P/I Output Manager
Print Production Management and Real-time "Many-to-Many"
Transformation
Managing today's document output requirements consumes valuable
time, labor, and printer productivity. With the relentless pace
of technology and the burden of legacy systems, many organizations
struggle with complex, closed and highly diverse output technology
infrastructures. Ultimately, the result is significant increases
in operating costs.
The unique P/I™ Output Manager (formerly VIP) architecture
optimizes your document workflow and frees you from the limitations
of proprietary vendors and data streams. The key is robust print
management functionalities that include everything from data stream
transformation, resource management, and automated reprinting to
enhanced production control and convenient viewing before, during
and after output. With P/I Output Manager output management software,
you benefit from greater operational efficiency, productivity and
accountability.
Features
- Real-time processing, text based, any-to-any print stream transformation
and generation of electronic output (PDF, XML or TIFF)
- Centralized printer control, resource management and job-level
accounting
- Output device and vendor independence
- Flexibility to view documents before, during or after output
- Automated reprinting for reduced costs and rapid reprinting
- Output transfer across local or wide area networks in a wide
range of formats
- Flexible connectivity options to accept data from a variety
of legacy hosts
- Intelligent resource downloads based on data and time stamping
- Scalability from one server driving one printer to a full client/server
configuration driving multiple production printers
- WYSIWYG proofing for easy application development/testing before
production
Enable any print stream to be sent to P/I Output Manager or FlexServer
for all common PDLs with checkpoint restart and compression capabilities
using JESConnect. By combining JESConnect with
P/I Output Manager software, you have a highly effective, server-based
replacement for IBM PSF. When combined with the RESConnect
module, it supports automated host-to-server resource
management intelligently downloadiing job resources from an MVS
or z/OS mainframe to P/I Output Manager or FlexServer via TCP/IP.
Supporting AFP and LCDS/Metacode resources, RESConnect minimizes
CPU cycles and network I/O by only downloading resources required
for jobs.
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