Re: Pretty printing from the iSeries

["Booth Martin" <Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

How often is AFP updated?  Are there lots of new things added each year?  I
was under the impression that AFP was in the same category as Office Vision,
but had not been actually shot yet.
 
Also, would AFP be in any way considered pretty printing?  Does it produce
screens?  Does it deal with more than 4-color color printing?
 
 
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Booth Martin   http://www.MartinVT.com
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-------Original Message-------
 
From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Date: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 7:58:49 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Pretty printing from the iSeries
 
That's true. But IBM has provided a number of these tools - AFP Utilities, 
Advanced Print Utility, Page Printer Formatting Aid. Some are end-user 
tools. IIRC, the interfaces were green-screen, not true WYSIWYG, for some.
 
I've always been frustrated by the apparent lack of support for AFP 
printing on the 400. Most of the info is directed toward mainframes. And if 
the AFP Viewer (version we get with iSeries Access) is any indication, I 
understand why these things haven't done really well - the Viewer is an 
awkward tool, in my experience.
 
It looks like InfoPrint Server has some promise - haven't had time to look 
at ti yet, much.
 
Vern
 
At 02:46 AM 5/14/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>I use AFP toolbox but keep in mind that it provides only
>the primitive functions. You are supposed to develope some
>higher tool to provide easier use of it.
>
>Marco
>--- Vern Hamberg vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx