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With every new hardware order, you receive the iSeries Setup and OperationsCD-ROM, SK3T-4098-01. This CD-ROM contains IBM Eserver iSeries Access forWi

Summary of ChangesSummary of Changes for Infoprint Server for iSeries: Introduction andPlanning Guide, G544–5774–01This publication contains additions

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Chapter 1. What Infoprint Server Can Do for YouInfoprint Server for iSeries (hereafter referred to as Infoprint Server) is a separatelyorderable progr

form definitions. This separates page formatting from the line-of-businessapplication. In addition, with Infoprint Designer for iSeries, you have agra

part of the AFP architecture and enable the pages to be formatted independently ofthe application program. Infoprint Designer for iSeries is a fully g

integrated and creates a native, text-based ASCII PDF data file when the input tothe transform is non-image. This PDF file can then be routed to one o

See Chapter 2, “Using Infoprint Server” on page 9 for examples that show how youcan use the Infoprint Server components in different printing scenario

number, for the mail tag. Now you can use the PDF mapping program to interpretmail tags, specify the subject text, and add a customized message to the

document is physically divided, each file can be sent to a different e-mail address,retrieved, or printed individually, which replaces the need for a

The PDF subsystem lets you use the indexing information to break a large file intosmaller files, such as customer statements, then store, e-mail, or p

Chapter 2. Using Infoprint ServerThis chapter describes how you can use Infoprint Server in your particularenvironment to meet your printing needs. It

Publishing iSeries Output ElectronicallyIn this scenario, a company uses an iSeries to generate monthly reports. Thesereports are then distributed to

Electronic Report DistributionIn this scenario, a company wants to distribute its monthly sales reports to regionalmanagers. Currently, the reports ar

Printing Enterprise Print Output on IPDS PrintersIn this scenario, a business uses an enterprise resource planning software packageto create and print

Integrating Web and Network Images into iSeries ApplicationsA manufacturer has a drawing application on Windows NT that creates engineeringdrawings in

Indexing Data for NavigationA telephone company creates customer statements by using the external formattingcapabilities on the iSeries (page definiti

Distributing AFP Output ElectronicallyA company creates complex documents that contain page segments, overlays, andbar codes. The documents are then p

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Chapter 3. Understanding the Infoprint Server ComponentsThis chapter describes the Infoprint Server components. It describes how eachcomponent works a

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Optionally, the PDF subsystem also works with group tags when they have beeninserted into the data. You can use AFP Toolbox, the Create AFP Data(CRTAF

Note: Although the PDF subsystem interacts with PSF to send e-mail, you do notneed a PSF licence to use the subsystem.The PDF subsystem can add index

transform and Transform Manager together determine the data stream and call thecorrect transform. Image print transform is already a part of your OS/4

After Create AFP Data creates the output files, you can use them in these ways:v Send the merged file to another system for printing, storage, or view

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Chapter 4. Related ProductsFollowing are some of the IBM products you can use with Infoprint Server:v “Advanced Print Utility”v “AFP Font Collection”v

v Create tables of any complexity.v Draw circles, partial circles, ellipses, and partial ellipses.AFP Toolbox is available on OS/390®, z/OS™, AIX, and

iSeries Access runs on Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000, Windows ME,Windows98, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 95.iSeries NavigatoriSeries Navigator,

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NoticesThis information was developed for products and services offered in the U.S.A.IBM may not offer the products, services, or features discussed i

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GlossaryThis glossary defines technical terms andabbreviations used in Infoprint Serverdocumentation. If you do not find the term you arelooking for,

Ccarriage control character. An optional character inan input data record that specifies a write, space, orskip operation.cassette. In a cut-sheet pri

euro. The monetary unity of the European MonetaryUnion (EMU), introduced alongside national currencieson the first of January, 1999.EuroReady product.

indexing. In CRTAFPDTA, a process of matchingreference points within a file and creating structuredfield tags within the MO:DCA document and thesepara

MO:DCA data. Print data that has been composedinto pages. Text-formatting programs such as DCF canproduce composed text data consisting entirely ofstr

S1 Page segmentF1 Form definitionP1 Page definitionO1 OverlayH1 Recommended for microfilmrotation. The number of degrees a graphic characteris turned

BibliographyThis bibliography lists the titles of publications containing additional informationabout Infoprint Server for iSeries, the OS/400 operati

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About Infoprint Server for iSeries: Introduction and PlanningGuide (G544–5774)This publication provides an overview of Infoprint Server for iSeries Ve