DDS for printer files


Keywords that require AFP(*YES) in printer device descriptions

Beginning with OS/400 V3R1 the Advanced Function Printing (AFP(TM)) subsystem is a separately orderable feature of OS/400(R) called Print Services Facility (PSF/400).

There are two separate subsystems in the OS/400 operating system. The original OS/400 printing subsystem continues to support line printers and a subset of IBM(R) IPDS(TM) printers and print functions. Full support for all IPDS printers is provided by the integrated AFP printing subsystem. The printing subsystem used to process application output is determined by the device description of the target printer. Only printers defined as DEVTYPE(*IPDS) and AFP(*YES) (both specified in the printer device description) are controlled by the AFP printing subsystem.

In order to print based upon the values specified for certain keywords, PSF/400 is required. For example, spooled files generated with DEVTYPE(*APFDS) can only be printed by PSF/400.

Following is a list of DDS keywords that are valid for printer files that have the printer device type (DEVTYPE) parameter value specified as *AFPDS. Restrictions on DDS keywords are contained in this list as well.

See the Printer Device Programming Link to PDF book for more information on PSF/400.


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