Windows workstation support

This Infoprint Server Windows client can be downloaded from z/OS or the web:

Infoprint Port Monitor for Windows

Software that runs on a Windows workstation. It lets you print files on z/OS printers just like you print files on local Windows printers. You can submit the files from any Windows application that has a printing function. After the Infoprint Port Monitor is installed and configured on the Windows system, it automatically sends documents to the Print Interface component of Infoprint Server.

To install Infoprint Port Monitor for Windows V3.1, you must meet these requirements on your Windows system:

• Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Vista (Business Edition, Enterprise Edition), or Windows XP
  Note:

  Infoprint Port Monitor V3.1 can run on 32-bit Windows systems or on 64-bit Windows systems that are based on x64 architecture. However, it cannot run on 64-bit Windows systems that are based on Intel Itanium architecture.
• TCP/IP protocol configured and operational
• Windows administrator authority

The Infoprint Port Monitor is shipped with Infoprint Server. You can also download the Port Monitor at http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psd1P1000597.

These related products from Ricoh also run on Windows systems. You might want to use them if your installation has AFP printers or AFP documents:

AFP Printer Driver for Windows

Creates output files in AFP format. Files in AFP format can be printed on AFP printers. The driver can create output files that contain documents, overlays, or page segments. It can also create inline form definitions for printing documents with special options, such as printing on both sides of the paper.

AFP Viewer Plug-in for Windows

Lets you view documents in AFP format. For example, documents downloaded from the z/OS system or documents on the web. The viewer also lets you print AFP documents on AFP and on non-AFP printers.

Some of the benefits of the Infoprint Port Monitor, AFP Printer Driver, and AFP Viewer Plug-in are:

• Printing using standard Windows printing windows

  The Infoprint Port Monitor lets Windows users print on any z/OS printer defined in the Printer Inventory, using standard print-submission methods from Windows applications that support printing.

  Print Interface also includes support for these Windows printing protocols:

  • SMB, the standard protocol
  • Internet Printing Protocol (IPP)

  Therefore, Windows users can use standard print-submission methods to print without installing the Infoprint Port Monitor for Windows. However, installing the Infoprint Port Monitor for Windows might improve performance. Also, the Infoprint Port Monitor for Windows lets users specify Infoprint Server job attributes.

• Viewing AFP documents

  The AFP Viewer Plug-in lets Windows users view AFP documents, such as documents downloaded from the z/OS system or retrieved from the web.

• Printing AFP documents on non-AFP printers

  The AFP Viewer Plug-in lets Windows users view AFP documents and then print them on non-AFP printers, as well as on AFP printers.

• Printing on AFP printers

  The AFP Printer Driver lets Windows users print documents, including web-based documents in other formats, on AFP printers.