Job Begin AFP driver settings

 

Settings
Resolution	The resolution (dpi) of images, overlays, and fixed raster fonts in the AFP data stream output. This is ignored for resources using Reference mode. Which option to select depends on the capabilities of the printer.
Color	The color range to use for text, graphics, and images in the AFP data stream output. Which option to select depends on the capabilities of the printer. None – All colors are mapped to black and white. Yes – Text and graphics colors are mapped to a limited set of colors. Images are mapped to black and white. Extended – All colors are mapped to the RGB 0-255 color model. See also .Technology (Image) for information about image colors. Grayscale – All colors are mapped to 256 shades of gray. Standard Limited for PTOCA – All colors used for PTOCA objects are mapped to a limited OCA color set containing the following color values: • Blue • Red • Pink/Magenta • Green • Turquoise/Cyan • Yellow • Black • Brown • Device default • Color of medium CMYK – All colors are mapped to the CMYK color model.
GOCA	The GOCA (Graphics Object Contents Architecture) options apply to vector graphics drawn in Storyteller, PageOUT or in the Overlay Editor. Which option to select depends on the capabilities of the printer. None – GOCA is not used to generate vector graphics. Only vertical and horizontal lines are presented in the output. Yes – Algorithms with simple GOCA objects are used to generate vector graphics. Enables printing of free lines, polygons, ovals, and round corners. Extended – The extended GOCA set is used to generate vector graphics without GOCA fillets. Enables printing of free lines, polygons, ovals, and round corners. Full – The extended GOCA set is used to generate vector graphics with GOCA fillets. Enables printing of free lines, polygons, ovals, and round corners. Raster All – All vector graphic objects on pages or overlays are rasterized. Enables printing of free lines, polygons, ovals and round corners as raster images. Raster Patterns – All vector graphic objects with patterns are rasterized. GOCA supports only a limited set of patterns. This option allows rasterizing of objects filled by unsupported patterns.
.Color (GOCA)	Default – Set GOCA colors according to global color setting (Color option). None – All colors for GOCA objects are mapped to black & white. Yes – Text and graphics colors are mapped to a limited set of colors. Images are mapped to black and white. Extended – All colors for GOCA objects are mapped to the RGB 0-255 color model. See also .Technology (Image) for information about image colors. Grayscale – All colors for GOCA objects are mapped to 256 shades of gray. Standard Limited – All colors used for GOCA objects are mapped to a limited OCA color set containing the following color values: • Blue • Red • Pink/Magenta • Green • Turquoise/Cyan • Yellow • Black • Brown • Device default • Color of medium CMYK – All colors for GOCA objects are mapped to the CMYK color model.
.Rasterizing Threshold (GOCA)	The lower limit of when the GOCA object is rasterized. If the number of points (where there is one point per line of a polygon or shape and three points per Bezier curve) of the object is lower than this value for the incoming GOCA objects, it will not be rasterized.
.Line thickness factor (GOCA)	The line thickness factor applies to polygons only – not to lines and boxes. It affects the line width of polygons in the output. The line width is expressed as parts of an inch, and the actual line width in the output depends on the output device. In most cases you can keep the default line thickness factor (100), but you may have to change the value in order to tune the line width in the output. For example, if there are problems with the line widths in business graphics, you can modify the line thickness factor to solve the problem.
.Line maximum width (GOCA)	The maximum width of lines to generate using the Line command. Lines wider than this are generated using the Area command. The GOCA commands Line and Area are used to generate lines and areas in the output. The Line command is device dependent, but the Area command is not.
.Pattern Set Limited (GOCA)	If you use fill functionality with less than 20% shading, you may see a dot pattern instead of a shading in the filled area. To avoid this you can limit the GOCA pattern set to use only the four first patterns.
.Optimization (GOCA)	Used to specify that the sizes of GOCA drawing areas are based on the bounding boxes of the objects (rather than drawing graphic objects to the whole page). This helps printers that do not handle GOCA graphics as native objects use memory more effectively. This is switched off by default.
Job comment	A comment that is included at the beginning of the job. Any string is accepted. The comment is translated into a NOP object in the AFP data stream. You can include metadata in the string (see Assigning metadata values to comments and TLE indexes).
End Job comment	A comment that is included at the end of the job. Any string is accepted. The comment is translated into a NOP object in the AFP data stream. You can include metadata in the string (see Assigning metadata values to comments and TLE indexes).
Before document group comment	A comment that is included before all document groups. Any string is accepted. The comment is translated into a NOP object in the AFP data stream. You can include metadata in the string (see Assigning metadata values to comments and TLE indexes).
Document group comment	A comment that is included before each document group. Any string is accepted. The comment is translated into a NOP object in the AFP data stream. You can include metadata in the string (see Assigning metadata values to comments and TLE indexes).
End document group comment	A comment that is included after all document groups. Any string is accepted. The comment is translated into a NOP object in the AFP data stream. You can include metadata in the string (see Assigning metadata values to comments and TLE indexes).
Resource	The default mode for how to handle resources. Default – Depends on how the driver option Disable inline resources is specified. If Disable inline resources is Yes, Reference mode is used, and if it is No, Embed mode is used. See Modes for managing AFP resources for more information about the other modes.
.Map file (Resource)	The path to the map file for overlays and images. For example: data/tables/mapfile.txt This file is optional, and the settings in the file override any other settings specified for overlay and image resources. See Specifying color profiles for external images for more information.
.Location (Resource)	The default resource directory used by the StreamServer. This directory is used in Include and Export mode.
Font	The mode used to handle font resources. Overrides the default resource mode. Default – Use the default resource mode. See Modes for managing AFP resources for more information about the other modes.
.Default (Font)	If there is a default font in the job, this setting can be used to specify a font name (AFP character set name, e.g. CZ123, or AFP coded font ID, e.g. X0MAXI2A) for the default font. Normally you use the file afp2wfnt.map to specify which names to use for the fonts. See Mapping fonts and code pages. You can also use this field to enter the FGID (Font Global Identifier) that applies to all generated fonts.
.Technology (Font)	Technology used for generating font resources. Applicable to modes Embed and Export, and ignored for all other modes. See Generating font resources.
.Content (Font)	N/A
.Location (Font)	The font resource directory used by the StreamServer. This directory is used in Include and Export mode, and overrides .Location (Resource).
Code page	The mode used to handle code page resources. Overrides the default resource mode. Default – Use the default resource mode. See Modes for managing AFP resources for more information about the other modes.
.Default (Code page)	Overrides the auto generated code page name for the default code page. The default code page is the code page specified on the connector, or IBM CP 500 (StreamServe code page name) if no code page is specified. For example: T1LATIN1 See also Fonts and code pages. You can also specify multiple code pages. If the character is not found in the first specified code page, the character is searched in the next following, and so on. Use the following syntax <code page> -SYSCP[<system code page>] and separate the code pages with a semicolon. For example: T1000852 -SYSCP[IBM CP 852];T1000500 -SYSCP[IBM CP 500];T1000851 -SYSCP[IBM CP 851]
.Technology (Code page)	The technology used for generating code page resources. Applicable to modes Embed and Export, and ignored for all other modes. See Generating code page resources.
.Content (Code page)	N/A
.Location (Code page)	The code page resource directory used by the StreamServer. This directory is used in Include and Export mode, and overrides .Location (Resource).
Image	The mode used to handle image resources. Overrides the default resource mode. Default – Use the default resource mode. See Modes for managing AFP resources for more information about the other modes.
.Default (Image)	N/A
.Technology (Image)	Technology used for generating image resources. Applicable to modes Embed, Wrap, and Export. Ignored for all other modes. See Generating image resources.
.Content (Image)	Color mode for generating images. Applicable to modes Embed, Wrap, and Export. Ignored for all other modes. See Generating image resources.
.Location (Image)	The image resource directory used by the StreamServer. This directory is used in Include and Export mode, and overrides .Location (Resource).
Color Profile-Image-Audit	The mode used for handling color profile resources for the image. See Modes for managing AFP resources. Color profile settings you specify here override all other color profile settings you specify at Job Begin and Page Begin.
.Name (Color Profile-Image-Audit)	The name of the color profile for the image.
.Location (Color Profile-Image-Audit)	The path to the directory with the color profile. This only required for Include mode.
Overlay	The mode used to handle overlay resources. Overrides the default resource mode. Default – Use the default resource mode. See Modes for managing AFP resources for more information about the other modes.
.Default (Overlay)	N/A
.Technology (Overlay)	Technology used for generating overlay resources. Applicable to modes Embed, Wrap, and Export, and ignored for all other modes. Vector – Generates vector based overlays. Raster – Generates raster based overlays.
.Location (Overlay)	The overlay resource directory used by the StreamServer. This directory is used in Include and Export mode, and overrides .Location (Resource).
Formdef	The mode used to handle formdef resources. Overrides the default resource mode. Default – Use the default resource mode. See Modes for managing AFP resources for more information about the other modes.
.Default (Formdef)	The name of the generated formdef. For example: FM2UP
.Location (Formdef)	The formdef resource directory used by the StreamServer. This directory is used in Include or Export mode, and overrides .Location (Resource).
Color Profile-Document-Audit	The mode used for handling audit color profile resources for the entire AFP data stream. See Modes for managing AFP resources.
.Name (Color Profile-Document-Audit)	The name of the audit color profile used for the AFP data stream.
.Location (Color Profile-Document-Audit)	The path to the directory with the color profile. This is only required for Include mode.
Color Profile-Document-Instruction	The mode used for handling instruction color profile resources for the entire AFP data stream. See Modes for managing AFP resources.
.Name (Color Profile-Document-Instruction)	The name of the instruction color profile for the AFP data stream.
.Location (Color Profile-Document-Instruction)	The path to the directory with the color profile. This is only required for Include mode.
SSI headers	Enables/disables generation of SSI headers. SSI headers can be used in OS/390 environments. The SSI headers contain AFP transparent information that the Print Server can use for tailoring the printing process.
.Key (SSI n)	The key of SSI header number n. Any string can be used. This is the key that the Print Server uses to identify a specific SSI header.
.Value (SSI n)	The value of SSI header number n. Any string can be used.
System text code page	The EBCDIC code page to use for NOP comments and TLE information. For example: IBM CP 278 If no System text code page is specified, the code page specified for the connector is used. If the code page specified for the output is not an EBCDIC code page, you must specify an EBCDIC code page for TLE information and NOP comments.
TLE code page	The EBCDIC code page to use for TLE information. Leave this empty if you want to use the same code page as for NOP comments.
Disable inline resources	Disables the use of inline resources in the AFP data stream file. When selected, only the Reference mode can be used.
Disable mCF-2	Disables Map Coded Font function 2 (MCF2). Select this option if the output device only supports MCF1 and not MCF2.
Disable mDR	Disables Map Data Resource (MDR). Select this option if .Technology (Font) is Open Type, and if the printer does not support MDR. If .Technology (Font) is not Open Type, MDR is disabled automatically.
Disable n-up	Disables AFP n-up for side-by-side printing. Select this option if you want to use the Sheet Layout n-up functionality instead of the AFP n-up definition for side-by-side printing. For example, if the Sheet Layout has two A4s on one A3 Landscape, and you disable n-up, the A4 sheets are merged on one Landscape A3 sheet. The Print Server receives one A3 sheet, and not two A4 sheets positioned side by side.
Front pages only	Overrides duplex printing.
Disable Image Background	Some printers cannot handle image transparency correctly. Instead of printing an image with a transparent background, a black box is printed. If you disable the image background, the image is printed as a transparent image, but the opaque function is lost.
Disable Automatic Orientation	Disables the automatic orientation of logical pages on the sheet.For example, if you use partition rotation to place a logical page with landscape orientation onto a physical sheet with portrait orientation, the physical sheet will still have portrait orientation.
Disable BCOCA	Disables the Bar Code Object Content Architecture. This can be useful if your printer does not support BCOCA, or if you want to allow barcodes on a server or printer that does not support BCOCA.
Max Record Length	The maximum record length for AFP structured fields. Which option to select depends on the capabilities of the printer. If you select None, 32 KB is used by default.
Halftone Method	The halftone method used to convert color and grayscale images to black and white. Available methods are Floyd Steinberg and Ordered Dither. If you select Default, Ordered Dither is used.
Halftone Size	The size of the halftone matrix. Default is an 8x8 matrix.
Halftone Gamma	The halftoning gamma value.
Page Group Scope	The PageGroup scope. Default – Use the Document definition to set the scope of the PageGroup. Envelope – Use the envelope definition to set the scope of the PageGroup.