Deliver personalized documents in print or electronic formats
Adobe® Central Pro Output Server software dynamically generates electronic documents such as purchase orders, invoices, and checks for delivery via PDF, on the web, or in print. With Central Pro Output Server, you can provide a more personalized user experience, upsell new products and services, and target advertising to specific customers more efficiently and cost-effectively than ever before.
- Read the at-a-glance sheet (PDF, 59K)
- Read the datasheet (PDF, 241K)
- Read the white paper (PDF, 1.5M)
How it works
Data from legacy, line-of-business, ERP, or CRM applications is merged with an electronic document template using a powerful processing engine. Output Server supports many aspects of document output, from high-volume distributed printing to PDF file generation for web delivery, and supports multiple languages and platforms.
Highlights
- Works with Adobe Output Designer, an easy-to-use design tool that creates sophisticated document templates
- Generates dynamic output that grows or shrinks as necessary to accommodate the amount of data
- Supports a wide variety of input formats, including XML, plain text, legacy, and DAT
- Supports printer features such as duplexing, tray selection, and hard disks
- Reduces network traffic because Output Server data stream contains data elements only
- Provides faster print drivers than operating system print drivers
- Supports multiple languages and currencies
- Supports fax and e-mail delivery of documents
- Performs data stream calculations
System requirements 1
| Supported OS |
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- ^ 32 and 64 bit OS variants are supported unless otherwise specified.
- ^ Read and follow technote 88440 before deploying.
- ^ Read and follow technote 85318 before deploying.
- ^ HP-UX is not supported on the Itanium platform.
| Central Platform | E-Mail Server | E-Mail Client | Protocol(s) | |
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| Supported e-mail systems | ||||
| Windows 2003 | Exchange 2003 | Outlook 2003 | MAPI SMTP/POP3 |
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| Windows 2008 | Exchange 2007 | Outlook 2007 | MAPI SMTP/POP3 |
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| Windows 2003 | Domino Server R5 Domino Server R6 |
Lotus Notes R5 Lotus Notes R6 |
SMTP/POP3 | |
| AIX | AIX Sendmail | AIX Sendmail | SMTP/POP3 | |
| Linux | Linux Sendmail | Linux Sendmail | SMTP/POP3 | |
| HP-UX | HP-UX Sendmail | HP-UX Sendmail | SMTP/POP3 | |
| Sun Solaris | Sun Sendmail | Sun Sendmail | SMTP/POP3 |
