Re: AFP/IPDS laser printers

The Host Print Transform (HPT) functionality built into the OS includes
AFPDS-->ASCII transform.

So you can print AFPDS spool files to standard LAN attached ASCII (HP, ect)
printers.

If you decide you must have *IPDS printers, the Infoprint/Ricoh are
probably the easiest choice (used to be IBM printing). You can find *IPDS
from other mfg, but you may have to work to find somebody that knows what
you are talking about.

Lastly, if you don't already have Print Service Facility (PSF) for IBM i
(5770-SS1 option 36 or 37 or 38). It is required for *IPDS LAN printers
and is a not insignificant extra cost option.

HTH,
Charles



On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 8:28 AM, Mike Cunningham <mike.cunningham@xxxxxxx>wrote:

Can anyone recommend a good IP laser printer that supports AFP/IPDS
printing? We want to create overlays with our spooled output and then send
to a printer. Looking to eliminate a proprietary Xerox printer language we
use to create overlays now and get back to something more universal. We
current create overlays to use with emailing some documents (POs) but when
we print POs we use preprinted forms. We are on V7.1. We have not done this
but think we could use the built in PDF output and associate it with an AFP
output queue and then FTP a PDF to any printer that supports receiving an
FTP of a PDF. But just having an AFP/IPDS compatible printer sounds a lot
easier. Color is not needed but could be useful. 70-80 page per minute
range on the printer.

Or we look into how to load an overlay to an HP printer and then how to
trigger the use of that overlay from a non-AFP spool file.


Mike Cunningham
VP of Information Technology Services/CIO
Pennsylvania College of Technology


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