Software requirements

PSF runs on these operating systems with supported levels of JES2 or JES3:

• z/OS® V1.12 or later (Program Number 5694-A01)
• z/OS V2.1 (Program Number 5650-ZOS)

One of these system programs is required:

• SMP/E element of z/OS V1.12 or later, or z/OS V2.1
• SMP/E for z/OS, V3.5 or later (Program Number 5655-G44)

The Communications Server element of z/OS is required with these functions, depending on printer attachments:

• SNA Services for SNA-attached printers
• IP Services for TCP/IP-attached printers

One or more of these products is required to provide host fonts:

• AFP Font Collection V1.1.0 (does not contain euro support).
• AFP Font Collection V2.1.1 or later. This version of the AFP Font Collection (Program Number 5648-B33) contains character sets and code pages to support printing of the euro currency symbol. See AFP Font Collection.
• Infoprint Fonts for z/OS, V1.1 (Program Number 5648-E76). This product provides outline fonts only. See Infoprint Fonts.
• Infoprint Fonts for Multiplatforms, V1.1 (Program Number 5648-E77). The WorldType Fonts for AFP Print Servers feature of this product is needed to use TrueType and OpenType fonts with PSF.
• The optional Compatibility Fonts feature of PSF (does not contain euro support). See Compatibility Fonts.
• z/OS Font Collection, a base element of z/OS V2.1, which contains AFP outline and raster fonts, and WorldType (TrueType and OpenType) fonts. z/OS Font Collection includes the PSF Compatibility Fonts feature and replaces the fonts from:
  • AFP Font Collection
  • Infoprint Fonts for z/OS
  • WorldType Fonts from Infoprint Fonts for Multiplatforms
  See z/OS Font Collection.

To use TrueType and OpenType fonts, you must have one of these products:

• A product that supplies TrueType and OpenType fonts, such as WorldType Fonts for AFP Print Servers. WorldType Fonts for AFP Print Servers is an optional feature of Infoprint Fonts for Multiplatforms. You also need a resource installer program, such as Font Installer for AFP Systems (available as a priced feature of Infoprint Fonts for Multiplatforms) or InfoPrint AFP Resource Installer (Program Number 5639-EE2).
• z/OS Font Collection, a base element of z/OS V2.1, which includes a prebuilt resource access table (RAT).

To use color management support in PSF, you must have these products:

• InfoPrint AFP Resource Installer (Program Number 5639-EE2) or a similar program.
• A document composition product that supports the AFP color management architecture. For links to companies that provide color management support for AFP, go to the AFP Consortium web page at http://www.afpcinc.org.
• The current service level of Page Printer Formatting Aid (PPFA) to use color management resources (CMRs).

Extended code page support is only available in PSF V4.4 or later. To use the InfoPrint AFP Resource Installer to create, modify, and install extended code pages in UNIX path libraries, you must install PTF IP23012 with PSF V4.4.

z/OS V1.13 or z/OS V2.1 is required to use these Infoprint Server Printer Inventory parameters:

• Log messages
• Use Line-Mode Migration LINECT

z/OS V1.13 or z/OS V2.1 is required with the supported level of JES2 or JES3 to use the common message log with the Infoprint Server Printer Inventory.

z/OS V2.1 is required to use these Infoprint Server Printer Inventory parameters:

• Auxiliary files MO:DCA level
• PINST trace dsname

These PSF supported functions can be used only if the printer also supports them:

• Using the Color Specification (X'4E') triplet to assign a default color when a container object that is a bi-level or grayscale image is referenced.
• Using a preprinted form overlay.
• Displaying the number of pages in a job.
• Using the Object Container Presentation Space Size (X'9C') triplet to specify the presentation space size for PDF objects.
• Implementing faster response times for operator commands through an SNMP Version 1 connection for TCP/IP-attached printers that support SNMP Version 1 printer interrupt commands.
• Processing MO:DCA IS/3 compliant data streams.