Ricoh INFOPRINT XT GLD0-0025-01 - Manual (Page 21)

Chapter 1. Introducing InfoPrint XT
This chapter briefly describes the components of InfoPrint XT for Windows
(InfoPrint XT), how it processes jobs, and its non-supported or restricted functions.
InfoPrint XT is the Xerox transform technology that you can use to print Xerox jobs
on high-speed, Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IPDS) printers.
Note: This publication identifies the system on which you install InfoPrint XT as
the Windows system.
InfoPrint XT overview
InfoPrint XT transforms Xerox Line Conditioned Data Stream (LCDS) jobs and
metacode jobs to jobs that you can print on IPDS printers. InfoPrint XT converts
the jobs and the resources that they require, such as fonts and forms, to the
Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) format. AFP is part of the InfoPrint
Solutions Company presentation architectures for creating, storing, retrieving,
viewing, and printing data.
Benefitting from AFP and InfoPrint XT
The presentation architectures represent documents in a data format that is
independent of the methods used to capture or create them. Documents might
contain combinations of text, images, graphics, and bar code objects in
device-independent formats.
You can send the same document to a variety of destinations, including printers,
without altering its format for the type of destination. Many methods exist by
which you can generate Xerox LCDS and metacode data streams and send them to
Xerox printers. Now, you can send Xerox jobs directly to InfoPrint XT without
altering the applications that generate the jobs.
InfoPrint XT converts the jobs, which you can then print on a wide variety of IPDS
printers. For example, you can print the jobs on InfoPrint 4100 printers, which are
nonimpact, all-points-addressable, laser electrophotographic printers. These
continuous-forms printers are ideal for the high volume, production printing
environment. If your printing needs require cut-sheet printers, with several bins for
a variety of paper stocks, you can print the jobs on an InfoPrint 2190 or InfoPrint
2210 printer. The InfoPrint 2190 prints at 110 pages-per-minute, and the InfoPrint
2210 prints at 90 pages-per-minute. Both are modular, multifunction cut-sheet
printers for use in the production printing environment.
For in-depth information about the presentation architectures, see the publications
listed for “Advanced Function Presentation (AFP)” on page 171. For detailed
information about InfoPrint Solutions Company printers, visit this Web site:
http://www.infoprint.com
Xerox resources and the InfoPrint XT load process
Xerox jobs use a combination of printable and non-printable resources. In the
Xerox environment, these resources are on the Xerox printer hardware. Before you
convert a Xerox job to AFP, you must first convert its printable resources to AFP.
You convert the Xerox resources to their AFP counterparts through the InfoPrint
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