{
 "id": "paperport-max-3-4",
 "name": "PaperPort MAX",
 "category": "image",
 "identifiers": {
  "extensions": [
   "max"
  ],
  "puid": [
   "fmt/1224"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q86996249"
  ],
  "magic": [
   {
    "offset": 0,
    "hex": "566947436a1a",
    "notes": "PaperPort MAX 3-4"
   }
  ],
  "signatures": [
   {
    "name": "PaperPort MAX 3-4",
    "sequences": [
     {
      "position": "bof",
      "offset": 0,
      "pattern": "566947436a1a"
     }
    ]
   }
  ]
 },
 "status": "unknown",
 "summary": "MAX was the native image format of earlier versions of the PaperPort document management software. Although this has been subsequently superseded by PDF, newer versions retain the ability to read, but not write MAX files.",
 "tools": [
  {
   "name": "PaperPort",
   "url": "http://www.nuance.com/for-business/by-product/paperport/professional/index.htm",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "PhotoRec",
   "url": "http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License",
   "open_source": true,
   "via": "paperport-max"
  }
 ],
 "projects": [
  {
   "name": "PRONOM fmt/1224",
   "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/fmt/1224",
   "kind": "format-doc"
  },
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q86996249",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86996249",
   "kind": "wiki"
  },
  {
   "name": "File Formats Wiki",
   "url": "http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/PaperPort_(MAX)",
   "kind": "wiki"
  }
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "sources": [
   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-20",
 "version": "3-4",
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "parsers": [],
 "conversions": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": [],
 "family": "paperport-max"
}