Overview > Features

Virtual IPDS Printer is an affordable software emulation solution for AFP / IPDS printing supporting the Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IPDS) protocol primarily used for printing large business reports, bar code labels, and invoices in high volumes.

Key features include,

• Support for AFP/IPDS over the LAN using TCP/IP

• Support for all IPDS data and resource towers

• Supports emulation of common IBM IPDS and SCS printers

• Share Virtual IPDS Printer as a network printer across your organizations

• Support for black-and-white printing and full color printing

• Conversion of the IPDS data stream done by host resources and increases print speeds.

• IPDS host printing and standard network printing is done in an Ethernet environment, eliminating the expense of a dedicated host AFP/IPDS printer

• Supports Advanced Function Printing (AFP) using native IPDS protocol

• Supports all AFP/IPDS Towers

• Uncompromized support for barcode, images, electronic forms, overlays, resource management, error recovery

• Host controlled printing and page range printing

• Flexible page positioning is provided without modifying the applications

• Device tray mapping

• Edge-to-edge printing on select printers

• Configuration via software control panel

• Support for traditional coax or twinax printing

• Using AFP/IPDS and PSF, capture fonts to hard disk or flash memory resulting in reduced network traffic over LAN, coax or twinax connections

• Support duplex printing and up to five paper input sources depending on host software

• Support for multiple output destinations

• The printer can be configured to take advantage of additional memory to improve performance for complex print jobs

• Archive IPDS print jobs and spooled files as AFP document, page segment, medium overlay, and overlay from any Windows application that supports printing (Print-To-File)

• Multiple Simultaneous Connections

• Support a complete set of paper sizes

• Define custom paper size

• Paper type includes White, Colored, Transparent

• Flexible page orientation such as Portrait, Landscape, Portrait 180, Landscape 270

• Clip unprintable area or offset plus size

• Grayscale methods include photographic dither, compressed dither, diagonal dither, line art halftone

• Color options for bitonal (B/W, Color/White), 16 colors (4bit CMYK from 4bit RGB or 24bit RGB), and Full Color 32bit CMYK

• Color Management with ICC Profiles

• Adjust image resolution between 300x300 and 600x600 dpi

• 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 Fidelity for placement in character, word, and line level

• Print Text as Graphics for printers not fully-compliant to PT2, PT3 standards

• Support EBCDIC code page

• Adjust Text Order when necessary

• Font substitution of AFP character set with closely matched Windows font

• Enable or disable Text Rules to trade off between speed, file size, and output fidelity

• Support Inline Form Definition

• Rich Duplex Options like Simplex, Duplex, Tumble Duplex

• Various Form To Tray assignment

• Finishing Options include Staple, Punch, Edge, Saddle

• Produce AFP output files as smaller as possible

• Change file extension for AFP documents, page segments, medium overlays, and overlays

• Import and export settings

• Automatic installation and configuration on Windows x86 and Windows x64

• Live update for new versions and plug-in on Windows 32bit and Windows 64bit

• Native support for 5000+ Windows applications

• No changes to host applications or printers

• Free upgrades in the future for registered users