IBM Advanced Function Printing (.afp) format is a print stream technology that supports high volume printing. AFP format generally is not printed to a desktop printer.Data Analyzer supports exporting content to AFP format using the AFP emitter. The AFP emitter supports setting the following layout and resolution options for the exported AFP file:To export all pages, leave the page range blank, which is the default setting. For multipage content, you can specify a page range or specify the page numbers to export.If exporting a chart, specify the export resolution dpi (dots per inch). If you do not specify a value, Data Analyzer exports the chart using the value 192 dpi.This option defines on which sides of a page to print. Specify one of the following plex modes for the exported file:Selecting this option prints the file as a continuous list. To navigate a printed document that uses this option, each page flips over longitudinally such that the end of one page becomes the starting position for the next page.The AFP emitter provides several color options to optimize the quality of the exported images, depending on the native image format supported by a specific printer. You can select the following color options:The AFP emitter’s available image format options enable a user to closely control how the AFP emitter renders images in the exported output. The AFP emitter transcodes images to the closest format that corresponds to a user’s selected options. To preview the exported output before sending it to a printer, download the AFP Viewer plug-in, and view the resulting output in your web browser.
2 In Export Content, in Export Format, select Advanced Function Printing (AFP), as shown in Figure 7-4.
3 In Page Settings, specify which of the following options to apply to the exported AFP file:
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