IBM Accelerates Transform Manager for Linux

As today's changing business needs demand more complex print jobs, IBM (www.ibm.com) today announced IBM Infoprint Transform Manager for Linux® as a scalable solution to help accelerate RIP intensive non AFP workflows on IBM Infoprint production printers.

"Infoprint Transform Manager for Linux offers the best of both worlds.  Customers can continue to design using existing standard document composition tools, while enjoying the reliability and high-speed AFP architecture to lower the overall total cost of print," said John Kia, manager of production products and solutions for IBM Printing Systems.

IBM Infoprint Transform Manager for Linux is intended for production print customers with heterogeneous environments who require high-speed, compute intensive PDF, Postscript, and image transform capability in support of their high-volume AFP production print workflow.

Infoprint Transform Manager is seamlessly integrated with industry-leading Infoprint Manager for AIX and Windows, so that the transformation function is transparent to the job submitter or operator.

To alleviate demanding and processor intensive datastream transformations, IBM Infoprint Transform Manager for Linux allows PostScript, PDF, TIFF, GIF and JPEG RIPing to be offloaded to a cost effective dedicated system for processing and then returned to Infoprint Manager for spooling and printing on AFP printers.

Infoprint Transform Manager can be installed on a scalable system from an entry-level sever to an expandable powerful blade server based solution.  Infoprint Transform Manager allows print jobs to be spread across multiple processors, and it can scale as printing needs grow.