
Contents
Figures ...............v
Tables ...............vii
About this publication ........ix
Organization of this publication........ix
Most recent information ..........ix
The InfoPrint publication library .......ix
InfoPrint Manager common publication library . ix
InfoPrint Manager for AIX publication library . . x
InfoPrint Manager for Windows publication
library ...............xi
Related publications ..........xi
What’s new in InfoPrint Manager for Windows
Release 3 ...............xi
Support for Windows Vista and Windows Server
2008 ................xi
Support for IBM Java Runtime Environment
Version 5.0 .............xii
Support for Managed IPDS Dialog (MID) . . . xii
Support for color management resources added
to selected transforms ..........xii
Support for Unicode Extended Code Pages. . . xii
Support for page count for AFP ......xii
Support for separator pages for AFP Download
Plus ................xii
Support for BCOCA desired symbol width . . xiii
Dropped support ............xiii
Chapter 1. Introducing InfoPrint Manager
for Windows .............1
Optimizing your print resources ........1
Understanding the InfoPrint Manager server . . . 2
Basic print flow ............2
Logical destinations ...........3
Queues ...............3
Actual destinations ...........4
Host receivers .............4
Documents and jobs ...........4
Auxiliary sheets ............4
Media ...............5
Resource contexts............5
Transforms ..............5
Sizing your InfoPrint Manager environment . . . 5
Understanding server configuration options ....7
Standard server environment ........7
InfoPrint Manager interfaces .........8
Comparing InfoPrint Manager on different platforms 9
Understanding common features ......9
Understanding InfoPrint Manager for AIX
features...............10
Understanding InfoPrint Manager for Windows
features...............10
Supported printers ............11
PCL printers .............11
PostScript printers ...........11
PPDS printers ............11
IPDS Printers .............11
Supported data streams ..........14
Chapter 2. Planning for configuration 15
Understanding destination configuration models . . 15
The default model ...........15
The pool model ............16
The desktop model ...........17
The funnel model ...........17
The hourglass model ..........18
Chapter 3. Planning to print with host
systems ..............19
Comparing DPF and MVS Download......20
Print shop scenarios ...........21
A black box shop ...........21
Printing from the LAN and the host: option one 21
Printing from the LAN and the host: option two 21
Spooling jobs to be printed later ......21
Distributed print shop using remote spooling . . 22
Managing resources with MVS Download ....22
Managing resources with DPF ........23
Chapter 4. Using AFP resources ....25
Chapter 5. Planning to share printers 27
Methods for sharing printers ........27
Sharing the communication link with IPDS
printers...............28
Sharing the communication link with PostScript,
PCL, or PPDS printers ..........28
Submitting jobs to the same print queue....29
Sharing printers between host and LAN applications 29
Printing from existing host applications ....29
Printing from existing LAN applications....30
Chapter 6. Verifying prerequisites . . . 33
Verifying hardware prerequisites .......33
Server hardware prerequisites .......33
Client hardware prerequisites .......33
Verifying software prerequisites .......34
Server software prerequisites .......34
AFP Download Plus prerequisites ......34
Client software prerequisites........35
Chapter 7. Migrating to InfoPrint
Manager for Windows Version 2
Release 3 .............37
Migrating to InfoPrint Manager for Windows
Version 2 Release 3 ............37
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