Re: IPDS Printing

Does that sentence sound correct to you ?

Wilt, Charles wrote:

*IPDS spool files CAN NOT use the full functionality available in the IPDS datastream.




From the InfoCenter on the "pay feature" needed for IPDS


When PSF is required

The Print Services Facility^(TM) (PSF) feature is required in any of these situations:

Your printer falls into one of these categories:

* Any TCP/IP attached IPDS^(TM) printer.
* Any Twinax attached IPDS printer that uses PSF functions.
* See the lists of printer file parameters and Data description
specifications (DDS) keywords that require PSF.

PSF is also required in these situations:

* i5/OS is used to print any line or mixed-mode data.
* You use any of the parameters listed below.

Printer file parameters that require PSF:

* AFP^(TM) characters (AFPCHARS)
* Back overlay (BACKOVL) (requires PSF when printing to a device
with type *SCS)
* Corner staple (CORNERSTPL)
* Device type (DEVTYPE= *LINE, or *AFPDSLINE)
* Edge stitch (EDGESTITCH)
* Font resolution for formatting (FNTRSL)
* Front overlay (FRONTOVL) (requires PSF when printing to a device
with type *SCS)
* IPDS pass through (IPDSPASTHR)
* Multi-up (MULTIUP REDUCE(*NONE))
* Page definition (PAGEDEF)
* Saddle stitch (SADLSTITCH)
* Table reference characters (TBLREFCHR)
* User-defined data (USRDFNDTA (AFPRESPOOL(*PRINT|*NOPRINT)))
* User-defined data (USRDFNDTA (IPDSPASTHR(*YES|*NO)))
* User-defined data (USRDFNOBJ (*PSFCFG))
* User resource library list (USRRSCLIBL(*DEVD))

DDS keywords that require PSF

* AFP resource (AFPRSC)
* Document Index Tag (DOCIDXTAG)
* End page group (ENDPAGGRP)
* Graphic data file (GDF)
* Invoke data map (INVDTAMAP)
* Start page group (STRPAGGRP)
* Staple (STAPLE)
* Z-fold (ZFOLD)

Parent topic: Plan for AFP <http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/scope/i5os/topic/rzau6/rzau6plan.htm>