Printing enterprise print output on ipds printers – IBM G544-5774-01 User Manual

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Printing Enterprise Print Output on IPDS Printers

In this scenario, a business uses an enterprise resource planning software package
to create and print its output in PCL format. They would like to direct their high
volume print jobs to high-speed IPDS printers.

Here is how this business can use the Infoprint Server components to meet its
requirements:

1. From a Windows workstation, a user submits the document for printing on an

IPDS printer using a printer shared though NetServer.

2. The document is put on the OS/400 spool and then directed to Transform

Manager.

3. Transform manager uses the PCL transform to transform the data to AFP.

4. The transform sends the AFP data to PSF for OS/400.

5. PSF submits the data for printing.

Figure 5 shows how Infoprint Server lets you print PCL, PDF, or PostScript
documents from your workstation on IPDS printers.

Web

Document

Net Server

Shared

Printer

PCL to

AFP Transform

PDF to

AFP Transform

Post Script to

AFP Transform

LPR

Windows

OS/400

Spool

Transform

Manager

PSF

for

OS/400

IPDS

Printer

Figure 5. Printing documents from a Workstation on IPDS printers

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