AFPDS::PostScript Conversion Module

The AFPDS::PostScript Module of the Solimar® Print Director™ Enterprise (SPDE) converts AFPDS data streams (and resources referenced in the data stream) from mainframes, AS/400s and network systems to composite PostScript. This enables AFP print data intended for centralized mainframe printers to be used with a wide variety of production or distributed printers, archiving systems, or viewing stations. The conversions can be several thousand pages per minute on an appropriate Pentium PC. The AFPDS::PostScript Emulation Module facilitates increased flexibility in processing and printing data traditionally locked in the mainframe, AS/400, or AIX world.

The AFPDS::PostScript Emulation Module accepts AFPDS data, which is a binary stream of variable-length structured fields (records) that define a document and its resources. In IBM documentation, AFPDS data is also commonly referred to as MO:DCA-P (Mixed Object: Document Content Architecture-Presentation) data. The module also supports AFPDS Conversion and Indexing Facility (ACIF) data, where the AFPDS document data and all resources are concatenated in one file.

The Line Mode::AFPDS Module converts AFP formatted line and mixed mode data into fully composed AFPDS for further processing by the AFPDS Modules.

AFPDS to PostScript Conversion

Module Specifications & Components

The AFPDS::PostScript Emulation Module supports most AFPDS features:

  • MO:DCA-P IS/1
  • BCOCA (1D and 2D)
  • PTOCA PT1 and PT2 (all orientations and rotations supported)
  • IM Images
  • IOCA FSxx
  • Overlays
  • Page Segments
  • Presentation Spaces (all orientations, rotations, etc.)
  • Object Positioning, Trimming, Scaling, etc.
  • Copies
  • Duplex
  • Offset Stacking (jog)
  • Media Source
  • Converts inline resources and print data dynamically to PDF or PostScript resources
  • Double byte font (DBCS) or Asian languages support: Chinese – Mandarin and Cantonese, Vietnamese, Armenian. These are also referred to as CJK fonts for Chinese, Japanese, Korean
  • GOCA DR/2VO
  • Line Mode and Mixed Mode AFPDS
  • AFPDS::PostScript Emulation Module
  • AFP Font Collection of Expanded Core Fonts (Licensed separately)
  • Line Data::AFPDS Module
  • Modules are licensed separately