Papyrus Server is binary compatible to the IBM PSF for OS/390 Print Service Facility print functions. It is not only a datastream converter, but manages the complete print job including all the resources such as fonts, forms, imbedded images and logos. Papyrus Server provides resource management, distributed printing to IPDS, IJPDS, PCL3/4/5 and Xerox Metacode, Postscript, FAX, e-mail, PDF and TIFF services and archive interfaces for optical and microfiche storage.

Papyrus Server supports the full range of standard AFP formatting functions from text to image, including PAGEDEF and FORMDEF. It also supports the functions of the Papyrus DocEXEC statement formatter as an optional integrated functionality.

Papyrus Server can connect to the host via SNA LU6.2 communication on OS/2 or AIX, receive output and AFP resources from JES2/3, or send LAN output to the host. Optionally, it routes output files in ASCII or Xerox Metacode to the printer port. On other system platforms, jobs can be received via file-transfer protocols or via TCP/IP.