PDF Document Management Software, Services & Support

Document Solutions, Inc. (DSI)

Founded in 1996 by Duff Johnson, Document Solutions, Inc. (DSI) was the world's first electronic document service bureau dedicated to PDF technology.

DSI used Adobe's Acrobat software to deliver services customers wanted, but didn't themselves know how to do. When Adobe added new features to PDF and to Acrobat, DSI would add new services to help end-users use PDF to solve their business and communications problems.

Some examples:

• In 1996, DSI created a sophisticated user-interface for CD-ROM based collections of PDFs
• In 1997, DSI leveraged the unique capabilities of PDF to combine lossless black-and-white scanned pages with lossy JPEG color images. "MultiResolution PDF" was very popular with publishers, and DSI went on to convert millions of pages of academic journals and magazines to PDF using this technique.
• In 1998, shortly after Adobe's initial release of PDF forms technology, DSI added form-fields to over 30,000 PDF insurance forms for server-based filling and delivery.
• In 2001, DSI was the first organization in the world to tag PDF files for accessibility purposes, and offer Section 508 compliance services for PDF content.

DSI merged with Appligent, Inc. in Q4, 2008 to become Appligent Document Solutions.  See both company histories.

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