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            EARLY AVAILABILITY: AFP* UPLOAD FOR AIX* TCP/IP SUPPORT
 
 
 
 TCP/IP  support  for  the  AFP  Upload for AIX feature of PSF*/MVS V2.2, ori-
 ginally scheduled to GA September 27, 1996, is available immediately.
 
 The AFP Upload for AIX Feature of PSF/MVS Version 2.2 allows you to print the
 following kinds of LAN-generated data through PSF for AIX V2.1 and its  asso-
 ciated transforms to a PSF/MVS-attached printer:
 
   o   MO:DCA-P*
   o   PCL**
   o   PostScript**
   o   ditroff
   o   DBCS ASCII or EUC
   o   Line  data  that  has been processed by the line2afp transform or
       the Advanced Function Conversion and Indexing Facility (ACIF)
   o   SAP** R/3** OTF or ABAP Listing (through the optional OTF
       transform feature of PSF for AIX V2.1)
 
 With  the  early availability of TCP/IP support, customers can now choose the
 host connectivity protocol, either SNA or TCP/IP, that best meets  their  re-
 quirements.
 
 The  AFP Upload for AIX feature may be ordered via MES for installed users of
 PSF/MVS Version 2.2 (5795-040).  Please see announcement letter  296-207  for
 complete ordering information.  PSF for AIX V2.1 (5765-505) is also required.
 
 In addition, the following APARs will be required for the TCP/IP support (PTF
 numbers current as of August 9, 1996)
 
   o   PSF/MVS:        APAR OW21017 (PTF UW30822)
 
   o   PSF for AIX:    APAR IX59972 (PTF U445160)
 
 Both are available for immediate order through normal support channels.
 
 The  publication  "AFP  Upload Configuration Guide Using TCP/IP" is available
 from the PENPUBS disk (UPLDTCP TERS3820), as is the corresponding  guide  for
 SNA  (UPLDSNA  TERS3820).    These publications are not yet orderable through
 PUBORDER.
 
 IMPORTANT: Please note that the output from the PCL and PostScript transforms
 in PSF for  AIX  is  MO:DCA-P  image.    For  optimal  performance  of  these
 datastreams   through  AFP  Upload,  it  is  strongly  recommended  that  the
 MVS-attached printers support compressed image (IOCA).   While  the  PCL  and
 PostScript transforms are capable of producing uncompressed image, the larger
 file sizes may reduce printer throughput and will increase network traffic.
 
 For  information  on  AFP printer support of IOCA image see "AFP Printer Sum-
 mary" (G544-3135) or "AFP Printer Information" (G544-3290) available  on  the
 PENPUBS TOOLS disk.
 
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 *  The  following  terms  are trademarks of the IBM Corporation in the United
 States or other countries or both:  AFP, AIX, MO:DCA, PSF.
 
 
 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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