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AFP is a protocol that delivers document data and manages resources. AFP is a page-description language. When an IBM host (or AS/400) generates a document it uses AFP to format the data. IBM's Advanced Function Printing (AFP) architecture controls IPDS print jobs from initial print request to final output.
HostServe's™ brings AFP printing to the Windows 2000/XP/2003 environment. Users generate AFPDS using a mainframe or remote application. This may include text, graphics, bar codes, or scanned images. PSF (Print Services Facility), the AFP print driver, manages the AFP printing resources including fonts, images, overlays, signatures, and bar codes combining them with the source data stream. AFP resources are stored in libraries on the host, in databases at the server, or in the printer.
Once PSF receives the appropriate resources for the job, it interacts with HostServe via a TCP/IP connection or Microsoft SNA/Host Integration Server to verify its ability to handle the request.
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