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<div class="left_inner_box_heading"><h1>Apago Ships PDF Appraiser</h1></div>
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<p>Alpharetta, GA--August 1, 2006--Apago Inc., a software developer for<br />
the graphic arts and document management industries, today released<br />
PDF Appraiser, the first application of its kind to support both<br />
validation and automatic correction of documents in accordance with<br />
PDF/A, the new international standard for long-term archiving of<br />
digital documents. PDF/A is the much-anticipated standard for<br />
long-term archiving of digital documents, and it is expected to<br />
become the preferred archival method for governments and industry<br />
segments, including corporations, legal, libraries, regulated<br />
industries, and others. Apago is leading the way for the rapid<br />
adoption of the new standard by offering PDF/A validation<br />
capabilities at no cost.</p>
<p>"Widespread adoption of new standards is impossible until there are<br />
reliable, low-cost, easy-to-use tools. We are pleased to release PDF<br />
Appraiser, the first application for PDF/A verification and<br />
correction, which will simplify the process of long-term archiving of<br />
documents across many industries," states Dwight Kelly, president of<br />
Apago Inc. "The free version of PDF Appraiser enables users to check<br />
documents for PDF/A compliance, while the full version adds the<br />
ability to automatically correct problems and to access more<br />
technically detailed reports. As with all Apago's products, we<br />
designed PDF Appraiser so that users don't have to be PDF experts to<br />
create PDF/A-compliant files."</p>
<p>Documents are the cornerstone of many businesses; and today, digital<br />
documents are rapidly replacing paper ones. PDF/A, approved by ISO<br />
(International Organization for Standardization), is a standard that<br />
specifies requirements for archiving and preserving digital documents<br />
in the Portable Document Format (PDF). PDF/A addresses the growing<br />
need to electronically archive documents in a way that will ensure<br />
both the preservation of their contents over an extended period of<br />
time and that those documents can be retrieved and rendered with<br />
consistent and predictable results in the future.</p>
<p>PDF Appraiser's elegant user interface makes it easy for beginner,<br />
intermediate, and advanced users to verify, interpret, and correct<br />
problems. If a file fails verification, PDF Appraiser generates a<br />
report outlining what problems must be corrected. With Auto-Fixer, an<br />
automatic repair feature, the application can quickly fix most<br />
problems in order to obtain a document that is compliant with PDF/A.<br />
If the file cannot be automatically repaired, PDF Appraiser lists the<br />
problems with its customizable reports, allowing the user to fix and<br />
recheck the file for PDF/A compliance.</p>
<p>Apago's Chief Innovation Officer, Leonard Rosenthol, has participated<br />
in the development of PDF/A since the initial exploratory meetings<br />
about the standard. "Other PDF/A validation tools perform incomplete<br />
validation or only implement a draft of the PDF/A specification, but<br />
PDF Appraiser ensures that a document is fully compliant with the<br />
published PDF/A standard. Appraiser utilities a revolutionary new<br />
method for analyzing PDF files at the deepest levels and for creating<br />
customizable reports that are easy to understand by our users," says<br />
Rosenthol.</p>
<p>The full version of PDF Appraiser for Windows is shipping now. The<br />
free version is limited to PDF/A verification and simple reporting.<br />
For access to the full features of the application, users can<br />
purchase a license for $349. A Server version for Windows is<br />
available for $999. Server and API versions will also be available in<br />
Q3 2006 for Mac OS X, Solaris, and Linux. For more information, visit<br />
<a href="http://www.apagoinc.com/pdfappraiser" title="http://www.apagoinc.com/pdfappraiser">http://www.apagoinc.com/pdfappraiser</a> or call Apago at 770-619-1884.</p>
<p>About Apago Inc.</p>
<p>Founded in 1991, Apago Inc. (<a href="http://www.apago.com" title="http://www.apago.com">http://www.apago.com</a>) is a privately<br />
held corporation that develops and markets software for the graphic<br />
arts and document management industries. The company licenses its<br />
technologies to industry leaders, including Agfa, Dupont, Enovation<br />
(Fuji), OneVision, Pindar, and Dainippon Screen, and counts Time<br />
Inc., Scene7, MOD-PAC Corp., The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, New<br />
York Times, and The New Yorker among its retail customers. Apago is<br />
headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, just north of Atlanta.</p>
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