<s>
FlashPaper	B-Application
(	O
originally	O
known	O
as	O
Flash	B-Application
Printer	I-Application
)	O
was	O
a	O
software	B-Application
application	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Blue	O
Pacific	O
Software	O
before	O
its	O
acquisition	O
by	O
Macromedia	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
later	O
acquired	O
by	O
Adobe	O
Systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
functional	O
design	O
mimics	O
Adobe	B-Application
Acrobat	I-Application
Distiller	I-Application
to	O
behave	O
as	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
printer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Documents	O
printed	O
to	O
FlashPaper	B-Application
can	O
be	O
printed	O
as	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
or	O
Adobe	B-Application
Portable	I-Application
Document	I-Application
Format	I-Application
(	O
PDF	B-Application
)	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	O
announced	O
it	O
was	O
discontinuing	O
development	O
of	O
FlashPaper	B-Application
on	O
September	O
4	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
states	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
demand	O
[	O
for	O
FlashPaper ]	O
has	O
continually	O
declined	O
to	O
where	O
it	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
economically	O
viable	O
for	O
Adobe	O
to	O
continue	O
development	O
support	O
for	O
FlashPaper	B-Application
"	O
but	O
noted	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
continue	O
selling	O
and	O
supporting	O
the	O
existing	O
version	O
of	O
FlashPaper	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
FlashPaper	B-Application
files	O
can	O
be	O
also	O
generated	O
by	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
web	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
