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<title>Transform data to PDF</title>
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<h3 id="rzau6topdf">Transform data to PDF</h3>
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<p>This topic provides information about IPDS-to-PDF transform support, also
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called the <span class="bold">PDF subsystem</span>. The PDF subsystem is an IBM® Infoprint® Server for iSeries™ function that lets you generate Portable
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Document Format (PDF) files or Advanced Function Presentation™ (AFP™) files (for spooling only) from AFP, SNA character string (SCS), or Intelligent Printer Data
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Stream™ (IPDS™) spooled files. Intelligent routing is then used to route the output
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file. Intelligent routing is the ability to take the entire spooled file or
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any segment of the input spooled file and do any combination of these: </p>
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<ul>
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<li>Generate a PDF file and send it as an e-mail attachment.</li>
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<li>Generate a PDF file and store it as a stream file in the integrated file
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system.</li>
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<li>Generate a PDF file and spool it.</li>
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<li>Generate an AFP file and spool it.</li></ul><p class="indatacontent">Intelligent routing is controlled by values in a PSF configuration object
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and a mapping program.</p>
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<div class="notetitle" id="wq25">Note:</div>
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<div class="notebody">The Print Services Facility™ (PSF) transform interface supports an IPDS-to-PDF transform program
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that emulates a TCP/IP-connected IPDS 4028, 3812, or Infoprint 40 printer
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device.
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<p>An IPDS-to-PDF transform that can be used with PSF is provided in
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the IBM Infoprint Server for iSeries product. The transform converts IPDS controls and data into PDF files. The output PDF files include text,
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graphics, and image data, as appropriate. The transform also stores the mail
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tag in a comment statement in the PDF output. The mail tag is specified in
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the printer file's USRDFNDTA parameter or the STRPAGGRP Data description specifications
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(DDS) keyword. For detailed information about the IPDS-to-PDF transform (including
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the user exit program), see the Infoprint Server for iSeries User's Guide.</p>To use the transform provided in Infoprint Server, PSF is not required.</div><p class="indatacontent">A mapping program is a user exit program specified on the PSF configuration
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object's PDFMAPPGM parameter. You can do these and more with a mapping program: </p>
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<ul>
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<li>Interpret routing tags</li>
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<li>Specify the subject of an e-mail</li>
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<li>Add text to the beginning of an e-mail</li>
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<li>Specify the path to store the PDF stream file</li></ul><p class="indatacontent">If you are using a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server to send
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the e-mail, it has additional capabilities, such as specifying carbon-copy
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(cc), blind-carbon-copy (bcc), and return-to e-mail addresses; specifying
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a file to use as the body of an e-mail; and specifying attachments.</p>
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<p>These topics describe the main ways to access the PDF subsystem and how
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to specify that a PDF file is sent as e-mail:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="rzau6afpman.htm#rzau6afpman">Transform spooled files to PDF without manual
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setup</a>: For operating systems later than V5R3, this method requires no
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setup. It is best for simple applications, such as a trial run of a billing
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application. The input spooled files can only be output in one way, not a
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combination.</li>
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<li><a href="rzau6ips.htm#rzau6ips">Transform spooled files to PDF with manual setup</a>: This method requires varying levels of setup, depending on the complexity
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of the required output. This method gives you the most flexibility.</li>
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<li><a href="rzau6mail.htm#rzau6mail">Send the PDF file as e-mail</a>: This topic describes how to send
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an output PDF file as e-mail. It also describes how to use a mapping program
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to customize the e-mail.</li></ul>
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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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