{
 "id": "paperport-max",
 "name": "PaperPort (MAX)",
 "category": "image",
 "identifiers": {
  "extensions": [
   "max"
  ],
  "mime": [
   "application/x-paperport"
  ],
  "puid": [
   "fmt/1223",
   "fmt/1224",
   "fmt/1225",
   "fmt/1339"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q29651047"
  ],
  "magic": [
   {
    "offset": 0,
    "hex": "56694742651a",
    "notes": "PaperPort MAX 2"
   }
  ],
  "signatures": [
   {
    "name": "PaperPort MAX 2",
    "sequences": [
     {
      "position": "bof",
      "offset": 0,
      "pattern": "56694742651a"
     }
    ]
   }
  ]
 },
 "status": "readable",
 "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 Although this has been subsequently superseded by PDF, newer versions retain the ability to read, but not write MAX files.",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
  }
 ],
 "projects": [
  {
   "name": "File Formats Wiki",
   "url": "http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/PaperPort_(MAX)",
   "kind": "wiki"
  },
  {
   "name": "PRONOM fmt/1223",
   "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/fmt/1223",
   "kind": "format-doc"
  },
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q29651047",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29651047",
   "kind": "wiki"
  }
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "sources": [
   "ffw",
   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-24",
 "version": "2",
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "parsers": [],
 "conversions": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": []
}