Introduction; Overview; Features - Xerox FreeFlow User Manual

Introduction

The Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide describes the Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server
Intelligent Printer Data Stream support. IPDS is a print data stream defined by IBM®.
This guide describes Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server support for IBM's IPDS including various system
menus, setup routines, operator commands for running print jobs, system supported environments,
font management, host connectivity, and diagnostic trace capabilities.
Note Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPDS requires a software license. If your system does not have
the Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPDS license, you will not see any of the IPDS dialogs and the
IPS Manager menu will not appear in the system menu. Contact your Customer Service Engineer
(CSE) in order to obtain an Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPDS software license.
The primary audience for this document is the system administrator or the individual(s) responsible for
managing the print production environment.

Overview

Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IPDS) is a bi-directional print data stream defined by IBM®. IPDS is a
sequence of information transmitted between a host computer and IPDS printer as directed by a print
driver, such as IBM's Print Service Facility (PSF). In addition to delivering print description information,
the IPDS data stream performs printer control functions and allows the Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server
to share job status information with the host.
The Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPDS software is configured by means of a Graphical User Interface
(GUI), featuring pull-down menus, tabs, and icons from which to manage the Xerox FreeFlow® Print
Server IPDS functions. Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPDS supports the TCP/IP and Online Channel
interfaces.

Features

Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server Support for the IPDS Data Stream
Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPDS supports IPDS resulting from processing of AFP (Advanced Function
Presentation) resources such as print data sets, page definitions, form definitions, page segments,
fonts, and overlays. There are several IBM® data architectures within the AFP environment that are
fully supported by Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPDS:
• MO: DCA-P: Mixed Object Document Content Architecture for presentation
• PTOCA PT1, PT2, and PT3: Presentation Text Object Content Architecture
• IOCA: Image Object Content Architecture
• GOCA: Graphics Object Content Architecture
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