AFPDS::IPDS Conversion Module
The AFPDS::IPDS Module 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. This enables AFP print data intended for centralized mainframe printers to be used with a wide variety of production or distributed IPDS printers. The conversions can be several thousand pages per minute on an appropriate Pentium PC. The AFPDS::IPDS Emulation Module facilitates increased flexibility in processing and printing data traditionally locked in the mainframe, AS/400, AIX world and vendor-specific AFPDS to IPDS products. The module works in conjunction with the IPDS Printer Controller to emulate host-based PSF to manage and drive IPDS printers.
The AFPDS::IPDS Emulation Module accepts 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.
Module Specifications & Components
The AFPDS::IPDS Emulation Module supports most AFPDS features:
- MO:DCA-P IS/1
- BCOCA (1D and 2D)
- PTOCA PT1 and PT2 (all orientations and rotations supported)
- IM Images
- IOCA FSxx
- Overlays
- Page Segments
- Presentation Spaces (all orientations, rotations, etc.)
- Object Positioning, Trimming, Scaling, etc.
- Copies
- Duplex
- Offset Stacking (jog)
- Media Source
- Converts inline resources and print data dynamically to PDF or PostScript resources
- Double byte font (DBCS) or Asian languages support: Chinese – Mandarin and Cantonese, Vietnamese, Armenian. These are also referred to as CJK fonts for Chinese, Japanese, Korean
- GOCA DR/2VO
- Line Mode and Mixed Mode AFPDS
- Object Container type support:
- JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) AFPC JPEG Subset
- JP2 (JPEG2000 File Format)
- PNG (Portable Network Graphics) AFPC PNG Subset
- TIFF (Tag Image File Format) AFPC TIFF Subset
- TIFF (Tag Image File Format) without transparency
- TrueType/OpenType Font
Object Container types and features not currently supported:
- EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) without transparency
- EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) with transparency
- GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
- IOCA Tile Resource
- Non-OCA Resource object
- PCL page object
- PDF (Portable Document Format)
- SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) AFPC SVG Subset
- TIFF multiple-image file with transparency
- TIFF multiple-image file without transparency
- TrueType/OpenType Collection
- Color Management Resource (CMR)
- Color Mapping Table Setup File
- Resident color profile
Object Container types not supported by default and require additional software licenses and workflows:
- PDF multiple-page file without transparency (Processed by Library Services or Rubika)
- PDF multiple-page file with transparency (Processed by Library Services or Rubika)
- PDF single page without transparency (Processed by Library Services or Rubika)
- PDF single page with transparency (Processed by Library Services or Rubika)
- TIFF (Tag Image File Format) with transparency
- AFPDS::IPDS Emulation Module
- AFP Font Collection of Expanded Core Fonts (Licensed separately)
- Line Data::AFPDS Module
- Modules are licensed separately