Advanced Function Presentation™ (AFP™) resource objects contain data and control information. This information can be shared by different pages within a spooled file as well as different spooled files. Examples of resources are fonts, which define the characters used to print text, and page segments, which can include images and text.
Resources can be stored and accessed from within the operating system being used. By referring to the name of the stored resource, many data streams can share the same resources. For more information about resources, see the descriptions of the different resource types: