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InfoPrint Manager for AIX: Introduction and Planning Guide
Version 4 Release 3
G550-1060-02

InfoPrint Manager for AIX: Introduction and Planning Guide
Version 4 Release 3
G550-1060-02

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page 49.
Third edition (September 2009)
This edition applies to InfoPrint Manager for AIX, Version 4 Release 3 Modification 0 with PTF UO00917 and to all
subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions.
This edition replaces G550-1060-01.
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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 AIX Release
3.................xi
Chapter 1. Introducing InfoPrint Manager
forAIX...............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 8
Understanding common features ......8
Understanding InfoPrint Manager for AIX
features...............10
Understanding InfoPrint Manager for Windows
features...............10
Supported printers ............10
PCL printers .............10
PostScript printers ...........11
PPDS printers ............11
IPDS printers .............11
Supported data streams ..........13
Chapter 2. Planning for configuration 15
Default model .............15
Desktop destination configuration model ....16
Pool destination configuration model ......17
Funnel destination configuration model .....17
Hourglass destination configuration model ....18
Recommended distributed configuration model . . 19
Chapter 3. Planning to print with host
systems ..............21
Print shop scenarios ...........21
A black box shop ...........21
Printing from the LAN and the host .....22
Distributed print shop using remote spooling . . 22
Managing resources with MVS Download ....22
Managing resources with AFP Upload .....22
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....28
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
Understanding hardware requirements .....33
AIX hardware requirements for print load light 33
AIX hardware requirements for print load heavy 33
AIX hardware requirements for print load high
performance .............33
Client hardware requirements .......33
Printer attachment requirements ......34
Understanding AIX software requirements ....34
Verifying AIX filesets for Version 4.3.0 ....35
Verifying updates to AIX filesets for InfoPrint
Manager for AIX Version 4.3.0 .......36
Verifying AIX Version 5.3 filesets updated by the
InfoPrint Installer ...........37
AFP Download Plus prerequisites .......37
Client software prerequisites.........37
Chapter 7. Migrating to InfoPrint
Manager for AIX Version 4.3.0 .....39
Preparing to migrate to InfoPrint Manager for AIX
Version 4.3.0 ..............39
Chapter 8. Collecting required
information for the install.......41
Configuration options you select during the install 41
The invoice shipped with your software .....41
Communications worksheet .........41
Planning for printers ...........42
Chapter 9. Reviewing software
components ............43
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Appendix. Accessibility .......47
Using assistive technologies .........47
Keyboard navigation of the user interface ....47
Notices ..............49
Trademarks ..............50
Glossary ..............53
Index ...............77
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Figures
1. InfoPrint Manager print flow. Job B is submitted
directly to a logical destination, while Job A is
submitted to an actual destination .....3
2. Default destination configuration model 16
3. Desktop destination configuration model 16
4. Pool destination configuration model ....17
5. Funnel destination configuration model 18
6. Hourglass destination configuration model 18
7. Distributed configuration model .....19
8. Sharing printers ...........27
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Tables
1. Contents of the Common Clients CD-ROM
shipped with InfoPrint Manager server . . . 43
2. Separately-priced features available with
InfoPrint Manager Server ........45
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About this publication
This publication is for people who are interested in purchasing InfoPrint®Manager
for AIX®and for people who perform the actual installation and configuration of
an InfoPrint Manager environment.
This publication helps you prepare to use InfoPrint Manager for AIX. It describes
the features of this product for driving printers across a wide range of speeds. It
addresses migration from previous versions of InfoPrint Manager for AIX 4.2 at a
high level. This publication also explains the differences between the AIX and
Windows®versions of InfoPrint Manager.
Organization of this publication
This publication contains these chapters and appendix:
vChapter 1, “Introducing InfoPrint Manager for AIX,” on page 1
vChapter 2, “Planning for configuration,” on page 15
vChapter 3, “Planning to print with host systems,” on page 21
vChapter 4, “Using AFP resources,” on page 25
vChapter 5, “Planning to share printers,” on page 27
vChapter 6, “Verifying prerequisites,” on page 33
vChapter 7, “Migrating to InfoPrint Manager for AIX Version 4.3.0,” on page 39
vChapter 8, “Collecting required information for the install,” on page 41
vChapter 9, “Reviewing software components,” on page 43
Most recent information
For the most recent information about InfoPrint Manager, go to the InfoPrint
Solutions Company Web site at http://www.infoprint.com.
The InfoPrint publication library
For the most current information, see the InfoPrint Solutions Company Web site at
http://www.infoprint.com.
InfoPrint Manager common publication library
These publications are common to both InfoPrint Manager for AIX and InfoPrint
Manager for Windows:
vInfoPrint Manager: SAP R/3 Planning and Configuration Guide, S550-1051. For print
administrators who need to create and configure both the SAP R/3 environment.
we recommend that users possess a detailed knowledge of a SAP R/3
environment, as well as administering and maintaining either AIX or Windows
operating systems. This publication describes how a business enterprise that
uses SAP R/3 can use either InfoPrint Manager for AIX or InfoPrint Manager for
Windows to manage its print environment.
vInfoPrint Manager: Reference, S550-1052. For print administrators, operators, and
application programmers with the need to do command-line functions. This
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publication describes the commands, utilities, transforms, attributes, and
attribute values associated with InfoPrint.
vInfoPrint Manager: PSF and Server Messages, G550-1053. This publication lists the
PSF and Server messages and explanations from InfoPrint Manager.
vInfoPrint Manager Print-on-Demand Feature: Submit Express User’s Guide, S550-1054.
This publication is for the user who installs, configures, and uses Submit Express
on a Windows or Macintosh workstation. Although you can use this publication
for general guidance in using Submit Express, you should use the online Help to
find more detailed instructions.
vInfoPrint Job Ticketer: Job Ticketer User’s Guide, S550-1055. This publication is a
guide for using the InfoPrint Job Ticketer Web application. This guide provides
descriptions of tasks and procedures that an end-user needs to know to set up
their workstation to use the application, and then to create, layout, store, retrieve
print jobs, and submit the jobs to a print server for printing.
vInfoPrint Job Ticketer: Administrator’s Guide, S550-1056. This publication is a guide
for system administrators who are responsible for the InfoPrint Job Ticketer Web
application. This guide provides information about the Job Ticketer system
requirements, installation and configuration, system maintenance, security, and
problem determination.
InfoPrint Manager for AIX publication library
InfoPrint Manager for AIX includes publications in PDF format on a CD-ROM
supplied with the product.
The publications for InfoPrint Manager for AIX are:
vInfoPrint Manager for AIX: Introduction and Planning Guide, G550-1060. This
publication gives an overview of InfoPrint Manager for AIX, introduces the
concepts, and helps you prepare to use it. It addresses migration from previous
versions of the product. And it explains the differences between the AIX and
Windows versions of InfoPrint Manager.
vInfoPrint Manager for AIX: Installation Instructions, G550-1059. This publication
describes how to install InfoPrint Manager for AIX 4.3. These instructions
explain the procedures for local and remote installations.
vInfoPrint Manager for AIX: Getting Started, G550-1061. This publication helps you
install and configure InfoPrint Manager for AIX. It focuses on the software
configuration of server and client system.
vInfoPrint Manager for AIX: Configuration and Tuning Guide, S550-1062. This
publication provides information about configuring and tuning the InfoPrint
Manager for AIX, Version 4.3. This book is designed for the InfoPrint Manager
administrator who needs to understand how to configure and tune an InfoPrint
Manager system. It helps administrators to evaluate, develop, and maintain both
a logical and hardware configuration for their environment.
vGuidelines for Installing InfoPrint Manager for AIX 4.2 in an HACMP Configuration,
G550-1063. This publication helps you install and configure HACMP™with
InfoPrint Manager for AIX. It also describes how to use HACMP with InfoPrint
Manager for AIX.
vInfoPrint Manager for AIX: Using Generalized Fax, S550-1064. This publication
describes how to configure and use the Generalized Fax support that is included
with InfoPrint Manager for AIX. This publication includes information about
sending and receiving faxes from an InfoPrint Manager server.
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vInfoPrint Manager for AIX: Procedures, G550-1066. This publication describes how
to set up an InfoPrint environment, to submit print jobs, to schedule jobs, and to
manage the print environment.
InfoPrint Manager for Windows publication library
InfoPrint Manager for Windows includes publications in PDF format on a
CD-ROM supplied with the product.
The publications for InfoPrint Manager for Windows are:
vInfoPrint Manager for Windows: Introduction and Planning Guide, G550-1071. This
publication gives an overview of InfoPrint Manager for Windows, introduces its
concepts, and helps you prepare to use it. It describes features of this product.
Finally, this publication explains the differences between the AIX and Windows
versions of InfoPrint.
vInfoPrint Manager for Windows: Getting Started, G550-1072. This publication helps
you install and configure InfoPrint Manager for Windows. It focuses primarily
on server and client system software configuration.
vInfoPrint Manager for Windows: Procedures, G550-1073. This publication describes
the primary tasks necessary for setting up an InfoPrint environment, submitting
print jobs, scheduling jobs, and managing the print environment.
Related publications
The related publications are:
vAFP Conversion and Indexing Facility User’s Guide, S550-0436.
vPage Printer Formatting Aid: User’s Guide, S550-0801.
vUsing OpenType Fonts in an AFP System, G544-5876.
What’s new in InfoPrint Manager for AIX Release 3
The enhancements and changes in this release apply to InfoPrint Manager for AIX :
v“Support for PSF and AIX print system”
v“Support for IBM Java Runtime Environment Version 5.0” on page xii
v“Support for Managed IPDS Dialog (MID)” on page xii
v“Support for color management resources added to selected transforms” on page
xii
v“Support for Unicode Extended Code Pages” on page xii
v“Support for page count for AFP” on page xii
v“Support for separator pages for AFP Download Plus” on page xii
v“Support for BCOCA desired symbol width” on page xii
Important:
1. All client and server machines must be upgraded at the same time.
2. Make sure that all InfoPrint clients are at the same level as the InfoPrint
Manager server installed for optimum performance and experience.
Support for PSF and AIX print system
InfoPrint Manager and InfoPrint ProcessDirector can now share Print Services
Facility™(PSF) and AIX print system components on the same AIX system. The
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shared commands include lp,enq,qprt, and lpr. If you remove either InfoPrint
Manager or InfoPrint ProcessDirector, the shared PSF and AIX print system
components remain installed.
Note: InfoPrint Manager for AIX and InfoPrint Manager ProcessDirector must be
at these minimum levels to support PSF and AIX print system component sharing:
vInfoPrint Manager for AIX Version 4 Release 3 Modification 0, Program Number
5648-F35
vInfoPrint ProcessDirector for AIX, Version 1 Release 3 Modification 1, Program
Number 5765-G74 with PTF US00105
Support for IBM Java Runtime Environment Version 5.0
InfoPrint Manager now supports IBM®Java™Runtime Environment Version 5.0.
This is the only Java version supported by both the InfoPrint Manager clients and
servers. However, InfoPrint Job Ticketer also supports Sun Java 5.0. All InfoPrint
Manager components must use the same Java level.
Support for Managed IPDS Dialog (MID)
InfoPrint Manager now supports Managed IPDS™Dialog (MID). This support
allows additional sharing capability for specific print engines. Under this
enhancement, the printer can request that the PSF host release its control of the
print engine (but not drop the TCP/IP connection), thus allowing the print engine
to print data streams other than IPDS during periods of time where the IPDS
activity is minimal. This is to optimize the performance of the printer.
Support for color management resources added to selected
transforms
Release 3 adds support for color management resources (CMRs) to the gif2afp,
jpeg2afp, pdf2afp, ps2afp, and tiff2afp transforms. This support provides color
fidelity with better printer performance.
Support for Unicode Extended Code Pages
Unicode Extended Code Pages (ECP) are code pages with additional information
used by OpenType and TrueType fonts. This enables users to easily define new
composite double-byte characters.
Support for page count for AFP
The page count for AFP™function in InfoPrint Manager enables users to see the
number of pages in an AFP file to be printed by PSF on a printer before sending it
to the printer. Users can turn on and off this page count function. However, the
result of the page count function might not be 100% accurate, because only the
begin page group (BPG) and end page group (EPG) pages are counted.
Support for separator pages for AFP Download Plus
Release 3 adds support for AFP Download Plus (AFPDP) to have the option of
sending the separator pages (header page, data set header page, and trailer page)
in MOD:CA format to the receiver. When AFPDP is enabled to send the separator
pages, the separator pages generated by InfoPrint Manager will be suppressed for
these jobs.
Support for BCOCA desired symbol width
With release 3, end users can specify a symbol width rather than specify the size
for each bar and space within the bar code symbol. This enables users to have
direct control over the total width of a bar code symbol. Also, the total width of
the bar code symbols created by the printers does not vary as much based on the
printhead resolution.
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Dropped support
With this release, InfoPrint Manager no longer supports:
vThe Advanced Security/Scalability Feature. This includes the DCE version of the
server and DCE-enabled clients.
vThese PSF Functions:
– PSF Direct
– PSF DSS upload-SNA attachment
– PSF DSS channel attachment
vThe font downloader feature
vImpositioning assist function
vTape Input
vThe ability to view local files using plug-ins from the InfoPrint Job Ticketer
vVariable data support from InfoPrint Submit Express
v3170 DSS support
vPrinters that can only be driven by the 7913 IPDS Printer LAN attachment
vIBM AIX 5.1 and 5.2 systems
vLCDS and Meta Driver PRPQ
The InfoPrint Manager clients are no longer available in these languages:
vDanish
vSwedish
vFinnish
vNorwegian
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Chapter 1. Introducing InfoPrint Manager for AIX
InfoPrint Manager for AIX is a flexible and scalable print management solution,
providing you with many choices of how to expand and manage your print
environment. Your print environment might be simple with a few high-speed
devices located together, or you might support hundreds of printers dispersed
across your enterprise. In either case, InfoPrint Manager helps you make the most
of your printing resources.
Optimizing your print resources
Your print resources are the applications that generate print jobs, your printer
devices, and the InfoPrint Manager objects that control the jobs as they process and
print. Your default InfoPrint Manager configuration includes one InfoPrint
Manager server, a queue, a logical destination, and an actual destination (physical
printer). Before adding more InfoPrint Manager objects, consider how InfoPrint
Manager can help you:
vManage your printer devices and distribute your printing workload
Many print environments have a significant investment in printer devices and a
significant printing workload. InfoPrint Manager gives you the ability to manage
all of your printer hardware centrally. You can establish a configuration that lets
you route jobs with common requirements to a particular printer or set of
printers that support those types of jobs. This lets you mitigate situations where
some printers are idle while others have a backlog of jobs waiting to print. By
optimizing the use of each printer, you can distribute your print demands
among all available printers.
vBalance the use of AIX operating systems
By balancing the printing work load, you can also optimize the use of your AIX
systems that support printing. These systems can use a significant amount of
their resources to accept, schedule, and process jobs, and to manage the printers
they control. System usage includes processing time, memory, and fixed disk
capacity. If you use several InfoPrint Manager servers running on several AIX or
Windows systems, you distribute the printing demands of your organization and
produce output more efficiently.
vControl print jobs
InfoPrint Manager provides you with flexibility in specifying defaults for your
print jobs. You might want to use different job defaults for specific output
devices or for specific types of jobs. When you configure your system, you
should consider when and how you plan to use defaults and how to use them
most effectively. Effective use of defaults can influence other configuration
decisions you make.
vSee significant events when they happen
InfoPrint Manager supports event notification to inform job submitters,
operators, and administrators of conditions that require their attention. For
example, InfoPrint Manager can notify operators when queues have a backlog of
jobs or when the printers they operate are out of paper. Your job submitters can
receive notification if InfoPrint Manager cannot schedule their jobs at the
requested destination. Notifications include event messages to help your
personnel diagnose and isolate the cause of the problem. When you configure
InfoPrint Manager, you select the types of notification you want, thus ensuring
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that the appropriate people are alerted when significant events occur. The most
common form of notification is that a job has completed successfully. For
example, when a set of payroll checks has finished printing, someone in the
Payroll department can be notified that they are ready.
Continue with the next section that describes the different InfoPrint Manager
objects and basic configuration considerations for each.
Understanding the InfoPrint Manager server
The InfoPrint Manager server contains a number of “objects” that are used to
control the processing of submitted jobs. Objects include queues, logical
destinations, actual destinations, and any defaults for job and document
characteristics. The server administrator creates, deletes, and modifies these
software objects to optimize the management and performance of the InfoPrint
Manager environment.
The InfoPrint Manager server can also contain auxiliary sheets, media,
resource-context, and transform objects. You can use auxiliary sheets to separate
jobs and to print job identification information. Resource-context objects point to
the directory locations of Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) resources, such as
fonts and overlays, that some jobs require.
Basic print flow
You can submit print jobs to the InfoPrint Manager server in a variety of ways.
Various print submission methods are described in Chapter 3, “Planning to print
with host systems,” on page 21 and Chapter 5, “Planning to share printers,” on
page 27. No matter which method you use, your jobs will travel similar paths once
they get to the server.
In the most common configuration, you submit jobs to an InfoPrint Logical
Destination (LD). The LD forwards the job to a print queue, and the print queue
forwards the job to an InfoPrint Actual Destination (AD). The AD then sends the
job to the printer. See Job B in Figure 1 on page 3 for an illustration. This
configuration is especially useful if you have multiple printers and want to balance
the workload between them.
Another common configuration is to submit jobs directly to the AD. The AD then
forwards the job to the LD that is associated with it. The LD sends the job to a
print queue, and the print queue sends the job back to the AD where it started.
Then, the AD sends the job to the printer. See Job A in Figure 1 on page 3 for an
illustration. This configuration is particularly useful when you need to make sure
jobs are sent to a specific printer.
Note: If you submit jobs directly to an AD, the AD and LD that you associate with
it must reside in the same server.
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The following sections provide more information about the different kinds of
InfoPrint objects and what happens to your print job at each step of the process.
Logical destinations
Logical destinations are objects in your InfoPrint Manager system that you can
submit jobs to. In the simple print model shown in “Basic print flow” on page 2,
the InfoPrint Manager environment has one default logical destination. You might
want to add more logical destinations to support specific types of jobs and specific
groups of job submitters. When you create an additional logical destination, you
specify a name for the logical destination and associate it with a specific queue.
The logical destination and the queue must reside in the same InfoPrint Manager
server.
You can specify default job and document attributes for a logical destination, so
that all jobs submitted to that logical destination are automatically assigned certain
default values. This saves time for the job submitter, and helps make sure that jobs
submitted will not fail because of missing resources. If necessary, the submitter can
override the default values by explicitly setting the attributes at submission time.
Printer pooling (or clustering) is a powerful feature of InfoPrint Manager. Pooling
allows jobs to be submitted to a single logical destination and then routed to
appropriate physical devices. This feature enables you to distribute your work load
evenly among available printing devices and to optimize printer utilization. It
prevents bottlenecks where a large number of jobs are queued for a few printers
while other equally capable printers sit idle. In short, printer pooling lets you see
your output faster, and logical destinations make printer pooling possible.
Queues
A queue receives jobs from one or more logical destinations and routes jobs to one
or more actual destinations. The queue holds a job until an actual destination
capable of processing the job becomes available. In the simple print model shown
in “Basic print flow” on page 2, the InfoPrint Manager environment has one
Actual
Destination 2
Actual
Destination 1
Actual
Destination 3
Queue 1
Job/Document
Defaults
Logical
Destination 1
Job B
Job A
Figure 1. InfoPrint Manager print flow. Job B is submitted directly to a logical destination, while Job A is submitted to
an actual destination
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default queue. The queue and the actual destination that it sends jobs to do not
have to be in the same server. The actual destination can be in an InfoPrint
Manager server on a different AIX or Windows system.
Actual destinations
An actual destination represents an output device, such as a printer, fax machine,
or electronic mailing system. In general, you create one actual destination for each
physical output device that you use with InfoPrint Manager. It is possible to create
more than one actual destination for a device, but that configuration is not
common. You configure the actual destination to mirror the features and
capabilities of the output device, such as the output resolution of a printer. You
also configure the actual destination to control the order in which it processes jobs,
for example, by job size or by submission time.
If you do not specify values for all of the attributes when you create an actual
destination, InfoPrint Manager provides default values for many of them or
obtains those values by using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
requests. You can make modifications, as required, at a later time.
Host receivers
A host receiver provides the point of connection between InfoPrint Manager and a
host system. The host system connects with the host receiver and downloads print
jobs.
The MVS™Download receiver receives print jobs from MVS and submits them to
InfoPrint Manager. .
Note: Within InfoPrint Manager, the term MVS Download refers to both the
Download for z/OS®feature of PSF for z/OS and the AFP Download Plus for
z/OS feature of PSF for z/OS.
See Chapter 3, “Planning to print with host systems,” on page 21 for additional
information about host printing.
Documents and jobs
A job is a unit of work you send to InfoPrint Manager for processing. A job can
consist of a single file or many files. (To submit multiple files in a single job you
must use the pdpr command, the InfoPrint Submit Express, or InfoPrint Job
Ticketer.) In InfoPrint Manager terminology, each file in the job and its
accompanying attributes is called a document. (Both jobs and documents include
attributes that define their respective requirements.)
Job validation is the process of ensuring that there is an actual destination capable
of processing the requirements of the job. The values of job and document
attributes determine the requirements (such as duplex printing or card-stock
media) that the actual destination printing the job must support.
A job can include a complete description of its requirements, or the job submission
process can be streamlined through the use of defaults. See “Logical destinations”
on page 3 for details.
Auxiliary sheets
An auxiliary sheet is a sheet of paper that can print at any or all of the these
points during a job:
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