Using the PDF Parallel RIP
InfoPrint Manager for AIX provides the PDF Parallel RIP to improve the speed of
PDF transforms for most color jobs. It divides a PDF input file into separate pages
and distributes these pages to several RIPs running in parallel. Then, it combines
the resulting AFP data stream into a printable document. If you define two RIPs on
the same InfoPrint AIX server for a PDF input file with pages of a uniform
complexity, the Parallel PDF RIP client can render this file into AFP in half the time
of the standard PDF transform. While the greatest performance improvements
occur for jobs printing on the InfoPrint Color 130 Plus printer, you can use the
Parallel PDF RIP client on any printers that produce AFP data.
Installing the PDF Parallel RIP client
The Parallel PDF RIP client (
pdfprs
) replaces the standard
pdf2afp
client on your
system.
The
pdfprs
component consists of these:
v
The
pdfprs
executable in the
/usr/lpp/psf/bin
directory
v
The
pdf2afp
configuration file in the
/usr/lpp/psf/ps2afp
directory.
The Parallel PDF RIP client is best used on an AIX server or servers, which can
have from four to 16 processors. We recommend you set up a configuration to
allow for system memory use like that displayed in Table 23.
Table 23. Processors required to use the Parallel PDF RIP client
Processors Allocated
Function Performed
1
network traffic, I/O processes, and general system
overhead.
1
pdfprs
client as defined in “Sample configuration file for
the pdfprs client” on page 177.
1
This first RIP transforms PDF into PostScript data.
Each RIP is likely to use an entire processor to RIP the
PDF files.
1 to
n
For each additional daemon RIP as defined in “RIP
Daemon configuration files” on page 178.
The most basic configuration (the
pdfprs
client and two additional RIPs) requires a
minimum of four processors. Make sure that your configuration can support this
feature before installing it and submitting jobs through the InfoPrint Manager
pdpr
print command.
You must create the first RIP to transform PDF input data to PostScript data, then
use at least a two-RIP configuration on your InfoPrint AIX server to transform the
PDF into AFP data. To demonstrate how this support can be expanded by adding
RIPs, this example creates a three-RIP configuration, with the first RIP
transforming PDF input data into PostScript data. These RIPs still use the
PostScript daemon (
ps2afpd
), just like the standard PDF transform.
From an AIX window, complete this procedure:
1.
Create a directory for the PDF Parallel RIP client to distinguish it from the
standard PDF data stream transform:
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