MO:DCA-P data

MO:DCA-P data sets contain only structured fields, whose type and sequence must meet the specifications of the AFP architecture as defined in Mixed Object Document Content Architecture Reference, AFPC-0004.

PSF supports MO:DCA Presentation Interchange Set data streams, including MO:DCA IS/3. MO:DCA IS/3 is the first interchange set to achieve industry consensus through a rigorous open standards process. It improves existing functions and introduces new functions, such as Begin Print File (BPF) and End Print File (EPF) structured fields, and multiple page PDF and TIFF object support.

You can write your own MO:DCA-P data, or you can use a product that creates the data for you. The following IBM® licensed programs produce MO:DCA-P data for output on page printers. When you use any of these licensed programs to create a document for printing on an AFP printer, the document is created as a data set consisting of structured fields.

Document Composition Facility (DCF)

A general-purpose text-processing program that supports full-page composition of documents, including graphics and images. DCF includes a text formatter, SCRIPT/VS, that processes documents marked up with its own control words as well as documents marked up with Generalized Markup Language (GML) tags. GML tags, which are shorthand text markup, format the elements of the document.

For information about formatting with DCF, see Document Composition Facility: SCRIPT/VS Text Programmer’s Guide, SH35-0069.

Publishing Systems BookMaster® (BookMaster)

An implementation of GML that uses the SCRIPT/VS formatter to control the formatting of documents for printing or viewing.

For information about formatting with BookMaster, see Publishing Systems BookMaster User’s Guide, SC34-5009.

AFP printer driver for Windows

An AFP printer driver that lets any Windows application generate MO:DCA-P output for printing on any printer defined to PSF on the host, or on the LAN to InfoPrint Manager for Windows.

To obtain downloads for Windows operating systems, including AFP printer drivers for Windows, and Network Printer Manager (NPM) for the web, see the Ricoh Production Print Solutions web page: http://rpp.ricoh-usa.com.

In AFP terms, a compound document is a collection of data objects that makes up the document’s content, and the resources and formatting specifications that dictate the processing functions to be performed on that content. A MO:DCA-P document can contain a mixture of presentation text, image, graphics, and bar code data objects. This IBM product can assist application programmers in producing compound documents from the MO:DCA-P data stream:

AFP Toolbox

A program that provides access to sophisticated AFP functions through a callable C, C++, or COBOL interface. For more information, see AFP Toolbox User's Guide, S544-5292.