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      IBM Print Services Facility for AIX 2.1, SAP R/3 Transform Feature
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                              (October 27, 1995)

 The  SAP**  R/3** transform feature of IBM* Print Services Facility* for AIX*
 2.1 is now generally available.  This feature allows SAP  R/3  output  to  be
 printed on PSF* supported printers.  (See HONE letter 295-287.)

 SAP AG, headquartered in Walldorf, Germany, is one of the largest independent
 software companies in the world and is the market leader in standard business
 software  applications.    The  popular  SAP  R/3  business  applications are
 client/server based, running on the UNIX platform, including IBM's AIX.

 Many SAP R/3 customers have a requirement for high-volume printing at  speeds
 of  up  to  200  pages  per  minute  or  higher.    However,  typical SAP R/3
 workstation-supported printers offer speeds of only 20 to 30 pages  per  min-
 ute.    Using IBM Print Services Facility for AIX and the SAP to AFPDS trans-
 form priced feature, the SAP R/3 user can access a wide variety of system and
 network attached printers that  support  their  high-volume  printing  needs.
 Benefits to the SAP R/3 user include:

 o   The  capability  to  add electronic overlays to page layouts that may in-
     clude company logos, signatures and images

 o   Printing at speeds from 12 to over 400 impressions per minute

 o   A MICR check printing solution using IBM MICR printers

 o   Integrity of printed output via PSF for AIX page level error recovery

 o   The ability to share printers between host and LAN applications

 o   An architected base that allows  for  printing,  archiving,  viewing  and
     transporting to other IBM platforms

 For current copies of PSF for AIX documentation on printing from SAP R/3, ac-
 cess the PENPUBS tools disk under the name SAP2AFP LIST3820.

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 The  following  terms  are  trademarks  of  the IBM Corporation in the United
 States or other countries or both: IBM, Print Services Facility, and AIX.

 Other company, product, and service names, which may be denoted by  a  double
 asterisk(**), may be trademarks or service marks of others.

















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