AFP banner pages

AFP banner pages include header, trailer, and separator pages. They can be used (in any combination) with AFP print jobs printed to AFP printer objects. You can change the contents and appearance of those banner pages, as well as the fonts used to print them.

In this section:

  1. Setting up AFP printers to print banner pages
    RICOH ProcessDirector can print these types of banner pages with an AFP job: header pages, separator pages, and trailer pages. Header pages print before the first data pages of a job. Separator pages print between copies of a multi-copy job. Trailer pages print after the last data pages of a job.
  2. Updating properties for AFP banner pages
    For jobs sent to AFP printers, you can update the banner_page_property_values.cfg configuration file for the properties that banner pages can use. The configuration file defines the elements that can print on banner pages, including properties of jobs, printers, load plans, and other objects, system settings, and text strings. A sample banner_page_code_page_mapping.cfg file is installed in /aiw/aiw1/samples/banner_pages/ (AIX and Linux) or C:\aiw\aiw1\samples\banner_pages\ (Windows) and in /aiw/aiw1/control_files/banner_pages/ (AIX and Linux) or C:\aiw\aiw1\control_files\banner_pages\ (Windows).
  3. Updating the coded font and code page mappings for AFP banner pages
    For jobs sent to AFP printers, you can update the banner_page_code_page_mapping.cfg configuration file to add custom coded font and code page mappings to use with banner pages. If you create your own coded fonts, you specify them in this file so that RICOH ProcessDirector can use them. A sample banner_page_code_page_mapping.cfg file is installed in /aiw/aiw1/samples/banner_pages/ (AIX and Linux) or C:\aiw\aiw1\samples\banner_pages\ (Windows) and in /aiw/aiw1/control_files/banner_pages/ (AIX and Linux) or C:\aiw\aiw1\control_files\banner_pages\ (Windows).
  4. Obtaining and using coded fonts for Japanese AFP banner pages
    RICOH ProcessDirector supports AFP banner pages that use double-byte character set (DBCS) characters in Japanese. You can install Japanese DBCS-coded fonts from CDs that RICOH ProcessDirector provides.
  5. Changing the appearance of AFP banner pages
    After an AFP printer is set up to print banner pages, each job must specify what the banner page for the job should look like. A control file defines the appearance of the banner page. The control file might be set by the workflow, but you can change the banner-page control file for an individual job after it is in the system.
  6. Printing barcodes on AFP banner pages
    You can print barcodes on banner pages; the barcodes represent the values of job properties, printer properties, and system settings. For jobs sent to AFP printers, you configure RICOH ProcessDirector to print the barcodes by adding or modifying entries in the control files that RICOH ProcessDirector installs in /aiw/aiw1/samples/banner_pages/ (AIX and Linux) or C:\aiw\aiw1\samples\banner_pages\ (Windows) and in /aiw/aiw1/control_files/banner_pages/ (AIX and Linux) or C:\aiw\aiw1\control_files\banner_pages\ (Windows), such as header.cfg.
Parent topic: Banner pages