Creating the Enhance AFP control file

You can create an Enhance AFP control file to define where to place AFP data on a page. For example, you can apply barcodes, mask text by creating hidden areas (cover blocks), or add text.

The BuildAFPFromDocuments, CreateAFPJobsFromDocuments, and BuildEnhanceAFPFile (Advanced Document Pool extended feature only) step templates can make enhancements to AFP files. When you set up steps based on these step templates, you enter the location of the Enhance AFP control file that the step uses to manipulate the AFP data.

After installation, you can find examples for using Enhance AFP in the enhanceAfp.cfg file located in the directory /path/extensions/doc/samples/. For example, on Linux, the path is /opt/infoprint/ippd. On Windows, the path is C:\Program Files\Ricoh\ProcessDirector.

  1. Log in as the RICOH ProcessDirector system user (aiw1 is the default).
  2. Create a directory to store the Enhance AFP control file.
    We recommend the /aiw/aiw1/control_files/enhanceafp directory, because files in this directory are backed up when you do an aiwbackup process. This directory should be owned by the RICOH ProcessDirector system user or a member of the RICOH ProcessDirector group (aiwgrp1 is the default), with the same permissions (775) as the control_files directory.
  3. Open RICOH Visual Workbench and select AFP Enhancer mode.
  4. Use AFP Enhancer to create a control file that defines setup attributes and update requests.
  5. Save the RICOH Visual Workbench control file.
  6. Select Export EnhanceAFP Control file and save the file in the directory that you created in step .

Specify the path to this file in the Enhance AFP control file property of the step in the workflow that creates the AFP file.

Related information:

Enhance AFP control file
Setting up to use documents in AFP jobs
Parent topic: Control files for the AFP Support feature