Installing the PDF Parallel RIP client

The pdfprs component consists of these:

• The pdfprs executable in the /usr/lpp/psf/bin directory
• The pdf2afp configuration file in the /usr/lpp/psf/ps2afp directory.

The Parallel PDF RIP client is best used on a server or servers, which can have from four to 16 processors. We recommend you set up a configuration to allow for system memory use like that displayed in Processors required to use the Parallel PDF RIP client.

The most basic configuration (the pdfprs client and two additional RIPs) requires a minimum of four processors. Make sure that your configuration can support this feature before installing it and submitting jobs through the InfoPrint Manager pdpr print command.

You must create the first RIP to transform PDF input data to PostScript data, then use at least a two-RIP configuration on your InfoPrint Manager server to transform the PDF into AFP data. To demonstrate how this support can be expanded by adding RIPs, this example creates a three-RIP configuration, with the first RIP transforming PDF input data into PostScript data. These RIPs still use the PostScript daemon (ps2afpd), just like the standard PDF transform.

From an InfoPrint Manager window, complete this procedure:

1. Create a directory for the PDF Parallel RIP client to distinguish it from the standard PDF data stream transform:

   mkdir /var/psf/pdf2afp;chmod 777 /var/psf/pdf2afp

2. Create working directories for each of the new PDF RIPS:

   mkdir /var/psf/pdf2afp/1;chmod 777 /var/psf/pdf2afp/1

   mkdir /var/psf/pdf2afp/2;chmod 777 /var/psf/pdf2afp/2

   mkdir /var/psf/pdf2afp/3;chmod 777 /var/psf/pdf2afp/3

   mkdir /var/psf/pdf2afp/4;chmod 777 /var/psf/pdf2afp/4

3. Install new configuration files for each of these RIPS:
   • /var/psf/pdf2afp/8261.cfg
   • /var/psf/pdf2afp/8262.cfg
   • /var/psf/pdf2afp/8263.cfg
   • /var/psf/pdf2afp/8264.cfg

   Note that for each new configuration file, you must change the port, work_directory, and log_file values. These three parameters are highlighted in Sample PDF parallel transform (8264.cfg) configuration file for color so you can see the directory structure recommended for this configuration.

4. From either the command line or the ps2afpd.cfg file, start daemons for each configuration file:

   ps2afpd -C /var/psf/pdf2afp/8261.cfg

   ps2afpd -C /var/psf/pdf2afp/8262.cfg

   ps2afpd -C /var/psf/pdf2afp/8263.cfg

   ps2afpd -C /var/psf/pdf2afp/8264.cfg

   Note: In the path where the working directories reside, you can create a startcfg script similar to this example to do this task:

   #!/bin/sh
   cd /var/psf/ps2afp
   if [$# -gt 0 ]
   then
   	for i in $*
   	do	
   		/usr/lpp/psf/bin/ps2afpd -C 826$i.cfg
   	done
   else
   	for i in 1 2 3 4
   	do
   		/usr/lpp/psf/bin/ps2afpd -C 826$i.cfg
   	done
   fi

5. To make sure that the pdfprs command is linked to the pdf2afp command, you must enter these commands:
   1. Access the correct directory by specifying: cd /usr/lpp/psf/bin
   2. Create the necessary logical link to submit jobs to the PDF parallel RIP by specifying: ln -sf pdfprs pdf2afp
   Note: If you need to restore the old pdf2afp client, you can specify this from a command line: ln -sf ps2afp pdf2afp.

6. To make sure that the pdf2afp configuration file is used, you must edit the PDF mapping in the /usr/lpp/psf/config/transform.cfg:

   map pdf         ps
   to
   map pdf         pdf

   Note: If you need to restore the standard ps2afp configuration, you can change the mapping to ps:

   map pdf         ps

This configuration will automatically invoke four RIPs and generally run faster than the standard PDF transform.