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IPDS Enabler for Aficio™ series

IBM® host printing capabilities for your Aficio™ device. The ultimate solution for mid-size and large workgroups.

Looking for IBM® host printing capabilities for your Aficio™ device? Ricoh has the ultimate solution for mid sized and large workgroups: the cost effective IPDS Enabler for Aficio™ series realises true add-on IPDS printing. With IPDS Enabler you can print IBM® host data such as transactional documents including bank statements, invoices etc.

Once the software is installed on your Aficio™s, you can start receiving crucial printing data directly from an IBM® host. Mission critical printing for mainframe systems on Aficio™ devices is now possible. In addition, you can continue to benefit from your MFP as you have always done: for office document printing, copying, network scanning, network document storing… No need to buy a dedicated IPDS printer, simply use your Aficio™s for both IPDS, PS and PCL printing.

Features

Specification

General

Supported host systems

zSeries (S/390)

OS/390 for MVS zOS for MVS	PSF MVS release 2.1 or higher	ACF/VTAM version 3.1 or higher is recommended IBM TCP/IP version 3.4 or higher SNS/TCP access version 3.1 or higher (Interlink)

OS/390 for VM zOS for VM	All PSF VM	TCP/IP for VM Version 2, release 2.1 or higher

OS/390 for VSE zOS for VSE	All PSF VSE	TCP/IP Enabled

iSeries (AS/400)

OS/400 version 3.1 (including PTFs) or higher

PSF/400 version 3.1 (including PTFs) or higher

TCP/IP Enabled

pSeries (RS/6000)

AIX

All PSF/6000
InfoPrint Manager

TCP/IP Enabled

xSeries

OS/2	All PSF/2 InfoPrint Manager	TCP/IP Enabled

Windows^® NT/2000/XP	InfoPrint Manager	TCP/IP Enabled

Other systems

Any other system supporting IPDS through TCP/IP over Ethernet

Supported fonts

All IPDS fonts sent from host systems and resident fonts

Resident fonts

304	Gothic

305	OCR A

306	OCR B

307	APL

318	Prestige Bold

319	Prestige Italic

322	APL Bold

400	Letter Gothic

404	Letter Gothic Bold

416	Courier Roman Medium

420	Courier Roman Bold

424	Courier Italic Medium

428	Courier Italic Bold

432	Prestige

2304	Helvetica Roman Medium

2305	Helvetica Roman Bold

2306	Helvetica Italic Medium

2307	Helvetica Italic Bold

2308	Times New Roman Medium

2309	Times New Roman Bold

2310	Times New Roman Italic Medium

2311	Times New Roman Italic Bold

20224	Boldface

IPDS printer emulation

IBM^®3130

IBM^®4028

IBM^®3812/3816

IBM^®3825/3827

IPDS Config. Tool minimum
system requirements

IBM^® or compatible PC or laptop

64 MB RAM

Windows^® 2000 Professional SP4 or later/Windows^® XP Professional SP1 or later

Winsock 2.0

Internet Explorer^® 5.0 or higher

For supported Aficio^™ models, please consult your local Ricoh supplier.

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Specifications are subject to change without prior notice.

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