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| − | '''AFP''' (Advanced Function Printing) is a document storage and distribution format created by IBM in the 1980s, designed to store document structure and presentation and drive printers for output. It is a complex format that is difficult to deal with other than with IBM's proprietary software, and often uses the uncommon [[EBCDIC]] character encodings instead of ones based on [[ASCII]] or [[Unicode]] (since it originated on IBM systems that used this), but it is still a common document exchange format in some business environments. | + | '''AFP''' (Advanced Function Presentation; sometimes also given as Advanced Function Printing) is a document storage and distribution format created by IBM in the 1980s, designed to store document structure and presentation and drive printers for output. It is a complex format that is difficult to deal with other than with IBM's proprietary software, and often uses the uncommon [[EBCDIC]] character encodings instead of ones based on [[ASCII]] or [[Unicode]] (since it originated on IBM systems that used this), but it is still a common document exchange format in some business environments. |
| − | == | + | == Official documents == |
| + | * [http://afpcinc.org/afp-publications/ AFP publications] | ||
| + | == Metaformat files == | ||
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| + | * [https://www.synalysis.net/Grammars/afp.grammar Synalisis grammar file] (for Hexinator / Synalize It!; [[Synalysis grammar file|more details]]) | ||
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| + | == Sample files == | ||
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| + | * [https://www.synalysis.net/Examples/troff.afp.zip Sample AFP file (zipped)] | ||
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| + | == Other links == | ||
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| + | * [http://afpcinc.org/ AFP Consortium] | ||
| + | * [[Wikipedia:Advanced Function Presentation|Wikipedia article]] | ||
* [http://www.afpdriver.com/AFPPrinter_UserGuide.pdf AFP Printer User Guide] | * [http://www.afpdriver.com/AFPPrinter_UserGuide.pdf AFP Printer User Guide] | ||
* [http://www.snowbound.com/blog/2741/afp-viewing-and-conversion-top-4-reasons-a-print-driver-wont-satisfy-business-needs/ Top 4 reasons a print driver won't satisfy business needs] | * [http://www.snowbound.com/blog/2741/afp-viewing-and-conversion-top-4-reasons-a-print-driver-wont-satisfy-business-needs/ Top 4 reasons a print driver won't satisfy business needs] | ||
[[Category:IBM]] | [[Category:IBM]] | ||
Revision as of 22:08, 24 January 2015
AFP (Advanced Function Presentation; sometimes also given as Advanced Function Printing) is a document storage and distribution format created by IBM in the 1980s, designed to store document structure and presentation and drive printers for output. It is a complex format that is difficult to deal with other than with IBM's proprietary software, and often uses the uncommon EBCDIC character encodings instead of ones based on ASCII or Unicode (since it originated on IBM systems that used this), but it is still a common document exchange format in some business environments.
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Official documents
Metaformat files
- Synalisis grammar file (for Hexinator / Synalize It!; more details)
