FormSprint is System i (AS/400, iSeries)-based forms and document mangement software. The latest version of FormSprint, version 200801, requires V5R1 of i5/OS (OS/400). A version of FormSprint that will run on older OS/400 levels going all the way back to V3R2 is available but it doesn't have some of the capabilities of v200801.
So, what can FormSprint do and how do our customers use it? In most cases FormSprint is used to replace preprinted forms, things like invoices, checks, purchase orders and so on with laser-generated forms on plain paper. FormSprint prints to HP-compatible laser printers directly attached, through a PC or on the network. More and more customers are creating PDF files of some of their form pages, the vendor copy of a purchase order, for instance, and emailing them. FormSprint does that, too.
In short, FormSprint does everything you would expect from a laser forms and document management package and we like to think it does it better than our competitors. Better? How?, you ask. Well, flexibility (better able to handle formatting challenges), for one thing, and performance (faster with less impact on the system). Most of all, we think the organization behind FormSprint sets it apart. We wrote FormSprint ourselves and introduced it to the world in 1992. We didn't acquire it, get it in a buyout along with the stuff we really wanted, or graft it from a PC product. We know the software and we've encountered just about every forms-handling situation you can think of. This knowlege and experience is available to you when you purchase FormSprint.
You probably want to know what FormSprint costs, at least ballpark. Well, it depends. Some customers want ICS to set up their forms, install FormSprint and provide user training and will invest $15,000-$20,000 for a turnkey implementation. Others really only have one form or they just want to start with one form, test the waters so to speak, and will spend $2,000. But most of our customers will spend $6,500 to $10,000 initially.
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