AFP Printer 1.0 Overview

AFP Printer offers an easy and less expensive way of creating high-quality, industrial-strength AFP files out of almost any Windows application. The software installs as if it were a real printer, making the creation of AFP files as easy as printing.AFP Printer addresses the AFP document, page segment, and overlay creation from Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkXPress, Crystal Reports, and other print-enabling software on Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2008, 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit) . Common documents can be converted to AFP filesat an incredibly fast speed while retaining the look and feel of the original documents as well as many options that give users flexibility in AFP creation.

Key Features

Support a complete set of paper sizes
Flexible page orientation
Clip unprintable area or offset plus size
Grayscale methods include photographic, compressed, diagonal dither, line art halftone
Adjust color for bitonal (B/W, Color/White), 16 colors (4bit RGB), full color (32bit CMYK)
Color Management with ICC Profiles
Image conversion from JPEG/JPG/TIF/TIFF to AFP with resolution 300dpi or 600dpi
JPEG and LZW compression algorithm for images
Support level of graphic objects that comply with GOCA\'s DR/2V0 standard
Easy Intensity and Contrast Controls
Best output fidelity for TrueType fonts as references, inline resources, or images
Optimize text in OpenType fonts, raster fonts, and outline fonts
Maintain Output Fidelityfor placement in character, word, and line level
Print Text as Graphics for printers not fully-compliant to PT2, PT3 standards
Support EBCDIC code page
Font substitution of AFP character set with closely matched Windows font
Text Rules to trade off between speed, file size, and output fidelity
Support Inline Form Definition
Produce AFP output files as smaller as possible with AFPDS data stream
Automatic installation and configuration
Certified AFP printing solutions for IBM AS/400, iSeries, System i, and SAP systems