Due to the quick and easy integration of SpoolMaster into running ERP systems, SpoolMaster benefits all medium-sized companies that need to further process and output AS/400 spools from their merchandise management, financial accounting, warehousing, etc. The goal: information output on paper and further processing for e-business should be cheap, efficient and of high quality.

SpoolMaster enables spool output from the AS/400 iSeries at any location and on any inexpensive network printer as well as in various file formats. This not only relieves the IT department, but with the new interactive version of the output management system, every user can determine the path of their spools themselves, all the way to fax and e-mail, without complicated commands. In addition, the creation or modification of electronic forms can be done in-house, making the storage or distribution of forms superfluous. In addition, ROHA provides standard forms quickly by e-mail.

All PCL-capable printers can be addressed. Apart from the SpoolMaster, no other software products are necessary on the AS/400. No print servers etc. need to be defined.

A. SpoolMaster module Mail AS/400
The SpoolMaster module Mail AS/400 enables direct e-mail transmission from the AS/400. For this, only a TCP/IP connection from the AS/400 to the mail server must exist. The SpoolMaster sends the e-mail to the mail server via the SMTP protocol.

All data streams generated by the SpoolMaster can be used as attachments to the e-mails. Addressee, CC, BCC, subject and texts of the e-mail can either be extracted dynamically from the spool text or entered manually. A total of up to 25 addressees can be entered, plus 25 CC and BCC recipients each. The sender address can be variable or fixed depending on the spool file. Thus AS/400 spool files can be sent directly from the AS/400 as e-mails, as well as fully automatic mass e-mails or e-mails to be sent regularly.

B. Module SpoolMaster Mail PC-Client
The module SpoolMaster Mail PC-Client enables the sending of e-mails from the AS/400 via a PC client which communicates with the mail server via the MAPI interface. This means that the AS/400 does not have to be connected to the mail server. All data streams generated by SpoolMaster can be used as the format of the attachments. After defining the mail client once on the PC, spools can be sent automatically from the AS/400 via this mail client, which is connected to a mail server, as an e-mail. This also applies to fully automatic mass e-mails or e-mails to be sent regularly. The addressee and texts of the e-mail can either be entered manually or extracted automatically from the spool text.

With the SpoolMaster Segmenter module, a spool file can be segmented according to certain criteria. After segmentation, there is one spool file per criterion that can be selected independently for e-mailing.

Yes, SpoolMaster can create PDF documents from spool files. All formatting is supported as with printing and SpoolMaster creates an almost identical PDF file. In addition, SpoolMaster can also embed fonts in the document.

If a form was created on the basis of any PC application, this form is made available on the AS/400 via SpoolMaster Forms & Graphics. This means that the forms or graphics and logos are converted by SpoolMaster and can then be dynamically integrated as static overlays or as page segments.

SpoolMaster makes it possible to create and change print types quickly and easily directly on the AS/400: SpoolMaster Forms Language FL offers easy positioning of boxes, lines, texts as well as logos or graphics. With the version SpoolMaster 5.0, the placement of objects is intuitive due to the possibility of entering decimal places for start and end positions - without calculating the length or size of boxes, lines etc.. With the graphical interface Visual Forms Language VFL, the AS/400 user can also layout his page by mouse. This makes the design of new print types or the modification of existing pages child's play. The new Dynamic Forms Language DFL makes it possible to define dynamic areas of the form - not just static ones - in the form itself. This means that not only the fixed parts such as frames or lines can be defined in the form, but also the parts that are to be output depending on the spool content.

Here you can access the SpoolMaster product information, which describes how it works.

Head of Development Herbert Pfeifer explains technical details on how SpoolMaster works in a short video: Here to the video on YouTube

Here you can access the SpoolMaster product information, in which all modules are described in detail.

Yes. Each SpoolMaster module can be tested in the full version for 30 days - completely free of charge and without obligation. Please simply write to us at infospm@roha.at.