SOURCE: BLD FLASH 9642
SOURCE MATERIAL DATED: 10/96
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                   IBM INFOPRINT 60: AFP INSTALLATION ISSUES
 
 Announcement  Letter  196-209  announced  availability  of  the  600-dpi  IBM
 InfoPrint 60 for AFP accounts September 27, 1996.   As indicated in  the  an-
 nouncement  letter,  this  printer  supports outline fonts only.  It does not
 support raster fonts.  However many customer applications, and even  the  PSF
 system  pages  for  headers,  trailers,  and  messages specify fonts that are
 available in raster format only.  Before your customer can use  this  printer
 in  an  AFP  environment,  PSF definitions must be tailored to enable outline
 fonts.  Customer applications that use raster-only fonts--including IBM  com-
 patibility  fonts, ProPrinter Emulation fonts, Sonoran font program products,
 and fonts customized by the account--must be changed to enable outline fonts,
 or tables must be tailored to map these fonts to suitable outlines.  In cases
 where suitable outlines do not exist, custom outline fonts  may  need  to  be
 created by or for the account.
 
 IBM Printing Systems Company intends to address the raster font issue as soon
 as  possible by enhancements to the AFCCU printer controller to accept raster
 fonts at 300 dpi or 240 dpi.  This will enable printing of any  existing  300
 and  240  dpi AFP job on the 600 dpi printer without concern for font mapping
 or tailoring.  In the meantime, it is recommended that these printers be  in-
 stalled  only in new AFP accounts or AFP accounts that have already converted
 to outline fonts, which will not have application migration issues.  PSC will
 provide information for tailoring PSF procedures to enable printing of system
 pages on the InfoPrint 60 printer.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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