- Macromedia FlashPaper
Infobox Software
name = Macromedia FlashPaper
developer =Macromedia
latest release version = 2
latest release date = unknown, unknown
operating system =Microsoft Windows andMac OS X
genre = Multimedia Content Creator
license = Proprietary
website = [http://www.adobe.com/products/flashpaper/ www.adobe.com/products/flashpaper]Macromedia FlashPaper (originally known as Flash Printer) is a
software application developed by Blue Pacific Software before its acquisition by Macromedia. Adobe, which later acquired Macromedia, now distributes the software. Its functional design mimics Adobe Acrobat Distiller: it behaves as avirtual printer .Document s printed to Macromedia FlashPaper become Flash or Adobe PDF files.Macromedia FlashPaper was packaged with
Macromedia Contribute ,Macromedia ColdFusion , andMacromedia Studio , and is still currently available as a standalone product. Macromedia Studio was replaced byAdobe Creative Suite , and as of 2008, Adobe has [http://www.adobe.com/products/flashpaper/eod_faq/ finally] announced it would no longer develop FlashPaper.A free alternative which prints SWF (flash files) from within Windows Vista is [http://bytescout.com/swfprinterpro.html ByteScout SWF PRO] . The company that originally devekoped FlashPaper does sell variants of a Vista supporting SWF printer: [http://www.blue-pacific.com/print2flash/default.htm Blue Pacific Print2Flash] in so-called Basic, Pro and Server Modes, all as either 32 or 64 bit editions.
External links
* [http://www.adobe.com/products/flashpaper/ FlashPaper home page]
* [http://www.blue-pacific.com/products/flashprinter/ FlashPaper original developers]
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