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Optionally, the PDF subsystem also works with group tags when they have been
inserted into the data. You can use AFP Toolbox, the Create AFP Data
(CRTAFPDTA) command, or DDS keywords to create group tags in the data. The
PDF subsystem can process a file with group tags in one of two ways. It can
convert the input data to one file with indexing tags at the group boundaries or
break each group into a separate PDF file. This is essential, for example, for
separating customer statements when they are all created from one job. After it
goes through the PDF subsystem, each customer statement could be its own PDF
file. Alternatively, you could use indexing information in one file to quickly navigate
to each statement.
The PDF subsystem can transform any of these data types:
v	IPDS
v	SCS
v	AFP
v Line data (externally formatted with page definitions and form definitions)
v Mixed data (line data that is mixed with AFP)
v	OfficeVision/400
Note: Currently the PDF subsystem cannot transform 2D bar codes to PDF.
To call the PDF subsystem, specify a PSF configuration object with appropriate
values on the device you want to print to. You can use OS/400 commands or the
AFP Manager component of iSeries Navigator to create the PSF configuration
object.

Some of the benefits the PDF subsystem provides are:

vAvoid rewriting applications

You can use existing applications to create documents in a new format. This lets you take advantage of the Web, e-mail, and a popular document format without a lot of costly overhead.

vSearchable output

	The PDF output is actual text when the input file is text-based. This lets you use
	the standard Adobe Acrobat functions when you view the file, such as search and
	copy.
v	Simple archival method
	You can save all of your documents in organized PDF directories. Because any
	data stream that can be input to PSF can be transformed to PDF, your archive
	can consist of a single data type.
v Use ASCII printers when IPDS is not required
	You can use Infoprint Server to print to PDF printers. PDF printing can provide
	fidelity and performance advantages over PCL. PDF output preserves fidelity
	without converting to image.
The PDF subsystem also enables e-mail support.

E-Mail Support

Using the PDF subsystem and PSF, Infoprint Server can e-mail PDF output. PSF

uses the Send Distribution command (SNDDST) or an SMTP mail server (specified

in the PSF configuration object) to send the e-mail.

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