Xerox 180MX User guide

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Multifunctionals
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User guide
Xerox DocuPrint NPS/
IPS
Guide to Managing Print Jobs
721P90281
Version 8.0
October 2002
Xerox Corporation
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Table of contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Laser safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Ozone information: U. S. only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Operation safety: U. S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Operation safety: Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ix
Warning markings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ix
Electrical supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Operator accessible areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xi
Before cleaning your product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xi
CE mark: Europe only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xi
Radio and telecommunications equipment directive (Europe only) . . . . xii
For further information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
About this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
Related publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
1. Document attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
What document attributes are . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Methods of selecting attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Priorities for setting attributes—PostScript, PCL, TIFF, ASCII . . . . . . . 1-6
Overriding attributes of a job ticket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Overriding attributes of a virtual printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Attributes and values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Working with attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24
Change Document Attributes command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-29
Show Document Attributes command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-30
2. Managing virtual printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Create Virtual Printer command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Change Virtual Printer command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Copy Virtual Printer command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Delete Virtual Printer command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
List Virtual Printers command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
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Print Virtual Printers List command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Set Default Virtual Printer command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Start Virtual Printer command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Stop Virtual Printer command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Set Virtual Printer Flags command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Using Novell forms to specify virtual printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Set IPDS Virtual Printer command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Show IPDS Virtual Printer command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Restore IPDS Input Groups command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
3. Managing jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Print job conditions relating to job order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Job management commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Cancel Documents command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Forward Document command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Hold Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
List Documents command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Promote Document command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Release Documents command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Set Scheduling Policy command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Show Scheduling Policy command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Start command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Stop command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Stopping and starting IPDS printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Stop IPDS Printing command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Start IPDS Printing command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Set Channel Online | Offline command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Novell Netware utilities for managing print jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
PCONSOLE utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
PSERVER utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
RPRINTER utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
4. Specifying media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Methods of specifying static media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Submitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Submission Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Virtual printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Document Structuring Conventions (DSC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Specifying dynamic media in PostScript jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Mixed paper sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Tab printing on the 96/4635/180/2060 NPS/IPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Including tabs within a job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Using AutoTabShift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Specifying ordered stocks on the 96/4635/180/2060 NPS/IPS . . . . . . 4-10
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5. Specifying PostScript MultiSet print jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
MultiSet printing commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
setpagedevice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
EndOfSet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
EndOfRun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Using EndOfSet and EndOfRun in the same job . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Staple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Using the EarlyStaple option with MultiSet jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Jog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Specifying multiple copies in MultiSet jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Handling duplex printing in MultiSet jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Minimizing decomposition time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Example of a job that contains MultiSet specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
6. Creating PostScript jobs with referenced content . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Naming referenced content files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Naming single-use content files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Naming shared resource content files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Transferring referenced content files to the DocuPrint NPS/IPS
file system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Referencing files within PostScript masters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Referencing files using the GetTiff macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
GetTiff capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
GetTiff limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Removing referenced files from the DocuPrint NPS/IPS file system . . 6-7
Removing referenced files that are associated
with a single print job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Removing referenced files associated with multiple print jobs . . 6-8
7. Mixed plex PostScript and PCL applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Introduction to mixed plex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Mixed plex terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
Specifying mixed plex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
Jobs that include dynamic plex changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
Using static plex changes in an application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
Rules of precedence for plex changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
How pages are counted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Page numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Page numbering for multiset applications . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Other page numbering considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Page numbering for accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
Side selection for PCL mixed plex applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
Image shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Other attributes that support true mixed plex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
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8. Managing IPDS jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Setting options for IPDS printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Media settings for IPDS printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Forcing simplex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Procedure for printing IPDS jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Not Ready signals on the IPDS host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Specifying color in IPDS Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
9. Measuring performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
Factors affecting performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
Measuring performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
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Safety
Laser safety
WARNING
Adjustments, use of controls, or performance of procedures
other than those specified herein may result in hazardous
light exposure.
The Xerox DocuPrint printers are certified to comply with the
performance standards of the U.S. Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare for Class 1 laser products. Class 1 laser
products do not emit hazardous radiation. The DocuPrint printers
do not emit hazardous radiation because the laser beam is
completely enclosed during all modes of customer operation.
The laser danger labels on the system are for Xerox service
representatives and are on or near panels or shields that must
be removed with a tool.
DO NOT REMOVE LABELED PANELS OR PANELS NEAR
LABELS. ONLY XEROX SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES HAVE
ACCESS TO THESE PANELS.
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Ozone information: U. S. only
This product produces ozone during normal operation. The
amount of ozone produced depends on copy volume. Ozone is
heavier than air. The environmental parameters specified in the
Xerox installation instructions ensure that concentration levels
are within safe limits. If you need additional information
concerning ozone, call 1-800-828-6571 to request the Xerox
publication 600P83222,
OZONE
.
Operation safety: U. S.
Your Xerox equipment and supplies have been designed and
tested to meet strict safety requirements. They have been
approved by safety agencies, and they comply with
environmental standards. Please observe the following
precautions to ensure your continued safety.
WARNING
Improper connection of the equipment grounding conductor
may result in risk of electrical shock.
Always connect equipment to a properly grounded electrical
outlet. If in doubt, have the outlet checked by a qualified
electrician.
Never use a ground adapter plug to connect equipment to an
electrical outlet that lacks a ground connection terminal.
Always place equipment on a solid support surface with
adequate strength for its weight.
Always use materials and supplies specifically designed for
your Xerox equipment. Use of unsuitable materials may result
in poor performance and may create a hazardous situation.
Never move either the printer or the printer controller without
first contacting Xerox for approval.
Never attempt any maintenance that is not specifically
described in this documentation.
Never remove any covers or guards that are fastened with
screws. There are no operator-serviceable areas within these
covers.
Never override electrical or mechanical interlocks.
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Never use supplies or cleaning materials for other than their
intended purposes. Keep all materials out of the reach of
children.
Never operate the equipment if you notice unusual noises or
odors. Disconnect the power cord from the electrical outlet
and call service to correct the problem.
If you need any additional safety information concerning the
equipment or materials Xerox supplies, call Xerox Product Safety
at the following toll-free number in the United States:
1-800-828-6571
For customers outside the United States, contact your local
Xerox representative or operating company.
Operation safety: Europe
This Xerox product and supplies are manufactured, tested and
certified to strict safety regulations, electromagnetic regulations
and established environmental standards.
Any unauthorised alteration, which may include the addition of
new functions or connection of external devices, may impact the
product certification.
Please contact your Xerox representative for more information.
Warning markings
All warning instructions marked on or supplied with the product
should be followed.
This WARNING alerts users to areas of the product where there
is the possibility of personal damage.
This WARNING alerts users to areas of the product where there
are heated surfaces, which should not be touched.
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Electrical supply
This product shall be operated from the type of electrical supply
indicated on the product’s data plate label. If you are not sure
that your electrical supply meets the requirements, please
consult your local power company for advice.
This product must be connected to a protective earth circuit. This
product is supplied with a plug that has a protective earth pin.
This plug will fit only into an earthed electrical outlet. This is a
safety feature. Always connect equipment to a properly grounded
electrical outlet. If in doubt, have the outlet checked by a qualified
electrician.
To disconnect all electrical power to the product, the disconnect
device is the power cord. Remove the plug from the electrical
outlet.
Ventilation
Slots and opening in the enclosure of the product are provided
for ventilation. Do not block or cover the ventilation vents, as this
could result in the product overheating.
This product should not be placed in a built-in installation unless
proper ventilation is provided, please contact your Xerox
representative for advice.
Never push objects of any kind into the ventilation vents of the
product.
Operator accessible areas
This product has been designed to restrict operator access to
safe areas only. Operator access to hazardous areas is restricted
with covers or guards, which would require a tool to remove.
Never remove these covers or guards.
WARNING
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Maintenance
Any operator product maintenance procedures will be described
in the user documentation supplied with the product. Do not
carry out any maintenance on the product, which is not
described in the customer documentation.
Before cleaning your product
Before cleaning this product, unplug the product from the
electrical outlet. Always use materials specifically designated for
this product, the use of other materials may result in poor
performance and may create a hazardous situation. Do not use
aerosol cleaners, they may be flammable under certain
circumstances.
CE mark: Europe only
January 1, 1995: Council Directive 73/23/EEC, amended by
Council Directive 93/68/EEC, approximation of the laws of the
member states related to low voltage equipment.
January 1, 1996: Council Directive 89/336/EEC, approximation
of the laws of the member states related to electromagnetic
compatibility.
March 9, 1999: Council Directive 99/5/EC, on radio equipment
and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual
recognition of their conformity.
A full declaration of conformity, defining the relevant directives
and referenced standards, can be obtained from your Xerox
representative.
In order to allow this equipment to operate in proximity to
Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) equipment, the external
radiation for the ISM equipment may have to be limited or special
mitigation measures taken.
This is a Class A product. In a domestic environment this product
may cause radio frequency interference, in which case the user
may be required to take adequate measures.
Shielded interface cables must be used with this product to
maintain compliance with Council Directive 89/36/EEC.
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Radio and telecommunications equipment directive (Europe only)
Certification to 1999/5/EC Radio Equipment and
Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directive:
This Xerox product has been self-certified by Xerox for pan-
European single terminal connection to the analog public
switched telephone network (PSTN) in accordance with Directive
1999/5/EC.
The product has been designed to work with the national PSTNs
and compatible PBXs of the following countries:
In the event of problems, contact your local Xerox representative
in the first instance.
This product has been tested to, and is compliant with, TBR21, a
specification for terminal equipment for use on analog switched
telephone networks in the European Economic area.
The product may be configured to be compatible with other
country networks. Please contact your Xerox representative if
your product needs to be reconnected to a network in another
country. This product has no user-adjustable settings.
NOTE: Although this product can use either loop disconnect
(pulse) or DTMF (tone) signaling, it should be set to use DTMF
signaling. DTMF signaling provides reliable and faster call setup.
Modification or connection to external control software, or to
external control apparatus not authorized by Xerox, invalidates
its certification.
Austria Germany Luxembourg Sweden
Belgium Greece Netherlands Switzerland
Denmark Iceland Norway United Kingdom
Finland Ireland Portugal
France Italy Spain
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For further information
For more information on Environment, Health and Safety in
relation to this Xerox product and supplies, please contact the
following customer help lines:
Europe:+44 1707 353434
USA:1 800 8286571
Canada:1 800 8286571
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Introduction
The
Xerox DocuPrint NPS/IPS Guide to Managing Print Jobs
contains information on print job specifications and virtual printer
management for the DocuPrint NPS/IPS models, including the
DocuColor 2060 NPS/IPS.
If you are using NPS/IPS extension software on a DocuPrint EPS
2000 Series printer model, this manual applies to the NPS/IPS
capabilities. Models 100, 115, and 135 correspond in
functionality to the 4635, and printer model 155 corresponds to
the 180.
About this guide
This guide is intended for administrators or operators who are
responsible for managing print jobs for the DocuPrint NPS/IPS.
This guide is also intended for those who are creating jobs with
consideration to print management.
Users should have an understanding of printer controller
operations and, for some tasks, be familiar with basic UNIX
commands.
Before using this guide, become familiar with its contents and
conventions.
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Contents
This section lists the contents of this guide:
Chapter 1, “Document attributes,” provides information on
how to change and view document attributes, and gives
definitions of the attributes that may be specified.
Chapter 2, “Managing virtual printers,” contains information
on how to set up and use virtual printers.
Chapter 3, “Managing jobs,” describes the commands that
are used to handle client print job files that have been
submitted. Commands are available for starting, stopping,
canceling, holding, promoting, and other job operations.
Chapter 4, “Specifying media,” provides information on how
to set media or stock specifications and how to use the
setpagedevice command for media matching. This section
also describes media limitations.
Chapter 5, “Specifying PostScript MultiSet print jobs,”
describes the commands that control print jobs consisting of
multiple copies that may be treated and finished separately
and in different ways.
Chapter 6, “Creating print jobs with referenced content,”
provides information on how to manage jobs that are
composed of more than one PostScript master, incorporating
files that are stored separately from the job file itself.
Chapter 7, “Mixed plex PostScript and PCL applications,”
describes the DocuPrint NPS/IPS capability of setting up
applications so that both one-sided (simplex) and two-sided
(duplex) printing can occur within a document.
Chapter 8, “Managing IPDS jobs,” describes tasks that are
specifically related to setting up the system for IPDS printing.
Chapter 9, “Measuring performance,” describes factors that
impact throughput performance, and guidelines for
measuring throughput.
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Conventions
This guide uses the following conventions:
All caps and angle brackets:
Within procedures, the names
of keys are shown in all caps within angle brackets (for
example, press <ENTER>).
Angle brackets:
Variable information, or the position of a
specified argument in the command syntax, appears in angle
brackets (for example, List Fonts <Pattern>).
Bold:
Within procedures, text and numbers that you enter are
shown in bold (for example, enter
privilege operator
).
The word “enter” within procedures:
The two-step process
of keying in data and pressing <ENTER> (for example,
enter
y
).
Italics:
Document and library names are shown in italics (for
example, the
Xerox DocuPrint NPS/IPS Guide to Managing
Print Jobs
).
Quotation marks:
Keywords you can enter as arguments
appear in quotes (for example, “USLetter”).
Vertical bars:
Alternatives to specified arguments are
separated by vertical bars (for example, Set Time <Time |
Remote Host Name | IP Address>).
NOTE: Notes are hints that help you perform a task or
understand the text.
CAUTION
Cautions alert you to an action that could damage hardware or
software.
WARNING
Warnings alert you to conditions that may affect the safety
of people.
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Related publications
The Xerox DocuPrint NPS/IPS documentation set includes the
documents listed below.
NOTE: For a list of IBM reference manuals for IPDS printing,
refer to the Solutions Guide for IPDS Printing.
Guide to Configuring and Managing the System
Guide to Managing Print Jobs
Guide to Performing Routine Maintenance
Guide to Submitting Jobs from the Client
Guide to Using Page Description Language
s
Installation Planning Guide
System Overview Guide
Troubleshooting Guide
Solutions Guide for IPDS Printing
Decomposition Service and Tools Guide
Generic MICR Fundamentals Guide
Glossary
Master Index
Customer Information Quick Reference Card
Printer Controller Commands Quick Reference Card
Operator Quick Reference Card
Submitting your Jobs from Macintosh Quick Reference Card
Submitting your Jobs from UNIX & DOS Quick Reference
Card
Submitting your Jobs from Windows NT 4.0 (QuickPrint)
Quick Reference Card
Submitting your Jobs Using Windows NT 4.0 Drivers Quick
Reference Card
The documentation set also includes an electronic version, the
DocuPrint NPS/IPS Interactive Customer Documentation CD.
Guide to Managing Print Jobs 1-1
1. Document attributes
The printing options that are requested by the user, or applied by
a virtual printer, are examples of document attributes. In order for
you to effectively manage jobs on your DocuPrint NPS/IPS, you
need to understand what attributes are, how they are set, and
how they are used by the system.
This chapter describes how the system uses document
attributes, lists values for attributes, and provides procedures to
display and change attributes.
What document attributes are
The DocuPrint NPS/IPS uses document attributes to track and
process print requests. Before printing a job, the DocuPrint NPS/
IPS must have information about the desired printing
characteristics for the job. Attributes are used as a means of
providing that information (for example, media or highlight color
to use), as well as other statistics such as sender name, job
status, and so forth.
Characteristics
that attributes
specify
Attributes include the following characteristics of a document:
Document name
Sender and recipient of the document
Printer to which the document is submitted
Print resolution
Page ranges and the number of copies to print
Order in which pages are printed
Size, type, color, and weight of the media
Number of sides of the paper to print on (plex)
Finishing instructions, such as whether to staple and which
output bin to use
Priority of the job
Document attributes
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Information printed on the header page that prints with the
job and messages that print at the end of a job
Orientation and placement of the image on the page for
ASCII and TIFF documents
Font name and size used for printing ASCII documents
Information about how the job was completed
An attribute has a
name
, such as “CopyCount,” and a
value
,
such as “2,” for printing two copies of the job. (Refer to “Attributes
and values” for a detailed list.)
Setting attribute
values
There are several ways in which attribute values can be
assigned. Many attributes, especially those that specify print
instructions, are set at the client workstation, either explicitly by
the user or through the application being used. Attributes also
can be applied by the specified virtual printer. Some attributes
have a default value that is assigned by the system if they are not
explicitly set within the document itself. (The commands that
define the defaults are explained in the
Guide to Configuring and
Managing the System
.)
You can display and change some document attributes after the
document has been sent to the printer, by using the following
commands:
Change Document Attributes:
Allows you to change many
attributes of a document; however, it cannot be used to
change the attributes of any job showing a “Printing” status in
response to the
List Documents
command.
Show Document Attributes:
Lists all attributes of a
document that was sent to the printer
These commands are described later in this chapter.
IPDS and
attributes
Print instructions in the IPDS data stream are not considered
attributes. IPDS jobs acquire some attributes from the virtual
printer or system defaults.
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