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“THANK YOU! If there were a Vendor of the year award it would go to MacKinney! I wish all the Vendors carried the same passion for their jobs and in fact passion for finding the issue even when it’s not yours! You have truly displayed commitment on a new level.”
~ Belinda Tinsley, Systems Programmer, Thomas & Betts Corporation

"We enjoy our JQP and JRB products a lot. We use the JRB product extensively. Users review their reports online or get copies of them via email. They also print parts of the reports at their local printers. Our productions jobs are set up to send emails at the end of the job with the max CC of the job. This helps everyone track our daily business processes and react accordingly. Users like the web piece of the online JRB report feature. JQP lets us print directly to printers throughout the building from the mainframe and print IP to our Solimar and IBM printers. Thanks and keep up the good work."
~ Johny Mercer, Systems Programmer Sr., Idaho Department of Labor

"JQP and JRB are a snap to install, configure and tailor to business requirements. The support staff provides a level of customer service that should be the envy of the industry. Price, performance and customer support make MacKinney Systems products attractive. The software works!"
~ Richard C. Ladd, Department of Information Technology, Onondaga County

"This is working like a charm! Thanks for the very quick turnaround. Not something I usually get from a vendor!"
~ Frank Swarbrick, Applications Architect - Mainframe Applications Development , FirstBank Data Corporation - Lakewood, CO

"JES Report Broker has been a godsend to our shop. When we began testing JRB in April 2004, we needed a replacement for a VSE product. In late December 2003 we switched operating systems from VSE to OS/390. Being able to use JRB to split out reports, etc. has been an efficient tool for us."
~ Richard W. Kennedy, Operations Info. Tech. Dept., Caddo Public Schools

JRB AFP (Advanced Function Presentation) capabilities

Coupled with MacKinney Print Transform, JES Report Broker can transform AFP documents into the following formats:

PDF (Adobe Acrobat)
PCL (Printer Command Language)
POSTSCRIPT

The resulting documents will accurately represent all AFP resources including FORMDEF, PAGEDEF, FONTS, OVERLAYS, etc.

The original documents can be one of the following:

AFP – Otherwise known as COMPOSED, MO:DCA or 'fully composed AFP'. This is a combination of the variable print 'text' and (typically) all the AFP resources needed to render the document. This includes (but is not limited to): FORMDEF, PAGEDEF, OVERLAYS and FONTS. Fully composed AFP can be created a variety of ways, including:

      Composed by a product like ACIF (part of IBM’s PSF)
      Output from a product like DCF
      Other sources
AFP Line Data - This is traditional 'MVS' print lines using ASA or machine carriage control. It will be combined with AFP resources by MPT to produce the desired document. You specify the FORMDEF, PAGEDEF, OVERLAYS or other resources to be used and JRB 'composes' the document as it is transforming it. A separate product to perform the composition is not required.

The result: Your document rendered on a browser as it would appear if printed:

Sample AFP courtesy of IBM AFP workbench

This conversion is available regardless of the delivery type used: Archive (web), FTP, Email, etc.