Re: Configuring *LAN printers with *IPDS attachment

[Marco Facchinetti <facchinetti@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jim got the point, but please Doug don't misunderstand my
statement, we use PSF and are very happy with it (IBM
LISTEN!!).
AFP Toolbox requires it but in exchange PSF keep the
traffic volume on our network quite low. One of our
customers issues thousands of pages via PSF with a lot of
graphics and everything is smooth. What else? Keep in mind
that Host Print Transform it's cpu wasting only if you
declare functions like using raster fonts or similar thus
forcing the OS/400 to convert graphics and characters in
"bitmap" objects.
Just come up a thought: Twinax and the Enterprise/Standard
edition. To be honest I never cleared up if 5250 activity
is in some way chained to twinax support. If so the next
byte can be much more painful.

Marco
--- Jim Franz <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Makes you wonder what you are paying for when the
> software doesn't even
> need to
> > be installed for it to work (for the few features they
> need, like bar
> codes and
> > OCR).
> Barcode dds keywords work fine without an ipds card in a
> hp pcl printer,
> and without PSF.
> The Printing IV Redbook page 175 - 181 describes what PSF
> does, and
> when it is needed and when not needed.
> I seems it is the AFP functions, sent to a ipds printer
> that need the
> product.
> jim
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Douglas Handy" <dhandy1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion"
> <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 11:54 AM
> Subject: Re: Configuring *LAN printers with *IPDS
> attachment
> 
> 
> > Marco et al,
> >
> > >>Isn't
> > >> that why IPDS exists?  To
> > >> put the intelligence in the printer?
> > >
> > >I agree but you have to pay for it
> >
> > Yes, but they already paid for the IPDS attachment for
> the printer.  What
> I
> > don't understand is why PSF then becomes a requirement
> if the work is done
> in
> > the printer attachment.
> >
> > To further make the point, when they hook it up and
> start the writer, they
> get
> > messages they have exceeded the usage limit of 0 and
> are in the 71 day
> grace
> > period.  But if they tell it to continue, it works fine
> even though PSF is
> *not*
> > even installed as a licensed program.  (Per DSPLICPGM)
> >
> > Makes you wonder what you are paying for when the
> software doesn't even
> need to
> > be installed for it to work (for the few features they
> need, like bar
> codes and
> > OCR).
> >
> > >> Should it just be configured as a *LAN 3812 PJL?
> > >
> > >It's exactly what we usually do, of course if the
> printers
> > >are not too many and the printing volume not huge.
> > >Otherwise we sugggest to pay the licences and switch
> to
> > >IPDS.
> >
> > Looks like the direction we'll go is to just add the
> $100 twinax attach
> option
> > and continue to use IPDS but without a PSF requirement.
>  Beats paying
> $2500 to
> > get a PSF license.  So iSeries print traffic will come
> in on the twinax
> input
> > and LAN traffice on the Ethernet, instead of all of it
> on the Ethernet.  I
> > understand that it should auto-switch inputs in this
> configuration.
> >
> > Doug


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