Objective is saving $$$ I only have about 10-20 forms in use and maybe a few more pagedefs. Printing with forms or special pagedef is on the light side maybe 10K per month. I've got a few workgroup printers with IPDS cards in them as well as 2 large Infoprint printers. Cost just for the software is around 30K per year.
Just trying to see if I have any cost saving alternatives (preferably a 3rd party PSF, OGL, PPFA, ACIF that is compatible with IBM).. CIT | Ken Porowski | VP Mainframe Engineering | Information Technology | +1 973 740 5459 (tel) | [email protected] This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and confidential information of CIT Group Inc. or its subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively, “CIT”), and are intended solely for the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication, any use, disclosure, printing, copying or distribution, or reliance on the contents, of this communication is strictly prohibited. CIT disclaims any liability for the review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or the taking of any action in reliance upon, this communication by persons other than the intended recipient(s). If you have received this communication in error, please reply to the sender advising of the error in transmission, and immediately delete and destroy the communication and any accompanying materials. To the extent permitted by applicable law, CIT and others may inspect, review, monitor, analyze, copy, record and retain any communications sent from or received at this email address. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Howard Turetzky Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 11:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] PSF OGL PPFA ACIF alternatives? There are alternatives to OGL and PPFA, though not on z/OS. There are Windows-based visual tools for creating PAGEDEFs, FORMDEFs, Overlays and fonts from Elixir (http://rpp.ricoh-usa.com/products/software/composition/elixir-designpro-tools) and ISIS (http://www.isis-papyrus.com/). There are other print servers available for z/OS, though few able to support high-speed printing and the entire range of print devices and new function as PSF does. I know of no alternative to ACIF (bias warning: I am an original designer for ACIF). ACIF is available on other platforms, but only as a component of a print server system. What is your objective in looking for alternatives? Howard Turetzky Advanced Technical Support, Ricoh Production Print Solutions ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
