Limitations

This section lists the limitations for the pdf2afp and ps2afp transforms:
  • InfoPrint Manager, including the pdf2afp and ps2afp transforms must be installed, and the apped, ps2afp, and agspdld daemons must be running.
  • PostScript data can contain device commands (for example, to begin or end duplexing or to change the input bin). Because the AFP architecture defines those device functions in a form definition resource instead of the print data, the ps2afp transform ignores the device commands in the print data. To access those device functions (such as duplexing and bin selection), you must specify them in the form definition or attributes file, or on a print command, when you print the job.
  • Resolution conversion algorithms might yield degraded appearance when used to reduce the resolution of a data stream. For this reason, ps2afp might degrade the appearance of higher-resolution data streams when used with 240-pel printers. You should verify that print fidelity is satisfactory.
  • The pdf2afp transform does not support PDF files encrypted with the certificate security protection.

  • APPE cannot reload settings from apped.cfg other than those on a job level.

Parent topic: pdf2afp and ps2afp commands: transform PDF or PostScript data to AFP