Re: Buried in the Announcements ---

["Jim Franz" <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is IBM saying this similar setup is needed to create .pdf on the iSeries? I
certainly hope not. For not too much money, there are tools (like Gumbo
Spl-a-matic) that convert standard print (*scs) or afpds to .pdf - I've been
doing this quite well on V4r4 for web site reports (that look good & fit on
the printed page). I was hoping the spool to .pdf, or just an ovrprtf would
be all it takes. Not some print server (as in more hardware). I've been in &
out of various links posted for the InfoPrint Server, and can't make sense
of it all. Anything out there is "plain" English?
jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Barber" <mboceanside@worldnet.att.net>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 3:06 PM
Subject: Re: Buried in the Announcements ---


> Here are a few highlights of interest:
>
> Hardware Requirements
>
> An AS/400® or iSeries Server with the PASE environment (Model 600 or
> later)
> is required. The TIFF, GIF, and JPEG to AFPDS transforms require a PC
> running Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, or Windows NTT with
> Service Pack 4.
>
> Software Requirements
>
> Infoprint Server runs on OS/400® V5R1, or later releases.
>
> Performance Considerations: The rate at which print files can be
> transferred varies significantly depending upon the objects being
> transformed and the transform parameters. It is not usually possible
> to predict the rate at which a file will be transformed by simply
> looking at the documents to be transformed. The rate of transform
> can be expected to be less than high-speed printing rates for most
> files, especially at high resolution.
>
> Transform rate for simple-to-transform bjects, such as text,
> may reach high-speed printing rates when transforming at low resolution.
>
> Transforms are very process-intensive, and will use as much processor
> power as is available to them. Transforming rates will be proportional
> to the amount of processing power made available. Transforming at
> high-speed production volumes may be more appropriate on small,
> dedicated AIX® servers from a cost-performance point of view.
>
> Jeffrey Silberberg wrote:
> >
> > We have often discussed on this list the various options for creating
forms,
> > and creating PDF documents on
> > the iSeries natively.  Well In looking for some data today I came across
> > these two announcements that were part of the April package.
> >
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