Ipds With Afp - Xerox 6100BD - Phaser Color Laser Printer System Manual

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Continuous Form.
• Tray/Bin Mappings tab – Enables an operator to map
FreeFlow Print Server physical trays to virtual IPDS trays. The
contents of the virtual IPDS trays are reported back to the
host. The operator can view and modify stock attributes so that
they meet the needs of the IPDS print jobs to be run.
• Operator Commands – Applicable to both the Job Settings
and Tray/Bin Mappings tabs, these commands enable an
operator to Go Online or Go Offline, Stop or Continue
receiving IPDS data from the host, and Cancel an incoming
IPDS job.

IPDS with AFP

IBM's Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) is a collection of
programs that can be used to format and manage documents
independently of printer hardware. It enables users to control
formatting, paper output form, printing or viewing online, and
document storage across multiple operating system platforms.
AFP is implemented on various platforms by Print Service Facility
(PSF) software. This software generates the device dependent
IPDS. Some IBM systems, such as AIX, use InfoPrint Manager,
rather than PSF to accomplish this translation. FreeFlow Print
Server supports IPDS emitted by either PSF or InfoPrint Manager
software.
In order to print IPDS jobs, the host system must transform the
print job data into IPDS raster data and control data consistent
with IBM publication S544-3417 Intelligent Printer Data Stream
Reference. For host operating systems that support AFP, such as
Z/OS (MVS) and OS/400, the host decomposes the AFP
commands into appropriate IPDS commands and data. Some
host systems, from vendors other format.
Note that IPDS printers are centrally managed from the host
system. Resources, such as fonts, usually reside on the host and
are transferred to the printer when needed, rather than being
stored permanently on the printer.
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