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IPDS printer is a printer that doesn't recognize the IPDS data stream or refused to receive print jobs in IPDS / AFP format. Most IBM, HP, Lexmark, Epson, Canon, Lexmark, Kodak, Ricoh, Sharp, Xerox, Konica, Kyocera-Mita, InfoPrint printers in the market are non-IPDS printer. Generally these printers recognize at least one PDL (Page Description Language) among PCL5, PCL6, PostScript,  PostScript, and PDF but IPDS.

 

These non-IPDS printers can be further categorized into host-based printers and non-host-based printers.

 

Host-based printer is a printer that relies heavily on the host computer's processor to generate printable pages. Most host-based printers on the market today use the GDI interface built into Microsoft Windows, and that's why they are called GDI printer as well. Simply because they don't need a powerful processor of their own, host-based printers tend to be less expensive than conventional printers. They share the host computer's processor, and therefore, they may be slow and slow down the host computer. How fast these printers operate depends on how powerful the host computer is and how occupied it is with other operations.

 

Non-host-based printer features their own processor, and the frequency of the processor varies greatly. We therefore have a variety of printers to choose on the market, low-end high, mid-ranged, and high-end printers.

 

Non-IPDS printers can well interpret IPDS print jobs and/or IPDS spooled files sent from IBM AS/400, AIX, zSeries, iSeries, and Mainframe thanks to the contribution of IPDS emulation. For more informaiton on IPDS Emulation, read the next topic.