Questions about
the Papyrus System
Q: Is the
product developed in the same language on all
platforms?
A: Yes. Object
oriented development with C++ is the key to portability
and flexibility in design and for fast product
enhancement. Porting is achieved by a simple recompile
to the other system platforms.
Q: Does
the product have third party pre-requisite products?
A: No. Only
in the case of printing to IPDS printers an IBM
PSF on any platform or a similar product is required.
ISIS provides IPDS support directly in the future.
Formatting, viewing and printing on all other
platforms can be done with Papyrus Host/Server/Client
components. Spell-checker/Hyphenation is supplied
from third parties too.
Q: Can
other products interface with your products?
A: Yes. All
fully AFP compatible viewers, print drivers, resource
generators and archive systems can interface to
Papyrus through the AFP architecture. Import interfaces
to various source, font and image formats exist.
Q: Can
the product be used for image applications like
cheque image printing?
A:
Yes. The integrated image capabilities are one
of the biggest strength of the Papyrus Document
System. Images can be converted to IOCA and then
printed at high speed with IPDS capable printers.
Image size can be controlled by the DocEXEC during
the formatting process without touching the image
directly.
Q: Do the
documents need to be processed in any way for
archiving?
A: No. DocEXEC
can produce a complete archive file including
index and all resources. This file can be stored
to CD-ROM or to an AFP capable archive system
like AFP OnDemand. If any other archive format
is required, Papyrus Server can do the conversion
at time of archiving. For CD-ROM and for distribution
ISIS provides a license free Papyrus AFP-Viewer.
Q: Can
I have info on product solutions for an application
of merging documents into a single print package?
A: The document
formatter Papyrus DocEXEC allows in one formatting
run to merge pages from different applications
together into one print file. In this case all
pages must be generated at the same time. Using
the Papyrus Postprocessing functionality it will
even be possible to merge pages together which
have been generated at different times from different
applications. The pages are stored in the Printpool
(e.g.: database or file system). After the merge
and sort step the OMR code or Barcode can easily
be added and also the page numbering 1 of n if
required.
Q: Can your product
extract variable data from a database and format
via DCF?
A: Papyrus
DocEXEC with the Postprocessing functions can
either format from a flat file or it can directly
access data from e.g.: the dB/2 database on MVS
or Oracle, Sybase under NT/UNIX. The use of DCF
will not be required if DocEXEC is used. DocEXEC
will format much faster than DCF and will output
AFPDS format like DCF. To develop an application
Papyrus offers a graphical design suite of tools
in WYSIWYG. There is no coding required.
Q: Which product
can provide customized network print-outs of database
driven data?
A: Papyrus
Client can be used for end user business document
applications. There s no need to use a proprietary
database such as Microsoft Access. The application
and logic (PROMPT for data and text) is simply
defined in the Papyrus Designer and executed by
the Papyrus Client. The Papyrus Client can asses
directly the database. The user works in a complete
controlled environment and can only make those
changes to the document he is authorized to make.
The result is an AFP document which can be printed
at the desktop printer or sent for central printing
to IPDS or other production printers. It is important
to note that the document is not geared to a proprietary
environment without upward compatibility issue
but it can be printed to any printer due to the
printer and platform independence of the Papyrus
products , locally or centrally.
Q: Does your product
support image prints from an Image System to print
with a group of output?
A: Papyrus
DocEXEC has a full image print support. Many customers
use applications for cheque image printing. The
format used is IOCA and the image can be resized
to the space available on the page if required.
Q: Is it essential
to know the printer setup before I develop an
application?
A: No. Using
papyrus the documents are generated printer independent.
At any time the choice of printer can be switched.
Many Vendors support different printers for AFP
printing. ISIS offers with Papyrus Server AFP
printing to IPDS, PCL, PostScript, Xerox MetaCode,
and many more. The Papyrus Print Services do the
complete job without any change to the application.
Only at the time of print you decide which printer
you use.
Q: Can your product
print cheques which are formatted on a mainframe
to any of several remote sites around the globe
on their various PC printers?
A: Customers
are printing with Papyrus a check application
centrally on IPDS. The same application is also
printed in remote offices on PCL printers with
100% identical result using Papyrus Server.
Q: Which kind
of data bases does Papyrus support?
A: ISIS supports
dB/2 on the mainframe and Oracle, MS SQL Server,
and Sybase database on UNIX and WinNT.
Q: What are the
minimum Hardware PC-requirements for ISIS products?
A: For design
products Pentium 100MHz with 32MB minimum, for
better performance 64 MB are recommended. 17"
Screen with 1280x1024 dots with 16mio colors if
true color applications are designed. Parallel
port for test printing and hardlock-key. PCL4/5
printer wit 2MB. For production machines 128MB
RAM are recommended with a 300MHz CPU.
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