Working with transforms

InfoPrint provides transform programs for these data streams:

  • Printer control language (PCL) data stream
  • PostScript data stream
  • Portable document format (PDF) data stream
  • Tag image file form (TIFF) data stream
  • Joint photographic experts group (JPEG) data stream
  • Graphic interchange format (GIF) data stream
  • ditroff data stream
  • Double-byte ASCII and EUC data streams
  • line-data data stream
  • SAP data
  • XML data

These transforms also support color management:

  • Portable Document Format (PDF)
  • Joint photographic experts group (JPEG)
  • Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)
  • Tag image file format (TIFF)

The transforms convert the incoming data stream into the Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) format.

When a job in any of these formats is submitted to print on a PSF actual destination, InfoPrint automatically invokes the appropriate transform. You can also run the transforms from the command line without printing the generated output. You might find this useful if you intend to print the job later. Jobs print more quickly if they have already been transformed.

Most transforms have flags or option keywords that you can use to specify processing information. For a list of the flags or options and values for each transform, see RICOH InfoPrint Manager: Reference or to the transforms' man pages. Configuration files, environment variables, and user-exit programs allow you to specify processing information for InfoPrint to use when it invokes the transform automatically. You can also use configuration files and environment variables instead of typing flags on the command line whenever you run a transform.

In this section:

  1. Customizing the PCL, PostScript, and PDF transforms
  2. Stapling and punch options available from the ps2afp transform when using the CPSI transform engine
  3. Collate PostScript options available from the ps2afp transform when using the CPSI transform engine
  4. Customizing the TIFF, JPEG, and GIF transforms
  5. Customizing the img2afp transform
  6. Working with the transform for line data
  7. Using the PDF Parallel RIP
  8. Working with the XML transforms
    XML provides a standard method for the exchange and processing of data across different computing platforms. XML data is structured according to standards from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Specifically designed for Web applications, XML differs from HTML in that, while HTML contains information about how data is formatted for presentation on Web pages, XML contains data with no presentation information. A W3C standard stylesheet language, called Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL), uses formatting objects to describe how XML data is presented. XML data containing XSL formatting objects is called XSL-FO. XSL-FO describes document presentation details, such as pagination, layout, and styling information.
  9. Color management resource transform support
Parent topic: Administrative Procedures: Customizing for Special Jobs