Procedure for specifying attributes

On the Processing panel, specify these fields:

• Data format field: Select the formats of the input documents to which the filter applies. For information about which data formats to select for each filter, see Table 34.
• Filter field: Specify the name of the filter followed by any filter options. Type the absolute pathname if the filter is not in a directory named in the LIBPATH environment variable specified in the aopstart EXEC and the /etc/profile file.
• Resubmit for filtering field: Select this field if you run IP PrintWay™ basic mode and want to transform documents submitted from batch applications. This field does not apply to IP PrintWay extended mode. For more information about this field, see Resubmitting documents to Print Interface for filtering (basic mode).

Example 1. Specifying the aoprxf.so filter for transforms to AFP

This ISPF panel shows how to specify the aoprxf.so filter to use transforms to AFP that InfoPrint Transform Manager for Linux provides. Only a portion of the Processing panel is shown.

 
                                 Processing
 

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Supported data formats and associated filters:
Data format:  Filter:
 
/ Line data   ______________________________________________________ (extend)
/ MO:DCA-P    ______________________________________________________ (extend)
/ PostScript  aoprxf.so -a FS45 -l 297m -w 210m -r 240 %filter-optio (extend)
/ Text        ______________________________________________________ (extend)
/ PCL         aoprxf.so -a IO1_G4 -l 297m -w 210m -r 240 %filter-opt (extend)
/ PDF         aoprxf.so -a FS45 -l 297m -w 210m -r 240 %filter-optio (extend)
_ SAP         ______________________________________________________ (extend)
/ XML                                                                (extend)
/ TIFF        aoprxf.so -a FS45 -l 297m -w 210m -r 240 %filter-optio (extend)
/ JPEG        aoprxf.so -a FS45 -l 297m -w 210m -r 240 %filter-optio (extend)
_ Other       ______________________________________________________ (extend)
 
_ Resubmit for filtering
 

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Tip: To enter more characters than can fit on the line, move the cursor to “extend" and press Enter. On the Extended Field panel, type all the characters. Do not end a line that continues to the next line with a blank character. Be sure to press Enter and check your text before you exit the Extended Field panel.

---------------------------- Extended Field ---------------------
                                                                    
PostScript Filter                                                        

aoprxf.so -a FS45 -l 297m -w 210m -r 240 %filter-options %xf-opt 
ions ___________________________________________________________                       
________________________________________________________________ 
________________________________________________________________ 

Explanation of fields:

• The selected data formats are suitable for AFP printers that PSF controls:
  • Line data, MO:DCA-P, and XML are selected because PSF can accept these data formats. No filter is required.
  • Text is selected because Infoprint Server automatically converts text data into line data when the printer definition is a PSF printer definition. No filter is required.
  • PostScript, PCL, PDF, TIFF, and JPEG are selected because InfoPrint Transform Manager for Linux transforms can transform these data formats to AFP format.
• The -a, -l, -r, and -w options are passed directly to InfoPrint Transform Manager for Linux.
• %filter-options causes the transforms to use any transform options that the job submitter specifies in the filter-options job attribute. Because %filter-options is specified to the right of the transform options (-a, -l, -r, -w), the job submitter can override these transform options.
• %xf-options causes the transforms to use any transform attributes, such as trailer-error-page, that the job submitter specifies in the xf-options job attribute.
• Resubmit for filtering is not selected because this field does not apply to a PSF printer definition. However, you should select this field in an IP PrintWay printer definition if you run IP PrintWay basic mode.

Example 2. Specifying the aoprxf.so filter for the AFP to PDF transform

This ISPF panel shows how to specify the aoprxf.so filter to use the AFP to PDF transform that InfoPrint Transform Manager for Linux provides. Only a portion of the Processing panel is shown.

 
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Supported data formats and associated filters:
Data format:  Filter:
 
_ Line data   ______________________________________________________ (extend)
/ MO:DCA-P    aoprxf.so %filter-options %xf-options -xf output-forma (extend)
_ PostScript  ______________________________________________________ (extend)
_ Text        ______________________________________________________ (extend)
_ PCL         ______________________________________________________ (extend)
/ PDF         ______________________________________________________ (extend)
_ SAP         ______________________________________________________ (extend)
_ XML         ______________________________________________________ (extend)
_ TIFF        ______________________________________________________ (extend)
_ JPEG        ______________________________________________________ (extend)
_ Other       ______________________________________________________ (extend)
 
/ Resubmit for filtering
 

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Tip: To enter more characters than can fit on the line, move the cursor to “extend" and press Enter. On the Extended Field panel, type all the characters. Do not end a line that continues to the next line with a blank character. Be sure to press Enter and check your text before you exit the Extended Field panel.

---------------------------- Extended Field ---------------------
                                                                 
MO:DCA-P Filter                                                  

aoprxf.so %filter-options %xf-options -xf output-format=pdf      
________________________________________________________________ 
________________________________________________________________ 
________________________________________________________________ 

Explanation of fields:

• The selected data formats are suitable for a printer or email destination that accepts PDF format:
  • MO:DCA-P is selected because the AFP to PDF transform can transform MO:DCA-P data to PDF format. The AFP to PDF transform that InfoPrint Transform Manager for Linux provides cannot transform line data; therefore, the Line data format is not selected.
  • PDF is selected. No filter is specified because documents in PDF format do not need to be transformed.
• %filter-options causes the transform to use any transform options that the job submitter specifies in the filter-options job attribute.
• %xf-options causes the transform to use any transform attributes that the job submitter specifies in the xf-options job attribute.
• The -xf option specifies PDF as the output format. This option is required to use the AFP to PDF transform.
• Resubmit for filtering is selected. Select this field if you run IP PrintWay basic mode. IP PrintWay extended mode ignores this field.

Example 3. Specifying the aoprform.dll filter

This ISPF panel shows how to specify the aoprform.dll transform filter to use transforms that InfoPrint Transform Manager for Linux provides. Only a portion of the Processing panel is shown.

                                 Processing
 
Printer definition name . myprinter        

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Supported Data Formats and Associated Filters:
Data format:  Filter:
 
/  Line data  ______________________________________________________ (extend)
/  MO:DCA-P   ______________________________________________________ (extend)
/  PostScript aoprform.dll %filter-options -r 300 sys4               (extend)
/  Text       ______________________________________________________ (extend)
/  PCL        aoprform.dll %filter-options -r 300 sys4               (extend)
/  PDF        aoprform.dll %filter-options -r 300 sys4               (extend)
_  SAP        ______________________________________________________ (extend)
/  XML        ______________________________________________________ (extend)
_  TIFF       ______________________________________________________ (extend)
_  JPEG       ______________________________________________________ (extend)
_  Other      ______________________________________________________ (extend)
 
_  Resubmit for filtering
 

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Explanation of fields:

• The selected data formats are suitable for AFP printers that PSF controls:
  • Line data, MO:DCA-P, and XML are selected because PSF can accept these data formats. No filter is required.
  • Text is selected because Infoprint Server automatically converts text data into line data when the printer definition is a PSF printer definition. No filter is required.
  • PostScript, PCL, and PDF are selected because Ricoh InfoPrint Manager transforms can transform these data formats to AFP format.
• %filter-options causes the transforms to use any options that the job submitter specifies in the filter-options job attribute. Because %filter-options is specified to the left of the -r transform option, the job submitter cannot override this option.
• The -r option specifies the resolution of the output. This option is passed to the Ricoh InfoPrint Manager transform daemon.
• sys4 causes the aoprform.dll filter to pass the data to be transformed to the system with host name sys4.
• Resubmit for filtering is not selected because this field does not apply to a PSF printer definition. However, you should select this field in an IP PrintWay printer definition if you run IP PrintWay basic mode.