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QUESTION: What is AFP?

ANSWER: AFP stands for "Advanced Function Presentation." It is a hardware & software architecture and a language that describes text & graphics. It is understood by many printers that are used in mainframe environments. It was invented by IBM.

AFP is also known as "AFPDS ("Advanced Function Presentation Data Stream").

For more information, got to http://www.printers.ibm.com/internet/wwsites.nsf/vwwebpublished/afp_ww.

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