8 AS/400 Configuration,
IPDS Printer
Configuring On AS/400 As An IPDS Printer
NOTE: The IPDS emulation is not supported on the T4204 printer.
Use this chapter to configure your printer on AS/400 as an IPDS printer. To print IPDS, you must install the IPDS option on your printer. Once configured as an IPDS printer, the printer can also print AFP™ and SCS, but these datastreams must be converted to IPDS first.
NOTE: Do not cancel IPDS print jobs by using WebPage cancel. To cancel IPDS print jobs hold the job on the AS/400 writer or press the printer Cancel key.
Printing AFP, IPDS, And SCS Files
Printers configured as IPDS only print IPDS files. AFP and SCS files can be printed, but they must be transformed to IPDS before printing.
•APF files are transformed directly by Print Services Facility™ (PSF/400, an integrated feature of OS/400), which then sends the transformed file to the printer.
•SCS files are transformed into IPDS by setting the IPDSPASTHR parameter to YES (see Figure 42 on page 166 or Figure 43 on page 169). This path yields the best performance by sending IPDS files directly to the printer with no transform.
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