Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IPDS) is a bi-directional SNA protocol that delivers print data and manages resources, handshaking, security, and error recovery. IPDS is both a page-description language and a printer-control protocol. When an IBM host (or AS/400) generates EBCDIC output, it uses IPDS to transmit the data to a destination device. IBM's Advanced Function Printing (AFP) architecture controls IPDS print jobs from initial print request to final output.
IPDSXpress™ is a cost-effective, software-only IPDS LAN Print Server product, which can be installed in a matter of minutes on a Microsoft Windows PC, where it runs as a Windows Service.
This product is able to convert Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IPDS) into a format supported by Windows print drivers. Thus, it leverages your investment in IBM’s AFP/IPDS application technology by offering a much broader group of printing choices than those provided through hardware solutions such as embedded cards and conversion boxes.
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