AFP and ImagePlus' MO:DCA.(Advanced Function Printing; Mixed Object: Document Content Architecture)

Enterprise Systems Journal,  June, 1995  by McCalpin, William J.

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IBM's Mixed Object: Document Content Architecture (MO:DCA) is the successor to Advanced Function Printing (AFP). Initially, AFP and MO:DCA seem identical. AFP is a successful printing architecture, MO:DCA is an SAA standard for document and data interchange. MO:DCA is used in newer IBM products, such as IBM's ImagePlus imaging and storage system.

Unfortunately, AFP data streams cannot always be used with these newer systems. Certain restrictions limit the AFP features that can be supported in ImagePlus. In AFP, page segments are commonly used, but ImagePlus assumes input to be scanned pages, ...

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