The self
extracting file contains the AFP printer
driver for Windows 2000 and XP .
Download Description
The IBM AFP printer
driver for Windows (English V1.81 and
Multilingual V1.73):
1. Creates AFP documents, overlays, and
page segments from your Windows
applications.
2. Substitutes any AFP character set for
any of the fonts you use
in Windows, so that your text prints as
text rather than image.
3. Dither color images.
4. Supports the use of custom paper
sizes.
5. Supports color text and graphic.
6. Supports 4 and 32 bit CMYK color
images.
7. Clips page segments and overlays to
the offset and size (or
printable area) given on the Clip Limit
dialog box.
8. Supports referencing of TrueType
fonts instead of using font
substitution.
Prerequisites
none
Installation
instructions
1. Select the printer
driver file you downloaded.
2. Follow the instructions on each page
of the Wizard.
3. Once driver has been unpacked, follow
the README instructions on how to
install driver.
IBM AFP Printer Driver for Windows 2000/XP
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CONTENTS
o Highlights
o Installing the IBM AFP Printer Driver for Windows
o Upgrading the IBM AFP Printer Driver for Windows
o Font Substitution Tables
o IBM Expanded Core Fonts
o Troubleshooting
o IBM AFP Printer Driver for Windows Limitations
o Uploading Files Created with this Driver to a Host System
o Printing with an Inline Form Definition on VM or MVS
HIGHLIGHTS
The IBM AFP printer driver for Windows 2000/XP:
1. Creates AFP documents, overlays, and page segments from your Windows
applications.
2. Substitutes any AFP character set for any of the fonts you use
in Windows, so that your text prints as text rather than image.
3. Dither color images.
4. Supports the use of custom paper sizes.
5. Supports color text and graphic.
6. Supports 4 and 32 bit CMYK color images.
7. Clips page segments and overlays to the offset and size (or
printable area) given on the Clip Limit dialog box.
8. Supports referencing of TrueType fonts instead of using font substitution.
INSTALLING THE IBM AFP PRINTER DRIVER FOR WINDOWS 2000/XP
To setup install for languages other than English.
1. Download the Language version
2. Unzip the Language version to a given directory.
To install the IBM AFP Printer Driver under Windows 2000:
1. Open the Printers folder and select the Add Printer icon.
The Add Printer Wizard appears, select "Next".
2. On "Local or Network Printer" dialog,
select local printer and "Next".
3. On "Select the Printer Port" dialog; select a port from the list
of available ports that is displayed, and select "Next".
If you don't have a port monitor available to the AFP Printer Driver,
select "FILE".
o To save the output from the AFP Printer Driver in a file for
uploading to a host system or for viewing with the IBM AFP Viewer,
select "File."
o To print to a Print Services Facility/MVS controlled printer
on an OS/390 system, select "OS/390 Printer Port", and then
select "Configure Port" to connect to the OS/390 system and specify
the name of the OS/390 printer.
Note: If the OS/390 Printer Port is not displayed in the list of
ports, download and install the OS/390 Print Server Port Monitor
for Windows. You can download the OS/390 Print Server Port
Monitor from the Web at http://www.printers.ibm.com.
4. A list of pre-defined printer drivers appears select "Have Disk".
The Install from Disk dialog box will display.
5. Type the location of the AFP Printer Driver in the dialog box,
and select "OK" on the Install from Disk dialog box:
o If you are installing from a diskette, put the diskette
into your source drive, and type the name of your source drive
(for example a:\).
o If you have downloaded the driver into a Windows folder,
type the name of the folder (for example d:\afpdriver).
6. Select the printer driver you want to use from the list that is displayed.
Then select "Next".
Note: If your printer is not on this list, select "IBM AFP nnn"
where nnn is the resolution of your printer. In step 12
of this install procedure, customize the settings to match
your printer.
If you don't know what printer your files will be printed
on, select "IBM AFP 240". In step 12 of this procedure,
leave the printer specific settings (image compression and
clip limits) set to their default values. Files created
for this printer with the printer specific settings left
at their default values will print on any AFP printer, but
may be quite large, may print slower, and may have some
fidelity problems on printers with a resolution other than
240 DPI.
7. An entry field allows you to change the name of the Windows printer.
IBM recommends that you do not change the name of the printer.
Two radio buttons allow you to indicate whether or not this printer
should be your default printer. Make the changes you want, then select "Next".
8. Select whether or not you want to share this printer with other network users.
Select "Shared" or "Not Shared".
9. Two radio buttons give you a chance to print a test page. Press "Next".
10. The Add Printer Wizard will display your dialog option, select "Finish".
11. Since Microsoft hasn't certified the AFP Printer Driver a dialog will appear
to indicate that this product has no "Digital Signature", just select "Yes"
to install the AFP Printer Driver.
12. The IBM AFP Printer Driver you selected will install.
If you chose to print a test page, you will be prompted for the file
name of the output file.
13. Back on the Printers Folder, highlight the icon for the driver you just
installed. From the "File" menu, select "Properties" and "Printing Preferences"
to set device capabilities and default for printing options, such as paper size,
orientation, and so forth.
14. Upload the AFP Reblocking Program to your VM or MVS host system.
Instructions for uploading files are in the IBM AFP Printer
Driver online help information.
To install the IBM AFP Printer Driver under Windows XP:
1. Open the Printers folder and select the Add Printer icon.
The Add Printer Wizard appears, select "Next".
2. On "Local or Network Printer" dialog,
select local printer and "Next".
3. On "New Printer Detection" dialog select "Next" to continue.
4. On "Select the Printer Port" dialog; select a port from the list
of available ports that is displayed, and select "Next".
If you don't have a port monitor available to the AFP Printer Driver,
select "FILE".
o To save the output from the AFP Printer Driver in a file for
uploading to a host system or for viewing with the IBM AFP Viewer,
select "File."
o To print to a Print Services Facility/MVS controlled printer
on an OS/390 system, select "OS/390 Printer Port", and then
select "Configure Port" to connect to the OS/390 system and specify
the name of the OS/390 printer.
Note: If the OS/390 Printer Port is not displayed in the list of
ports, download and install the OS/390 Print Server Port Monitor
for Windows. You can download the OS/390 Print Server Port
Monitor from the Web at http://www.printers.ibm.com.
5. A list of pre-defined printer drivers appears select "Have Disk".
The Install from Disk dialog box will display.
6. Type the location of the AFP Printer Driver in the dialog box,
and select "OK" on the Install from Disk dialog box:
o If you are installing from a diskette, put the diskette
into your source drive, and type the name of your source drive
(for example a:\).
o If you have downloaded the driver into a Windows folder,
type the name of the folder (for example d:\afpdriver).
7. Select the printer driver you want to use from the list that is displayed.
Then select "Next".
Note: If your printer is not on this list, select "IBM AFP nnn"
where nnn is the resolution of your printer. In step 12
of this install procedure, customize the settings to match
your printer.
If you don't know what printer your files will be printed
on, select "IBM AFP 240". In step 12 of this procedure,
leave the printer specific settings (image compression and
clip limits) set to their default values. Files created
for this printer with the printer specific settings left
at their default values will print on any AFP printer, but
may be quite large, may print slower, and may have some
fidelity problems on printers with a resolution other than
240 DPI.
8. An entry field allows you to change the name of the Windows printer.
IBM recommends that you do not change the name of the printer.
Two radio buttons allow you to indicate whether or not this printer
should be your default printer. Make the changes you want, then select "Next".
9. Two radio buttons give you a chance to print a test page. Press "Next".
10. The Add Printer Wizard will display your dialog option, select "Finish".
11. Since Microsoft hasn't certified the AFP Printer Driver a dialog will appear
to indicate that this product has no "Digital Signature", just select "Yes"
to install the AFP Printer Driver.
12. The IBM AFP Printer Driver you selected will install.
If you chose to print a test page, you will be prompted for the file
name of the output file.
13. Back on the Printers Folder, highlight the icon for the driver you just
installed. From the "File" menu, select "Properties" and "Printing Preferences"
to set device capabilities and default for printing options, such as paper size,
orientation, and so forth.
14. Upload the AFP Reblocking Program to your VM or MVS host system.
Instructions for uploading files are in the IBM AFP Printer
Driver online help information.
UPGRADING THE IBM AFP PRINTER DRIVER FOR WINDOWS 2000/XP
1. From Printers Folder, right click on printer icon.
2. Select "Properties".
3. Select the "Advanced" tab.
4. Select "New Driver" button.
5. On the "Add Printer Driver Wizard" select "Next" button.
6. A list of pre-defined printer drivers appears select "Have Disk".
The Install from Disk dialog box will display.
5. Type the location of the AFP Printer Driver in the dialog box,
and select "OK" on the Install from Disk dialog box:
o If you are installing from a diskette, put the diskette
into your source drive, and type the name of your source drive
(for example a:\).
o If you have downloaded the driver into a Windows folder,
type the name of the folder (for example d:\afpdriver).
6. Select the printer driver you want to use from the list that is displayed.
Then select "Next".
7. The Add Printer Wizard will display your dialog option, select "Finish".
FONT SUBSTITUTION TABLES
A default font substitution table is shipped on the IBM AFP printer
driver for Windows installation diskette.
If your font substitutions involve IBM Expanded Core Fonts other than
the original IBM Core Fonts, or non-IBM fonts, the resulting documents
will only print at locations that have installed such fonts. It is up
to you to ensure that the fonts substituted when creating documents with
the IBM AFP printer driver are actually installed on your host
system(s). The fonts used in the font substitution table are usually
installed if PSF is installed on the system where you print.
AS/400 sites normally do not have these fonts installed.
IBM EXPANDED CORE FONTS
The IBM Expanded Core Fonts combine the IBM Core Interchange Fonts, IBM
Coordinated Fonts, and IBM BookMaster Fonts. They include the following
font families:
Boldface
Roman Medium
BookMaster Latin1
Roman Medium, Roman Bold, Italic Medium, and Italic Bold
BookMaster Reverse
Roman Medium
BookMaster Specials
Roman Medium, Roman Bold, Italic Medium, and Italic Bold
BookMaster Specials Reverse
Roman Medium
Courier
Roman Medium, Roman Bold, Italic Medium, and Italic Bold
Courier APL2
Roman Medium, Roman Bold
Gothic Katakana
Roman Medium
Gothic Text
Roman Medium
Helvetica
Roman Medium, Roman Bold, Italic Medium, and Italic Bold
IBM Logo
Roman Medium
Letter Gothic
Roman Medium, Roman Bold
Monthob
Roman Medium, Roman Bold, and Italic Medium
OCR-A
Roman Medium
OCR-B
Roman Medium
Prestige
Roman Medium, Roman Bold, and Italic Medium
Times New Roman
Roman Medium, Roman Bold, Italic Medium, and Italic Bold
The IBM Core Interchange Fonts (Courier, Helvetica, and Times New Roman)
also contain a symbols collection of scientific, mathematical, and
special-purpose characters in Roman Medium and Roman Bold typefaces.
The IBM Expanded Core Fonts are all derived from Type 1 font technology
and are available in all five printer formats supported by AFP software,
except that Monthob is available only in 240-pel bounded-box raster
format. The five formats are:
Adobe Type 1 outline format
240-pel unbounded-box raster format
240-pel bounded-box raster format
300-pel raster format
AFP outline format
The IBM Expanded Core Fonts can be obtained by ordering the IBM AFP Font
Collection.
TROUBLESHOOTING:
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Symptom:
Text is missing when printed.
Things to check:
1. Text could be getting converted into image and then being overwritten.
Try turning off "Graphic Options".
2. Text could be getting converted into image and then being overwritten.
Try turning off "Use Text Rules".
3. Text may be getting clipped, check "Clip Limits".
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Symptom:
Even though the AFP Printer Driver is setup to reference TrueType fonts,
a given font is always being converted into image.
Things to check:
1. The AFP Printer Driver checks each TrueType font before allowing the font
to be referenced in the document. The CMAP table, of the TrueType font,
must define the Platform=Microsoft, Encoding=Unicode and have a full font
name, otherwise the text will be converted into image.
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Symptom:
Why do some of the TrueType fonts not allow the user to "Create Inline Resources"?
Things to check:
1. This is because the TrueType font permission flag is set to "No Embedding" of fonts.
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Symptom:
After changing the selected paper size in your Windows application,
paper in your printer's default drawer, rather than the specified
drawer, is being used to print your document.
Things to check:
1. Ensure the "inline form definition" selection in the printer
driver's Advanced Document Properties dialog box is checked.
2. Ensure the paper size you selected in your Windows application
is connected to the correct source drawer on the printer driver's
Form Definition dialog box.
3. If your Windows application allows you to change the source drawer,
ensure you are selecting the correct source drawer.
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Symptom:
Text in your output is incorrectly placed. For example, words or
characters overlap each other or are oddly spaced.
Things to check:
1. Ensure that the font you are using in your Windows application has
a substitute AFP character set on the printer driver's Fonts dialog
box, and that the substitute set is a good match (the average widths
of the characters must be the same).
2. If a better substitute AFP character set is not available, try
switching the "Output Fidelity" option to "Character" on the printer
driver's Fonts dialog box.
3. If none of the above steps work, remove the substitute AFP character
set for the font you are using on the printer driver's Fonts dialog
box.
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Symptom:
Your color text is printing as black.
Things to check:
1. Ensure that the color you are using is one supported by the
AFP data stream. See "IBM AFP Printer Driver for Windows
Limitations".
2. Ensure that the font you are using in your Windows application has
a substitute AFP character set on the printer driver's Fonts dialog
box.
Note: Some applications will force color text to black if the printer
driver they are printing with only supports black and white
images. Since the IBM AFP Printer Driver for Windows only
supports black and white images, all color text will be printed
as black from these applications.
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Symptom:
The wrong text characters appear in your output.
Things to check:
1. Ensure that the "Code page" specified on the printer driver's
Fonts dialog box matches the ANSI code page used by Windows.
The default code page should normally NOT be changed. Turkish
customers may find that T1000850 works better for them.
2. If none of the above work, remove the substitute AFP character set
for the font you are using on the printer driver's Fonts dialog
box.
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Symptom:
An error or warning is issued indicating that data is being placed off
the presentation space when you print a file on your host system.
Things to check:
1. Ensure you are using the IBM AFP 240 or 300 printer driver
or the IBM AFP printer driver that matches your printer.
2. If the "inline form definition" check box on the printer
driver's Advanced Document Properties dialog box is not checked,
ensure that the medium origin of the external form definition you
are printing with is (0, 0).
3. Increase the "Right" and "Bottom" entry fields on the printer
driver's Clip Limit dialog box by at least .10 of an inch (2.54 mm).
4. Check the "inline form definition" check box on the printer
driver's Advanced Document Properties dialog box and then follow
the steps in "Printing with an Inline Form Definition on VM."
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Symptom:
Errors occur when you print a file created with the driver on your
host system.
Things to check:
1. Ensure you followed all of the steps listed in "Uploading Files
Created with this Driver to a Host System".
2. Ensure that the AFP character sets substituted for the fonts
used in your document are installed on your host system.
3. Ensure your Print Services Facility (PSF) version is at version
2 or above.
4. Ensure that the "inline form definition" check box on the
printer driver's Advanced Document Properties dialog box is not
checked. If it is checked, ensure the form definition you are
using is "F1IBMAFP". See also "Printing with an Inline Form
Definition on VM".
5. Ensure the "Use outline fonts" check box on the printer
driver's Fonts dialog box is not checked. If it is
checked, ensure that the printer you are using actually supports
AFP outline fonts.
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Symptom:
Page segments print incorrectly when included in a document or overlay.
Things to try:
1. If you are using landscape orientation, and are including the
page segment inline under the Document Composition Facility (DCF),
try referencing the page segment externally instead.
2. You may want to create an overlay instead of a page segment, and
then use "Include Page Overlay" (.oi or IPO) in your document or
overlay rather than "Include Page Segment" (.si or IPS).
3. Create the page segment with "Image Resolution" set to 240 x 240
and the "Compressed images" check box unchecked on the printer
driver's Device Settings dialog box.
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Symptom:
Some horizontal lines disappear on output from Microsoft Word for
Windows.
Things to try:
Upgrade your version of Microsoft Word for Windows to version 6.0.
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Symptom:
Graphics, images, or both disappear on output.
Things to check:
If you are using WordPerfect, change the unprintable area (using the
"Top", "Left", "Right" and "Bottom" entry fields on the printer driver's
Clip Limit dialog box) to .25 of an inch (6.35 mm).
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Symptom:
Lotus Freelance Graphics for Windows' "Speaker notes" do not wrap
correctly to the next line when the "Image Resolution" on the printer
driver's Device Settings dialog box is set to 240 x 240.
Note: This problem has been reported to Freelance Graphics for Windows
Support. The problem has not been corrected as of version
2.01. The following suggestions are possible ways to work
around the problem until Freelance has an opportunity to
correct it.
Things to try:
1. If you have a 300 DPI printer, install the corresponding printer
driver (for example, IBM AFP 4028) or IBM AFP 300. The
Freelance Graphics for Windows' "Speaker notes" print correctly
when formatted for a 300 DPI printer when a 300 DPI printer driver
is installed.
2. Edit the "Speaker notes" in your Freelance Graphics presentation.
Press down and hold the "Ctrl" key, then press the "Enter" key
to force the lines to wrap correctly.
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Symptom:
Microsoft Access for Windows' "Reports" print with broken lines or
blank horizontal bands across the page.
Note: This problem has been reported to Microsoft Access for Windows
support. The problem has not been corrected as of version
1.1. The following suggestion is a way to work around the
problem until Microsoft has an opportunity to correct it.
Things to try:
1. Make sure you have at least 1M of memory free before printing.
2. Change the top unprintable area (using the "Top" entry field on the
printer driver's Clip Limit dialog box) to 0. Note that this way
cause warnings about placing output in the unprintable area when
you print the resulting document. This will not affect the way
the document looks when it is printed, as long as there is no
actual data being placed in this area.
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Symptom:
Documents fail to print on a PC with a Cirrus Logic video driver
installed.
Things to try:
Install a different video driver, or print the document on a machine
with a different video driver installed.
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Symptom:
Errors occur when you print a file created with the driver on your
host system.
Things to check:
1. Ensure you followed all of the steps listed in "Uploading Files
Created with this Driver to a Host System".
2. Ensure that the AFP character sets substituted for the fonts
used in your document are installed on your host system.
3. Ensure your Print Services Facility (PSF) version is at version
2 or above.
4. Ensure that the "Create inline form definition" check box on the
printer driver's Advanced Form Definition Options dialog box is not
checked. If it is checked, ensure the form definition you are
using is "F1IBMAFP". See also "Printing with an Inline Form
Definition on VM or MVS".
5. Ensure the the "Use outline fonts" check box on the printer
driver's Advanced Font Options dialog box is not checked. If it is
checked, ensure that the printer you are using actually supports
AFP outline fonts.
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Symptom:
The color graphics objects aren't exact when using 4-bit CMYK color space.
Thing to try:
This is because the color palette only supports 16 color values and
GDI (Graphics Driver Interface) matches the requested color to the
closest match, within the palette.
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Symptom:
Staple/Punch location doesn't match AFP Printer Driver setting, when
printing short edge feed.
Thing to try:
Since the AFP Printer Driver doesn't have any knowledge of the paper
feed orientation, the user has to select the 90 degree equivalent
when printing in short edge feed mode. Example: If printing in short
edge feed mode and the user wishes to staple top-left corner, then staple
top-right must me selected.
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IBM AFP PRINTER DRIVER FOR WINDOWS LIMITATIONS
1. Clipping an area will always clip whole characters. If you need
to clip partial characters, you must remove the substitute AFP
character set for the font you are using on the printer driver's
Fonts dialog box.
2. DBCS text can not be substituted, image only.
3. System Fonts are unsupported, text will be ignored.
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UPLOADING FILES CREATED WITH THIS DRIVER TO A HOST SYSTEM
See "Uploading AFP Files to a Host System" in the IBM AFP printer
driver online help. To see the IBM AFP printer driver online
help for uploading AFP files, follow these steps:
1. Open the Windows Control Panel and select the Printers icon.
2. Select an IBM AFP printer driver "Properties" from the list
give.
3. Select "Device Settings" tab.
4. Select "About IBM AFP Printer Driver".
5. Select "OK", using the context sensitive help pointer (?),
6. Select "uploaded to a host system".
PRINTING WITH AN INLINE FORM DEFINITION ON VM
If the IBM AFP Printer Driver created an output file with an inline
form definition, and your host system is VM, use the following PSF
command after tagging your device and spooling your printer:
PSF fn ft fm (FORMDEF(F1IBMAFP FDEF38PP) cc notrc)
See also "PSF/VM Application Programming Guide," S544-3466.
If your host system is OS/390, AS/400, or OS/2, no special options
or commands are required. Print the file the same way you would
any other AFP file.
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