AXIAR Format

Features and Benefits

AXIAR Format gives you “look and feel” control of all business documents (POs, invoices, shipping documents, personalized booklets, checks, etc.) by combining raw data from any business application with overlays, graphics and conditional logic.

Integrate with your application and within hours (not weeks!) produce documents that can be distributed through print (cluster and print-on-demand), web, email, fax, wireless, archive, and structured output (XML/EDI).

AXIAR delivers the right information to the right people at the right time.

How It Works

AXIAR Format is a powerful laser form software product that allows you to format information created by business critical applications – from simple form building to more advanced applications – in a matter of hours. AXIAR Format:

  • Accepts raw data (PCL, PS or ASCII format) from any business application running on any system: UNIX (AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, others), Linux (Red Hat, SuSE, others), Windows, mainframe, AS400, HP3000, VAX, etc.
  • Eliminates the need for expensive pre-printed forms, enabling immediate ROI
  • Custom formats application data such as invoices, purchase orders, checks, pick tickets, shipping documents, reports etc. from application vendors such as Oracle, SAP, Infor, SX.e, PeopleSoft, QAD, Computron, Lawson, JD Edwards, etc.
  • Provides complete control over the format of the system output – fonts (bar codes, MICR fonts, Postnet codes, UPCs, OMR, QR Codes), orientation, margin, duplexing, collation, paper selection, graphs & charts
  • Utilizes dynamic overlays for tag mapping to data fields (no need to learn proprietary overlay building software)
  • Features a job composer tool that allows form fine tuning at many levels
  • Offers both a programmer interface and an advanced output queue management interface
  • Seamlessly sends formatted output to a host of AXIAR Deliver modules (print, web, email, fax, wireless, archive, and structured output)
  • Runs on UNIX (AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, others), Linux (Red Hat, SuSE, others), Windows, and AS/400 operating systems – does not require dedicated Windows machines or device-resident DIMMs

AXIAR Format – Laser Form Printing

The AXIAR Format module delivers robust data conversions and laser form printing capabilities for Windows, UNIX and Linux servers. AXIAR does not require dedicated servers, PCs or printers. Simply design an overlay using any graphics or word processing software, then map your output data using our user-friendly Format Composer and you are ready to produce cost-effective and impressive conditionally formatted documents.
The AXIAR Format module gives you “look and feel” control of all business documents (POs, invoices, shipping documents, personalized booklets, checks, etc.) by combining raw data from any business application with overlays, graphics and conditional logic.
Integrate with your application and within hours (not weeks!) produce documents that can be distributed through print (cluster and print-on-demand), web, email, fax, wireless, archive, and structured output (XML/EDI).
AXIAR delivers the right information to the right people at the right time.

Features include:

  • PCL and PostScript drivers take advantage of hardware options (paper tray selections, output bin commands, etc.)
  • Use any TCP/IP connected network printer/device (HP, Lexmark, Xerox, Canon, Ricoh, etc.)
  • Laser print any document: checks (with MICR fonts), Invoices, Purchase Orders, Pick Tickets, Shipping documents, Reports, etc.
  • Conditionally build documents based on data variables (switch languages based on addresses, variably print logos based on business units, print coupons, etc.)
  • Convert and format data from any source (UNIX, Linux, Windows, mainframe, AS400, HP3000, VAX, etc.)
  • Distribute consistent print output to any printer in any network location – no DIMMs or other hardware components are required
  • Complete control over the format of the printed output: fonts, orientation, margin, duplexing, collation and paper selection are part of the standard job set-up
  • Multiple fonts supported (including double-byte, bar codes, postnet codes, and UPCs)
  • Overlays with tags indicating the position of data fields are supported; these overlays can be used with many applications to fill in data at the correct position without positioning information

Contact LBM Systems to begin benefiting from AXIAR today.

Sample form printing process (Windows server example, all AXIAR software also runs natively on UNIX, Linux and AS400 operating systems):

WYSIWYG Form Design Tool (click the image to view larger screen shot) – conditionally format batch application output, convert text to barcodes, dynamically link images to application keywords, conditionally add coupons or marketing messages based on application values: