Publishing iSeries Output Electronically
In this scenario, a company uses an iSeries to generate monthly reports. These reports are then distributed to the sales regions. Instead of sending out hardcopy versions of these reports, the company wants to make them available for Web access.
Here is how this company can use the Infoprint Server components to meet its requirements:
1.An OS/400 application creates the data and puts it on the spool.
2.The data (SCS, IPDS, AFP, Line Data, or OfficeVision/400 data stream) is sent to print. The device description associated with the printer writer specifies a PSF configuration object.
3.The PSF configuration object specifies that the data is to be transformed into PDF. Therefore, the data is sent to PSF.
Note: Although the PDF subsystem interacts with PSF, you do not need a PSF license to use the PDF subsystem.
4.PSF sends the data to the PDF subsystem. The PDF subsystem transforms the data into PDF and sends it back to PSF.
5.PSF places it in the integrated file system in a specified location. You can specify the location in the PSF configuration object.
You can put the PDF file in an area of the integrated file system that a Web client can access. If you put the file in a folder that your PC has access to, you can use your PC to access the file.
Figure 3 shows how Infoprint Server lets you publish iSeries output.
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Spool | ||
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Shared Folder
Integrated
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Web
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