Xerox 6180N FreeFlow® Print Server System Guide - Page 52
IPDS with AFP, IPDS. Some IBM systems, such as AIX, use InfoPrint Manager
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Printing and queue management 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. 3-18 System Guide