Print Solutions from Atac

Newsletter for Asia-Pacific Region

Second Quarter, 2008

Atac Pty Ltd

Australasian Distributor for Barr & Emtex

In this issue -

How can we help you?

  • Emtex 8.6 & 8.7 Releases

  • Barr Enterprise Print Server 5.0.46 Released

  • BEPS Enterprise Extender allows SNA over IP

  • Q & A 

More information at ...

http://www.atac.com.au/barr.htm

http://www.atac.com.au/emtex.htm

Email David Kirk
or call  +61 3 9521-8070

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More information at ...

http://www.atac.com.au/barr.htm

http://www.atac.com.au/emtex.htm

Email David Kirk
or call +61 3 9521-8070

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More information at ...

http://www.atac.com.au/barr.htm

http://www.atac.com.au/emtex.htm

Email David Kirk
or call +61 3 9521-8070

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More information at ...

http://www.atac.com.au/barr.htm

http://www.atac.com.au/emtex.htm

Email David Kirk
or call +61 3 9521-8070

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More information at ...

http://www.atac.com.au/barr.htm

http://www.atac.com.au/emtex.htm

Email David Kirk
or call +61 3 9521-8070

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More information at ...

http://www.atac.com.au/barr.htm

http://www.atac.com.au/emtex.htm

Email David Kirk
or call +61 3 9521-8070

Emtex 8.6 & 8.7 Releases

Emtex released VIP 8.6 in September 2007

Emtex Software recognizes the importance of the fast growing Print-on-Demand (POD) and Variable Data Printing (VDP) markets driven by the trend towards "just in time" printing, increased personalization and advances in colour technology.  Adobe's PDF is a de facto standard in this market.  The purpose of this release is to announce the first phase of Emtex's industry compliant PDF input and setting the foundation for further POD/VDP enhancements in future releases.

Enhancements include the following:

  • Enhanced profile options for FONT substitution.

There are over 50 fixes and enhancements included with this release.

Emtex released VIP 8.7 in March 2008

The objective of this release is to update some of the components which have remained unchanged since v8.4 SP6, provide key fixes to other components and enhance the support for ICC Profiles to include all outputs except PCLout and METAout.  Note:  Although ICC Profiles will be supported by most output clients, MAPCOLOUR will be supported by IJPDS and IPDS only.

Enhancements include the following:

  • LOGIC START enhancements

  • Allow Test/Match using REGULAR EXPRESSIONS

  • PDF417 Barcode support

  • VDD2IPDS Image ICC Profile support for MAP_COLOUR

  • SPEED testing for AFP in and out

  • Creation of Dynamic Directories in AFP-OUT

  • VDE Fast Index creation

  • Increase TLE maximum values

  • Ability to read BARCODEDATA

  • Group level TLE support

There are over 120 fixes and enhancements included with this release.

Barr Enterprise Print Server 5.0.46 Released

Barr Systems are pleased to announce that version 5.0.46 of their Enterprise Print Server has been released.  This is a maintenance release and, as such, contains a number of fixes, rather than enhancements, as follows:

Barr Xerox Tools
13827 Build: 5.0.43
Problem fixed: Xerox Tools - Once you normalize a job, it will always transform it, even if the datatype is .tnj.
Normalized jobs changed to .tnj format will now print correctly.

Barr Enterprise Print Server
13600 Build: 5.0.43
Design changed: IF processing with multiple 1F records needs to be supported.
Multiple 1F records are now supported.
13774 Build: 5.0.43
Problem fixed: Retain Window Sorting
Retain no longer hangs when sorting over 200 datasets.

Barr Spool Printer Port
13745 Build: 5.0.43
Feature added: Capture additional fields.
Longer header fields are populated with user and machine name.

Barr File Printer Port
13789 Build: 5.0.46
Problem fixed: FILE80 TBV output is not being converted properly when brought back to spool.
File TBV Downloads now working correctly.

BEPS and Adept Suite
13722 Build: 5.0.43
Feature added: Adept Transform: NJE Header Substitution String for ResDir
Support has been added to change resource folders based on document headers.
13834 Build: 5.0.43
Problem fixed: BEPS Transform: Postscript to PDF is outputting postscript not PDF.
Postscript conversion to PDF is now generating correct file format.
13964 Build: 5.0.43
Feature added: PDF Tools - Add reprint page range functionality to BEPS.
Page range now honored when reprinting PDF files.
13973 Build: 5.0.43
Feature added: BEPS-Transforms - Reprint range ignored when attempting to reprint PS.
Page range now honored when reprinting postscript files.
13988 Build: 5.0.45
Problem fixed: Transform configuration: Suggested DEFAULT.INI changes
The default.ini file comments have been revised to reflect recent changes when using Adept Transforms.
13989 Build: 5.0.45
Problem fixed: Barr Transforms: AFP - PDF with indexing is throwing a data open error when writing to file port printer.
AFP Adept transforms no longer posts data open errors.

Print Spool
13647 Build: 5.0.43
Problem fixed: Crash in SpoolCore when resetting a draining printer
Resetting a draining printer no longer crashes spool core.

Printed Job Retain
13801 Build: 5.0.43
Problem fixed: Hand icon in Retain Window crashes Retain Window.
Hand icon in Retain Window now launches viewer correctly.

Setup Program
13619 Build: 5.0.43
Design changed: Do not install Microsoft redistributable package if already installed.
Microsoft runtime libraries are no longer installed, if already present.
13857 Build: 5.0.43
Problem fixed: Viewer page indexing is incorrect for certain jobs.
Viewer indexing (page breaks) now works correctly for certain FCBs.
13987 Build: 5.0.45
Problem fixed: BEPS Transforms: Retain Viewer has no selection for viewing PDF.
PDF viewing menu is now available from retain.
13918 Build: 5.0.43
Problem fixed: Spool UI crashes when launched on a specific Windows 2003 server.
Spool UI no longer crashes on certain systems

Contact Atac today if you wish to upgrade your software.

BEPS Enterprise Extender allows SNA over IP

Enterprise Extender (EE) is IBM's answer to integrate all SNA applications into IP networks.  EE is also referred to as HPR/IP, which stands for High Performance Routing over IP - an extension of APPN (Advanced Peer to Peer Networking).  EE works with existing IP networks and does not require changes to applications or to IP routers.  In a nutshell, EE is a blending of SNA and IP, with support for all legacy SNA LU types at the top of the stack, HPR and APPN in the middle, and UDP/IP at the bottom.

RJE and NJE applications are used for connecting to a mainframe and submitting and receiving jobs.  Customers connect their RJE and NJE systems to the mainframe in a variety of ways, including 802.2 LLC2, SDLC and MS/LUA connections.  Now, for customers using BARR/RJE or BARR/NJE, EE offers a huge benefit: you can connect directly to the mainframe via TCP/IP.

It is easy to make the switch from your SNA-connected RJE/NJE applications to IP-connected applications.  The implementation is simply a change in the communications link (VTAM).  To connect your mainframe to BARR/RJE or BARR/NJE via IP, you do not need to change your existing RJE/NJE definitions.

Barr Systems make it easy to switch from SNA to TCP/IP and still use your BARR/RJE and BARR/NJE applications.  Because EE is transparent to your SNA applications you will not have to make any changes to them.  If you think EE Link can help your organization eliminate SNA, please contact David Kirk on +61-3-9521-8070 or ee-info@atac.com.au.

Q & A

Q.  When I merge PDF files in Emtex using the BUNDLEDFILE command, I get invalid DATASOURCE messages.  What gives?

A.  The issue here is that your CONNECT-SPL settings dictate an extension for PDF data files via the PDFDTAE= setting in the .SET file.  Emtex adds this extension to the BUNDLEDFILE name specified to CONNECT-SPL and tries to open the file.  Clearly, this is not going to work, so the only resolution at this stage is to REMOVE the extension from the PDFDTAE= setting in the job's .SET file.  In the same fashion, the PSDTAE= setting should be blank if you are going to merge Postscript files using the BUNDLEDFILE command.

Q.  Who is/are Atac?

A.  Atac is the Barr and Emtex Distributor for Australia, New Zealand and South-East Asia.  With over fifteen years experience in the market, we support systems running 24x7x365 from Christchurch to Tokyo and Perth to Mumbai, in most of the largest print shops in the region.

Our customers include banks, print bureaux, financial institutions and petro-chemical companies as well as printer and mainframe vendors.  Outsourcing organisations and facilities management companies make extensive use of Atac's expertise.

Atac is privately owned, with an extensive technical background stretching back over forty one years of continuously profitable operation.

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