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Papyrus Certification Program

Become a Papyrus Certified Professional. Our expert-led workshops prepare you for the certification exam. Earn your personal certificate and official logo to promote your qualification.

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Upcoming Dates

Austria

  • March 20, 2026
  • June 26, 2026
  • December 4, 2026
Duration: 1 day (9:00–18:00)
EUR 600 / USD 800

Certification Procedure

Your path to becoming a Papyrus Certified Professional

1

Choose Your Module

Select one of the five available certification modules based on your expertise area and career goals.

2

Complete Mandatory Workshops

Register for the specified mandatory workshops using our registration form. Our award-winning workshops provide comprehensive training.

3

Gain Practical Experience

Practice your skills utilizing the Papyrus Workshop cloud environment to build real-world expertise.

4

Register for Certification

Once prepared, register for your certification exam at one of the scheduled dates.

Certification Examination

A comprehensive assessment of your Papyrus expertise

Theory Session

1.5 hours
Q&A Assessment:

Answer questions in our Q&A application (no multiple choice) to prove your module-specific theoretical knowledge.

Project Planning:

Plan a specified application using the Papyrus project management template.

Practical Session

5 hours

Implement a specified real-life business application on a provided Windows infrastructure using the latest Papyrus software release.

Consider the specified requirements for a scalable and well performing application.

Oral Session

1 hour

Discuss your theory and practical results with the examiner to demonstrate your understanding and problem-solving approach.

Defend your application design and discuss alternative approaches.

Certification Assessment Levels

The examiner will determine the final assessment level based on the results obtained from all three sessions.

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Application & Fees

EUR 600
USD 800

per certification module

You can obtain one certification module per date.

Contact ISIS Papyrus Marketing for arranging additional appointments.

Renewal of Certifications

The Papyrus Platform is a dynamically developing system. Therefore, it is essential that Papyrus professionals keep their knowledge up to date through certification renewal every three years.

Renewal Procedure

  1. Register at any certification date
  2. Submit your Papyrus-specific project CV covering the three years since your previous certification, describing your productive Papyrus applications where you played a key role in design and implementation
  3. Learn about new features of recent Papyrus releases through self-study using official documentation provided after registration
  4. Demonstrate new capabilities during the recertification exam by applying Papyrus functionalities added in the last three years

Available Certification Modules

Choose from five independent modules based on your expertise area

DD

Certified Papyrus Document Designer

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Goals

  • Understanding of AFPDS and AFP-Triplets, PPFA (OGL, PAGEDEF/FORMDEF), page segments/images, AFP-fonts, resolutions and codepages
  • Reading of different input data formats (linemode, ASCII/EBCDIC, DJDE, SAP, XML, etc.)
  • Complex dynamic DOCDEF document application design, charts, tables, text formatting, logic definitions
  • Papyrus Client AFP viewing

Mandatory Workshops

  • Papyrus Document Designer and Formatting Workshop
  • Papyrus Experts Workshop Module ME1
PO

Certified Papyrus Objects Engineer

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Goals

  • Experience in project planning for Papyrus Objects installations, system architecture design, configuration for standard solution customizations and extensions
  • Repository class and template development
  • Master the Papyrus Query Language (PQL)
  • Change management using project management
  • Defining workflows: task, tool, material, queues, routing rules
  • Papyrus settings concept
  • User authorization through role and policy
  • Adapter data interfaces
  • Analysis with Application and Performance Analyzer

Mandatory Workshops

  • Papyrus Objects System Administrator Workshop
  • Papyrus Objects Developer Workshop
  • Papyrus Experts Workshop Module ME2
CF

Certified Papyrus Correspondence Engineer

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Goals

  • Installation of nodes and web server configuration
  • Scoped settings for Correspondence, change management, Wizards, customized UIs
  • Creating resources for use in Correspondence Solution
  • Implementation of business organizational structures
  • Document template definition with Business Designer
  • Design and implementation of custom data reading routines and building blocks

Mandatory Workshops

  • Papyrus Document Designer and Formatting Workshop
  • Papyrus Objects System Administrator Workshop
  • Papyrus Objects Developer Workshop
  • Papyrus Correspondence Solution Workshop
OM

Certified Papyrus Output Management Engineer

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Goals

  • Planning and implementation of output management solutions
  • Central and remote printing using Papyrus Server
  • DocumentPool Depot installations and administration knowledge (PQL)
  • Bundling and postal optimizations
  • Archiving and output distribution using ADF Solution

Mandatory Workshops

  • Papyrus Document Designer and Formatting Workshop
  • Papyrus Objects System Administrator Workshop
  • Papyrus Objects Developer Workshop
  • Papyrus Postprocessing Workshop
  • Papyrus ADF Operations Workshop
CA

Certified Papyrus Capture Engineer

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Goals

  • Planning and implementation of Papyrus Document Capture Solutions
  • Understanding scanning and imaging technologies (TIFF, JPG, BMP; quality criteria, OCR/ICR)
  • Knowledge about forms and document layouts optimized for document capture
  • Analysis of complex inbound documents and capture strategy definition
  • Design of classification and extraction definitions with Papyrus Capture Designer and Business Designer
  • Implementation of Capture validation rules using Depot or databases
  • Usage of Papyrus Client Capture applications

Mandatory Workshops

  • Papyrus Objects System Administrator Workshop
  • Papyrus Objects Developer Workshop
  • Papyrus Capture Solution Workshop
  • Papyrus Capture Designer Workshop

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