Working with transforms

InfoPrint Manager provides transform programs for these data streams:

  • Printer control language (PCL)
  • PostScript
  • Portable document format (PDF)
  • Tag image file format (TIFF)
  • Joint photographic experts group (JPEG)
  • Graphic interchange format (GIF)
  • Line (ASCII, both formatted and unformatted)
  • Double Byte text stream
  • Extensible Markup Language (XML)

These transforms also support color management:

  • ps2afp
  • jpeg2afp
  • tiff2afp
  • gif2afp

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 printer, InfoPrint Manager automatically invokes the appropriate transform. You can also run the transforms from the Command Prompt window without printing the generated output. You might find this useful if you intend to print the job later. You can also use these transforms in transform objects and transform-sequences associated with actual destinations. For more information about this function, see Configuring custom steps (transforms). 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. Configuration files, environment variables, and user-exit programs allow you to specify processing information for InfoPrint Manager 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.

This section consists of these:

In this section:

  1. Customizing the PCL, PostScript, and PDF transforms
  2. Stapling and punch options PostScript available from the ps2afp transform
  3. Collate PostScript options available from the ps2afp transform
  4. Customizing the img2afp transform
  5. Customizing the TIFF, JPEG, and GIF transforms
  6. Working with the transform for line data
  7. Working with the transform for double byte text streams
  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