IPDS Printing Solutions announces the release of a software product that allows PC users to emulate an IPDS capable printer that fully supports the IPDS protocol using your existing LaserJet, Inkjet printer, or MFP device. Using this software emulation solution for IPDS printing, users can print reports of IBM IPDS data streams produced from a wide range of systems such as AS/400-i series IBM power- and mainframe-systems with a resolution up to 600 dpi, plus seamless emulation switching. Users also get tray and bin mapping and integrated-solution support features. Virtual IPDS Printer, as its name indicates, is a pure software emulation solution for IPDS printing, which translates Intelligent Printer Data Stream directly into common printer languages eliminating the need for expensive investment on specialized hardware, extra software, and major reprogramming on the host side. The Virtual IPDS Printer software installs a printer namely Virtual IPDS Printer to your printer list, and it enables fast and flexible printing from mainframe, midrange and other non-Windows host systems - such as UNIX, AIX, AS/400, IBM Power Series, System z, and Linux - to any Windows-based printers. Easy to install and integrate, Virtual IPDS Printer simplifies cross-platform printing and central management of print jobs. With the help of IPDS to PDF (Portable Document Format) converter plug-in, users can print AFP/AFPDS/IPDS to PDF files without difficulty, thereby conserving bandwidth, and promoting fast transmission of print documents for previewing, printing and archiving. Organizations using Virtual IPDS Printer will gain the benefits of increased efficiency, productivity and reduced cost. Major features include, 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 Support for bar code, images, electronic forms, overlays, resource management, error recovery Host controlled printing and page range printing Flexible page positioning is provided without modifying the applications Edge-to-edge printing on select printers 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 Archive IPDS print jobs and spooled files as AFP document, page segment, medium overlay, and overlay from any Windows application. Product Page, www.ipdsprinter.com/virtual-ipds-printer.html

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John Mauzey IPDS Printing Solutions Inc., one of the booming innovative software providers, was founded in 2003. We provide the market with many pieces of professional document conversion and publishing software with rich features and easy-to-use design. IPDS Printing Solutions now offers software solutions specifically designed for high performance AFP to PDF conversion, IPDS printer emulation, and AFP/IPDS files creation. Powered by our leading AFP to PDF transform and conversion technology, users can quickly convert IBM MO:DCA (AFP, IOCA and PTOCA) documents to searchable PDF. Unlike other software solutions simply rasterizing the AFP document to full-page images, AFP to PDF Converter maintains all document objects such as graphics, searchable text, tables and live forms, uniquely within the generated PDF for easy access by Adobe Reader X or any other PDF viewers.