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AFP SUMMARY
2-10 IPS SOLUTIONS GUIDE
TCP/IP connection: Token Ring
For TCP/IP connectivity via a Token Ring, the mainframe is
connected to a 3174 or 3745 IBM control unit. The control unit is
connected to a modular access unit (MAU), which acts as the Token
Ring. The MAU connects the router, workstations, and printers to the
Token Ring.
Each device on the Token Ring (mainframe, control unit, router,
workstation, printer) must have a Token Ring card installed in the
device.
AS/400 connections
The AS/400 Host is similar to the larger mainframe host types. On
this platform, the PSF control functions are IPDS emitters only. PSF/
400 accepts MO:DCA-P data streams, as well as SNA Character
String (SCS) data streams with Data Description Specification
(DDS), IPDS, and line data. It outputs only IPDS data streams.
The Advanced Function Printing Utilities (AFPU) allow you to create
formatting objects called Printout Format Definition (PFD). AFPU
uses PFD objects as formatting resources when printing a database
file. Note that a PFD is not the same as a page definition.
The primary application software programs used by PSF/400 are
OfficeVision/400 and WordPerfect/400. You can also use the AFP
Print Suite which contains tools for creating AFP applications on the
AS/400. These tools are:
•
Advanced Print Utility (APU)
•
PPFA for AS/400
•
AFP Toolbox.