Ibm Advanced Function Printing Printsuite For Os/400 (5798-Af2, Af3); Advanced Print Utility (Apu) (Included As Part Of 5798-Af3) - IBM i series Handbook

IBM Licensed Programs: Printing and Document Handling Products
• Print Format Utility: Enables the interactive creation of special electronic printing
applications, directly from the iSeries database. PFU is well suited for producing
packing lists, shipping labels, or similar applications that require graphical output. Both
tumble and standard duplex are supported. Print Format Utility produces complex
output that features overlays, image, and barcodes.
• Resource Management Utility: A "workbench" for AFP resources that enables you to
create, print, copy, and maintain overlays and images.

IBM Advanced Function Printing PrintSuite for OS/400 (5798-AF2, AF3)

IBM Advanced Function Printing (AFP) PrintSuite for OS/400
Product number
Replaces product
Minimum OS/400 level
Installation prerequisites
Related products
AFP PrintSuite for OS/400 is a family of products to create electronic printing applications.
The AFP PrintSuite for OS/400 solutions – Advanced Print Utility, Page Printer Formatting
Aid, AFP Toolbox, and SAP R/3 AFP Print – are designed to enable iSeries customers to
transform application output without changes to the line-of-business application.
The AFP PrintSuite for OS/400 family of advanced printing solutions are separately
orderable. Versions of all four AFP PrintSuite solutions are available for V3R2, V3R7, and
later OS/400 versions.

Advanced Print Utility (APU) (Included as Part of 5798-AF3)

APU allows end users to design how existing line output is blended with new fonts, electronic
forms, image, and barcode, and how each page and copy appear. When complete, the
existing application is automatically monitored and transformed, using the APU design.
• End-user design of advanced electronic output.
• Application-independent, no changes to the application program are required.
• Supports complex document requirements, such as multiple page formats and copies,
each with customized layouts.
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iSeries Handbook
5798-AF2 (V3R2M1), 5798-AF3 (V3R7M1 and later
releases)
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V3R2M1 / V3R7M1
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