Re: Create an Overlay from a PDF

Hi Eric,

"but with PDF, there's no such concept as caching of page segments and
overlay resources. IPDS handles that on behalf of the HPT engine, but a
similar caching concept for PDFs is foreign to the PDF document
specification. PDF is intended to be completely self contained, an so all
resources used in the production of output is encapsulated into the PDF
document."

Are you sure about it? See my answer to Dan.

Thanks

--
Marco Facchinetti

Mr S.r.l.

Tel. 035 962885
Cel. 393 9620498

Skype: facchinettimarco


2013/12/2 DeLong, Eric <EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I am notably NOT a printer output expert, but I am totally stumped why you
would need to convert a PDF into an overlay. This seems like a complete
waste of time and effort... A PDF is a composite document, which would
already imbed any page segments and overlays referenced during its creation.

You mention about document size, I suppose in relation to the imbedded
graphical overlays, but with PDF, there's no such concept as caching of
page segments and overlay resources. IPDS handles that on behalf of the
HPT engine, but a similar caching concept for PDFs is foreign to the PDF
document specification. PDF is intended to be completely self contained,
an so all resources used in the production of output is encapsulated into
the PDF document.

-Eric DeLong

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marco Facchinetti
Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2013 12:59 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Create an Overlay from a PDF

Hi all,

we have implemented the use of AFPRSC in DDS defined printer files using
single page PDF (object type *PDFSPO) and it's working, the PDF is nicely
rendered in the print out. The problem is that Afprsc behaves differently
from overlay when the spool is transofrmed in PDF using Infoprint Server.
Overlay is included by reference, AFPRSC by value. The effect is in PDF's
size: it's increased from 300 Mb to 12/15 Gb.

As usual IBM labs told "works as designed".

Since the procedure of converting PC docs using AFP driver and System I
Navigator is not user friendly (the main reason we implemented AFPRSC was
to avoid it) now I'm looking for something to automate the conversion from
PDF to Overlay.

TIA
--
Marco Facchinetti

Mr S.r.l.

Tel. 035 962885
Cel. 393 9620498

Skype: facchinettimarco
--
This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list
To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l
or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.

--
This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list
To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l
or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.