Anacomp delivers first COM recorder compatible with key Xerox high-speed printing standard; option for IBM's AFP architecture entering field tests; two-pace print technologies strengthen capabilities of high-end XFP 2000 system.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 3, 1995--Anacomp Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) An audio compression technology that is part of the MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 standards. AAC, especially MPEG-4 AAC, provides greater compression and better sound quality than MP3, which also came out of the MPEG standard. ) Monday announced general availability of its XCF Option, a capability which allows its XFP 2000 Computer Output to Microfilm (COM) recorder to process and microfilm data directly from Xerox Line Conditioned Data Streams (LCDS). Available on no other COM recording system, the XCF option allows organizations to microfilm critical documents using the same data stream employed by select Xerox centralized page printers, eliminating data re-runs and additional printing. The capability was designed under a joint development agreement between Anacomp and Xerox. Separately, the company announced that it is entering on-line field testing for AFP/COM, the product of a joint development agreement with IBM. Expected to be generally available in the fourth quarter of this a year, the Advanced Function Presentation (printer, language) Advanced Function Presentation - (AFP) A page description language from IBM introduced in 1984 initially as Advanced Function Printing. AFP was first developed for mainframes and then brought to minicomputers and workstations. (AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. ) capability allows the XFP 2000 to accept all Intelligent Printer Data Streams (IPDS (Intelligent Printer Data Stream) The native format built into IBM laser printers, which accepts fonts and formatted raster images. One of its major functions is its communications protocol that negotiates printer transfers from servers in the network that ) intending for IBM's high-speed AFP printers. The two-page print technologies will allow true "pixel-for-pixel" fidelity of images on microfilm, creating exact duplicates of fonts, logos, forms, signatures and other images without translation or conversion. The storage of business-critical information on microfilm and microfiche is widely employed by financial, banking, insurance, legal, health care, retail and manufacturing organizations worldwide, and virtually all of the Fortune 500 list of U.S. companies. "Anacomp's exclusive partnerships with IBM and Xerox are resulting in technologies which make it easier to integrate organizations' digital infrastructure and micrographics The production, handling and use of microfilm and microfiche. Images are created by cameras or by COM units that accept computer output directly. The documents are magnified for human viewing by readers, some of which can automatically locate a page using indexing techniques. ," said Michael H. Riley, senior vice president, product marketing and development, Anacomp. "These are innovative, cost-effective methods of helping organizations improve their document management processes." By managing printer resources such as fonts, forms, logos and graphics, the XCF Option allows the XFP 2000 to respond as a Xerox centralized printer, supporting DJDE DJDE Dynamic Job Descriptor Entry (Xerox) , Metacode and Xerox LCDS output. Pages are written to film without conversion using the industry's only 300-dots-per-inch laser optics system, the same resolution as Xerox printers. An XFP 2000 with the XCF Option will image a Xerox LCDS at a rate of up to 180 pages per minute or faster with landscape pages filmed at lower resolution. The XCF Option supports all existing XFP 2000 functionality, including 105-millimeter (mm) and 16-mm film use, titling, indexing, data separations, visible separator frames, automatic fiche Same as microfiche. recovery, continuous run mode, image rotation, forms combining and job accounting functions. A data extraction facility allows text matches, character validations and other functions, capable of extracting data from any area of an all-points-addressable (APA (All Points Addressable) Refers to an array (bitmapped screen, matrix, etc.) in which all bits or cells can be individually manipulated. APA - Application Portability Architecture ) page. AFP/COM will allow the XFP 2000 to accept 3800, 3211, mixed mode and full MO:DCA-P data streams, functioning like an AFP printer. An XFP 2000 with AFP/COM will image an AFP IPDS at true 240 pixels per inch “Ppi” redirects here. For other uses, see PPI. Pixels per inch (PPI) or pixel density is a measurement of the resolution of a computer display, related to the size of the display in inches and the total number of pixels in the horizontal and , matching IBM laser print resolution, at speeds of up to 230 pages per minute. AFP/COM is also expected to support all the functions of the XFP 2000. The system will be fully supported by IBM's Print Services Facility (printer) Print Services Facility - (PSF) IBM's system software which generates native IBM printer language, IPDS and, depending on the version, PostScript and LaserJet PCL. See also: Advanced Function Presentation. for on-line attachment and Print Services Facility/6000 for tape support and network attachment and licensed for all resources in the AFP font library. Introduced in 1990, the XFP 2000 COM System is one of the most widely used COM recorders in the industry, supporting the micrographics needs of financial, banking, insurance, legal, health care, retail and manufacturing organizations worldwide. Faster, more flexible and graphically superior in its imaging capabilities to other systems, it was the first COM recorder to allow micrographic mi·cro·graph n. 1. A drawing or photographic reproduction of an object as viewed through a microscope. 2. An instrument used to make tiny writing or engraving. reproduction of logos, signatures and other customized data. Pricing and additional information regarding the XCF Option and AFP/COM is available upon request. Anacomp, one of the world's leading providers of information management systems, supplies and services, has 15,000 clients in banking, insurance, manufacturing, health care, retailing and other information-intensive organizations, and employs 4,100 people worldwide. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: XCF and AFP/COM are trademarks of Anacomp Inc. XFP 2000 and Anacomp are registered trademarks of Anacomp Inc. IBM is a registered trademark and AFP and Advanced Function Presentation are trademarks of International Business Machines Corp. Xerox is a registered trademark of Xerox Corp. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Kris Wm. Chvatal, 619/633-2230 Wendy McPetrie, 619/679-9797 |
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