AFP to PostScript transform

The AFP to PostScript transform creates PostScript Language Level 3 output. The transform can create monochrome or color output. You can print the PostScript output on printers that support PostScript Language Level 3.

The AFP to PostScript transform converts all AFP resources (resources can be inline in the AFP documents or in AFP resource libraries) into PostScript format and includes them in the PostScript data stream. In addition, the transform converts formatting options in the AFP document, such as paper size and duplexing, to corresponding PostScript commands. The interpretation of these commands depends on your printer, and unpredictable results can occur if the AFP document requests formatting options that are not installed in the PostScript printer.

The AFP to PostScript transform can use 240-pel and 300-pel raster fonts (single-byte or double-byte) and AFP outline fonts (single-byte or double-byte). The transform includes all fonts in the PostScript data stream to make sure they are available.

The AOP_EMBED_OUTLINES environment variable allows the transform to include outline fonts in the PostScript output, which provides improved output fidelity. However, each typeface increases the size of the PostScript output file. For more information, see the AOP_EMBED_OUTLINES environment variable in topic ***.

If the source font is a raster font and the target font is an outline font, you can customize font-mapping to add custom fonts. For more information, see Mapping raster fonts to outline fonts.

When printing images, the transform does not scale images. The printer scales the images to the resolution of the printer.

The administrator can specify transform options in the transform configuration file, such as the output page size, how to map AFP input tray numbers to paper sizes and PostScript tray numbers, and whether to produce monochrome or color output.