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'''Intelligent Printer Data Stream''' (IPDS) is InfoPrint Solution Company's [[IBM Systems Application Architecture|Systems Application Architecture]] host-to-printer data stream for [[Advanced Function Presentation]] subsystems. It provides an attachment-independent interface for controlling and managing [[all points addressable]] (APA) printers that allows the presentation of pages containing an architecturally unlimited mixture of different data types, including text, image, graphics, bar code, and object container. It is used by a variety of InfoPrint and [[OEM]] [[print server]]s that drive all points addressable (APA) page printers. Generally these printers are at the medium to high end of the print speed and volume spectrum.

The IPDS architecture allows for both spooled data and print job management to flow bidirectionally between the print server (or print driver) and the Printer Controller.