InfoPrint Transform Manager for Linux

Accelerated AFP workflow. Scalable solutions.

Transform Manager for Linux can help speed transform processing of large, complex PDF/PostScript^®/PCL files into Advanced Function Presentation™ (AFP) print data streams. It simplifies your operation by expanding flexibility and utilization, Being Linux-based, it also provides a strategic, cost effective platform approach that supports open standards and low total cost of ownership.

Highlights

• Works with InfoPrint Print Server for z/OS, in addition to InfoPrint Manager for AIX 5L™ and Windows^® to handle data and image transform-intensive workloads
• Runs on dedicated processors or blade servers to help relieve transform bottlenecks
• Virtualizes transformation to make them transparent to the job submitter or operator
• Expands PDF transform power with PDF rebuilding capability by automatically correcting malformed PDFs
• Provides enhanced transform problem determination with enhanced messaging support
• Simplifies blade server installation with an easy-to-use installation wizard
• Cost-effective, Linux-based (PDF, PS, PCL, GIF, TIFF and JPEG to AFP™) transform offering.

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InfoPrint Transform Manager for Linux

Accelerated AFP workflow. Scalable solutions.

Feature	Benefits
Dedicated processing power for complex PDF, PostScript®, PCL, and TIFF, GIF, JPEG images datastream transformation	• Extend the capabilities of InfoPrint® Manager for Windows® and AIX 5L™ and Infoprint Server for z/OS® • Help improve time-sensitive print management workflow
Linux®-based solution	• Expand processor power as printing and print transformation needs grow • Use multiple processor servers or blade servers with the enhanced installation wizard to provide automatic configuration • Spread print jobs across multiple processors to help achieve significant speed improvements
Cost-effective scalability	Expand the processing power of InfoPrint Transform Manager by installing price performer new blades quickly and easily
Black and white and full-colour output for PDF, PostScript and image transforms	Enable flexible transformation of print datastream to black and white or full color output
Enhanced speed	Accelerate transformation significantly to help boost productivity
Graphical user interface (GUI)	Simplify functions such as font substitutions with an easy-to-use administrative GUI that can replace command line programming

InfoPrint Transform Manager for Linux

Accelerated AFP workflow. Scalable solutions.

InfoPrint^® Transform Manager for Linux^® represents one of InfoPrint Solutions Company's strategic transform solutions for multiple platforms. InfoPrint Transform Manager Version 1 Release 2 for Linux is designed to seamlessly integrate with InfoPrint Manager V4.2 for AIX 5L™, and InfoPrint Manager V2.2 for Windows^® and the Infoprint Server feature of z/OS^® 1.4 in order to provide an enhanced price performance solution for your compute-intensive transform workload. Note the z/OS platform requires PSF for z/OS V3R4 or V4 to print the transformed AFP™ output of InfoPrint Transform Manager.

InfoPrint Transform Manager for Linux is a cost-effective, Linux-based data and image transform offering. It is designed to do one thing very fast and very reliably—transform print jobs from PDF/PostScript^®/PCL and TIFF, JPEG and GIF to Advanced Function Presentation™ (AFP).

Components

The InfoPrint Transform Manager for Linux offering consists of a data manager that communicates with print servers, a Transform Server that manages the data and image transforms to AFP, and a user interface that provides interaction with Transform Manager.

Capabilities

InfoPrint Transform Manager for Linux is designed to run on a dedicated server to help relieve the transform bottleneck and help increase the utilization rate of InfoPrint printers.

InfoPrint Transform Manager is designed to:

• Print jobs are automatically sent to InfoPrint Transform Manager for Linux by InfoPrint Manager or Infoprint Server z/OS for high speed print datastream transformation, and then returned to the print server for printing.
• The transformation function can be completely transparent to the job submitter or operator.
• InfoPrint Manager or Infoprint Server for z/OS continues to manage and monitor print jobs, but transforms are shifted to a dedicated server to speed the workflow.
• Print jobs can be spread across multiple processors or blade servers, which can result in significant speed improvements.
• In a blade server environment, clients can start with a minimum configuration and add more processors power as their needs increase by simply sliding additional blades into their rack.
• With exceptional speed and maximum file size support for PCL, PDF or PostScript transforms, InfoPrint Transform Manager can help you slash processing time for complex, large files.
• A PDF rebuild capability can help bring non-compliant PDF files into compliance with the current PDF specification so they can be transformed at top speeds.
• The administrative graphical user interface (GUI) can replace command line programming to allow you to more easily oversee InfoPrint Transform Manager functions such as font substitution.

InfoPrint Transform Manager for Linux workflow diagram

Scalability

InfoPrint Transform Manager for Linux can scale as your printing needs grow.

• It allows print jobs to be spread across multiple processors or blade servers, which helps achieve significant speed improvements.
• Start with an entry level dual-processor InfoPrint Solutions Company xSeries^® server or an InfoPrint Solutions Company BladeCenter^® and add more processors when your transform processing power needs grow.
• Common Transform Technology, a core component of the software, allows future transforms to be integrated easily and quickly.
• InfoPrint Transform Manager strives to operate at the most current specification levels to keep up with evolving applications.

Transforms

InfoPrint Transform Manager for Linux V1.2 includes the following transforms:

• Adobe^® PDF (v1.5) to AFP
• Adobe PostScript 3™ to AFP
• Artifex PCL (Level 6) to AFP
• TIFF image to AFP
• JPEG image to AFP
• GIF image to AFP