Ips Application Migration; Where Do Application Resources Reside?; Resource Creation Packages And Programs - Xerox DocuPrint 180 Solution Manual

Where do application resources reside?

Resource creation packages and programs

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4IPS application migration

Now that you know more about AFP and how the DocuPrint IPS
printers work, you can start printing your AFP applications to
DocuPrint IPS printers. This chapter explains the steps required to
modify an existing AFP application for printing to a Xerox DocuPrint
IPS printer.
Resources reside in one or more libraries on the host system. For
example, on a mainframe, you may store the page segments in a
page segment library, the overlays in an overlay library, and so on.
On an AS/400 or RS/6000, however, you may have one library that
contains all resource files.
If you are running on a mainframe platform, Xerox recommends that
you store your font resources in two separate libraries: one for 240
pel resolution fonts and one for 300 pel resolution fonts. This storage
method should prevent overwriting fonts that have the same names
but different resolutions.
If you are running on a platform that allows different file naming
extensions, such as the RS/6000, you may store both 240 pel and
300 pel fonts in the same library. However, you should make sure
that the different resolutions have different file extensions. For
example, you might name font GT10 at 240 pel resolution
IBMGT10.240; at 300 pel resolution, you might name this font
IBMGT10.300.
To obtain optimal printer output quality, Xerox recommends that you
use 300 dpi or pel resources. Note, however, that this
recommendation does not apply to the DocuPrint 180 IPS because it
uses the 600 by 2400 dpi enhanced resolution.
IBM recommends that customers use outline fonts. Outline fonts are
independent of printer resolution.
You can use any of several resource creation packages and
programs to create new AFP resources or convert your existing AFP
resources for use by DocuPrint IPS printers. This section lists some
of the packages and programs offered by IBM, Elixir, ISIS, and
PReS. For a brief listing of more products, refer to Appendix B,
"Resource creation and conversion programs".
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