Re: How to create a pdf file from Mainframe

[Roger Bolan]

Yes.  I don't know the prices.
Infoprint Server is part of z/OS, but you have to enable it.
The transforms are separately orderable products.  You can order IBM Print
Transforms from AFP which has three features for afpxpdf, afpxps, and
afpxpcl.
There is another product, Infoprint Transforms to AFP that includes
pcl2afp, ps2afp, pdf2afp, sap2afp.
There is also Infoprint XT which is for transforming Xerox data streams to
AFP.

On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 8:41 AM Roger Bolan  wrote:

>
>
> On Tue, Jan 9, 2024 at 9:53 PM Paul Gilmartin <
> 0014e0e4a59b-dmarc-requ...@listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
>
>> On 1/9/24 21:36:50, Roger Bolan wrote:
>> > Infoprint Server is a component of z/OS.  It has a companion product IBM
>> > Print Transforms from AFP.
>> >
>> Is it separately priced?
>>
>> > The afpxpdf transform can transform either line
>> > data or AFP into PDF.  Infoprint Server can take that PDF and send it to
>> > printers or email the PDF as an attachment.  All of the documentation on
>> > Printing with PSF, Infoprint Server, and using the Transforms can be
>> found
>> > under this link:  Infoprint Server and Transforms, PSF for z/OS - APS -
>> IBM
>> > Documentation
>> > <
>> https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0?topic=infoprint-server-transforms-psf-zos-aps
>> >
>> > --Roger
>> >
>> > On Mon, Jan 8, 2024 at 10:51 AM sudershan ravi wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Could someone help me on creating a pdf file from the mainframe job.
>> What
>> >> are the options we have?
>> --
>> gil
>>
>

Re: How to create a pdf file from Mainframe

[Roger Bolan]

On Tue, Jan 9, 2024 at 9:53 PM Paul Gilmartin <
0014e0e4a59b-dmarc-requ...@listserv.uga.edu> wrote:

> On 1/9/24 21:36:50, Roger Bolan wrote:
> > Infoprint Server is a component of z/OS.  It has a companion product IBM
> > Print Transforms from AFP.
> >
> Is it separately priced?
>
> > The afpxpdf transform can transform either line
> > data or AFP into PDF.  Infoprint Server can take that PDF and send it to
> > printers or email the PDF as an attachment.  All of the documentation on
> > Printing with PSF, Infoprint Server, and using the Transforms can be
> found
> > under this link:  Infoprint Server and Transforms, PSF for z/OS - APS -
> IBM
> > Documentation
> > <
> https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0?topic=infoprint-server-transforms-psf-zos-aps
> >
> > --Roger
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 8, 2024 at 10:51 AM sudershan ravi wrote:
> >>
> >> Could someone help me on creating a pdf file from the mainframe job.
> What
> >> are the options we have?
> --
> gil
>

Re: How to create a pdf file from Mainframe

[Paul Gilmartin]

On 1/9/24 21:36:50, Roger Bolan wrote:

Infoprint Server is a component of z/OS.  It has a companion product IBM
Print Transforms from AFP. 


Is it separately priced?


The afpxpdf transform can transform either line
data or AFP into PDF.  Infoprint Server can take that PDF and send it to
printers or email the PDF as an attachment.  All of the documentation on
Printing with PSF, Infoprint Server, and using the Transforms can be found
under this link:  Infoprint Server and Transforms, PSF for z/OS - APS - IBM
Documentation

--Roger

On Mon, Jan 8, 2024 at 10:51 AM sudershan ravi wrote:


Could someone help me on creating a pdf file from the mainframe job. What
are the options we have?

--
gil

Re: How to create a pdf file from Mainframe

[Roger Bolan]

Infoprint Server is a component of z/OS.  It has a companion product IBM
Print Transforms from AFP.  The afpxpdf transform can transform either line
data or AFP into PDF.  Infoprint Server can take that PDF and send it to
printers or email the PDF as an attachment.  All of the documentation on
Printing with PSF, Infoprint Server, and using the Transforms can be found
under this link:  Infoprint Server and Transforms, PSF for z/OS - APS - IBM
Documentation

--Roger

On Mon, Jan 8, 2024 at 10:51 AM sudershan ravi 
wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> Could someone help me on creating a pdf file from the mainframe job. What
> are the options we have?
>
> Thanks,
> Sudershan
>

Re: How to create a pdf file from Mainframe

[Seymour J Metz]

I didn't see an equivalent to FCB.

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From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List  on behalf 
of SHASHANK DEWANGAN 
Sent: Monday, January 8, 2024 11:31 PM
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Subject: Re: How to create a pdf file from Mainframe

If you interested in freeware then try TXT2PDF :

TXT2PDF is a mainframe utility program commonly used to convert TEXT files
to a PDF file.

https://secure-web.cisco.com/19WPr3ySdE3QpqbqAu27VXo10_PAj5NKDuY5pUPPVKWBidSlq_CY5QJdO03-7Z0XjBhwn53_AMDqQEASzXffcFYFaPqq6UO9VKmSvCl0NondfEkK_vCe46ybKGjGFjoaNHb10Dv00F_kZlCxZeWyztZHM4pj_rWgAbuYHSgHl85jHVh1FSDwH1M1q1DRjdaIse-mDB0Fdvz3SDQS8AZ_Rhl0myjxfskvMwNlMMIfiZyHSVBqHDQjfIBe6s0-rg3C-sL3F934lcT7Pby2xpza-0IKrfRRQKJLzPLXkTEqs9oBkR_xpylj6GwAErEAXZRY66P7TxyEFYibgqLc2qW01K7kNX8okbaGWGrFcTKrF4AP25dnKrZsiUrisuIn2vGJM5dGB85em-LmjYAxnbuyfms-yqdBKOzfEPJL4yC1ZI9U/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.homerow.net%2Frexx%2Ftxt2pdf%2F

Even AWS Mainframe modernization is utilizing this freeware to generate
PDF.

They have provided all the stuff like REXX, JCL, Guide etc in the link
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/m2/latest/userguide/txt2pdf.html

All the best.

Regards,
Shashank Dewangan



On Mon, 8 Jan 2024 at 23:21, sudershan ravi  wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> Could someone help me on creating a pdf file from the mainframe job. What
> are the options we have?
>
> Thanks,
> Sudershan
>

Re: How to create a pdf file from Mainframe

[SHASHANK DEWANGAN]

If you interested in freeware then try TXT2PDF :

TXT2PDF is a mainframe utility program commonly used to convert TEXT files
to a PDF file.

https://www.homerow.net/rexx/txt2pdf/

Even AWS Mainframe modernization is utilizing this freeware to generate
PDF.

They have provided all the stuff like REXX, JCL, Guide etc in the link
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/m2/latest/userguide/txt2pdf.html

All the best.

Regards,
Shashank Dewangan



On Mon, 8 Jan 2024 at 23:21, sudershan ravi  wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> Could someone help me on creating a pdf file from the mainframe job. What
> are the options we have?
>
> Thanks,
> Sudershan
>

Re: How to create a pdf file from Mainframe

[Bob Raicer]

Are you intending to perform the entire document creation process on
z/OS, editing the content by perhaps using some GUI based product,
or perhaps using some form of a "batch" type of a product that uses
markup tags (something similar to the old IBM BookManager product)?
Whatever the tool, if that tool can output AFPDS, but cannot output
PDF, you could use IBM Infoprint to "transform" the AFPDS to PDF.

It also might be the case that one of the many Virtual Printer
programs has been ported to the z/OS Unix environment.  Such a
program could use the JES SAPI subsystem interface to gain access to
SPOOL resident datasets and perform the transformation from a
variety of data stream formats to PDF.  I haven't looked for such a
program, but my guess is that this has been done.

Bob

Re: How to create a pdf file from Mainframe

[Dave Clark]

"IBM Mainframe Assembler List"  wrote on 
01/08/2024 01:51:01 PM:
> On 1/8/24 10:51:14, sudershan ravi wrote:
> > 
> > Could someone help me on creating a pdf file from the mainframe job. 
What
> > are the options we have?
> > 
> Start here; look for TXT2PDF.
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> $ >


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Re: How to create a pdf file from Mainframe

[sudershan ravi]

ZOS Tony
Thanks,
Sudershan


On Mon, Jan 8, 2024 at 12:40 PM Tony Thigpen  wrote:

> Which operating system?
>
> Tony Thigpen
>
> sudershan ravi wrote on 1/8/24 12:51 PM:
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > Could someone help me on creating a pdf file from the mainframe job. What
> > are the options we have?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sudershan
>

Re: How to create a pdf file from Mainframe

[Paul Gilmartin]

On 1/8/24 10:51:14, sudershan ravi wrote:


Could someone help me on creating a pdf file from the mainframe job. What
are the options we have?


Start here; look for TXT2PDF.


--
gil

Re: How to create a pdf file from Mainframe

[Tony Thigpen]

Which operating system?

Tony Thigpen

sudershan ravi wrote on 1/8/24 12:51 PM:

Hi Everyone,

Could someone help me on creating a pdf file from the mainframe job. What
are the options we have?

Thanks,
Sudershan

How to create a pdf file from Mainframe

[sudershan ravi]

Hi Everyone,

Could someone help me on creating a pdf file from the mainframe job. What
are the options we have?

Thanks,
Sudershan