Print Services Facility


Other Names:

PSF
PSF/MVS
PSF/VM
PSF/390
PSF/VSE

Categories:

Printing and Output

Status:

 Supported

Vendor:

IBM

Platforms:

z/OS  z/VM  z/VSE  

Short Description:

Print on AFP printers
 

Detail:

Format and print output on Advanced Function Printing (AFP, or IPDS) printers. Features include:

  • ACF Conversion and Indexing Facility (ACIF) - save AFP output as files, and adding indexes to those files.
  • AFP Download Plus - transmit AFP output to non-mainframe systems

Multi-platform software available on mainframes, RS/6000, OS/2 and System i (AS/400). Non-mainframe PSF software renamed to InfoPrint Manager.

PSF/VM first released 1986, PSF/MVS first released 1984.

IBM Product IDs:

  • PSF for z/OS 4.x Product ID: 5655-M32
  • PSF for z/OS and OS/390 3.x Product ID: 5655-B17
  • PSF/MVS 2.x Product ID: 5695-040
  • PSF/MVS 1.x Product ID: 5665-275
  • PSF for z/VM 2.x Product ID: 5684-141
  • PSF/VM 1.x Product ID: 5664-198
  • PSF/VSE 2.x Product ID: 5686-040
  • PSF/VSE 1.x Product ID: 5666-319

Entry last updated: 23-Oct-2013