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1. located at http www ibm com networking nsg nsgmain htm Definitions reprinted from the American National Dictionary for Information Processing Systems are identified by the symbol A following the definition Definitions reprinted from a published section of the International Organization for Standardization ISO Vocabulary Information Processing or from a published section of Vocabulary Office Machines developed by Subcommittee 1 Joint Technical Committee 1 of the International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Committee ISO IEC JTC1 SC1 are identified by the symbol I following the definition Because many ISO definitions are also reproduced in the American National Dictionary for Information Processing Systems ISO definitions may also be identified by the symbol A Definitions reprinted from working documents draft proposals or draft international standards of ISO Technical Committee 97 Subcommittee 1 Vocabulary Joint Technical Committee 1 are identified by the symbol T following the definition indicating that final agreement has not yet been reached among its participating members Definitions that are specific to IBM products are so labeled for example In SNA or In the 3820 printer These cross references are used in this glossary e Contrast with Refers to a term that has an opposite or substantively different meaning e See Refers to multi
2. publib boulder ibm com Infoprint Server Publication Order Number Infoprint Server for iSeries User s Guide G544 5775 01 Infoprint Server for iSeries Introduction and Planning Guide G544 5774 01 Advanced Function Presentation AFP Publication JO der Number Guide to Advanced Function Presentation G544 3876 Printing and Publishing Cluster Collection CD ROM SK2T 2921 iSeries Access Publication Order Number iSeries Access for Windows Setup SC41 5507 03 LPS AS 400 Client Access Family for Windows GC41 5041 02 LPS Client Access Ultimedia Tools for AS 400 GC41 4075 00 Infoprint Designer Publication Order Number Infoprint Designer for iSeries Getting Started G544 5773 00 Copyright IBM Corp 2001 2002 37 OS 400 Printers PrintSuite Redbooks TCP IP Publication AS 400 Guide to Advanced Function Presentation and Print Services Facility Order Number S544 5319 03 AS 400 Command Language Reference SC41 3722 DDS Reference SC41 5712 Printer Device Programming SC41 5713 05 Software Installation SC41 5120 06 System API Programming SC41 5800 00 Publication Order Number IBM Printing Systems Printer Summary S544 5749 IBM PagePrinter 3812 Introduction and Planning Guide G544 3265 IBM LaserPrinter 4028 Intro
3. appropriate customer To use automatic e mail support you must associate e mail addresses with the input files You must also specify appropriate values in the PSF configuration object you specify in the device description associated with the printer writer You can specify e mail addresses in several ways e Specify e mail addresses directly in the data e Specify e mail addresses in the device description associated with the printer file e Specify e mail keywords such as customer IDs in the data or in the printer file Use an e mail exit program specified in the PSF configuration object to map each keyword to one or more e mail addresses e Specify e mail tags in the printer file and use an e mail exit program to map each tag to one or more e mail addresses Some of the benefits the e mail support provides are e Re engineer business process Infoprint Server e mail support lets you substitute paper creation and distribution with electronic processes This reduces costs and decreases cycle time This also lets you implement new business to business and business to customer applications with output distributed in PDF format e Sales and marketing advantage Businesses that use electronic output are easier to work with This helps you remain competitive and increase sales e Avoid rewriting applications You can use existing applications to create documents in a new format This lets you take advantage of the Web e mail and a
4. 6 In order to stay competitive companies need to cut costs and decrease cycle time by creating electronic output instead of all paper creation and distribution The PDF subsystem component of Infoprint Server lets you create PDF output from any file that can be input to PSF for OS 400 The PDF file can be e mailed to one or more recipients stored for later use on the Web stored for archival purposes or sent to a PDF printer The PDF subsystem can also add indexing tags to logically divide a document into sub documents such as customer statements or physically divide a document into separate files A logically divided file is easily navigated with a viewer If the Infoprint Server for iSeries Introduction and Planning Guide document is physically divided each file can be sent to a different e mail address retrieved or printed individually which replaces the need for a manual burst and bind process Better Access to IPDS Printers In today s network environments workstation users are often limited to personal and LAN printers Infoprint Server lets any user in the network send print jobs in a wide range of formats from OS 400 and LAN clients to IPDS printers attached to OS 400 Handle Print Jobs Effectively Infoprint Server increases the types of jobs you can print through your OS 400 Because print jobs are managed by the OS 400 spool they are secure and recoverable OS 400 accounting information for print jobs is log
5. another computer or controller 2 The data processing system to which a network is connected and with which the system can communicate image A pattern of toned and untoned pels that form a picture image data A pattern of bits with values of O and 1 that defines the pels in an image A 1 bit is a toned pel Image Object Content Architecture IOCA An architected collection of constructs used to interchange and present images Glossary 33 indexing In CRTAFPDTA a process of matching reference points within a file and creating structured field tags within the MO DCA document and the separate index object file indexing with data values Adding indexing tags to a MO DCA document using data that is already in the document and that is consistently located in the same place in each group of pages indexing with literal values Adding indexing tags to a MO DCA document by assigning literal values as indexing tags because the document is not organized such that common data is located consistently throughout the document index object file A file created by CRTAFPDTA that contains Index Element IEL structured fields which identify the location of the tagged groups in the AFP file The indexing tags are contained in the Tagged Logical Element TLE structured fields Infoprint Manager for iSeries A software component of IBM Infoprint IBM Infoprint Manager for iSeries handles the scheduling archiving retrieving an
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7. company also wants the customer service representatives to be able to use the customer s name or phone number to quickly locate a customer s statement Here is how this company can use the Infoprint Server components to meet its requirements 1 An application creates the data and puts it on the OS 400 spool 2 The Create AFP Data CRTAFPDTA command generates the document as an AFP stream file and puts the indexing information in an index object stream file It then gathers all of the needed resources into a resource stream file Finally it concatenates all three stream files into a merged stream file 3 Users can now view the indexed file on their workstation shows how you can use Infoprint Server to index data User AFP Merged Application OS 400 Stream File Spool y y y Viewing on the Workstation AFP Stream R A Index Object File oats Stream File Stream File Figure 7 Indexing line mixed or AFP data Infoprint Server for iSeries Introduction and Planning Guide Distributing AFP Output Electronically A company creates complex documents that contain page segments overlays and bar codes The documents are then printed and distributed to users within their network and external clients This company wants to be able to distribute the documents electronically However the documents require those external resources to be available in ord
8. mixed data to AFP e Indexes a document to enhance your ability to view archive or retrieve individual pages or groups of pages from large documents For example you could index a customer statement application using account numbers and names then you could view or retrieve one customer s statement based on the name or account number e Retrieves and packages all AFP resources needed for printing or viewing a document e Creates a merged file that contains the AFP document resources and indexing information This file can then be archived or used on other systems without loss of information You can input the following types of print data to this command e AFP e Line externally formatted with page definitions and form definitions e S 370 line e Mixed mode line combined with AFP Infoprint Server for Series Introduction and Planning Guide After Create AFP Data creates the output files you can use them in these ways e Send the merged file to another system for printing storage or viewing e Use the AFP Workbench Viewer a component of iSeries Access or the AFP Viewer Plug in to view the file If the document references resources view the merged file to guarantee resource availability e Store the merged file in a document archival system such as IBM OnDemand for iSeries or Content Manager Common Server e Use your own retrieval system to access information in the files using retrieval information in the ind
9. of pages after which it adds indexing structured fields to delineate this group architecture The set of rules and conventions that govern the creation and control of data types such as text image graphics font fax color audio bar code and multimedia ASCII American National Standard Code for Information Interchange data encoding which is the normal default type of data encoding in an AIX environment Contrast with EBCDIC Bar Code Object Content Architecture BCOCA An architected collection of control structures used to interchange and present bar code data BCOCA See Bar Code Object Content Architecture bin A paper supply on a cut sheet printer See also cassette 31 C carriage control character An optional character in an input data record that specifies a write space or skip operation cassette In a cut sheet printer a movable enclosure for paper supply See also bin character 1 A symbol used in printing For example a letter of the alphabet a numeral a punctuation mark or any other symbol that represents information 2 A byte of data coded font A font library member that associates a code page and a font character set For double byte fonts a coded font associates more than one pair of code pages and font character sets code page A font component that associates code points with character identifiers A code page also identifies how undefined code points are handled c
10. only those chapters that apply to you Chapter 1 What Infoprint Server Can Do for You is intended for managers and system administrators The chapter describes the overall benefits that Infoprint Server for iSeries provides and lists the hardware and software needed to use this product e Chapter 2 Using Infoprint Server is intended for managers operators and system administrators It provides a number of scenarios that show how you can use Infoprint Server for iSeries in various printing situations Chapter 3 Understanding the Infoprint Server Components is intended for system administrators who want to understand how Infoprint Server for iSeries works The chapter describes the component parts of Infoprint Server for iSeries Chapter 4 Related Products describes some IBM products that you can use with Infoprint Server for iSeries Who Should Read This Book This publication is intended for people who need to understand the benefits and capabilities of Infoprint Server for iSeries Prerequisite and Related information Use the iSeries Information Center as your starting point for looking up iSeries technical information You can access the Information Center two ways From the following Web site http www ibm com servers eserver iseries infocenter e From CD ROMs that ship with your order iSeries Information Center SK3T 4091 02 This package also includes the PDF versions of iSeries
11. requirements 1 The user sends the JPEG file to the Windows based image transform to create an AFP page segment 2 Next the user could use the AFP Manager component of iSeries Navigator to create the page segment in the iSeries Alternatively the user could use a network drive mapped to an iSeries to put the AFP output file in a shared folder then use OS 400 commands to create it as a page segment on the iSeries 3 A user application creates a spooled file that uses the new page segment 4 The spooled file can now be sent to an IPDS printer or PSF can send it to Infoprint Server Through Infoprint Server you can send the job to a PCL or PDF printer e mail the output or create a stream file in the integrated file system shows how Infoprint Server can transform images into AFP files OS 400 Network Drive Operations Integrated File System User Application Navigator Figure 6 Transforming images into OS 400 resources OS 400 Spool Chapter 2 Using Infoprint Server 13 Indexing Data for Navigation 14 A telephone company creates customer statements by using the external formatting capabilities on the iSeries page definitions and form definitions together with AFP this is called mixed data This company wants its customer service representatives to be able to view the statements in the same format that the customer receives them The
12. see Chapter 3 Understanding the Infoprint Server Components on page 17 What s New in Infoprint Server Version 5 2 Infoprint Server 5 2 provides these enhancements e Use an SMTP server to send e mail Previously the only way to send e mail from Infoprint Server was through the SNDDST command With Infoprint Server 5 2 you can specify that Infoprint Server uses an SMTP server to send your e mail e Individualize e mails that are sent by the PDF subsystem With the prior version of Infoprint Server you could only use a PDF mapping program to map mail tags when you specified a keyword such as a customer Chapter 1 What Infoprint Server Can Do for You 5 number for the mail tag Now you can use the PDF mapping program to interpret mail tags specify the subject text and add a customized message to the beginning of each e mail If you use an SMTP mail server to send the e mail you can also specify a file to be used in the body of the e mail add carbon copy cc and blind carbon copy bcc recipients specify an address for the recipient to reply to and add attachments e Use fonts from your Mac when transforming PostScript data to AFP With Infoprint Manager for Windows or Infoprint Manager for AIX along with Infoprint Server Font Downloader you can upload DBCS fonts from your Mac to the iSeries You can then use these fonts with the PostScript to AFP transform e Transform enhancements The PDF PCL and Po
13. table reference character trigger Data values for which CRTAFPDTA searches to delineate the beginning of a new group of pages The first trigger is then the anchor point from which CRTAFPDTA locates the defined index values See anchor point U upload 1 To transfer programs or data from a connected device typically a personal computer to a computer with greater resources T 2 To transfer data from a device such as a workstation or a microcomputer to a computer Contrast with download V Viewer See AFP Workbench Viewer X axis In printing an axis perpendicular to the direction in which the paper moves through the printer See also Y axis X extent A measurement along the X axis Y axis In printing an axis parallel to the direction in which the paper moves through the printer See also X axis Y extent A measurement along the Y axis Bibliography This bibliography lists the titles of publications containing additional information about Infoprint Server for iSeries the OS 400 operating system Advanced Function Presentation and related products The titles and order numbers may change from time to time To verify the current title or order number consult your IBM marketing representative You can obtain many of the publications listed in this bibliography from the Printing Systems Digital Library http www ibm com printers r5psc nsf web manuals or the Online Publications Website http
14. to a state of the processing unit that allows certain types of interruption 2 A condition of the printer physically selected in which the printer is available to the host processor for normal work Contrast with disabled mechanism end user interface A method by which a customer can obtain the services of a product for example coding samples commands and command lists Every product does not have an end user interface some products provide their services through programming interfaces some provide services through a command line interface and others provide their services only to other products escape character The control character X 2BD3 in a text control sequence that indicates the beginning of the sequence and the end of any preceding text euro The monetary unity of the European Monetary Union EMU introduced alongside national currencies on the first of January 1999 EuroReady product A product is EuroReady if the product when used in accordance with its associated documentation is capable of correctly processing monetary data in the euro denomination respecting the euro currency formatting conventions including the euro sign This assumes that all other products for example hardware software and firmware that are used with this product are also EuroReady IBM hardware products that are EuroReady might or might not have an engraved euro sign key on their keyboards exception A condition that exists w
15. to the PDF transform process This provides the ability to create a single PDF file with indexing information or multiple PDF files from a single input file PDF files stored in the integrated file system are available to any client network or Web application Automatic e mail distribution is a key additional function integrated into the PDF subsystem For any standard print file in an OS 400 output queue you can specify that the data be converted to PDF and sent as e mail A user exit has been added to further customize the e mail process For example you can select an input file with logical segments that are built in Each logical segment is transformed into a PDF file and the user exit lets you link to an address database for the e mail addresses for each PDF file PDF is one industry standard approach to electronic distribution of output AFP is another There is an AFP Viewer application built into iSeries Access and an AFP Viewer plug in is available for Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer Because AFP files can have external resources it is important that any portable AFP data is sent with those external resources For Web use Infoprint Server provides the ability to convert an AFP input file to fully portable format The resources are embedded within the data In addition Infoprint Server with its Create AFP Data command can add indexing within this portable file This facilitates easy navigation by the person viewing the data
16. use the PCL PDF or PostScript to AFP transform you need a 5 1 or higher OS 400 with the PASE feature installed If you issue the STRTFMMGR command on a system that does not have PASE installed a diagnostic message is issued and the Transform Manager does not start Some of the benefits these transforms provide are e IPDS support for ERP and ISV software output These transforms let you print the most common types of ASCII output on IPDS printers By printing on IPDS printers you can take advantage of high speed higher service levels enterprise class management and guaranteed delivery e Reduce hardware costs You can consolidate printing on faster Series attached printers instead of an uncontrolled network of personal and LAN printers Personal and LAN printers have higher operating costs than Series printers e Reduce personnel costs Infoprint Server on Series manages the printing and gives you a single control point for print management across the enterprise These transforms give you the ability to fully manage printing Create AFP Data Command 20 The command Create AFP Data CRTAFPDTA lets you convert a line LINE or mixed AFPDSLINE data spooled file to AFP for printing viewing or archiving It also lets you convert an AFP file that references resources to an AFP stream file packaged with all of the resources needed for printing or viewing Create AFP Data performs these functions e Converts line data or
17. Another element of Infoprint Server is its image transforms These transforms which execute on the client convert industry standard image formats GIF TIFF or JPEG into AFP page segments or overlays on your PC You can use the AFP Manager component of iSeries Navigator or OS 400 commands to create the page segment or overlay on your OS 400 This lets you use an image in a client or network application and then embed it in an OS 400 application Infoprint Server for iSeries Introduction and Planning Guide Infoprint OS 400 Printer Designer Applications File EBS Client Networking and iSeries PCL ASCII ES 7 Applications PDF OS 400 Print ____ Management PDF gt Printer Host Print o Transform AAA AR AFP Resources e Overlays e Fonts e Page Segments e Page Definitions PSF only PSF IPDS e Form Definitions for Printer PSF only OS 400 Page Segment PDF or Overlay Fully Resolved Fully iSeries Access a Resolved AFP Viewer AFP or System Figure 2 iSeries Output Management with Infoprint Server AFP Viewer Plug in or TIFF Image See Chapter 2 Using Infoprint Server on page 9 for examples that show how you can use the Infoprint Server components in different printing scenarios For more detailed information about the Infoprint Server components
18. BM for illustrative purposes only These examples have not been thoroughly tested under all conditions IBM therefore cannot guarantee or imply reliability serviceability or function of these programs All programs contained herein are provided to you AS IS without any warranties of any kind The implied warranties of non infringement merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose are expressly disclaimed The following are trademarks or registered trademarks of the IBM Corporation Advanced Function Presentation OfficeVision 400 AFP OS 2 AIX OS 390 AS 400 OS 400 IBM Print Services Facility Infoprint Redbooks Intelligent Printer Data Stream S 370 IPDS z OS iSeries The following terms appear in this publication and are trademarks of other companies e Microsoft Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation e UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group e Java is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems Inc 28 Infoprint Server for iSeries Introduction and Planning Guide Other company product and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others Notices 29 30 Infoprint Server for iSeries Introduction and Planning Guide Glossary This glossary defines technical terms and abbreviations used in Infoprint Server documentation If you do not find the term you are looking for refer to the index of this publication or view IBM Dictionary of Computing
19. Designer OS 400 Printers PrintSuite Redbooks TCP IP Infoprint Server for iSeries Introduction and Planning Guide Figures iSeries Printing without Infoprint Server iSeries Output Management with Infoprint Server Publishing iSeries Output Electronically Electronic Report Distribution y Printing documents from a Workstation on IPDS printers Transforming images into OS 400 resources Indexing line mixed or AFP data Packaging AFP data with its resources for electronic distribution Infoprint Server Components CHONOARWN Copyright IBM Corp 2001 2002 Vi Infoprint Server for iSeries Introduction and Planning Guide About Infoprint Server for iSeries Introduction and Planning Guide G544 5774 This publication provides an overview of Infoprint Server for iSeries Version 5 Release 2 licensed program number 5722 IP1 The term iSeries refers to the system formerly called AS 400 The term OS 400 refers to the operating system of the Series This introduction includes an overview of Infoprint Server for iSeries explains its benefits describes how you can use Infoprint Server for iSeries describes how Infoprint Server for iSeries works and introduces some products you can use with Infoprint Server for iSeries This publication is organized into chapters to help you obtain the information you need about Infoprint Server for iSeries Instead of reading the entire publication you can read
20. F subsystem The PDF subsystem transforms the data into PDF and sends it back to PSF PSF places it in the integrated file system in a specified location You can specify the location in the PSF configuration object You can put the PDF file in an area of the integrated file system that a Web client can access If you put the file in a folder that your PC has access to you can use your PC to access the file shows how Infoprint Server lets you publish iSeries output PSF Configuration Object Shared Folder Integrated File System Application Figure 3 Publishing iSeries Output Electronically 10 Infoprint Server for iSeries Introduction and Planning Guide Electronic Report Distribution In this scenario a company wants to distribute its monthly sales reports to regional managers Currently the reports are generated on an OS 400 printed manually separated and sent to the managers The goal is to electronically send the regional managers only the report for the area that they control Here is how this company can use the Infoprint Server components to meet its requirements 1 Asales report application uses a tool to generate statements that contain group tags and puts the file on the output queue Some tools the application could use are Data Description Specifications DDS keywords AFP Toolbox or the Infoprint Server Create AFP Data CRTAFPDTA command 2 The data is sent to PSF In or
21. Infoprint Server for iSeries Introduction and Planning Guide Version 5 Release 2 0 G544 5774 01 Infoprint Server for iSeries Introduction and Planning Guide Version 5 Release 2 0 G544 5774 01 Note Before using this information and the product it supports be sure to read the general information in Notices on page 27 Second Edition August 2002 This edition applies to the IBM Infoprint Server for iSeries Version 5 Release 2 Modification 0 licensed program Program Number 5722 IP1 and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions or technical newsletters Be sure to use the correct edition for the level of the product Order publications through your IBM representative or the IBM branch office serving your locality Publications are not stocked at the address given below The IBM Printing Systems Division welcomes your comments A form for reader s comments is provided at the back of this publication If the form has been removed you may send your comments to the following address INFORMATION DEVELOPMENT THE IBM PRINTING SYSTEMS DIVISION DEPARTMENT H7FE BUILDING 004M PO BOX 1900 BOULDER CO 80301 9191 U S A If you prefer to send comments electronically use one of the following methods e Internet printpub O us ibm com e Fax 1 800 524 1519 or 1 303 924 6873 m Internet Visit our home pages at http www ibm com printers and http ww
22. O DCA P data line data or a combination of MO DCA P and line data structured field A self identifying variable length bounded record that can have a content portion that provides control information data or both syntax The rules and keywords that govern the use of a programming language T table reference characters TRC An optional control character in an input record that identifies the font with which the record is to be printed The table reference character corresponds to a font number defined in a page definition font list or to the order of font names listed in the CHARS parameter in the JCL tag Atype of structured field used for indexing in an AFP document Tags associate an index attribute value pair with a specific page or group of pages in a document terminate 1 To stop the operation of a system or device 2 To stop execution of a program 36 Infoprint Server for iSeries Introduction and Planning Guide text A graphic representation of information on an output medium Text can consist of alphanumeric characters and symbols arranged in paragraphs tables columns or other shapes token ring A network configuration in which tokens are passed in a circuit from node to node A node that is ready to send can capture the token and insert data for transmission trace A record of the execution of a computer program It exhibits the sequences in which the instructions were executed A TRC See
23. age Segments or AFP Documents Operations Navigator Post Script PCL PDF AFPDS OS 400 X 0 400 Net Server Applications OS 400 Objects Post Script PCL PDF AFPDS i Y y l AFPDS gt File System Stream Files Os 400 libraries PC or Post Script Unix style directories PCL PDF OS 400 shared folders f AFPDS IPDS E Mail Server PDF gt PDF E Mail Receiver Currently supported data streams i x AFPDS AFPDS IPDS IPDS IPDS Printer Line data LINE Mixed data AFPDSLINE OV 400 and SCS SCS Figure 9 Infoprint Server Components PDF Subsystem Infoprint Server lets you use the PDF subsystem to convert any standard format documents and reports on your iSeries to one or more Portable Document Format PDF files The PDF subsystem performs one of these functions with the output e Stores the output as a stream file in the integrated file system This allows the file to be accessed by the Web by an application or accessed by a workstation using NetServer or iSeries Access e Prints it on a PDF printer e Sends it as e mail Copyright IBM Corp 2001 2002 17 Optionally the PDF subsystem also works with group tags when they have been inserted into the data You can use AFP Toolbox the Create AFP Data CRTAFPDTA command or DDS keywords to create
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25. ations such as statements invoices labels and supply chain management documents The product makes it easy to change documents and customer communications quickly which helps you be responsive to customer needs For more information refer to this Web page http www ibm com printers R5PSC NSF Web ipdesignerHome Infoprint Designer runs on Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows NT and Windows 2000 IBM Series Access for Windows Program Number 5722 XW1 provides PC to iSeries connectivity It provides a single solution to meet the desktop user s needs such as working with databases or other data stored on the server running 5250 applications or administering the Series environment Through the Series Navigator and AFP Workbench Viewer components you can manage AFP resources and view AFP files For more information refer to this Web page http www ibm com servers eserver iseries access 24 Infoprint Server for iSeries Introduction and Planning Guide iSeries Access runs on Windows XP Professional Windows 2000 Windows ME Windows98 Windows NT 4 0 and Windows 95 Series Navigator iSeries Navigator a component of iSeries Access is the graphical user interface for managing your iSeries servers iSeries Navigator makes operation and administration of the server easier and more productive For instance you can copy a user onto another system by dragging the user from one server to the other Wizards guide you through setting u
26. bject is stored the first two characters of which indicate the resource type X0 XG XZ Coded font T1 Code page C0 CG CZ Font character set Glossary 35 S1 Page segment F1 Form definition P1 Page definition 01 Overlay H1 Recommended for microfilm rotation The number of degrees a graphic character is turned relative to the page coordinates S segment Synonym for page segment sheet A division of the physical medium on which data is presented The IPDS architecture defines 4 types of sheet cut sheet forms continuous forms envelopes and computer output on microfilm Each sheet has a front side and a back side Some types of media consist of multiple sheets for example a roll of continuous forms can be divided at the perforations into rectangular sheets Each sheet usually has carrier or tractor feed strips also Microfilm is another example of a medium comprising multiple sheets whereas an envelope has only one sheet Synonymous with form simplex printing Printing on only one side of the paper Contrast with duplex printing single byte coded font A font in which the characters are defined by a one byte code point A single byte coded font contains only one coded font section Contrast with double byte coded font spooled file A file created by an application program that contains the actual information to be printed and some of the data that controls the format of the printing Spooled files can contain M
27. d assembly of a PCL PDF or PostScript to AFP transform job and its related resource files IOCA See Image Object Content Architecture initialize 1 In programming languages to give a value to a data object at the beginning of its lifetime I 2 To set counters switches addresses or the contents of storage to zero or other starting values at the beginning of or at prescribed points in the operation of a computer routine A 3 To prepare for use for example to initialize a diskette inline The direction of successive characters in a line of text Synonymous with inline direction inline direction The direction of successive characters in a line of text inline resource A resource contained in the print data set input output I O Pertaining to a device whose parts can perform an input process and an output process at the same time I Intelligent Printer Data Stream IPDS 1 The data stream generated by PSF to send to an IPDS page printer 2 An all points addressable data stream that enables users to position text images and graphics at any defined point on a printed page interface A shared boundary An interface can be a hardware component used to link two devices or it can be a portion of storage or registers accessed by two or more computer programs I O Input output 34 Infoprint Server for iSeries Introduction and Planning Guide IPDS See Intelligent Printer Data Stream L lib
28. der to call the PDF subsystem the device description associated with the printer writer specifies an appropriate PSF configuration object Note Although the PDF subsystem interacts with PSF you do not need a PSF license to use the PDF subsystem 3 The PSF configuration object specifies that the data is to be transformed into multiple PDF files and e mailed so PSF sends the data to the PDF subsystem 4 The PDF subsystem uses the group tags to segment the statements by regional office and creates a PDF file from each segment then sends the files back to PSF 5 If the file specifies a keyword such as a regional ID instead of an actual e mail address the keyword has to be mapped to a valid address PSF uses a user created PDF mapping program to map the keyword to the appropriate e mail addresses If the file specifies valid e mail addresses you do not need an PDF mapping program 6 PSF uses the SNDDST command or the SMTP mail server that is specified on the PSF configuration object to send the reports to the managers shows how Infoprint Server lets you send multiple PDF files as e mail PSF E Mail Configuration Exit Object Program PSF for OS 400 E E Mail E Mail A Receiver Server OS 400 Spool Figure 4 Electronic Report Distribution Chapter 2 Using Infoprint Server 11 Printing Enterprise Print Output on IPDS Printers In this scenario a business uses an enterprise r
29. duction and Planning Guide 544 4258 IOCP and ESCON Reference GC38 0401 Publication Order Number APU Guide for PrintSuite S544 5351 SAP R3 Guide for PrintSuite S544 5412 Page Printer Formatting Aid User s Guide S544 5284 06 AFP Toolbox for Multiple Operating Systems User s Guide S544 5292 Publication Order Number IBM AS 400 Printing V SG24 2160 IBM server Series Printing VI Delivering the Output of e business SG24 6250 Publication Order Number Internetworking with TCP IP Principles Protocols and Architecture SC31 6144 TCPAP Tutorial and Technical Reference GG24 3376 TCP IP Configuration and Reference SC41 5420 04 38 Infoprint Server for Series Introduction and Planning Guide Bibliography 39 40 Infoprint Server for iSeries Introduction and Planning Guide Readers Comments We d Like to Hear from You Infoprint Server for iSeries Introduction and Planning Guide Version 5 Release 2 0 Publication No G544 5774 01 Overall how satisfied are you with the information in this book Very Satisfied Satisfied Neutral Overall satisfaction O How satisfied are you that the information in this book is Very Satisfied Satisfied Neutral Accurate Complete Easy to find Easy to understand Well organized Applicable to your tasks OOOOU0 Please tell us how we can imp
30. e Requirements OS 400 5 2 runs on these iSeries systems Model 150 Model 6xx Sxx Model 170 Model 7xx Model 250 Model 8xx Model 270 The PASE environment requires an AS 400 or server iSeries model 600 or higher Software Requirements Compatibility In order to run Infoprint Server for iSeries you need OS 400 5 1 or higher A PSF for OS 400 license is not required To print the PDF output from the PDF subsystem requires Acrobat Reader 5 0 You can download it free from the Adobe Web site http www adobe com products acrobat main html The Font Downloader feature of Infoprint Server requires a PC running Infoprint Manager for Windows Program Number 5639 N49 DBCS Font Downloader feature LCD4 5884 00 or an AIX system running Infoprint Manager for AIX Program Number 5765 E42 DBCS Font Downloader feature LCD4 5884 00 In order to use the PCL PDF or PostScript to AFP transform you need OS 400 5 1 or higher with the PASE feature installed The image transforms GIF JPEG and TIFF to AFP require a PC running Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 2000 or Windows NT with service pack 4 installed Infoprint Server 5 2 for Series is upwardly compatible with Infoprint Server 5 1 for iSeries 8 Infoprint Server for iSeries Introduction and Planning Guide Chapter 2 Using Infoprint Server This chapter describes how you can use Infoprint Server in your particular environment to meet your printing needs It includes
31. ements 8 Software Requirements 8 Compatibility 8 Chapter 2 Using Infoprint Server 2 2 2 2 2 9 Publishing iSeries Output Electronically 10 Electronic Report Distribution Sob ho Se Re a on a we TT Printing Enterprise Print Output on IPDS Printers ee i a me a at 1 Integrating Web and Network Images into iSeries Applications Sap kn woar a TS Indexing Data for Navigation b aopo a amp a a a A Distributing AFP Output Electronically E Chapter 3 Understanding the Infoprint Server Components 17 PDF Subsystem o s e s e w w ee ee 17 E Mail Support op ee ob a ee aoe a we Be we we oe TB PCL PDF and PostScript Transforms eu Aa Ae ee Se O Create AFP DataCommand 20 Image Transforms a 2 2 ee ee 21 Chapter 4 Related Products 28 Advanced Print Utility a ee 28 AFP Font Collection 2 1 ee ee o o 29 AFP Toolbox oia 24 os db A A E o a o 2B AFP Utilities 2 ee ew 24 AFP Viewer Plug in Seen ae wate es ge te ee ee et ee a ee Infoprint Designer for iSeries Ro We a Ai bo e a Bw we a a a a a BA Series Access 2 2 a a a a eee ee ee 24 iSeries Navigator 2 2 eee ee ee 25 Copyright IBM Corp 2001 2002 iii iv Notices Trademarks Glossary Bibliography Infoprint Server Advanced Function Presentation AFP iSeries Access Infoprint
32. enhancements included in version 5 2 has been added See What s New in Infoprint Server Version 5 2 on page 5 A section that describes the hardware required to run Infoprint Server 5 2 for iSeries has been added See Hardware Requirements on page 8 A section that describes the software required to run Infoprint Server 5 2 for iSeries has been added See Software Requirements on page 8 A section that describes what Infoprint Server 5 2 for iSeries is compatible with has been added See Compatibility on page 8 A new chapter has been added that describes other IBM products you can use with Infoprint Server See Chapter 4 Related Products on page 23 O Copyright IBM Corp 2001 2002 ix X Infoprint Server for iSeries Introduction and Planning Guide Chapter 1 What Infoprint Server Can Do for You Infoprint Server for iSeries hereafter referred to as Infoprint Server is a separately orderable program for OS 400 5 1 and higher Infoprint Server focuses on the network extending the considerable capabilities of the iSeries beyond printing to the management and dissemination of output As business applications are re engineered into e business applications the output of those applications might need to change and flow electronically to the consumer of that output For enterprise printing requirements Infoprint Server delivers improved efficiency improved reliability and lower overall printing costs I
33. ent for printing in a specified format form definition A resource that PSF uses to define the characteristics of a form it specifies overlays to be used if any paper source for cut sheet printers duplex printing text suppression the position of MO DCA data on the form and the number of copies and modifications of a page G GOCA See Graphic Object Content Architecture Graphic Object Content Architecture GOCA An architecture that provides a collection of graphics values and control structures used to interchange and present graphics data group A named collection of sequential pages that form a logical subset of a document H hardcopy 1 A copy of a display image that is generated on an output device such as a printer or plotter and that can be carried away T 2 A printed copy of machine output in a visually readable form for example printed reports listings documents and summaries hexadecimal Pertaining to a numbering system with base of 16 valid numbers use the digits 0 through 9 and characters A through F where A represents 10 and F represents 15 host font See host resource host processor The processing unit to which the page printers are attached through a data transfer interface host resource A resource found in a system library in a user library or inline in the print data set host system 1 A data processing system that prepares programs and operating environments for
34. er to print or view correctly Here is how this company can use the Infoprint Server components to meet its requirements 1 An application creates the data and puts it on the OS 400 spool 2 The Create AFP Data CRTAFPDTA command generates the document as an AFP stream file and gathers all of the needed resources into a resource stream file It then concatenates the AFP stream file and resources into a merged stream file 3 Users can now view the merged file on their workstation use the file on another system or archive the file shows how you can use Infoprint Server to distribute AFP output electronically User Application OS 400 Spool AFP Merged Stream File ee AFP Stream File AFP Resource Stream File Figure 8 Packaging AFP data with its resources for electronic distribution Chapter 2 Using Infoprint Server 15 16 Infoprint Server for iSeries Introduction and Planning Guide Chapter 3 Understanding the Infoprint Server Components This chapter describes the Infoprint Server components It describes how each component works and lists some of the benefits obtained through the component shows the Infoprint Server components and how they fit into your system The Infoprint Server components are shaded Workstation Workstation Applications Lotus Word PCL PDF Post Script files Printer Share LPR Overlays P
35. error recovery for print jobs When printing line data PSF supports external formatting using page definitions and form definitions This external formatting extends page printer functions such as electronic forms and use of typographic fonts without any change to applications programs printable area The area on a sheet of medium on which print can be placed printer A presentation device that produces hardcopy output See presentation device processor In a computer a functional unit that interprets and executes instructions 1 A PSF See Print Services Facility R raster font A font technology in which the graphic characters are defined directly by the raster bit map Contrast with outline font record format line data A form of line data where each record is preceded by a 10 byte identifier resolution In computer graphics a measure of the sharpness of an image expressed as the number of lines and columns on the display screen or the number of pels per unit of linear measure resource 1 Acollection of printing instructions used by PSF in addition to the print data set to produce printed output PSF resources include coded fonts font character sets code pages page segments overlays form definitions and page definitions 2 Any source of aid used for performing a task such as disk storage space computer processing time and communication lines resource name The name under which a resource o
36. esource planning software package to create and print its output in PCL format They would like to direct their high volume print jobs to high speed IPDS printers Here is how this business can use the Infoprint Server components to meet its requirements 1 3 4 5 From a Windows workstation a user submits the document for printing on an IPDS printer using a printer shared though NetServer The document is put on the OS 400 spool and then directed to Transform Manager Transform manager uses the PCL transform to transform the data to AFP The transform sends the AFP data to PSF for OS 400 PSF submits the data for printing shows how Infoprint Server lets you print PCL PDF or PostScript documents from your workstation on IPDS printers Web Document Net Server Ly Shared 4 Printer TU pe C gt PSF O57400 Mo 1 for Spool OS 400 IPDS Printer Figure 5 Printing documents from a Workstation on IPDS printers 12 Infoprint Server for iSeries Introduction and Planning Guide Integrating Web and Network Images into iSeries Applications A manufacturer has a drawing application on Windows NT that creates engineering drawings in JPEG format The manufacturer wants to be able to use the same drawing on a work order but the work order is a line of business LOB document produced by the iSeries Here is how the manufacturer can use Infoprint Server components to meet its
37. ex object file Create AFP Data has these benefits e More flexibility with line data Once you convert line data to AFP you can view the converted document using the AFP Workbench Viewer or the AFP Viewer Plug in This flexibility lets you use the Infoprint Designer for iSeries for page formatting while you maintain the ability to view and print e Simple archival method You can save the AFP merged file in organized directories so you can print with fidelity to the original document e Portable output Packaging the output with the resources needed to print lets you use the merged file on other operating systems e Increased productivity When working with large output files indexing lets you quickly locate the necessary information whether the document is archived or is being viewed Image Transforms The image transforms are a set of transforms that run on a Windows system and transform the following types of data into AFP or PostScript Level 2 e graphics interchange format GIF e Joint Photographic Experts Group JPEG e Tag Image File Format TIFF You transform the data using commands on a Windows command line You can have the transform create an AFP overlay or page segment You can then use use iSeries Access or OS 400 commands to create overlays and page segments on your OS 400 from the output Some benefits of using the image transforms are e Use of images across platforms These transforms let you integrate curren
38. fix of CZ Contrast with raster font overlay See electronic overlay P page A collection of data that can be printed on a physical sheet of paper page segment A resource containing MO DCA data and images prepared before formatting and included as part of the input for a print job parameter 1 A variable that is given a constant value for a specified application and that may denote the application I A 2 An item in a menu for which the user specifies a value or for which the system provides a value when the menu is interpreted 3 Data passed between programs or procedures pel See picture element physical medium A physical entity on which information is presented Examples of physical media are display screens paper foils microfilm and labels picture element An element of a raster pattern about which a toned area on the photoconductor might appear See also raster pattern Synonym for pel point A unit of measurement about 1 72 of an inch used in measuring the height of a font Contrast with pitch point size The height of a font in points print job The data that a user submits to PSF for printing Print Services Facility PSF PSF is a licensed IBM program that manages and controls the input data stream and output data stream required by supported IBM page printers PSF manages printer resources such as fonts images electronic forms form definitions and page definitions and provides
39. ged automatically Detect and Transform Job Data Streams Image Print Transform a component of OS 400 automatically detects the data stream for PCL PDF and PostScript jobs that LAN clients submit Transform Manager then uses the appropriate transform to convert the data stream for printing on an IPDS printer Support Common Printer Languages Infoprint Server provides support for those output languages common in both iSeries and network environments including SCS AFP line data PostScript PCL and PDF Infoprint Server protects your investment in printing applications and hardware while providing the extensions critical to re engineer printing and output business functions Create AFP Output from Images on Windows Infoprint Server lets you convert the most common image formats GIF TIFF and JPEG to AFP This simplifies graphics maintenance by letting you use the same graphics in your OS 400 documents workstation documents and Web presentation External Formatting Flexibility Many applications ported to OS 400 output line data Through the Create AFP Data command Infoprint Server gives you more ways to use this output without modifying the application It lets you view the line data before printing packages the data with the resources needed for printing and lets you print it on PCL printers This benefit lets you use Infoprint Designer to easily specify document and report page formatting while maintaining the flexibility
40. group tags in the data The PDF subsystem can process a file with group tags in one of two ways It can convert the input data to one file with indexing tags at the group boundaries or break each group into a separate PDF file This is essential for example for separating customer statements when they are all created from one job After it goes through the PDF subsystem each customer statement could be its own PDF file Alternatively you could use indexing information in one file to quickly navigate to each statement The PDF subsystem can transform any of these data types e IPDS e SCS e AFP e Line data externally formatted with page definitions and form definitions e Mixed data line data that is mixed with AFP e OfficeVision 400 Note Currently the PDF subsystem cannot transform 2D bar codes to PDF To call the PDF subsystem specify a PSF configuration object with appropriate values on the device you want to print to You can use OS 400 commands or the AFP Manager component of iSeries Navigator to create the PSF configuration object Some of the benefits the PDF subsystem provides are e Avoid rewriting applications You can use existing applications to create documents in a new format This lets you take advantage of the Web e mail and a popular document format without a lot of costly overhead e Searchable output The PDF output is actual text when the input file is text based This lets you use the standard Adobe Acr
41. hen the printer e Detects an invalid or unsupported command order control or parameter value from the host e Finds a condition of which the host system must be notified e Detects a condition that requires the host system to re send data exception highlighting The markings placed on the printed page to indicate the location of an error in the data stream execution The process of carrying out an instruction or instructions of a computer program by a computer I A extended binary coded decimal interchange code EBCDIC A coded character set of 256 eight bit characters F font A family or assortment of characters of a given size and style for example 9 point Bodoni Modern A font character set Synonym for character set form A division of the physical medium multiple forms can exist on a physical medium For example a roll of paper might be divided by a printer into rectangular pieces of paper each representing a form An envelope is an example of a physical medium that has only one form The IPDS architecture defines 4 types of form cut sheets continuous forms envelopes and computer output on microfilm Each type of form has a top edge a front side and a back side Synonymous with sheet format 1 A specified arrangement of such things as characters fields and lines usually used for displays printouts or files 2 To arrange such things as characters fields and lines 3 To prepare a docum
42. ies output e PDF PostScript and PCL to AFP datastream transforms e Create AFP Data command for AFP indexing and creation of portable AFP e Image transforms for GIF TIFF and JPEG to iSeries format Let s go through the Infoprint Server functional elements one by one First transforms have been built into OS 400 that convert several types of input data to image based AFP and place it on an OS 400 output queue The input data can be Printer Control Language PCL PostScript or Portable Document Format PDF print data This enables most ASCII output created in the OS 400 or on the network to be put in native OS 400 format AFP which lets users take advantage of the OS 400 print management capabilities These transforms are managed by Transform Manager A central component of Infoprint Server is the PDF subsystem This subsystem enables the conversion of any standard OS 400 output SCS AFP mixed data IPDS or OfficeVision 400 to Adobe PDF The conversion process is highly Chapter 1 What Infoprint Server Can Do for You 3 4 integrated and creates a native text based ASCII PDF data file when the input to the transform is non image This PDF file can then be routed to one of three places an integrated file system directory an output queue or outbound by e mail In addition you can use AFP Toolbox for AS 400 the Create AFP Data command or DDS keywords to logically segment a print file This logical segmentation carries forward
43. inal form AFP This lets them be easily printed and viewed by downstream processes Workstation users want to integrate Web and client images into iSeries applications Workstation users want to be able to use images from the Web or their workstation in GIF TIFF and JPEG format in their OS 400 documents This saves time by allowing the user to create the image in only one format How to Handle the Changing Output Requirements Print server consolidation is the best way to handle the changing printing requirements Why One central print server in a network is more cost effective than a distributed solution with printers attached to many different LAN servers or local desktop computers Consolidating onto a central print server lets you use the right printer for specific print jobs OS 400 5 1 and higher with Infoprint Server lets you consolidate your print workload from many servers to a central OS 400 print server OS 400 handles high volume printing logs accounting histories and provides data security and recovery With OS 400 you can control host and LAN printing You do not need to continually upgrade your server so it can handle more print requests How Infoprint Server Fits in with OS 400 Printing Infoprint Server significantly expands the possibilities of print and electronic output in an iSeries environment integrating new capabilities within the existing print framework Let s take a closer look and see how The existing outpu
44. intended for transmission in character or binary digit form using a defined format default An attribute value or option that is assumed when none is explicitly specified 1 DDS See data description specifications document 1 A publication or other written material pertaining to a specific subject or related subjects 2 In word processing a collection of one or more lines of text that can be named and stored as a separate entity double byte coded font A font in which each character is defined by two bytes of which the first defines a coded font section and the second defines a code point in that section Double byte coded fonts are needed for the support of languages requiring more than 256 graphic characters two bytes are required to identify each graphic character Kanji is printed by using a double byte font Contrast with single byte coded font download To transfer data from a processing unit to an attached device such as a microcomputer for processing duplex printing Printing on both sides of a sheet of paper Contrast with simplex printing E EBCDIC Extended binary coded decimal interchange code electronic overlay A collection of constant data such as lines shading text boxes or logos that is electronically composed in the host processor and stored in a library and that can be merged with variable data during printing Contrast with page segment See also overlay enabled 1 Pertaining
45. manuals iSeries Information Center Supplemental Manuals SK3T 4092 01 which replaces the Softcopy Library CD ROM The iSeries Information Center contains advisors and important topics such as Java TCP IP Web serving secured networks logical partitions clustering CL commands and system application programming interfaces APIs It also includes links to related IBM Redbooks and Internet links to other IBM Web sites such as the IBM home page O Copyright IBM Corp 2001 2002 vii With every new hardware order you receive the iSeries Setup and Operations CD ROM SK3T 4098 01 This CD ROM contains IBM server iSeries Access for Windows and the EZ Setup wizard iSeries Access offers a powerful set of client and server capabilities for connecting PCs to iSeries servers The EZ Setup wizard automates many of the iSeries setup tasks The Printing Systems iSeries Products Web page contains information about this product See this Web page http www ibm com printers R5PSC NSF Web as400overview For other related information see the Bibliography on page 37 iSeries Navigator viii IBM iSeries Navigator is a powerful graphical interface for managing your iSeries servers iSeries Navigator functionality includes system navigation configuration planning capabilities and online help to guide you through your tasks iSeries Navigator makes operation and administration of the server easier and more productive and is the only
46. o apply iSeries print management and iSeries printers to this task In addition many new applications that are client server in implementation such as enterprise resource planning ERP and Independent Software Vendor ISV solutions create ASCII output because it is a common denominator across clients and servers Transforming these data streams to AFP enables robust iSeries print management Output applications need to be portable across different systems Many line of business applications such as statements invoices and policies need to have the flexibility to print on servers other than the server where the data resides In order to do this the print file needs to be packaged with all of the resources such as fonts overlays and images that are needed for printing New output formatting on iSeries needs additional printing and viewing capabilities While the majority of iSeries output applications are formatted with Data Description Specifications DDS the iSeries also offers an application independent formatting approach iSeries page definitions and Copyright IBM Corp 2001 2002 1 form definitions This separates page formatting from the line of business application In addition with Infoprint Designer for iSeries you have a graphical design interface for these applications Infoprint Server addresses the requirement to take print applications with page definition and form definition formatting and transform them into f
47. obat functions when you view the file such as search and copy e Simple archival method You can save all of your documents in organized PDF directories Because any data stream that can be input to PSF can be transformed to PDF your archive can consist of a single data type e Use ASCII printers when IPDS is not required You can use Infoprint Server to print to PDF printers PDF printing can provide fidelity and performance advantages over PCL PDF output preserves fidelity without converting to image The PDF subsystem also enables e mail support E Mail Support Using the PDF subsystem and PSF Infoprint Server can e mail PDF output PSF uses the Send Distribution command SNDDST or an SMTP mail server specified in the PSF configuration object to send the e mail 18 Infoprint Server for iSeries Introduction and Planning Guide PCL PDF and Note Although the PDF subsystem interacts with PSF to send e mail you do not need a PSF licence to use the subsystem The PDF subsystem can add index tags to the PDF file or convert the input data to multiple PDF files where you have inserted group tags You can insert group tags with AFP Toolbox for AS 400 the Create AFP Data CRTAFPDTA command or DDS keywords Then you can use the e mail support to send each output file to an e mail address This is essential for example for separating customer statements when they are all created from one job PSF can e mail each statement to the
48. ode point A one byte code representing one of 256 potential characters concatenate 1 To link together 2 To join two character strings concatenated data set In iSeries a group of logically connected data sets that are treated as a single data set for the duration of a job step See also data set continuous forms A series of connected forms that feed continuously through a printing device The connection between the forms is perforated to enable a user to tear them apart Before printing the forms are stacked folded along the perforations Contrast with cut sheet paper control character A character that starts changes or stops any operation that affects recording processing transmitting or interpreting data such as carriage return font change and end of transmission cut sheet paper Paper that is cut into separate sheets before it is printed on Contrast with continuous forms paper D data description specifications A description of the user s database or device files that is entered into the system in a fixed form The description is then used to create files data set A named set of records stored and processed as a unit Synonym for file data stream 1 All information data and control commands sent over a data link usually in a single read or write operation 2 A continuous stream of data 32 Infoprint Server for iSeries Introduction and Planning Guide elements being transmitted or
49. of viewing and printing your output almost anywhere Easier Navigation of Large Files As businesses increase electronic file use it becomes necessary to be able to quickly navigate those files For example an application might create customer statements Infoprint Server gives you the ability to index the statement file so that customer service representatives can quickly find and view a customer s statement It can also package the statements with their resources This lets customer service representatives view the statement on their workstations in the same format as the customer s copy This also makes archiving more manageable because it lets you to retrieve an individual statement when you need it Chapter 1 What Infoprint Server Can Do for You 7 The PDF subsystem lets you use the indexing information to break a large file into smaller files such as customer statements then store e mail or print the smaller files Print to PDF Printers When IPDS printers are not required businesses need access to ASCII printers Without Infoprint Server OS 400 supports printing iSeries output on PCL printers A new generation of printers such as the IBM Infoprint 21 IBM Infoprint 45 and IBM Infoprint 70 support printing PDF directly Infoprint Server lets you print to these printers This can increase performance over printing to PCL printers because the PDF output is not converted to an image before printing while PCL data is Hardwar
50. om printers R5PSC NSF Web AFPFontHome AFP Toolbox Program Number 5798 AF2 Feature 2703 for OS 400 V3R2 Program Number 5798 AF3 Feature 2803 for OS 400 V3R7 is a feature of AFP PrintSuite and Utilities for iSeries It helps application programmers format printed output Without requiring knowledge of the AFP data stream AFP Toolbox provides access to sophisticated AFP functions through a callable C C COBOL or RPG interface With AFP Toolbox you can accomplish these tasks e Combine variable data with electronic forms electronic signatures and images e Define variable length paragraphs Draw boxes that have fixed or variable depth and width Generate bar code objects Draw horizontal and vertical fixed or variable length lines Include indexing tags for use in viewing archiving and retrieving documents Accent printed output with color and shading Dynamically control fonts including user defined fonts Precisely position and align text anywhere on a page in a wide variety of fonts Create graphical data objects such as pie charts and bar charts Copyright IBM Corp 2001 2002 23 AFP Utilities e Create tables of any complexity e Draw circles partial circles ellipses and partial ellipses AFP Toolbox is available on OS 390 z OS AIX and OS 400 platforms For more information about AFP Toolbox refer to this Web page http www ibm com printers R5PSC NSF Web AFPToolHomel For more information about AFP Prin
51. p security TCP IP and more The AFP Manager plug in to iSeries Navigator lets you manage your AFP resources PSF configuration objects and font mapping tables iSeries Navigator gives you one step access to the Infoprint Manager PDF subsystem This lets you convert a spooled file to PDF and e mail it store it as a stream file or put it on an output queue For more information about iSeries Navigator refer to this Web page http www ibm com servers eserver iseries oper_nav iSeries Navigator runs on Windows XP Professional Windows 2000 Windows ME Windows98 Windows NT 4 0 and Windows 95 Chapter 4 Related Products 25 26 Infoprint Server for iSeries Introduction and Planning Guide Notices This information was developed for products and services offered in the U S A IBM may not offer the products services or features discussed in this document in other countries Consult your local IBM representative for information on the products and services currently available in your area Any reference to an IBM product program or service is not intended to state or imply that only that IBM product program or service may be used Any functionally equivalent product program or service that does not infringe any IBM intellectual property right may be used instead However it is the user s responsibility to evaluate and verify the operation of any non IBM product program or service IBM may have patents or pending patent
52. ple word terms in which this term appears e See also Refers to related terms that have similar but not synonymous meanings e Synonym for Appears in the commentary of a less desirable or less specific term and identifies the preferred term that has the same meaning Copyright IBM Corp 2001 2002 e Synonymous with Appears in the commentary of a preferred term and identifies less desirable or less specific terms that have the same meaning A Advanced Function Presentation AFP A set of licensed programs together with user applications that use the all points addressable concept to print on presentation devices AFP includes creating formatting archiving retrieving viewing distributing and printing information See presentation device AFP See Advanced Function Presentation AFP data stream A presentation data stream that is processed in the AFP environment MO DCA P is the strategic AFP interchange data stream IPDS is the strategic AFP printer data stream AFP Workbench Viewer 1 An OS 2 or Windows IBM licensed PC product that lets you see AFP output in a WYSIWYP what you see is what you print format 2 An OS 2 or Windows platform for the integration of AFP enabling applications and services AFPDS A term formerly used to identify the composed page MO DCA P based data stream interchanged in AFP environments anchor The point in a document that signals to CRTAFPDTA the beginning of a group
53. popular document format without a lot of costly overhead PostScript Transforms Infoprint Server for iSeries can transform PCL 6 PDF 1 3 and PostScript level 3 data to image based AFP data for printing on IPDS printers This lets you print data directly from the Internet client PCs and other server nodes within your network on your iSeries attached IPDS printers You can use LPR or NetServer to print the PCL PDF or PostScript file from your workstation on your OS 400 IPDS printer NetServer lets you share an OS 400 printer with your Windows PC then you can send data from your PC directly to the OS 400 printer The jobs are automatically transformed using the job characteristics such as paper size that you specify This lets you use all of the benefits of IPDS printing with PC files These transforms work just like an IPDS printer connected to your OS 400 To use them you simply send a PCL PDF or PostScript job to the printer Image print Chapter 3 Understanding the Infoprint Server Components 19 transform and Transform Manager together determine the data stream and call the correct transform Image print transform is already a part of your OS 400 system but Transform Manager comes only with Infoprint Server for iSeries Transform Manager specifies how many transform jobs to initialize upon startup and when a new transform job should be started It also specifies how many transform jobs of each type can be active In order to
54. printer When PSF for OS 400 manages AFP print data it ensures that any external resources required such as fonts overlays and images are in printer memory when needed With OS 400 3 2 and 3 7 two additional types of external resources appeared on the scene page definitions and form definitions These resources are a standard 2 Infoprint Server for iSeries Introduction and Planning Guide part of the AFP architecture and enable the pages to be formatted independently of the application program Infoprint Designer for iSeries is a fully graphical output composition system that uses these resources to design new applications or re engineer existing ones OS 400 e Printer Pa DDS Applications File AFP Resources OS 400 Print Management e Overlays e Fonts e Page Segments e Page Definitions PSF only initi Host e Form Definitions A PSF only Print gt Transform IPDS PSF for Printer OS 400 Figure 1 iSeries Printing without Infoprint Server Infoprint Server opens up this print architecture Figure 2 on page 5 shows the functional elements that Infoprint Server adds to the picture The Infoprint Server components are shaded The general focus is in two major areas 1 projecting OS 400 output to the network and 2 incorporating the network into the OS 400 print functions Infoprint Server has five functional components e PDF services e E mail iSer
55. rary A file or a set of related files for example a page definition library containing one or more page definition files licensed program A utility that performs a function for the user and usually interacts with and relies upon system control programming or some other IBM provided control program A licensed program contains logic related to the user s data and is usable or adaptable to meet specific requirements line data Data prepared for printing on a line printer such as an IBM 3800 Printing Subsystem Model 1 Line data is usually characterized by carriage control characters and table reference characters Contrast with MO DCA P It is externally formatted with page definitions and form definitions line printer A device that prints a line of characters as a unit 1 A Contrast with page printer logical page A presentation space One or more object areas or data blocks can be mapped to a logical page A logical page is rectangular and has specifiable characteristics such as size shape orientation and offset Orientation and offset are specified relative to a coordinate system for the medium logical page origin 1 The point on the logical page from which the positions of images graphics page overlays and text with O degree inline direction are measured 2 The point on the logical page represented by Xp 0 Yp 0 in the Xp coordinate system M macro Synonym for macroinstruction macroinstruction An in
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57. stScript to AFP transforms that are shipped with Infoprint Server 5 2 have been enhanced for better performance The PCL to AFP transform now supports PCL 6 e Indexing for PDF files When transforming a file to PDF Infoprint Server can now place index tags at group boundaries and return one PDF file This lets you easily navigate the file when viewing it on your workstation e Smaller PDF files Infoprint Server 5 2 lets you generate a PDF file without the fonts embedded This lets you produce smaller PDF files e Enhancements to Create AFP Data Easier file management Create AFP Data CRTAFPDTA now lets you tell Infoprint Server to delete the output stream files after it merges them together Two new parameters make it easier to identify the input file e Interactive access to PDF and e mail functions Infoprint Server for iSeries together with iSeries Access 5 2 lets you use the fully graphical iSeries command interface to run PDF and e mail functions interactively Send output by e mail in one step Write single or multiple output files to the integrated file system e Support printing with new iSeries Web Access Infoprint Server for iSeries when installed with iSeries Access enables direct PDF printing from your browser Benefits of Using Infoprint Server Users and applications in the typical iSeries enterprise environment can take full advantage of Infoprint Server s many benefits including Create Electronic Output
58. struction that causes the execution of a predefined sequence of instructions Microfilm device An output device that presents a hardcopy on microfilm migration Activities that relate to the installation of a new version or release of a program to replace an earlier level Completion of these activities ensures that the applications and resources on your system will function correctly at the new level Mixed Object Document Content Architecture A strategic architected device independent data stream for interchanging documents MO DCA See Mixed Object Document Content Architecture MO DCA data Print data that has been composed into pages Text formatting programs such as DCF can produce composed text data consisting entirely of structured fields MO DCA data page A page of print data consisting entirely of structured fields MO DCA print data set A print data set consisting entirely of structured fields MO DCA P Mixed Object Document Content Architecture for Presentation N nested resource A resource mapped in an overlay O OS 400 The iSeries operating system outline font A font technology in which the graphic character shapes are represented in digital form by a series of mathematical expressions that define the outer edges of the strokes The resulting graphic character shapes can be either solid or hollow Outline fonts can be scaled sized to any size The IBM outline font character sets have a pre
59. t does this by applying iSeries printing management and iSeries attached printers to the task of handling all of the essential printing generated across the network This chapter describes how output and printing requirements are changing It explains how Infoprint Server fits into this changing environment and how implementing Infoprint Server can benefit you How Output Requirements Are Changing With the advent of a fully electronic computing environment which includes local area networks and the Internet standard server centric business applications are being re engineered into e business applications In many cases this has ramifications for the output that those applications produce For example Companies require more electronic output Businesses need to implement business to business and business to customer applications that have electronic output distribution instead of paper creation The traditional output model of print and distribute is changing to one of distribute electronically then maybe print Electronic output reduces costs decreases cycle time improves competitiveness and increases customer satisfaction Network centered printing is inadequately managed and costly Many key applications within an iSeries extended environment now reside outside the iSeries server Printing to personal or LAN attached printers is usually far costlier and far less reliable than printing from the iSeries Companies would like t
60. t image formats into iSeries applications e Consistency You can use the same images in your iSeries documents workstation documents and Web documents Chapter 3 Understanding the Infoprint Server Components 21 22 Infoprint Server for iSeries Introduction and Planning Guide Chapter 4 Related Products Following are some of the IBM products you can use with Infoprint Server e Advanced Print Utility AFP Font Collection AFP Toolbox AFP Utilities on page 24 AFP Viewer Plug in on page 24 Infoprint Designer for iSeries on page 24 iSeries Access on page 24 Advanced Print Utility IBM Advanced Print Utility APU for iSeries Program Number 5798 AF3 is a feature of AFP PrintSuite and Utilities for iSeries It lets you transform your existing printed documents into dynamic electronic applications without making programming changes to your applications APU is an application independent tool that lets end users convert SCS applications through a graphical interface For more information about APU refer to this Web page about AFP PrintSuite and Utilities for iSeries refer to this Web page http www ibm com printers R5PSC NSF Web AFPPrintSuiteHome AFP Font Collection AFP Toolbox The IBM AFP Font Collection Program Number 5648 B33 contains a wide selection of AFP fonts It is the recommended source of AFP fonts for printing with PSF and Infoprint Server http www ibm c
61. t subsystem is generally print centric Figure 1 on page 3 depicts the flow within this subsystem Any OS 400 application that creates print uses a printer file to provide job level control information as the data is written to the output queue DDS keywords can be used to define how application and static information is placed on each page With these instructions the application places print data a spooled file on an OS 400 output queue The print data on the queue is usually either SCS SNA Character Set for simple line mode output or AFP with graphics With AFP print data there are frequently embedded references to external print resources such as fonts overlays and page segments Once the print data resides on the OS 400 output queue there are three drivers that can route the print data to a printer The driver is automatically selected based on the type of target printer Base OS 400 print management includes the driver for printing to SCS printers Host Print Transform is the driver for ASCII printers principally PCL printers When a PCL printer is selected by the print writer the print file either SCS or AFP is passed to Host Print Transform Host Print Transform then transforms the print data into ASCII and sends it to the printer When an Intelligent Printer Data Stream IPDS printer is started Print Services Facility PSF for OS 400 is automatically invoked and interactively manages the entire printing process with the
62. tSuite and Utilities for iSeries refer to this Web page http www ibm com printers R5PSC NSF Web AFPPrintSuiteHome AFP Utilities for iSeries Program Number 5769 AF1 can simplify the creation of advanced design documents AFP Utilities is made up of three interactive menu driven utilities Overlay Print Format and Resource Management Overlay Utility lets you design AFP electronic forms directly on an OS 400 Print Format Utility lets you build AFP reports without any application program Resource Management Utility helps manage electronic forms and image resources For more information about AFP Utilities for iSeries refer to this Web page http www ibm com printers R5PSC NSF Web AFPutilitiesHome AFP Viewer Plug in The AFP Viewer plug in displays documents that are in AFP format such as documents downloaded from the OS 390 host or from the Web The AFP Viewer plug in is available for Windows 95 98 Windows 2000 and Windows NT and requires Netscape Navigator Version 3 01 or higher or Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 3 01 Level 4 70 1215 or higher You can obtain the AFP Viewer plug in at no extra charge from the IBM Printing Solutions for iSeries Web page http www ibm com printers r5psc nsf web as400overvi ew Infoprint Designer for iSeries iSeries Access Infoprint Designer for iSeries Program Number 5733 ID1 is designed to create electronic output that optimizes customer and mission critical communic
63. the following scenarios Publishing iSeries Output Electronically on page 10 Printing Enterprise Print Output on IPDS Printers on page 12 Integrating Web and Network Images into iSeries Applications on page 13 Distributing AFP Output Electronically on page 15 These scenarios are examples of printing situations but do not represent all situations that exist Each scenario includes a figure that shows which Infoprint Server components are used The components are shaded in the figures Copyright IBM Corp 2001 2002 Publishing iSeries Output Electronically In this scenario a company uses an iSeries to generate monthly reports These reports are then distributed to the sales regions Instead of sending out hardcopy versions of these reports the company wants to make them available for Web access Here is how this company can use the Infoprint Server components to meet its requirements 1 2 An OS 400 application creates the data and puts it on the spool The data SCS IPDS AFP Line Data or OfficeVision 400 data stream is sent to print The device description associated with the printer writer specifies a PSF configuration object The PSF configuration object specifies that the data is to be transformed into PDF Therefore the data is sent to PSF Note Although the PDF subsystem interacts with PSF you do not need a PSF license to use the PDF subsystem PSF sends the data to the PD
64. user interface to the new advanced features of the OS 400 operating system It also includes Management Central for managing multiple servers from a central system You can find more information on iSeries Navigator in the iSeries Information Center and at the following Web site http www ibm com eserver iseries navigator Infoprint Server for iSeries Introduction and Planning Guide Summary of Changes Summary of Changes for Infoprint Server for iSeries Introduction and Planning Guide G544 5774 01 This publication contains additions and changes to information previously presented in Infoprint Server for iSeries Introduction and Planning Guide G544 5774 00 which supports Infoprint Server for iSeries Version 5 Release 1 0 The technical additions and changes are marked with a revision bar in the left margin These changes have been made throughout the book For OS 400 5 2 the product name Operations Navigator has been changed to iSeries Navigator In this document the term iSeries Navigator refers to both Operations Navigator and iSeries Navigator unless otherwise noted For OS 400 5 2 the product name Client Access Express has been changed to iSeries Access In this document the term iSeries Access refers to both Client Access Express and iSeries Access unless otherwise noted The PDF transform is now referred to as the PDF subsystem The following information is new or updated A section that describes the
65. w 1 ibm com servers eserver iseries When you send information to IBM you grant IBM a nonexclusive right to use or distribute the information in any way it believes appropriate without incurring any obligation to you Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2001 2002 All rights reserved US Government Users Restricted Rights Use duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp Contents FIGUES o ca e Be OR we eR A RR ea kee ee Ee ee EV About Infoprint Server for iSeries Introduction and Planning Guide G544 5774 E Al Who Should Read This Book Boe a de e oe ed V Prerequisite and Related information Vil iSeries Navigator a a ee ee ee ee ee ll Summary of Changes AX Chapter 1 What Infoprint Server Can Do for You 1 How Output Requirements Are Changing 1 How to Handle the Changing Output Requirements s 2 How Infoprint Server Fits in with OS 400 Printing 2 What s New in Infoprint Server Version 5 2 9 Benefits of Using Infoprint Server 6 Create Electronic Output 6 Better Access to IPDS Printers 7 Handle Print Jobs Effectively y sT Detect and Transform Job Data Streams af Support Common Printer Languages na MA Create AFP Output from Images on Windows T External Formatting Flexibility ek Easier Navigation of Large Files gt Y Print to PDF Printers 8 Hardware Requir

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