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V5R3 AnnouncementsTechnical OverviewJuly 2004

V5R3 Printing Support

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iSeries Output: V5R3 Summary • Infoprint Server (5722-IP1)

– Intelligent Routing for profiled “e-distribution” of documents, reports– Easy to deploy end user application interface– Significant extensions to PDF

• OS/400, iSeries expanded output architecture– Unicode, TrueType, and OpenType extensions– Full color image including direct import of TIFF, JPEG, PDF files– Spool files in independent ASPs

• Infoprint Designer (5733-ID1)– Version 1.16 includes design wizard, 2D barcodes, FS45 color

• Print Services Facility/400 (PSF/400)– Support for expanded iSeries output architecture – Support for new iSeries printers

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NotesiSeries Output – V5R3 Summary

• There have been significant changes in iSeries print/business communications capabilities in Version 5, and as you can see from this summary, V5R3 is no exception.

• Infoprint Server for iSeries, the “back end” for iSeries output is significantly enhanced for V5R3 – Intelligent Routing, a completely new application (deployment) interface, new color and image support, and PDF extensions head the long list.

• There are a number of significant extensions In the iSeries document architecture. These changes expand iSeries capabilities with data representation (Unicode), fonts (TrueType and OpenType), color, and direct image import of Web (ASCII) image files

• Infoprint Designer, the graphical system for re-engineering iSeries application output, has a number of enhancements.

• PSF/400, the iSeries AFP system manager and IPDS printer driver is enhanced to support the architectural changes, and adds support for new iSeries printers.

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e-output, business communications: recent history• E-business is changing face of business communications

– Traditional hardcopy communications migrating to electronic– iSeries document architecture extended to support new

requirements– ROI for e-output mirrors ROI for Web application re-

engineering • Application examples

– Re-engineer documents and reports to fully electronic

– Profiled delivery of iSeries output – “Intelligent Routing”

– Electronic report distribution via e-mail or Web – Electronic burst and bind (segmentation)– Publish or archive iSeries output to database for Web

access– Ad hoc electronic report delivery with iSeries Access– Consolidation of enterprise printing on iSeries – Web image and color document re-engineering

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NotesE-output, business communications

• It’s important to step back and look at what is happening with iSeries business communications to understand the context for the changes in V5R3.

• Even SMB customers are re-engineering their applications for the Web

• The next step is re-engineering the “back end” of their applications – business output

• This involves a transformation from traditional hardcopy output to “e-output” – delivering output (communications) to the desired recipients in the desired format.

• Translate that into actual customer projects and you can see the list of application examples.

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iSeries Base Print Architecture

DB2 File System

OS/400

PSF/400

Host Print Transform

OutputQueues

PCL

IPDS

Overlays

Fonts

PageSegments

Page & Form Definitions

iSeriesApplicationsPrograms

Printer file

DDS

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NotesISeries Base Print Architecture

• One more slight digression before we dive into the meat of the V5R3 content.

• The base iSeries print architecture is pretty straightforward. Starting at the top, iSeries application programs use either internal logic or DDS to place data on the page. Document resources (overlays, fonts, page segments) are stored externally as iSeries objects and referenced in DDS (or a formatting program). To print, there are three print drivers – (1) base OS/400 driver for SCS printers, (2) Host Print Transform for PCL printers, and (3) PSF/400 for IPDS printers.

• Now, keep this picture in mind as we discuss enhancements.

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Infoprint Server -- Components• iSeries support for PDF

– PDF services for standard iSeries output (AFP, IPDS, SCS, etc)

• Intelligent Routing – Profile recipients then route documents

and reports by profile via Web, e-mail, print, fax

• iSeries print consolidation – Postscript, PCL, PDF conversions to

AFP• Segmentation, indexing

– Electronic burst and bind of spooled files

– Indexing or book marking within PDF• Web AFP

– Encapsulate all AFP resources for network or system portability

• Image transforms – GIFF, TIFF, and JPEG to iSeries image

format (IOCA)

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NotesInfoprint Server – Components

• Infoprint Server for iSeries (5722-IP1) debuted in 5.1. This chart summarizes the main components.

• Core component is PDF services.: Provides high-fidelity PDF production for all standard iSeries output formats.

• Intelligent Routing is new . . . We discuss this in more detail later in this presentation.

• iSeries print consolidation is the integration of ASCII print transforms – PCL, Postscript, and PDF to AFP that enables you to take print jobs created outside your iSeries and manage the print centrally from the iSeries.

• Segmentation electronically splits up spooled files into logical segments – for example, a sales report organized by sales region can be split into separate reports by region and passed to Intelligent Routing. Indexing is similar in configuration but ends up as bookmarks in PDF.

• Web AFP is the function that takes AFP spooled files and puts them in full portable format – an AFP version of PDF if you will.

• Infoprint Server has a set of image transforms to convert GIFF, TIFF, and JPEG images to iSeries format (IOCA, Image Object Content Architecture)

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Infoprint Server – What’s New in V5R3• Intelligent Routing

– Profile recipients then route documents and reports by profile via Web, e-mail, print, fax

• Command application interface– Provides easy deployment option to programmed exit interface

• PDF enhancements– Broad series of new capabilities for PDF, including security options

• Support for new iSeries image and color architecture– iSeries color (FS45) and direct ASCII image

• Respool segments as AFP– Individual segments of documents and reports can be respooled as AFP for

“downstream” functions such as fax or archival.

• Note: A number of the V5R3 enhancements -- Intelligent Routing, End User application interface, PDF enhancements -- have been rolled back to V5R2 –see IBM announcement 203-206 for details).

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NotesInfoprint Server – What’s New

• Infoprint Server for iSeries (5722-IP1) is significantly enhanced for V5R3.

• Infoprint Server enables the reengineering of iSeries output from hardcopy to electronic distribution

• This applies to output the same process and benefits involved in reengineering batch applications to the Web

• Centerpiece of V5R3 enhancements is “Intelligent Routing”. This is profiled “e-distribution” – recipients can be profiled how they want to receive communications (documents and reports) --- i.e.. Fax, print, e-mail, Web, etc We say more about Intelligent Routing on succeeding slides.

• Deployment of reengineered output applications can now be done with a simple end user interface. This is on top of the programmed interface (the programmed interface has also been enhanced for V5R3).

• PDF services within Infoprint Server are significantly enhanced with:

− Full color from either native iSeries image (IOCA FS45) or new IFS direct (JPEG, TIFF) is converted to PDF – all of this opens up the world and effectiveness of color in business documents.

− Encryption, password protection, and change security is added – this is a firm requirement for electronic document distribution in many industry segments

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Intelligent Routing • Built on V5 segmentation support• Enables document action by

segment: – IFS– E-mail– Print– Fax (via Fax/400)– Output queue

• Multiple actions per segment• Option to re-spool of segments as

AFP • Deployment via new command

interface or user exit interface.

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NotesIntelligent Routing

• “Intelligent Routing” is the term for the e-output concept of transforming business communications from straight hardcopy for everyone to profiling each recipient (customer, supplier, end user) and defining for each what format they will receive specific documents and reports. For example, if you had a spooled file with 100 customer invoices in it, you could split it up (using segmentation) and then use a key such as customer number to access the customer profile for delivery. Customer 1 may want the invoice via e-mail. Customer 2 may want fax. Customer 3 may want one copy e-mailed and another logged to a file directory for Web retrieval.

• The figure illustrates this example. Note that the configuration can be done by either the user exit program, or the new command-based end user interface.

• Note that multiple actions can be defined per segment.

• Also, note the new capability of AFP re-spool. In this example, the segment (invoice) for Customer 4 can be defined to be respooled as it’s own spooled file – for some “downstream” function such as print, fax, archive.

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Infoprint Server – PDF Enhancements• Access to PDF functions via user exit, command interface, or iSeries

Access• PDF encryption

– Data protection with password – Revision protection

• PDF color– Conversion of new iSeries color image format (IOCA FS45)– Conversion of new “direct import” image (GIF, TIFF, JPEG, IOCA, GOCA,

BCOCA)

• Enhanced PDF presentation and control– Control over PDF file name and IFS location – Control over orientation – i.e.. Landscape reports still “present” right-side

up

• Reduction if PDF files sizes • Support for 2D, Planet barcodes

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NotesInfoprint Server – PDF Enhancements

PDF services within Infoprint Server are significantly enhanced with 5.3.

• PDF functions can be enabled by the new command interface (in addition to the user exit and the iSeries Access interface)

• Full color from either native iSeries image (IOCA FS45) or new IFS direct (JPEG, TIFF) is converted to PDF – all of this opens up the world and effectiveness of color in business documents.

• Encryption, password protection, and change security is added – this is a firm requirement for electronic document distribution in many industry segments

• Greater control over PDF production – file naming, location, orientation

• Support for new barcode types.

• Changes to reduce PDF file sizes.

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iSeries Output Architecture Extensions• Unicode

– Worldwide document encoding standard – “ultimate code page”– PSF/400 supports Phase 2 Unicode– Host Print Transform supports Phase 3 Unicode (complex text as found in

Arabic)

• TrueType, OpenType – Direct import and use of TTF and OpenType fonts in iSeries output – Fonts reside in ASCII on Integrated File System (IFS)– Font installer (feature of Infoprint Fonts, 5648-E77)

for installation

• Color– iSeries color image – IOCA FS 45 § Base support in V5R2, extended in V5R3

– Direct import of ASCII image – monochrome and color § AFPRSC keyword in DDS § JPEG, EPS, PDF, PCL, TIFF, IOCA, GOCA files

– Use of new AFP structure – object containers – to provide coexistence of EBCDIC and ASCII document elements

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NotesSignificant enhancements to iSeries output architecture

• Very big changes to iSeries output, extending to full color, Unicode, TrueType, OpenType,

• Blends output architecture of Web-PCs-Network-Unix with iSeries – providing the benefits on both worlds in one

• Unicode, the important standard for output representation − V5R3 provides Unicode Phase III with PCL printing and Unicode Phase II for AFP output

− Unicode is an encoding scheme that represents nearly all of the characters in all the world’s languages in a single 16-bit encoding structure

− Greatly benefits for multi-language enterprises, worldwide ISVs

TrueType and OpenType fonts • The font standard for business printing is AFP (or more precisely, FOCA). iSeries is embracing the defacto

font standards outside the business environment by extending iSeries output architecture to TrueType and OpenType fonts.

• TTF and OT fonts can be referenced directly in iSeries applications and be specified directly in iSeries documents

• Fonts reside on IFS in ASCII form

• This support enables even greater font choice, enterprise consistency, compatibility between iSeries and other platform applications

Full Color • AFP full color added in V5R2 (called Function Set 45 IOCA)

• V5R3 adds full color in native Web, PC format (i.e.. JPEG, TIFF)

• Like TTF and OT fonts, color images reside in directories on IFS and can be imported directly into iSeries output

• All color content integrated with Infoprint Server and converted to PDF

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TTF and OT fonts DDS example

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*************** Beginning of data ************************************************0001.00 R REC1 FONTNAME('Nimrod Bold' + 0002.00 (*POINTSIZE 15.1) + 0003.00 (*CODEPAGE USERLIB/CDP1)) 0004.00 FLD1A 14G 3 8FONTNAME('Arial Black' + 0005.00 (*POINTSIZE 10.0)) + 0006.00 CCSID(13488 *NOCONVERT) 0007.00 FLD2A 6A 4 8FONTNAME('Nimrod Bold' + 0008.00 (*POINTSIZE 99.9) + 0009.00 (*CODEPAGE USERLIB/&DATA1)) 0010.00 DATA1 8A P 0011.00 FLD3A 10G 5 8FONTNAME('Simhei' + 0012.00 (*POINTSIZE 5.0 3.0) + 0013.00 (*ROTATION 90) + 0014.00 (*IGCCODEPAGE + 0015.00 USERLIB/IGCCDP1))

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Infoprint Designer• Document Designer for iSeries

– Image editor– Overlay editor– Layout editor

• Latest enhancements (Version 1.16)– Design wizard for more complex

operations and documents– 2D barcode support (MaxiCode,

Datamatrix, PDF417)– Finishing support – National language support – Line data input for easier design

updates– Support for full color images (IOCA

FS45)– Support for shaded images

(watermarks)– Enhanced dynamic document preview

ABC Company1122 Main StreetBoulder, CO 80301

ABC Company1122 Main StreetBoulder, CO 80301

100 2/19/97 NET 30 UPS

American Seeds, Inc.

Customer No. 123689

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NotesEnhanced document redesign with Infoprint Designer

• Infoprint Designer for iSeries (5733-ID1) is the low-cost, integrated document design system for iSeries applications

• Input current print format, output fully electronic documents - also does image and overlay design

• Enhancements include a new design wizard that simplifies documents that are more complex – such as multi-copy, multi-form, conditional logic, etc.

• Full color is now supported.

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iSeries Extended Output Architecture

DB2 File System

E-mailPDFWebPrintOther

Infoprint ServerImage Transforms

Infoprint ServerIntelligent Routing and PDF

Subsystem

Infoprint ServerAFP to Web and

Segmentation Indexing

Infoprint ServerPostscript, PCL, PDF to

AFP Transforms

OS/400

PSF/400

Host Print Transform

PCL

IPDS

PDF

Overlays

Fonts

PageSegments

Page & Form Definitions

Infoprint Designer

PDF Mapping ObjectPDF Mapping

Program User ExitProgram

OutputQueues

iSeriesApplicationsPrograms

Printer file

DDS

IFS

TrueTypeOpenType

Fonts

JPEGTIFFPDF

IOCAGOCA

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NotesiSeries extended output architecture

• OK. Here is the expanded iSeries output architecture.

• Starting at top left, Infoprint Designer provide document design functions.

• Infoprint Server has image transforms that convert GIFF, TIFF, JPEG into page segment format.

• The open architecture extensions mean fonts and images can reside on the IFS data system and be imported directly into iSeries pages.

• Infoprint Server has functions for Web AFP, segmentation, and indexing.

• At the bottom is Intelligent Routing, the PDF subsystem, the new user interfacing (using a new object called the PDF mapping object).

• To the right, we have added PDF printers as one option of Server is to re-queue output as PDF for PDF direct printing.

• Top left is the print consolidation transforms – ASCII formats to AFP.

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Implementation Resources• General

– iSeries Guide to Output (S544-5319)– Printer Device Programming

• Infoprint Server– Infoprint Server User’s Guide (G544-5774)– iSeries Printing Redbook VI (SG24-6250)– Infoprint Server Implementation (IBM Course K2518)– Weekly Infoprint Server webcasts (check URL below)– Standard 70-day install/evaluation – IBM eServer iSeries Printing VII: Infoprint Server

Implementation,REDP-3752 (available May 2004)

• Infoprint Designer – Getting Started Guide (G544-5319)– iSeries Printing Redbook VI (SG24-6250)– Infoprint Designer University (IBM Course K2516)– Weekly Infoprint Designer webcasts (check URL below)– Demo, evaluation versions available

Infoprint Server Implementation Redbook

www.ibm.com/eserver/iseries/printing

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NotesImplementation Resources

Here are some highlights among the resources listed:

• New redbook will debut with this announcement – Infoprint Server Implementation. This is the key resource for Infoprint Server application deployment.

• PSF/400 and Infoprint Server can be installed off the OS/400 CD set for 70-day evaluation

• Demo and evaluation versions of Infoprint Designer are available – see URL at bottom

• 1 hour webcasts are offered each Tuesday on Infoprint Server and Infoprint Designer – see URL for details.

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