Macromedia FlashPaper

Macromedia FlashPaper, previously known as Flash Printer, is a software-based virtual printer that was marketed by Macromedia. It was positioned as a competitor to Adobe Acrobat's PDF format through the use of Flash SWF files as an alternative document format.

Product history
Flash Printer was originally developed by Blue Pacific Software. After the software was acquired by Macromedia in 2003, FlashPaper was initially bundled with Macromedia Contribute 2 and supported Macromedia Flash Player 6 or later. FlashPaper 2 was included with Contribute 3, Macromedia Studio 8, and Adobe Web Bundle.



Discontinuation
Adobe Systems acquired Macromedia in December 2005 and announced in 2008 that development on FlashPaper was being discontinued. Blue Pacific then released Print2Flash as a substitute product. Support from Adobe for FlashPaper users ended on August 1, 2011.