RE: Native PDF on the AS/400? -- MIDRANGE-L

What he's probably seeing is the size of the PDF documents with fonts
embedded.  On V5R2 of InfoPrint server there's an option to not include
the fonts, which greatly reduces the file size.

iSeries Access for Web (part of iSeries Access - the renamed Client
Access) can also create PDF output without a need for InfoPrint server -
however it creates images, unlike the fully searchable text format PDF
that InfoPrint Server creates.

...Neil





"Reeve Fritchman" <reeve@ltl400.com>



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I've chatted with a business partner friend of mine ("Dave") and he's not
impressed with InfoPrint V5R2; he claims the PDF documents are grossly
oversized compared to the documents created by the Gumbo Software product
(he was doing an informal benchmark).  I don't know if it's Dave's
InfoPrint
configuration, a software problem, or a "Dave" problem; he's pretty sharp.

It wouldn't be the first time IBM (well, any software developer) has
provided bloatware...

-reeve

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
[mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On
Behalf Of Andy Nolen-Parkhouse
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 12:06 PM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: RE: Native PDF on the AS/400?

Tony,

You may be referring to the InfoPrint Server product, which is an IBM
Software package for the iSeries.  It became available in V5R1 I
believe.  There are some manuals available in the supplemental manuals
section of the InfoCenter for both V5R1 and V5R2.

Yes, it will generate PDF output and place it in the IFS if that's what
you want.  It is, I believe, an additional-cost package, not a part of
the base OS.

See the page below for the InfoPrint V5R2 Planning manual and User's
Guide.
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/allbooks.htm


Regards,
Andy Nolen-Parkhouse

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
[mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]
> On Behalf Of William A.(Tony) Corbett
> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 11:48 AM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange. com
> Subject: Native PDF on the AS/400?
>
> Hi,
> Is anyone using the native PDF output support on the AS/400 (V5R2)
yet?
> What licensed programs do I need to be able to use this?  How does it
> work?
> I assume that the PDF documents are stored in the IFS in a folder.
How do
> you implement this?  Is it a printer file attribute?  Does the AS/400
> support a WRKSPLF-like function for these documents?
>
> I have lots of questions about this and have not been able to get the
info
> I
> need (at a developer's level) from the IBM website.
>
> We have a current need to generate PDF reports for web display.  I
know of
> several third-party products we could use, but if possible, I'd like
to
> use
> the built-in IBM products.
>
> TIA
>
> AS/Resources, Inc.
> William A.(Tony) Corbett
> IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Developer
> http://www.asresources.com
> corbett@asresources.com
> 770-587-4812 (office)
> 678-935-5006 (mobile)
> fax:  404-663-4737
>
>