AFPDS Modules
The AFPDS Modules of the Solimar® Print Director™ Enterprise (SPDE) converts AFPDS data streams (and resources referenced in the data stream) from mainframes, AS/400s and network systems to IPDS, Portable Document Format (PDF) or composite PostScript. This enables AFP print data intended for centralized mainframe printers to be proofed and used with a wide variety of archiving systems, viewing stations or the Internet. The conversions can be several thousand pages per minute on an appropriate Pentium PC. The AFPDS Emulation Modules facilitate increased flexibility in processing and presenting data traditionally locked in the mainframe, AS/400, or AIX world.
The AFPDS Emulation Modules accept AFPDS data, which is a binary stream of variable-length structured fields (records) that define a document and its resources. In IBM documentation, AFPDS data is also commonly referred to as MO:DCA-P (Mixed Object: Document Content Architecture-Presentation) data. The module also supports AFPDS Conversion and Indexing Facility (ACIF) data, where the AFPDS document data and all resources are concatenated in one file.
The Line Mode::AFPDS Module converts AFP formatted line and mixed mode data into fully composed AFPDS for further processing by the AFPDS Modules. |
