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Abstract for Infoprint Transforms to AFP

Summary of changes

What is new in Version 2 Release 3

Transform names and levels

Using transforms with Infoprint Server

Printing web documents on AFP printers

Printing PDF documents on AFP printers

Printing SAP R/3 documents on AFP printers

Methods for transforming documents

Specifying transform options

Software requirements

Performance considerations

PCL to AFP transform

Supported fonts

PCL to AFP transform limitations

PDF to AFP transform

Supported fonts

PDF to AFP transform limitations

PostScript to AFP transform

Supported fonts

PostScript to AFP transform limitations

SAP to AFP transform

Supported fonts

Supported input code pages

OTF BX command support

SAP to AFP transform limitations

Using transforms

pcl2afp—Transform PCL data to AFP data

Examples -- pcl2afp

Environment variables

pdf2afp—Transform PDF data to AFP data

Examples -- pdf2afp

Environment variables

ps2afp—Transform PostScript data to AFP data

Examples -- ps2afp

Environment variables

sap2afp—Transform SAP OTF or ABAP data to AFP data

Examples -- sap2afp

Environment variables

Transforming data with the AOPBATCH program

AOPBATCH parameters

AOPBATCH DD statements

AOPBATCH examples

AOPBATCH exit values

Using the Print Interface subsystem

Using the lprafp command

Calculating the size of the AFP data stream

AOP_MVS_RETURN_CODES environment variable

Customizing transforms

Customizing the PCL to AFP transform

Creating an entry in the Infoprint Server transform configuration file

Customizing the PDF to AFP and PostScript to AFP transforms

Creating an entry in the transform configuration file

Starting Infoprint Server with sufficient memory

Setting up security

Customizing the SAP to AFP transform

Creating an entry in the transform configuration file

Customizing SAP to AFP configuration files

Customizing multibyte conversion tables

Administering transforms

Requesting the PCL to AFP transform

PCL to AFP transform filter

Steps for editing printer definitions for the PCL to AFP transform

Example -- ISPF Processing panel for the PCL to AFP transform

Requesting the PDF to AFP transform

PDF to AFP transform filter

Steps for editing printer definitions for the PDF to AFP transform

Example -- ISPF Processing panel for the PDF to AFP transform

Requesting the PostScript to AFP transform

PostScript to AFP transform filter

Steps for editing printer definitions for the PostScript to AFP transform

Example -- ISPF Processing panel for the PostScript to AFP transform

Requesting the SAP to AFP transform

SAP to AFP transform filter

Steps for editing printer definitions for the SAP to AFP transform

Example -- ISPF Processing panel for the SAP to AFP transform

Diagnosing errors

Submitting APARs

Using error messages

Finding the transform stderr file

Tracing the transforms

Migrating to the latest release

Migrating from V2.2 to V2.3

Removing the PCL to AFP, PDF to AFP, PostScript to AFP, and SAP to AFP V2.2 resource directories

Customizing the aopxfd.conf file

Using new functions introduced in V2.3

Creating MO:DCA IS/3-compliant output

Creating AFP output for 720-pel and 1200-pel printers

Using TrueType fonts in AFP output

Improving alignment of boxes and bar codes in SAP to AFP output

Generating color IOCA FS45 output with the SAP to AFP transform

Printing SAPGOF data on printers that do not support Unicode

Transforming files created with SAPGOF_ST_CHARS: X

Processing color PCL files into grayscale output

Appendix A. Environment variables

Appendix B. Fonts

PCL to AFP transform fonts

PDF to AFP and PostScript to AFP transform fonts

SAP to AFP transform TrueType fonts

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