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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
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"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US" xml:lang="en-us">
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<head>
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
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<meta name="dc.language" scheme="rfc1766" content="en-us" />
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<!-- All rights reserved. Licensed Materials Property of IBM -->
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<!-- US Government Users Restricted Rights -->
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<!-- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by -->
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<!-- GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. -->
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<meta name="dc.date" scheme="iso8601" content="2005-09-06" />
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<meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2006" />
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<meta name="security" content="public" />
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<title>Overview of AFP printing</title>
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<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="ibmidwb.css" />
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<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="ic.css" />
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<a id="Top_Of_Page" name="Top_Of_Page"></a><!-- Java sync-link -->
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<script language = "Javascript" src = "../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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<a name="rzau6overview"></a>
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<h3 id="rzau6overview">Overview of AFP printing</h3>
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<p>Advanced Function Presentation™ (AFP™) is an architecture-based
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system of hardware and software for creating, formatting, viewing, retrieving,
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printing, and distributing information on a wide variety of printer and display
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devices. It is the original, integrated data stream on the iSeries for generating
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fully composed pages of data. Traditional line-mode print applications compose
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a line at a time down the page (typically continuous form pages), whereas AFP composes
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the entire page before printing. In AFP, page elements such as text, images, bar
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codes, page segments, and overlays, can be specified in any order at any position
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in the page. This is called all points addressability.</p>
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<p>Advanced Function Presentation data stream
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(AFPDS) is a printer-independent data stream that composes full pages within
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a document. Many of the page elements you can use with AFP are special objects
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called resources.</p>
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<p><span class="bold">AFPDS</span></p>
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<p>AFPDS files can be generated on the iSeries server as well as many other platforms.
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These operating systems can send AFPDS files to each other for printing on
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AFP-configured printers.</p>
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<p><span class="bold">PSF</span></p>
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<p>Print Services Facility™ (PSF) combines print
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data with resources to manage and control data transmitted to AFP printers. PSF
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accepts various data streams, transforms these data streams into the data
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stream required by each printer, and then transmits the data to the printer.
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PSF uses processing and printing options specified by the user and the installation
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during these processes. In addition, PSF does the following: </p>
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<ul>
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<li>Manages resources.</li>
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<li>Verifies part of the input data stream's syntax (the printer verifies
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the remainder of the syntax).</li>
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<li>Provides diagnostic aids, which provide information that can be used for
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problem analysis.</li>
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<li>Reports the status of a printer to the system operator.</li>
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<li>Provides accounting information.</li>
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<li>Provides error-recovery procedures for AFP printers. If a spooled file does not print
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due to a printer problem such as a paper jam, PSF retransmits the affected
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pages when the problem at the printer is corrected.</li></ul>
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<p>To use AFP support on the iSeries server, typically PSF must be installed. However,
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if the ASCII data stream is converted through Host Print Transform, you can
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use the AFP support without installing PSF.</p>
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<p><span class="bold">Related concepts</span></p>
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<p><a href="rzau6resources.htm#rzau6resources">AFP resources</a></p>
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<p><a href="rzau6req.htm#rzau6req">When PSF is required</a></p>
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<p><span class="bold">Related tasks</span></p>
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<p><a href="rzau6crtafp.htm#rzau6crtafp">Create AFP data</a></p>
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