using the utility included with the install.<ref>http://nuance.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1473/kw/MAX</ref>
 ==Screenshots==
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 * [http://nuance.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/6327/~/general-information-on-max-files-and-the-max-to-pdf-converter-utility General information on MAX files and the MAX to PDF Converter utility]
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9Q05nxV_8Y Converting MAX to PDF (instructional video)]
 == References ==
 <references/>

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:57, 30 August 2019
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	Paperport MAX files begin with three bytes in ascii "{{magic\|ViG}}"		Paperport MAX files begin with three bytes in ascii "{{magic\|ViG}}"
		+
		+	PaperPort 2 files begin with <code>ViGBe</code>
		+	PaperPort 3-4 files begin with <code>ViGCj</code>
		+	PaperPort 5-6 files begin with <code>ViGEm</code>
		+
		+	In order to migrate from version 2 to 5-6 you need to first convert to version 3-4 using the utility included with the install.<ref>http://nuance.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1473/kw/MAX</ref>

	==Screenshots==		==Screenshots==