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<title>AFP concepts</title>
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<h2 id="rzau6concepts">AFP concepts</h2>
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<p>Read these topics for an overview of the Advanced Function Presentation™ (AFP™) and related concepts.</p>
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<p><span class="bold">Overview topics</span></p><blockquote>
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<p><span class="bold"><a href="rzau6overview.htm#rzau6overview">Overview of AFP printing</a></span>
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<br />This
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topic provides a high-level overview of the printing process.</p>
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<p>AFP resource
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topics:</p>
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<p><span class="bold"><a href="rzau6resources.htm#rzau6resources">AFP resources</a></span>
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<br />This
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topic provides a high-level overview of AFP resources. It describes what an AFP resource is and
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how it is used.</p>
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<p><span class="bold"><a href="rzau6fonts.htm#rzau6fonts">AFP fonts</a></span>
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<br />This
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topic provides a high-level overview of AFP fonts. It describes what an AFP font is, including
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the font components: font character set, code page, and coded font. It also
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describes the differences between double-byte and single-byte fonts.</p>
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<p><span class="bold"><a href="rzau6formdef.htm#rzau6formdef">Form definitions</a></span>
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<br />This
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topic provides a high-level overview of form definitions. It describes when
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a form definition is required, lists the options you can control with a form
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definition, and where you can get form definitions.</p>
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<p><span class="bold"><a href="rzau6line.htm#rzau6line">Line data</a></span>
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<br />This topic
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provides a high-level overview of line data. It describes what line data is
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and gives a brief overview of how to specify it.</p>
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<p><span class="bold"><a href="rzau6mix.htm#rzau6mix">Mixed data</a></span>
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<br />This topic provides a high-level
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overview of mixed data.</p>
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<p><span class="bold"><a href="rzau6objcont.htm#rzau6objcont">Object containers</a></span>
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<br />This
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topic provides a high-level overview of object containers. It describes what
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an object container is and why you would use them.</p>
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<p><span class="bold"><a href="rzau6overlays.htm#rzau6overlays">Overlays</a></span>
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<br />This
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topic provides a high-level overview of overlays, also known as electronic
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forms. It describes what an overlay is and how you can obtain them.</p>
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<p><span class="bold"><a href="rzau6pagedef.htm#rzau6pagedef">Page definitions</a></span>
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<br />This
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topic provides a high-level overview of page definitions. It describes what
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a page definition is used to specify and when it is required.</p>
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<p><span class="bold"><a href="rzau6pageseg.htm#rzau6pageseg">Page segments</a></span>
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<br />This
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topic provides a high-level overview of page segments. It describes what page
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segments are and lists several ways to obtain them.</p>
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<p><span class="bold"><a href="rzau6rscifs.htm#rzau6rscifs">Resources in the integrated file system</a></span>
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<br />This topic describes how Print Services Facility™ (PSF) can use resources in the
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integrated file system and why you would store resources there.</p>
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<p>Libraries
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and library lists:</p>
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<p><span class="bold"><a href="rzau6libl.htm#rzau6libl">Resource library lists</a></span>
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<br />This
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topic provides a high-level overview of library lists. It describes what resource
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library lists are, the different types of resource library lists, and why
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you would use them.</p>
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<p><span class="bold"><a href="rzau6fntlib.htm#rzau6fntlib">AFP font libraries</a></span>
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<br />This
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topic provides a high-level overview of font libraries. It lists which libraries
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are the font libraries and describes how they relate to library lists.</p></blockquote>
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<br /><span class="bold">TrueType and OpenType font topics</span><blockquote>
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<p><span class="bold"><a href="rzau6ttfonts.htm#rzau6ttfonts">TrueType and OpenType fonts</a></span>
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<br />This
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topic provides a high-level overview of TrueType and OpenType fonts. It describes
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what a TrueType or OpenType font is and the requirements for using them with
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PSF. It also introduces resource access tables.</p>
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<p><span class="bold"><a href="rzau6differ.htm#rzau6differ">How TrueType and OpenType fonts differ from AFP fonts</a></span>
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<br />This topic describes how
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TrueType and OpenType fonts are different from AFP fonts in their use, installation, and more.</p></blockquote>
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<br /><span class="bold">PSF configuration topics</span><blockquote>
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<p><span class="bold"><a href="rzau6psfconfig.htm#rzau6psfconfig">PSF configuration objects</a></span>
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<br />This
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topic provides a high-level overview of PSF configuration objects.</p>
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<p><span class="bold"><a href="rzau6thru.htm#rzau6thru">IPDS pass-through</a></span>
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<br />This topic
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explains what Intelligent Printer data stream (IPDS™) pass-through is, how to use it, and why
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you might want to use it.</p>
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<p><span class="bold"><a href="rzau6interact.htm#rzau6interact">How page definitions, form definitions, and printer files interact</a></span>
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<br />This
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topic describes how page definitions, form definitions, and printer files
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interact. You can use a printer file to specify some of the same options as
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you can specify with a page definition and a form definition. This topic describes
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how PSF chooses an option when a printer file is used with a page definition
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and form definition.</p></blockquote>
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