Integrating Web and Network Images into iSeries Applications
A manufacturer has a drawing application on Windows NT that creates engineering drawings in JPEG format. The manufacturer wants to be able to use the same drawing on a work order, but the work order is a line of business (LOB) document produced by the iSeries.
Here is how the manufacturer can use Infoprint Server components to meet its requirements:
| 1. | The user sends the JPEG file to the |
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| an AFP page segment. |
| 2. | Next, the user could use the AFP Manager component of iSeries Navigator to |
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| create the page segment in the iSeries. Alternatively, the user could use a |
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| network drive mapped to an iSeries to put the AFP output file in a shared folder, |
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| then use OS/400 commands to create it as a page segment on the iSeries. |
3. | A user application creates a spooled file that uses the new page segment. | |
4. | The spooled file can now be sent to an IPDS printer or PSF can send it to | |
| Infoprint Server. Through Infoprint Server, you can send the job to a PCL or | |
| PDF printer, | |
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Figure 6 shows how Infoprint Server can transform images into AFP files.
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Figure 6. Transforming images into OS/400 resources
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