Configuring Transforms; Creating Transforms - Ricoh InfoPrint Pro C900AFP Manual

1. transps checks to see if the incoming data is PostScript. If it is
2. transpcl checks to see if the incoming data is PCL. If it is PCL, transpcl
3. saveafp copies the AFP file produced by either of the above steps into a
4. Since saveafp is a terminating transform, the job is not printed but is marked
To create a transform sequence, use this procedure from the InfoPrint Manager
Administration GUI:
1. Select the printer that you want to send the job to.
2. Click Printer → Properties to open the Printer Properties notebook for the
3. In the Printer Properties notebook, click Configuration. The data stream
4. Use the Add and Remove buttons to specify the transforms in the sequence
5. When you have entered the transforms in the correct sequence, click Apply to

Configuring transforms

To configure a transform, you must do these tasks:

1. "Creating transforms."

2. "Associating a transform with an actual destination" on page 213.
Creating transforms
You can create a transform sequence through the InfoPrint Manager
Administration GUI (for more specific information, see the online help topic in
this GUI entitled "Server transform tasks").
To create a transform using the InfoPrint Manager Administration GUI, an
InfoPrint Manager system administrator must set these values on the Create
Transform window. You can access this window by clicking Server, and select
Transform → Create.
1. Start the InfoPrint Manager Administration GUI.
2. Click Server → Transform → Create.
3. Fill in these values:
PostScript,transps transforms the data to AFP using ps2afp. If it is not
PostScript, transps does nothing.
transforms it to AFP using pcl2afp. If it is not PCL, transpcl does nothing.
specific directory.
complete at this point.
selected printer.
transforms that this printer can use are listed in the Transforms to use field.
Note: If you can't see the Transforms to use field, click Show more.
that they should be run in the Values field.
For example, you might want to create the three-step transform sequence that
runs the tranps , transppcl, and saveafp transforms in sequence as described
above. To accomplish this task, the Values field would contain these:
associate this transform sequence with the selected printer.
Name Type a meaningful name for the transform.
InfoPrint Manager references the transform name in transform
sequences that are associated with actual destinations.
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