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Infoprint Server for iSeries
Introduction and Planning Guide
Version 5, Release 2.0
G544-5774-01
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Infoprint Server for iSeries Introduction and Planning Guide Version 5, Release 2.0 G544-5774-01
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Note Before using this information and the product it supports, be sure to read the general information in “Notices” on page 27. Second Edition (August 2002) ® ® ™ This edition applies to the IBM Infoprint Server for iSeries Version 5 Release 2 Modification 0 licensed program, Program Number 5722–IP1, and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions or technical newsletters. Be sure to use the correct edition for the level of the product. Order publicati
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Contents Figures............................ v About Infoprint Server for iSeries: Introduction and Planning Guide (G544–5774)......................... vii Who Should Read This Book....................vii Prerequisite and Related information.................vii iSeries Navigator....................... viii Summary of Changes...................... ix Chapter 1. What Infoprint Server Can Do for You............1 How Output Requirements Are Changing................1 How to Handle the Changing Output
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Notices ...........................27 Trademarks..........................28 Glossary...........................31 Bibliography .........................37 Infoprint Server.........................37 Advanced Function Presentation (AFP)................37 iSeries Access.........................37 Infoprint Designer........................37 OS/400............................38 Printers............................38 PrintSuite...........................38 Redbooks...........................38 TCP/
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Figures 1. iSeries Printing without Infoprint Server.......................3 2. iSeries Output Management with Infoprint Server ...................5 3. Publishing iSeries Output Electronically ......................10 4. Electronic Report Distribution ..........................11 5. Printing documents from a Workstation on IPDS printers ................12 6. Transforming images into OS/400 resources.....................13 7. Indexing line, mixed, or AFP data.........................14 8. Packagi
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vi Infoprint Server for iSeries: Introduction and Planning Guide
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About Infoprint Server for iSeries: Introduction and Planning Guide (G544–5774) This publication provides an overview of Infoprint Server for iSeries Version 5 Release 2 (licensed program number 5722–IP1). The term ″iSeries″ refers to the ® ® system formerly called AS/400 . The term ″OS/400 ″ refers to the operating system of the iSeries. This introduction includes an overview of Infoprint Server for iSeries, explains its benefits, describes how you can use Infoprint Server for iSeries, describe
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With every new hardware order, you receive the iSeries Setup and Operations CD-ROM, SK3T-4098-01. This CD-ROM contains IBM Eserver iSeries Access for Windows and the EZ-Setup wizard. iSeries Access offers a powerful set of client and server capabilities for connecting PCs to iSeries servers. The EZ-Setup wizard automates many of the iSeries setup tasks. The Printing Systems iSeries Products Web page contains information about this product. See this Web page: http://www.ibm.com/printers/R5PSC.NSF
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Summary of Changes Summary of Changes for Infoprint Server for iSeries: Introduction and Planning Guide, G544–5774–01 This publication contains additions and changes to information previously presented in Infoprint Server for iSeries: Introduction and Planning Guide, G544–5774–00, which supports Infoprint Server for iSeries Version 5 Release 1.0. The technical additions and changes are marked with a revision bar(|)inthe left margin. These changes have been made throughout the book: v For OS/400
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x Infoprint Server for iSeries: Introduction and Planning Guide
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Chapter 1. What Infoprint Server Can Do for You | Infoprint Server for iSeries (hereafter referred to as Infoprint Server) is a separately | orderable program for OS/400 5.1 and higher. Infoprint Server focuses on the | network, extending the considerable capabilities of the iSeries beyond printing to | the management and dissemination of output. As business applications are | re-engineered into e-business applications, the output of those applications might | need to change and flow electronica
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form definitions. This separates page formatting from the line-of-business application. In addition, with Infoprint Designer for iSeries, you have a graphical design interface for these applications. Infoprint Server addresses the requirement to take print applications with page definition and form definition formatting and transform them into final-form AFP. This lets them be easily printed and viewed by ″downstream″ processes. Workstation users want to integrate Web and client images into iSer
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part of the AFP architecture and enable the pages to be formatted independently of the application program. Infoprint Designer for iSeries is a fully graphical output composition system that uses these resources to design new applications or re-engineer existing ones. OS/400 Printer DDS File Applications OS/400 Print Output AFP Resources SCS Management Queue Printer Overlays Fonts Page Segments Page Definitions (PSF only) Host PCL Form Definitions Print Printer (PSF only) Transform IPDS PSF for
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| integrated and creates a native, text-based ASCII PDF data file when the input to | the transform is non-image. This PDF file can then be routed to one of three places: | an integrated file system directory, an output queue, or outbound by e-mail. In | addition, you can use AFP Toolbox for AS/400, the Create AFP Data command, or | DDS keywords to logically segment a print file. This logical segmentation carries | forward to the PDF transform process. This provides the ability to create a singl
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Infoprint OS/400 Printer DDS Designer Applications File Client Networking and iSeries PCL ASCII AFP PS Transforms Applications PDF Output Queue SCS OS/400 Print Printer Management PDF Printer AFP Resources Host PCL Overlays Print Printer Fonts Transform Page Segments Page Definitions (PSF only) PSF IPDS Form Definitions for Printer (PSF only) OS/400 Create PDF AFP PDF Page Segment E-Mail Subsystem Data or Overlay Fully Image WIN Resolved Transform AFP Fully iSeries Access Integrated Resolved AFP
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| number, for the mail tag. Now you can use the PDF mapping program to interpret | mail tags, specify the subject text, and add a customized message to the | beginning of each e-mail. If you use an SMTP mail server to send the e-mail, you | can also specify a file to be used in the body of the e-mail, add carbon copy (cc) | and blind carbon copy (bcc) recipients, specify an address for the recipient to | reply to, and add attachments. | v Use fonts from your Mac when transforming PostScript data
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| document is physically divided, each file can be sent to a different e-mail address, | retrieved, or printed individually, which replaces the need for a manual ″burst and | bind″ process. Better Access to IPDS Printers In today’s network environments, workstation users are often limited to personal and LAN printers. Infoprint Server lets any user in the network send print jobs in a wide range of formats from OS/400 and LAN clients to IPDS printers attached to OS/400. Handle Print Jobs Effectiv
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| The PDF subsystem lets you use the indexing information to break a large file into | smaller files, such as customer statements, then store, e-mail, or print the smaller | files. Print to PDF Printers When IPDS printers are not required, businesses need access to ASCII printers. Without Infoprint Server, OS/400 supports printing iSeries output on PCL printers. A new generation of printers, such as the IBM Infoprint 21, IBM Infoprint 45, and IBM Infoprint 70 support printing PDF directly. Infop
