IPDSXpress™ is a cost-effective, software-only IPDS LAN Print Server product, that can be installed in a matter of minutes on a Microsoft Windows PC, where it runs as a Windows Service.

This product is able to convert Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IPDS) into a format supported by Windows print drivers for black & white or full color printing. Thus, it leverages your investment in IBM’s IPDS application technology by offering a much broader group of printing choices than those provided through hardware solutions such as embedded cards and conversion boxes.

Reasons to buy IPDSXpress

1. IPDSXpress makes your PC appear as one or more IPDS printers to an IBM host. IPDSXpress provides true IBM emulation for all available IPDS printers.
2. IPDSXpress allows an IBM host to submit IPDS print jobs to your PC, where they will be printed using the standard Windows printer drivers. You can print IPDS on ANY laser, matrix, or thermo-transfer printer, as well as PDF writers.
3. IPDSXpress supports all IPDS functions of an IBM InfoPrint page printer including, Outline fonts, 2D barcodes (PDF417, Maxicode, etc..) and Full Color printing (compete FS45).
4. IPDSXpress can emulate up to 64 simultaneous and independent IPDS printers on the same PC. We have limited it to 64 as the processing power of the server becomes an issue. However we could actually go beyond 256 sessions that can be attributed to the technology of the IPDSXpress.
5. IPDSXpress installs as a standard Windows Service and runs in the background while letting the PC or Server be used for other applications.
6. The software kernel of IPDSXpress has the largest IPDS install base in the market. This large install base includes some of the world's largest users of IPDS technology. This mandates the continued development and enhancement of the software, placing IPDSXpress ahead of the competition. An example is the FS45 full color support.
7. IPDSXpress allows auto import and configuration of your installed Windows printer drivers. This includes Adobe PDF Driver, IBM AFP Driver, Microsoft Office Document Image Writer and many other types of Windows printer drivers. IPDSXpress automatically detects the different Windows drivers and integrates seamlessly with them. You also have the option to "point and click" the drivers you want.
8. IPDSXpress can force the host job into any resolution before it is printed or use the resolution referred into the print job.
9. IPDSXpress prints equally well to label printers. When it comes to label printers there are no set standards. The IPDSXpress resolves this issue.
10. Once the Host job has been rendered it is transferred to the Windows printing environment and is now fully compatible with any other Windows print.
11. Using Monochrome printers, you can configure whether Windows Client or the Printer should do the color simulation. This may lead to higher quality of color printing on a monochrome printer.
12. IPDSXpress gives you the option to divide a host job into one or more manageable sized Windows print files, containing a configurable number of pages per print file.
13. IPDSXpress can override the printer drivers Tray definition with configurable Tray and Paper Definitions, including adjustable borders on front- and back of paper and paper rotation. You can even define your own custom paper formats to support any paper format supported by the printer/printer driver.
14. Each service of the IPDSXpress can be setup to emulate a genuine IPDS printer. Configuration settings allow you to emulate a vast amount of IBM InfoPrint IPDS printers or just to use the default settings, which are a balanced set of the most popular IPDS printers.
15. IPDSXpress allows you to choose between five different settings for encountering VPA (Valid Paper Area) exceptions. This has to do with the LU and PU integration of the page.
16. Utilize up to 55MB storage for caching Outline/Scalable (LF3) and bitmapped/rasterized (LF1) fonts making them appear printer resident to the host.
17. Each physical printer can be configured in a multitude of ways, partly by using the IPDSxpress printer definition options, and partly by using the Windows printer driver’s own options. This allows the same printer to be accessed simultaneously in different ways depending on service/driver configuration.