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IPDS Print Server is an affordable software emulation solution for AFP / IPDS printing supporting the Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IPDS) protocol primarily used for printing large business reports, bar code labels, and invoices in high volumes.
Key features include,
• Spool IBM iSeries/zSeries IPDS data to your Windows environment replacing IPDS printers
• Bring the power of IBM AFP (Advanced Function Presentation) to your Windows environment
• Convert your IPDS, AFPDS (AFP data stream) and SCS data into PDF for easy viewing, archiving and distribution
• Support IBM host printing from iSeries and zSeries systems with print data such as SCS, DCA, ICDS and IPDS/AFP
• Support emulation of common IBM IPDS and SCS printers
• Emulate IPDS printing for up to 255 non-IPDS printers on a host computer
• Associate one hot folder with each non-IPDS printer as a virtual tray
• Support for all IPDS data including overlays, colors, graphics, bar codes, page segments, font handling etc
• Supports all AFP/IPDS Towers
• Support for AFP/IPDS printing over the LAN using TCP/IP
• Support for black-and-white printing and full color printing
• Conversion of the IPDS data stream done by host resources and increases print speeds.
• Enable IPDS host printing and standard network printing in an Ethernet environment
• Eliminate the expense of a dedicated host AFP/IPDS printer
• Supports Advanced Function Printing (AFP) using native IPDS protocol
• Uncompromized support for barcode, images, electronic forms, overlays, resource management, error recovery
• Host controlled printing and page range printing
• Flexible page positioning is provided without modifying the applications
• Device tray mapping
• Printer Activities Logging
• Support for IPDS printing network
• No need for IPDS printer drivers for IPDS printing
• No changes to host applications or printers
• Auto Launch on System Startup
• Configuration Wizard for quicker and easier setup
• Configuration via software control panel
• Support for traditional coax or twinax printing
• Using AFP/IPDS and PSF, capture fonts to hard disk or flash memory resulting in reduced network traffic over LAN, coax or twinax connections
• Support for multiple output destinations
• Archive IPDS print jobs and spooled files as AFP document, page segment, medium overlay, and overlay from any Windows application that supports printing (Print-To-File)
• Multiple Simultaneous Connections
• Support a complete set of paper sizes
• Define custom paper size
• Paper type includes White, Colored, Transparent
• Flexible page orientation such as Portrait, Landscape, Portrait 180, Landscape 270
• Automatic installation and configuration on Windows x86 and Windows x64
• Live update for new versions and plug-in on Windows 32bit and Windows 64bit
• Free upgrades in the future for registered users