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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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<!-- 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>Object containers</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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</head>
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<body>
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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="rzau6objcont"></a>
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<h3 id="rzau6objcont">Object containers</h3>
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<p>Object containers are used to carry non-Object Content Architecture (OCA)
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objects in an Advanced Function Presentation™ (AFP™) data stream.
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Some such objects are Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) and Tagged Image File
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Format (TIFF) images. These non-OCA objects can be <span class="italic">wrapped</span> or <span class="italic">unwrapped</span>. Wrapped objects are carried in
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a Mixed Object Data Content Architecture (MO:DCA™) envelope called an object container.
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Unwrapped objects are unaltered from their original form. If the object is
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to be carried in MO:DCA resource groups and interchanged, it must be wrapped. </p>
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<a name="wq3"></a>
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<div class="notetitle" id="wq3">Note:</div>
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<div class="notebody">Print Services Facility™ (PSF) does not check
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an object container's contents. Therefore, it is up to the user to verify
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that the printer can handle the type of data in the object container. The Infoprint® Server PDF subsystem works like a printer. For information
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about the types of images it can accept, see the <span class="italic">Infoprint Server
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for iSeries™: User's Guide</span>.</div>
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<p>Object containers, even though they contain non-OCA objects, are similar
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to other AFP resources in these ways: </p>
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<ul>
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<li>They can be mapped. A mapped resource is downloaded once per spooled file,
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irrespective of the number of times the resource is referenced within the
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spooled file.</li>
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<li>They can be included on a page.</li>
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<li>They can be captured in the printer.</li></ul>
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<p>Using object containers has several benefits: </p>
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<ul>
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<li>You can reference several types of MO:DCA objects in a spooled file without having
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to include them in an overlay or page segment. These image types are image
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data, bar code data and graphics data.</li>
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<li>You can scale and rotate these objects. With page segments and overlays,
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you need to create one copy of the object in each orientation needed.</li>
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<li>You can include images larger than 16 MB in your output. If an image exceeds
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16 MB, the image cannot be stored as a page segment object.</li>
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<li>Print applications can specify the use of non-OCA objects which refer
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to other non-OCA objects, such as color mapping tables (which are printer-resident).
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These are called <span class="italic">secondary resources</span>.</li>
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<li>Applications can use color objects with Intelligent Printer Data
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Stream™ (IPDS™) printers.</li>
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<li>The IBM® Infoprint Server for iSeries licensed program's PDF subsystem accepts
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object containers with certain types of images as input.</li></ul>
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<p><span class="bold">Related tasks</span></p>
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<p><a href="rzau6getrsc.htm#rzau6getrsc">Obtain AFP resources</a></p>
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<p><a href="rzau6specoc.htm#rzau6specoc">Specify an object container</a></p>
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<p><span class="bold">Related information</span></p>
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<p><a href="../books/g5445775.pdf" target="_blank">Infoprint Server for iSeries User's Guide
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PDF</a></p>
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</body>
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</html>
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