IBM eserver i5 Handbook page 827

Draft Document for Review October 18, 2004
Capabilities to import network standard image and graphic formats directly
into iSeries documents
Enhanced support for full color
Both OS/400 and PSF/400 have been enhanced to add these functions. The end
result is an output architecture that supports a much broader range of document
content and function:
PSF/400 V5R3 also provides support for the new iSeries printers.
Print Services Facility implements phase II of Unicode. Unicode is the
emerging text encoding standard that uses an expanded 16-bit data address
to represent nearly all of the characters in all of the world's languages, in one
interface. Phase II of the Unicode comprises most of the world's languages
except those that require complex text support. With Unicode, applications
that require multiple languages are greatly simplified.
Prior to V5R3, iSeries documents used EBCDIC-encoded AFP fonts.
TrueType and OpenType fonts are ASCII-encoded and represent the standard
in many personal, network, and UNIX environments. With V5R3, TrueType
and OpenType fonts can be specified directly in iSeries output. These fonts
can be cataloged in the IFS and referenced with the FONTNAME keyword.
The Infoprint Fonts product (5648-E77) has a font installer program that
enables simple installation of TrueType and OpenType fonts. AFP, TrueType,
and OpenType fonts can be intermixed on the same page. The ability to use
TrueType and OpenType fonts greatly expands the universe of fonts available
for iSeries applications while providing flexibility and consistency among
various organization documents.
Full color and image capabilities are significantly extended with V5R3. Full
process color debuted in V5R2 with the implementation of high resolution,
highly-compressed AFP color (called IOCA Function Set 45, or FS45, of the
AFP image object architecture). With V5R3, PSF/400 supports the new
OS/400 capabilities to import network or Web standard graphics objects
directly into iSeries documents. These graphic or image object types reside
on the IFS and are referenced with the AFPRSC keyword. The ASCII formats
supported are:
– JFIF
– TIFF
– EPS
– EPSTR
– PDFSPF
– PDFSPOTS
– PCLPO
IBM licensed programs: Printing and document handling products
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