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AFP Consortium Blogs

> Spring 2025 AFP Consortium Meeting Recap: New discussions on IPDS Security, Page Placement, and Non-ASCII Job Names
​> Fall 2024 AFP Consortium Meeting Recap: More Discussion on Enhanced AFP Security, AFP User Survey Results
>Spring 2024 AFP Consortium Meeting Recap: Work Continues on Enhanced AFP Security, AFP User Survey Created
>Fall 2023 AFP Consortium Meeting Recap: Continued Focus on Enhanced AFP Security
>Spring 2023 AFP Consortium Meeting Recap: Further progress on AFP Security, AFP Tagging solution now Final, Updated References  for IPDS and MO:DCA published
> Fall 2022 AFP Consortium Meeting Recap: Progress on AFP Security,  Setup Name and New Bar Code Support now Final, Updated References planned for 2023
> Spring 2022 AFP Consortium Meeting Recap: Continued Focus on Automation and Security
> Fall 2021 AFP Consortium Meeting Recap: Focus on Automation and Security
> Spring 2021 AFP Consortium Meeting Recap: Virtual Session Continues Architecture’s Progress
> Fall 2020 AFP Consortium Meeting Recap: Members Continue Building Architecture’s Forward Progress through Virtual Meeting
> Announcing the Launch of the AFP Forum, a hub for collaboration and education
> Fall 2019 AFP Consortium Meeting Recap: QR Code with Image, Overprint, AFP Metadata Tagging, Device Support, and More
> ​​​Spring 2019 AFP Consortium Meeting Recap: AFP Metadata Progress, ISO Standards Work, and More
> ​​How householding is evolving – and how AFP helps
> AFP Consortium’s Fall 2018 Meeting Highlights: AFP Metadata, Color Overprinting, and ISO Certification Efforts
> Streamlining, Even in Small Ways
> Spring 2018 AFP Consortium Meeting Update
> As Digital Print Capabilities Grow, So Does the Opportunity for AFP
> Systems Built to Adapt are Built to Last: A Brief Retrospective
​​> March 2017 AFP Consortium Meeting Update
> Welcoming EFI to the AFP Consortium
> Boulder Meeting Sets Exciting Initiatives in Motion, Continues Others
> AFP Consortium Meetings: Looking Back at Spring, Forward to Fall

AFP Consortium Articles

> AFP Consortium President Dennis Carney Q&A with the Imaging Channel
> AFP Consortium publishes new version of the Color Management Object Content Architecture (CMOCA) Reference
> Thought Leader Andrew Young Comments on AFP Technology
> AFP Consortium Appoints New President
> AFP Consortium publishes new version of the Presentation Text Object Content Architecture (PTOCA) Reference
> ​AFP Consortium publishes new version of the Metadata Object Content Architecture (MOCA) Reference
> The Growing Importance of Security in Commercial Printing
> AFP Consortium publishes new version of the Image Object Content Architecture (IOCA) Reference
> AFP Consortium publishes new version of the Bar Code Object Content Architecture (BCOCA) Reference
> AFP Consortium publishes Metadata Guide for AFP that provides a consistent metadata definition for all AFP users
> AFP Consortium publishes new versions of the IPDS and MO:DCA References central to the AFP architecture
> AFP Consortium publishes new version of the Image Object Content Architecture (IOCA) Reference
> AFP Consortium secures new ISO standard to unite PDF capabilities with AFP reliability
> The AFP Consortium Joins the 3D PDF Consortium as Association Member
> Advanced Function Presentation Consortium Announces ISO Certification of Archive Format
> Graph Expo: A Digital Printing Redux 
> Xplor International’s ‘Lunch and Learn’ Webinar Series 
> AFP Consortium’s IS/3 Standard Supported by Océ High Volume Systems 
> InfoPrint ProcessDirector Unveils Solution for Enhanced PDF and AFP Support 
> AFP Consortium Announces New Version of AFP Architecture 
> Print Industry Leaders Agree to Historic Open Standards Initiative