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IBM 47AE - 410168 User Manual

Manual is about: Infoprint Server for iSeries V5

Summary of 47AE - 410168

  • Page 1

    Infoprint server for iseries v5 session 47ae - 410168 mira shnier senior it specialist, printing systems division, ibm canada ltd. Mshnier@ca.Ibm.Com scs archive overlays fonts psegs page & form defs output queue iseries output architecture web, network images pdf subsystem create afp data pf ifs os...

  • Page 2: Enabling "e-Output"

    E-business is changing the face of business communications traditional information methodology has been "print and distribute" networks, internet, and electronic documents are transforming this methodology electronic documents mean: tie to pre-printed form is broken flexibility in content flexibilit...

  • Page 3: Infoprint Server For Iseries

    Focus of infoprint server electronic distribution of output iseries management of network print iseries support for pdf transform services for any iseries standard output (afp, ipds, scs, even ov/400) pdf output to e-mail, ifs, or pdf printer high-function pdf server segmentation - "electronic burst...

  • Page 4: 1. Publish to The Web

    1. Publish to the web scenario - monthly reports sent out to departments in hard copy customer would prefer these went on the company intranet (or internet) publish to the web - solution 1. An os/400 application creates the data and puts it on the spool. 2. Use the ipds to pdf conversion function to...

  • Page 5: Pdf Subsystem Setup

    Archive overlays fonts psegs page & form defs output queue architecture: pdf web publishing pdf device description ifs os/400 psf/400 printer file iseries native applications pdf company intranet pdf dds psf configuration object pdf subsystem setup device description: virtual *ipds/afp printer on *l...

  • Page 6: Psf Config. Object

    Using iseries navigator to create a psf config. Object the same object can be build using the crtpsfcfg or chgpsfcfg commands. Pdf transform enables: re-engineering of output distribution soft copy repositories for "demand pull" information dissemination printing directly to pdf-capable printers int...

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    Target directory and file name if you specify a root file system directory name, the file will be stored as: /pdf-directory-name/job-name/job-user-name+ /job-number_file-number_spooled-file-name_date_sequence-number.Pdf in this example the target was specified as '/reports' common 410168 47ae infopr...

  • Page 8: More On Target Stream Files

    Target directory and file name if you specify a directory name in the qdls system, the file will be stored as: /qdls/folder-name/job-name/job-number/job-user-name/file-number+ /spooled-file-name/date/sequence-number.Pdf in this example the target was specified as '/qdls/emails' more on target stream...

  • Page 9: Iseries Access For Web

    Iseries access for web pdf support use 5722-xh2 iseries access for web - view pdf common 410168 47ae infoprint server denver.Prz 17-18 10/11/02.

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    2. Electronic report distribution scenario - monthly sales reports are printed, manually separated and mailed to regional office managers customer would like to automatically distribute and send the relevant reports to specific managers 1. Use dds keywords to insert group tags in *afpds spooled file...

  • Page 11: Architecture: E-Mail

    Architecture: e-mail overlays fonts psegs page & form defs output queue pdf devd psfcfg os/400 psf/400 printer file iseries native applications dds pdf e-mail mapping program file: lookup 513 701 842 513 shnier@ca.Ibm.Com 701 rose@us.Ibm.Com 842 shaffer@us.Ibm.Com shnier@ca.Ibm.Com shaffer@us.Ibm.Co...

  • Page 12: E-Mail With Exit Program

    Psf/400 data queue psf configuration object printer file dds usrdfndta (dds) strpaggrp endpaggrp pdfgen pdfincfnt pdfmult pdfdtaq pdfsender pdfmappgm pdfdir pdf file(s) user exit program e-mail input job info spooled file mail tag pdf file path sender user data output message text e-mail addresses d...

  • Page 13: V5R2 Enhancements

    1 4 3 2 mshnier was the user on bldasl1 who was the "sender" subject line info comes from pqt4133 in message file qpqmsgf. You may "unofficially" modify the first 22 characters up to 255 characters of text message may be customized using mapping program. (default message is, "mail was sent by os/400...

  • Page 14: E-Mail

    Ad-hoc pdf - iseries access v5r2 new operations navigator options e-mail common 410168 47ae infoprint server denver.Prz 27-28 10/11/02.

  • Page 15: File Size Considerations

    File size considerations by default pdf includes adobe fonts files may be large if many fonts used v5r1 - use psfdfnopt with pdfincfnt(*no) in your psfcfg (ptf si03186 required) v5r2 use pdfincfnt(*no) parameter file description no. Of pages size of pdf after ptf short joblog 2 58 kb medium joblog 1...

  • Page 16: Printers

    3. Print enterprise output on ipds printers customer uses an erp output which generates data in pcl format they need the speed, power and throughput of their high-speed iseries system printer - plus the ipds error recovery scenario: print enterprise output on ipds printers - solution 1. From a windo...

  • Page 17: Architecture: Print Serving

    Architecture: print serving output queue os/400 psf/400 printer file iseries native applications ipds client, network, and iseries ascii applications pcl to afp ps to afp pdf to afp dds transforms are integrated into os/400 architecture provides generic iseries print support for erp applications wor...

  • Page 18: Pcl/ps/pdf to Afp Setup

    Pcl/ps/pdf to afp setup transformations based on: pcl vs. (postscript/pdf) edge-to-edge vs. 1/6" non-print border transformation configuration file specifies how many of each combination: minimum & maximum printer device description includes afp(*yes) imgcfg(*imgcnn), where nn is based on print dens...

  • Page 19: Image Transforms

    Integrate web and network images into iseries applications - solution 1. The user sends the image file to the windows-based jpeg transform to create an afp image file. 2. Next, the user could use the afp manager component of operations navigator to create the page segment and store it in the iseries...

  • Page 20: Architecture:  Web Image

    Architecture: web image overlays fonts psegs page & form defs web, network images os/400 psf/400 gif to afp jpeg to afp tiff to afp 5. Indexed data for fast navigation scenario - a phone company creates customer statements using the external formatting capabilities on the iseries (page definitions a...

  • Page 21: Solution

    Indexed data for fast navigation - solution 1. An application creates the data and puts it on the os/400 spool. 2. The crtafpdta command generates the document as an afp stream file , puts the indexing information in an index object stream file , gathers all of the needed resources into a resource s...

  • Page 22: Crtafpdta And Cvtlindta

    Crtafpdta and cvtlindta similarities convert *line data to *afpds (mo:dca) use with afp viewer print to non-ipds printers using hpt processes the "rules" from page definition to create resolved output page definition *line *afpds crtafpdta vs. Cvtlindta differences crtafpdta cvtlindta command with m...

  • Page 23: Overview of Crtafpdta

    What else would you use if for? Create an index document afp viewer - quick access to selected pages pdf generation - index to segment large file and add addressing information for e-mail or generate pdf bookmarks archive & retrieve selected groups of pages create a resource group portable afp other...

  • Page 24: Iseries Transforms

    Application infoprint server component publish iseries-as/400 output pdf transform (alternative is create afp data - crtafpdta) electronic report distribution pdf transform, integrated e-mail print directly to pdf printers pdf transform (output to queue) electronic burst and bind pdf transform, segm...

  • Page 25: Infoprint Server: Summary

    Scs archive overlays fonts psegs page & form defs output queue infoprint server architecture web, network images pdf subsystem create afp data pf ifs os/400 psf/400 printer file iseries native applications e-mail pdf web prtafpdta gif to afp jpeg to afp tiff to afp pdf pcl ipds infoprint designer cl...

  • Page 26: Additional Information

    Other print and e-output sessions session title session number id day/time v5 printing and e-output overview 409061 42ae wed @ 9:30am iseries output flow and architecture 250343 43ae wed @ 11:00am iseries output application development 410162 45ae wed @ 2:00pm infoprint designer for iseries 404243 4...

  • Page 27: Glossary

    Afp - advanced function presentation afccu - advanced function common control unit afpds - advanced function printing data stream api - application program interface ascii - american national standard code for information exchange bgu - business graphics utility bmp - os/2 and windows bitmap brms - ...