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1. P A search Folders gt gt X WD m Address E C WINUS system32 spool drivers 535459d5 a58b 4828 adfa 9dc55 130868 1 gt Go Folders ReinstallBackups reminst rpeproxy ServerAppliance B Setup ShellExt O SoftwareDistribution spool B drivers E Bo Drivers E prtprocs w32x86 color w32x86 PRINTERS E prtprocs O we2x86 DA uhar drivers Sprtprocs Folder File Folder 05 07 2005 11 58 05 07 2005 18 57 Create a subdirectory prtprocs w32x86 within the 535459d5 a58b 4828 adfa 9dc5513086f8 subdirectory and copy the file welpprint dll there you will find it within the subdirectory windir system32 spool prtprocs w32x86 39 www stethos com Enhanced Laser Printing ELP for MS Windows Aa C WINUS system32 spool drivers 535459d5 a58b 4828 adfa 9dc5513086f8 priprocs w32x86 k ioj xj File Edit Yiew Favorites Tools Help Ay O bak P P Search Folders a gt X 19 Fe Address jo C WINUS system32 spool drivers535459d5 a58b 4828 adfa 9dc55 1 3086F8 prtprocs w32x86 gt Go Folders x Name Size Type T x eee ReinstallBackups af S welpprint dll 49KB Application Ex reminst rpeproxy ServerAppliance Setup Shellext SoftwareDistribution E spool B GQ drivers B DB 535459d5 a58b 4828 adfa 9dc5513086f8 DB Drivers prtprocs color w32x86 PRINT
2. E W ELP Print Processor Admin Macro Admin Inifle Install Archive Queue Mng Get IP Jobs License Start PPAdmin and select the not installed installed 9055qra EMDOOS a oe J Install tab Adobe PDF Canon iR 3170C EUR PCL5c cpe Se S OL 400 PCE Se au fie The left window lists all installed CL OL So printer drivers queues which are CPELPDATAIN using the WinPrint processor the CP ELP Forms CP ELPSpit gt right list drivers queues with all oaee 3 the activated ELP processors Actual printer informations Name Page counter FleetMetet Serial number Total Dupl Display M Color x ett Once any entry of those two lists Ene i eig i is marked the port and the name aaea e of the driver is displayed below Share name Status status Location the lists and you may now install Description un install the ELP process simply by clicking on the activated direction key lt lt or gt gt Priority Self training Examples Exit www stethos com Enhanced Laser Printing ELP for MS Windows Note If no printer is listed and there are some installed on this PC then open direct the printer properties and change by hand the print processor to welpprint We do know some printer manufacturer do use their own WinPrint replacements After clicking on gt gt a new window may Printer Configuration appear which reminds you to set the IMPORTANT pr
3. Note The key won t be checked if it is valid If an invalid key was entered printing on a welpprint configured printer will not be possible A message box will inform about that The contact address and the actual version are shown when the About button is clicked Enhanced Laser Printing ELP for MS Windows Configure PPadmin s archive reprint tool on a normal user PC The powerfull MyPrintArchive function of ELP can be used to collect reprint sort data streams or simply as a print library In most cases PPadmin then needs to be installed on a local user PC If the installed W ELP software is accessible from the user PC e g via a connected network path skip the first point 1 Copy the following files from the installed ELP server to your local PC or into an accessible network directory Any directory is allowed PPADMIN EXE ARCHIVE INI LANGUAGE INI and all files beginning with TIPS and the ones ending with LAN 2 Create a shortcut on the desktop and or task menu and or start up menu of PPAdmin exe Open the file explorer right mouse click on PPAdmin exe and select Create short cut You then can drag this new icon into any menu you like 3 Right click the mouse button on the new shortcut s and select properties Open the register where you see the software execution call PPAdmin exe In order to set PPAdmin into Archive mode add at the line end a blank and A Uppercase A 4 Open the archive ini fi
4. Print the print dialog appears and you must select a printer Be sure to select a PCL 5e printer which has the proces sor welpprint configured otherwise Categories Field names Date and Time Document Automation Document Information Equations and Formulas Index and Tables Links and References Mail Merge Numbering User Information Field codes PRINT PrinterInstructions PRINT lt lt K3 C1 10500 D1 gt gt Description Download commands to a printer IV Preserve formatting during updates Options Cancel the form won t be applied to the document The result should be three pages with your sample text combined with a W ELP example form watermark To create your own form watermark just design an appropriate image Photoshop etc or layout Microsoft Word etc and print it to a file should have the suffix prn Open PPAdmin and push the Add button in the Macros tab A file dialog appears and you may select the created prn file Give it a number between 1000 and 32000 for example 1500 Now it ll appear in the List box as 1500 mac Follow steps 2 to 5 and substitute the OSOO with O1500 your generated MAC file lt lt K3 C1 101500 D1 gt gt printing it should result in the customized form watermark to be applied Enhanced Laser Printing ELP General Information Software License and Copyright This Software is copyrighted and all rights reserved by t
5. gt Field gt Search in the right list box for Print Druck and mark it Then enter the command in the field below like this For ELP Commands PRINT lt lt K3 Cl gt gt For macros PRINT 27 amp fs1000y3x1S The best way is maybe to save this document as a dot file If you have the need to change the already defined command turn the field function to visible at the Extras gt Options menu Another handicap is stapling mail merge documents as you can t staple from this function every record But in most cases this is the client whish Using ELP this is pretty simply to setup 1 You need two queues the QA one you send the data to the QB one you really print The data will be sent from QA to QB Please set for both queues the port to the printer 2 QB needs to have a share name gt use the printer Properties mechanism to setup a share name with maximum 8 characters like ELPEXIT Activate QA with the ELP printing process Install register 4 Open the ini file tab and add a new rule Add Section double click on the QA name close the windows Mark the section and click on ADD Keys Open the Distribution keys Double click on OutPort change its value for example to PCNAME ELPEXIT OK Open the Miscellaneous keys Double click on the NoPrintimg key close windows Mark in your new section the new inserted key NoPrinting and turn it on 5 Open your mail merge document and insert like des
6. I Use only PUL mode and not SNMP r I Show result Exit ELP after research is done Analysis Configure Cancel Last result Read MIB software System Scheduler loadable at http www splinterware com to setup the time based page counter functionality The final trick is to call PPAdmin with the switch P which uses always the last performed page counter research as the default setting c programme welp PPAdmin exe P www stethos com 54 Enhanced Laser Printing ELP for MS Windows Software support SAP R 2 and R 3 ELP commands can be used directly in the SAPScript form but make sure that you do not print using the SAP WIN method Another trigger method is to define in the SPAD some new print controls which do contain the proper commands One possible method of the usage of ELP for Unix within SAP is like this Connection method Koppelart L seem to be the easiest and maybe also the best solution to integrate ELP within SAP Generate in Transaction SPAD a new printer store it and call the Pull Down Menu Edit gt Command set Bearbeiten gt Kommandosatz A new field is opened and enter there for example an e for ELP After the double click on that e a new windows is popping up where the commands can be edited Enter the exact same command as used in the Instance or Default Profile The only difference is to add to the command cc an _e Example Instanc
7. 6 lp sys 688 Dec 9 07 58 rw r r 1 root root 73040 Nov 20 18 37 ELP ppd rw r r 1 root root 73040 Nov 20 13 15 ELP ppd org Lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Dec 17 07 59 Testdrucker ppd gt ELP ppd Lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Nov 19 09 56 edv2 ppd gt ELP ppd 1 Lrwxrwxrwx root root 11 Nov 20 15 27 tester ppd gt ELP ppd 10 Announce this new function to CUPS Ipoptions p Testprinter o document format application elp If this is the first printer using this function CUPS creates a new file at etc cups named Ipoptiosn Now all printers of this type can be registered direct there if they should use ELP 12 If you need the printer name within ELP in a rule or simply as a variable Add in rule GLOBAL this key GetEnv Variable PRINTER PRINTERNAME Forther environment variables are described here http www cups org documentation php doc 1 4 man filter html For OMR please do not use CLASS as a printer name 2 ELP Integration using the Interface Scripts method CUPS also supports the use of interface scripts as known from System V AT amp T printing systems Just install the printer with the i option Ipadmin p i path to interface script Note Since all filtering is disabled when using an interface script scripts generally should not be used unless there is no other driver for a printer The content of the script can be a standard ELP command line user ELP ELP Linux STDIN STDOUT d user ELP c user ELP c
8. 777 lower bat in order to be able to execute a small shell script which converts all files from upper to lower case 3 Be sure that the first code lines in definit h and convert exe the command define copy_unix is NOT surrounded by and 4 In order to compile the sources you need a full ANSI C compiler The kernel compiler for HP UNIX work stations is NOT a full C compiler Compile and link convert c and barcode c in one command line like this cc convert c barcode c The result is usually a file called a out Maybe you want to rename it to elp_convert Maybe you need to add a unique outfilename to the command line cc convert c barcode c out elp_convert 5 Finally use chmod 777 elp_convert in order to make the file executable Use and test the ELP program The ELP software must can be used with the command syntax described later in this chapter Important Please do not use any blanks in the Arguments However there is a way to pass an argument including the blanks to the ELP program simply set the blanks in the argument in double quotes The above sample then will be like this d program files 21 www stethos com Enhanced Laser Printing ELP General Information The next line describes all possible program call arguments bc_convert is the name for the executable file bc_convert IN_DATA OUT_DATA dWorkingDirectory eDefaultElpFile o ilo cIniFile p1PrinterName g p2MachineName
9. LOST PROFITS LOST SAVINGS OR OTHER INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PROGRAM OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY OTHER PARTY THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE RESULTS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM AND MANUAL IS ASSUMED BY YOU This agreement shall be constructed interpreted and governed by the laws of Germany You agree that this is the complete and exclusive statements of this agreement which supersedes any prior agreement or other communication between us on this subject www stethos com 8 Enhanced Laser Printing ELP General Information Introduction The Enhanced Laser Printing Print Server Processor ELP is a software tool based mainly upon PCL 5 and with some restrictions also on Postscript data streams PCL is Hewlett Packards Printer Command Language which is used by nearly all Laser and Business InkJets printer The ELP implementation does follow as much as possible industry standards The available functions are printing e All known 1D barcodes plus the 2D code PDF 417 and UPS Maxicode in PCL and Postscript as well as Data Matrix in PCL only e A Kyocera Prescribe Emulation for their way of barcode printing e Electronic Forms with de encryption of forms and data streams as well as compressing data streams Decompression and decryption in the printer using an ELP Firmware extension stored on a memory flash module e Including reprints with additional forms and paper path settings
10. any printer within the system as only the e needs to be set via edit gt command set Here is a list of all available parameter SAP can pass into the shell script and there they can be passed by command line into the ELP printing process If the command is to contain a amp character then this must be written as amp amp The following replacement parameters are defined amp C Number of copies amp D Department of the recipient amp F Name of file with the print date including path amp f Name of file without path amp H if host spool cover page required otherwise amp I Job name with DB ID amp J Job name without DB ID amp L Format type amp M Client of spool request owner amp m Client of print request owner amp O SAP Name of spool request owner amp o SAP Name of print request owner amp P Name of external output device amp p Path name of output file amp R Name of recipient amp S Name of SAP output device amp T Title amp t Fax number amp U Host spool cover page required X yes N no amp Y SAP priority 1 99 1 is the highest priority www stethos com 56 Enhanced Laser Printing ELP for MS Windows Alongside these standard parameters the following parameters are also available for the OMS command template amp EI SAP spool ID amp EG Confirmation group amp ES SAP instance name for call back if required otherwise amp ET Maximum buffer time for call back events am
11. in order to install the software e If other users are allowed to access W ELP of the installation PC make sure everybody has the READ permission in the installation directory and READ WRITE CREATE permission to the forms directory e You need the Windows Installation pack installed e During the installation 1 Service DLL is installed but it is not needed to run the main ELP software package ELP runs as a print processor and is only active when a job is on PRINTING status in an activated queue It is strongly suggested to configure the email software as described later in this manual This will enable the print processor to send out notification mails on any detected problems while processing print jobs W ELP takes unless a print job is proceeded no system resources Update ELP Software on the productive system If you have a valid service contract for ALL licenses you are allowed to update your system any time to the last version for free Ask your distributor for the latest update file download it form the Web and simply extract the files into your mail WELP installation directory WARNING Before doing that it is strongly recommended so save your complete installation 33 www stethos com Enhanced Laser Printing ELP for MS Windows Change the physical ELP server to a new one The license can be transferred to new servers any time FREE OF CHARGE if you have a valid support contract for ALL licenses If t
12. of W ELP is available which handles silent installations Please ask support stethos com for this www stethos com 36 Enhanced Laser Printing ELP for MS Windows Install ELP Software by Hand If the installation process did not finish then you have the chance to install the software by hand for Microsoft Cluster Server see next chapter Here are the steps to proceed for normal PCs 1 Install W ELP on any customer PC or Laptop etc like e g yours 2 Start the REGEDIT software from the command line for example 3 Goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and Software mark the WELP folder and export it into the WELP program directory 4 Copy all files from the WELP directory to the troublesome machine into the same installation path no blanks Maybe with a memory stick or so or by connection PCs 5 Start the REGEDIT and import the settings 6 Call DOS and switch to the WELP installation directory Now comes the important second Execute INSTALL exe Now the print processor must be installed 7 Reboot 8 Maybe put PPADMIN into the start menu Uninstall ELP Software by Hand In very rare cases it could be that you need to uninstall the software by hand Here are the steps 1 Stop the spooler 2 Delete at C WINDOWS system32 spool prtprocs w32x86 welpprint dll 3 If windows has created a copy of that DLL in C WINDOW S system32 dllcashe please delete it as well 4 Start the spooler and maybe restart the TCP IP print
13. schmidt stethos com Sonics C programme WELP PDFGen Bin lincPDFC exe Browse PDF Call Lincoln TIFF Call C programme WELP pdigen bin EPFaxCL exe Browse _ Lincoln Show Logfiles Last ELP Run Accounting FleetMeter Self training Examples Exit www stethos com Enhanced Laser Printing ELP for MS Windows Configuration of Blat for MS Windows Please read also the license information in the administrator Please select button Parameter Descr to learn more about the possible entries for setting the arguments for the install procedure manual Server IP Adress 192 169 0 1 With the installation of the MS Windows version of ELP blat201 was also automatically Options like logon installed and it needs to be now Parameter Descr configured License Info Start PPADMIN and open the a Cancel __Readelnio ADMIN Tab Click on the Blat Configure button and fill out the provided fields Remember no blanks are allowed in the path name Used eMail Adress welp stethos com Close the window with OK and enter into the Admin email field one or more comma separated email addresses in the next field and press the Apply button Finally the installation can be tested clicking the Send Testmail button Starting from now any important failures during the program execution will be reported to those email addresses Hints 1 If anything fails open the Parameter D
14. services 5 Open the registry and erase the path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE WELP 6 Erase the c programe welp directory 37 www stethos com Enhanced Laser Printing ELP for MS Windows ELP installation on a Windows 2003 Cluster Unfortunately ELP currently can t be installed direct on a Windows 2003 Cluster server tested only on 32 bit Intel architecture Install the same PCLS printer driver you want to use for W ELP on each node and on the cluster Make sure that you created a Spooler recourse in a Cluster Group and make sure that once a node becomes active for the spooling process this node has access to a clustered disk where the W ELP configuration files forms etc are stored In the following this clustered disk will be named W ELPClusterDisk a Cluster Administrator STETHOSCLUSTER stethoscluster stethos loc Eile View Window Help Ee A STETHOSCLUSTER of Groups w Cluster IP Address Online IP reso E Cluster Group A cluster Name Online Network Name E Resources a Disk D Online Physical Disk Cluster Configuration Eh ag SRYS6 For Help press F1 The following procedure must be repeated per cluster node 1 Bring one node active which owns the spooler recourse and the W ELPClusterDisk 2 Install W ELP 3 Start the registry editor and locate the cluster recourse for the print spooler Here its HKEY_LOCAL_ MACHINE Cluster Resources 535459d5 a58b 4828 adfa 9dc5513086f8 ioixi File E
15. ACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Services LPDSVC Parameters 3 From the Edit menu select New DWORD value 4 Enter a name of SimulatePassThrough and press Enter 5 Double click the new value and set to 1 6 Click OK 7 Reboot the PC in the key was added or stop and start the spooler Then open the services window from windows and check if the TCP IP Print services for LPR Unix Printing is started If not please start Finally open the windows print queue where ELP is activated and set it to hold Enter also a release name if possible use for the first queue the name 9100 as this is the printer port most hosts print to Now change on the host the IP Address of the LPR command to the one of your PC In order to get the PCs IP address open the dos box and enter IPCONFIG You may also turn the printer off and change temporarily the PC IP address to the printer one This has the benefit that nothing needs to be changed on the host Once a job is now printed it should arrive in the queue In order to release the job turn the job holding off If nothing arrives the host is using another protocol If the client is a PC then connect the new queue on the server using TCP IP Port entering the LPR protocol and VERY IMPORTANT Activate the LPR Byte count in the port register of the printer driver settings If any problem do show up please do not hesitate to send an email to the support address see at PPAdmin gt license ta
16. ERS B prtprocs w32x86 Loo O A han 5 must be only done once and not per node Copy the files from the W ELP installation directory to the W ELPClusterDisk e g in a proper subdirectory like K Make sure that the users have correct file permissions read installation instructions on a non clustered Windows installation for more details 6 Start PPAdmin and set the paths 8 W ELP Print Processor Admin accordingly e g like Macro Admin Inifie Install Archive Queue Mng Get IP Jobs License Common Registry Settings for Windows Mode 7 In order to activate ELP open the Program Cal C Aprogramme WELP convert exe A e g C installdir convert exe NT 4 0 CONVERT_NT EXE printer driver display the Workpath C programme WELP forrs enhanced tab and turn off the e g CAinstal Enhanced settings then click on BS Print Processor and select aN i ta cesta M Deadlock I Dimm mode J Runas user welpprint TE I Startup with Password I Enable Startup Agent IV Show Mouse Info Macro Tab R I Show execution program V Admin Tab I IniFile Tab Install Tab The way with PPAdmin Install M Archive Tab M Queue Control I eMail Control License Tab tab is unfortunately not possible SAGER Lisi tebe r First install the optional Software before entering data here email Call C programme WELP blat blat exe Configure Admin email thomas
17. LP for MS Windows Install ELP Software This chapter is only for windows user Unix user need only to add the converter and argument call like described before in a piped command line 1 2 You need to be logged on as administrator in order to install the software If other users are allowed to access W ELP of the installation PC make sure everybody has the write permission in the installation directory Make sure the spooler service is running net start spooler or Start gt Settings gt Control Panel gt Administrative Tools gt Services gt Print Spooler otherwise the installation will fail Assure that all previous versions of welpprint ELP print processor are removed from the system i e registry entries genprint dll in print processor directory Start the program INSTALL MSI which will guide you through the installation process The installer alters the following components on your system Create directory and copies required program files Add registry entries Add shortcut in Program Group Start menu Copy print processor dll to system directory Add print processor welpprint If the installation fails pretty much at the end then please check if the program registration in the start menu was already made If this is the case then you may finish the installation by hand at point 6 of the next chapter Install ELP Software using a software distribution package A special version
18. P for MS Windows Automatic collecting Page Counters time triggered If PPAdmin is started with the command line switch P it starts up with the page counter screen and performs automatically the research using the last window settings So in order to setup a functionality like that proceed through those steps Start PPAdmin without using any parameter Open the admin window and setup and test the email functionality as in most cases the results is sent out via email Call the page count option Configure the system especially the email addresses Return to the page count main window and configure it once to your requirements like the mode and all option Obviously PPAdmin has to send the stuff by email and shut down after finishing the process Click on Run to start the process in order to test your settings and even more important to store the settings Is the result like you need it then finally set up the time based process Windows offer several methods to call applications time based The main ELP manual describes time based printing You can use the same freeware 8 FleetMeter Get network printer page counter C Analyse all installed network printer driver Analyse Search all printers within a range of IP From 172 16 56 0 to 172 16 56 255 Project C AIlIP addresses from a previous breakdown 7 Add collected results to existing protocol file Use also the PJL method if SNMP fails
19. PRINTER_MIB Default Table for MIB XLS is PRINTER_MIB PJL Parts to try g 00 Default is Port 9100 Seperate others with Semicolon like 9100 9101 etc Tried connections per port 15 Mimimum value is 2 Wait time between each try 5 Mimimum value is 2 Additional settings CSV Field seperator of result file eMail Addresses thomas schmidt stethos com info stethos com with comma Cancel The PJL communication settings This is an optional selectable way of collection the printer name and page counter if SNMP fails Once found there ELP will sea8rch for the printer name in the SNMP database and if the printer is not found proceed with the DEFAULT printer name See below for further info s www stethos com 52 Enhanced Laser Printing ELP for MS Windows The settings and their explanations of the PJL method are Ports to try The default network listener port is 9100 However if for example you are printing via a three port jet direct box your port named for the 3 printers could be 9100 9001 9002 Enter all port numbers separated by semicolon beginning with the most important first Tried connections As the printer is maybe busy or it takes some time him to reply this field holds the number of times ELP tries to connect to the printer Wait time The time in seconds ELP waits between each connection try The last 2 numbers resumes together into the maximum time ELP waits and tries to connect when the devic
20. ag or wear an antistatic wrist strap Avoid moving about the work area to prevent generating static electricity Handle the board carefully at all the times Avoid flexing it or touching its components When removing a board from the antistatic package avoid touching the metal traces on the SIMM DIMM board Hazardous voltages are present in the printer Never remove any access cover or work near exposed electrical parts while the power cord is connected www stethos com 16 Enhanced Laser Printing ELP General Information The ELP DIMM board has to be installed exactly like a RAM board Please follow the SIMM DIMM module installation procedure detailed in the HP Printers User s Manual The DIMM MFC etc is a PCL firmware Therefore it can not be installed in the printer together with another PCL personality as a conflict would then occur Such PCL personalities like E Form or secured MICR products Update the DIMM MFC Stick module Simply copy the provided file to the printer MS Windows based systems A printer directly connected to the PC copy b UpdateFileName ext lpt1 Using a windows printer queue copy b FileName ext ServerName PrinterRelaseName The server name can be found using PPAdmin s licence tab The PrinterReleaseName is displayed in the printer properties tab release Using the FTP file transfer for network connected printers In MS DOS command prompt type FTP connect IP addressOfPrinter binary put Fu
21. and e Setting the printer to EconoMode e Allow only gray printing on HP colour devices e Allow only printing from certain applications etc e Tray mapping 1D Barcode e Intelligent barcodes emulation which supports even more 1D barcodes than the JetMobile BarDIMM e FreeEscape support e OMR support for inserting letters into envelopes postal optimisation e PCL and Postscript 2D Barcode PDF417 Barcode Datamatrix and UPS Maxicode ELP Functions e Fnabling all ELP commands like reprinting copy and page definitions etc e Trigger those functions using infile TRIGGER_ keys e Report Line Generator Epson Emulation FX 100 9 Needle Proprinter PPDS Emulation VGL Emulation PGL Emulation IGP10 Emulation Prescribe Emulation e Those emulations are developed for customers they are not a 100 emulation But on request and problems we can always add missing functions or correct any problem TIFF printing and CALS Emulation www stethos com 10 Enhanced Laser Printing ELP General Information PDF Converter e Converts on request print files to Adobe Acrobat PDF format and send it to the archive or ELP is using SNMT communication to send the data as an email to any address e The PCLS5 PCL6 TIFF to PDF converter is optional and is licensed per server email Function e Sending fully automatic emails to any address found in the data stream If the PDF converter is available as PDF attachment e Using trigg
22. are and enter in the startup agent the license key Then say no no no and exit the agent www stethos com 34 Enhanced Laser Printing ELP for MS Windows 8 Click on the install register tab If you have the same queue names they all can now be activated with the information popup you get otherwise activate the needed printer You are done Uninstall ELP Software 1 Make sure the spooler service is running other type in the DOS command prompt net start spooler or Start gt Settings gt Control Panel gt Administrative Tools gt Services gt Print Spooler otherwise the un installation will fail Simply go to Start gt Settings gt Control Panel gt Add remove programs and select the ELP Queue Control for un installation The uninstaller will proceed the following steps Reset printers which are still running with welpprint as print processor switch from welpprint to WinPrint Remove registry entries Delete shortcut in Program Group Start menu Delete installation directory with program files Restart spooler first stop spooler then start back again Delete print processor dll in system directory Remove print processor welpprint NOTE While uninstalling the spooler is stopped and restarted net stop start spooler So make sure no important print jobs are currently processed e g on a print server 35 www stethos com Enhanced Laser Printing E
23. b gt About information www stethos com 44 Enhanced Laser Printing ELP for MS Windows How to print from other Windows PC to the Windows ELP queue 1 Now you can Release the printer queue with the installed print processor for everybody Therefore call the printers properties and release the printer by giving a useful name The printer queue is now ready for being shared In order to connect any other windows PC to this shared queue open the printer properties of the local PC Note you need a PCL 5 5E or 5C driver Select the ports tab Add Select Local Port New Connection Enter the IP address and the previous given Useful Release Name Close all Windows up to the ports window Mark in the Port list the new generated port OK HP LaserJet 8150 Series PCL Properties Al General Sharing Ports Advanced Security Device Settings Printer Ports HP LaserJet 8150 Series PCL Local Port Standard TCP IP Port Print to the following port s Documents will print to the first free start printing checked pot from this PC Port Description Printer LPT1 Printer Port HP LaserJet 8150 Series PC using the O LPT2 Printer Port New Port Type New Port Cancel LPT3 Printer Port W ELP O coMt Serial Port F O COM2 Serial Port Port Name installed on O COM3 Serial Port C COMA Serial Port s E ee E E e zt Enter a port name any other y Add Port Delete Port Conf
24. cribed above the following print field on the LAST page PRINT 27 s 997Z For further information see chapter distributed printing 6 Finally print the mail merge document using the mail merge printing function but do not forget to set the printing properties to stapling W 59 www stethos com Enhanced Laser Printing ELP for MS Windows Other MS Windows software packages On any problems that searched or triggered rules for jobs coming from MS Windows drivers are not executed please read Q20 in the QA document which can be found in START Program Enhance Laser Printing ELP Manuals Other Software packages If you can t find a solution in the ELP or Example sections then please contact the support address PPAdmin gt License Tab gt About for further help See last page for ways to trigger any ELP functionality In any case mostly ELP functions are activated in a way that no changes need to be made at all to the data stream See page 90 for further details www stethos com 60 Enhanced Laser Printi ELP Add Ons Localization The PPAdmin control centre can be localized in any language The manufacturer is more then happy to receive your localization text in order to add it to the full released product Here are the steps to proceed 1 Tell the PPAdmin software that there is a new language available Open the file LANGUAGE INI located in the program directory into an ASCII Editor like not
25. d by adding the specific keys to a rule aje m In ceder to send datastreams from Unik to MS Windows ELP queues please instal the pirt services lor Univ and use the Unix LP commend For SAP use connection type U For more formation please take a look irio the installation manusi The fling and mare solitons canbe selup by using the bulion nde ee ving of datasheame as PDF TIFF IPEG etc incl sorting and postal zaton Bin marks for controling enveloping machre ard tearing a al r cmaton which can be exacted om the daemon La ivona no a mount page counters ete Sending of eMals Job siting for example into single pirt jobs in order to process them in the way Sending of datastieams as eMail attachments Each of these and over 100 addtional lunctione can be activated by ndes Some ol them are processed everytime kke user or queue specific nes Others are executed jast at the pont in tho datasnoam whave the desped infomation is found Search The last evaluation Crago Jis ai tne end fhe lt atastioam jst belore output Those ndes have access to al gathered information incl dalabase queries Documentations How to setup own foems and using them is documented very detailed in the introduction ELP_Tearing pd The Q A document describes nterestng ELP scenanos ribes the implementation of ELP in Uni Linux A oresertalion for management and a technical cresentation Enhanced Laser Printing ELP general infor
26. ddress Please open the PPAdmin software gt License Tab gt about or start the convert exe software without any argument 7 www stethos com Enhanced Laser Printing ELP General Information Limited Warranty To the original purchaser the manufacturer warrants the data store medium and the hardware module if applicable like flash memory card or appliance to be free of defects in materials and faulty workmanship for a period of ninety 90 days from the date the software is delivered If during this period a defect in the data store medium and or the hardware module should occur you may return the product with a copy of your receipt or other proof of payment to the manufacturer or to an authorised distributor and the manufacturer distributor will replace it without charge Your sole and exclusive remedy in the event of a defect is expressly limited to replacement of the data store medium and or the hardware module as provided above The manufacturer does not warrant that the functions contained in this Software will meet your requirements or that the Software Firmware operation will be uninterrupted or error free Information contained in the user manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of the manufacturer IN NO EVENT WILL THE MANUFACTURER OR ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CREATION PRODUCTION OR DELIVERY OF THIS SOFTWARE BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES INCLUDING ANY
27. dit view Favorites Help E amp My Computer Name Type Data 3 HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT ab Default REG_SZ value not set Gy HKEY_CURRENT_USER ab DependsOn REG_MULTI_SZ b36209a5 812d 4a36 b517 ad6e4fabc B HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE b Description REG_SZ Spooler Cluster Rg IsAlivePollinterval REG_DWORD OxffFfFFFF 4294967295 E Groups 8 LooksAlivePollint REG_DWORD OxffFFFFFF 4294967295 I Networkinterfaces ab Name REG_SZ Spooler amp 8 PersistentState REG_DWORD 0x00000001 1 REG_SZ Print Spooler E Networks H Nodes ab i Quorum ablType EG Resources www stethos com 38 Enhanced Laser Printing ELP for MS Windows Create a key welpprint with this values accordingly 5 Registry Editor File Edit View Favorites Help B 535459d5 a58b 4828 adfa 9dc5513086f8 a lO x Parameters Environments Windows 4 0 E Windows 1464 E windows NT Alpha_AXP Windows NT x86 E Drivers S Print Processors amma e Type Data Ea pera REG_SZ value not set ab Driver REG_SZ welpprint dll My Computer HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Cluster Resources 535459d5 a58b 4828 adFa 9dc55 1 3086F8 Parameters Environments Windows NT x86 Pr 4 Locate the same registry hive as the clustered spooler recourse on your local system Y windir system32 spool drivers Here it s 535459d5 a58b 4828 adfa 9dc5513086f8 086f8 O x File Edit View Favorites Tools Help amp Q pack
28. e Accounting print verification and reporting Job ticketing e Additional Fonts Unicode HexEmulation Epson FX Emulation PPDS VGL TIFF CALS Prescribe etc e emailing and faxes Database researches e Automatic emails and converting into Acrobat PDF Format e PDF direct printing to Postscript printers or Postscript to PCL e Monitored printing error recovery and user information Intelligent trigger routines enable any product function on demand In addition ELP also provides a simple way to change or erase any data stream code The software can be installed on the following operating systems e MS NT based Windows systems Because ELP does use only a printer queue the print data can be received from any platform to be sent to any platform e Any Unix or Linux platform handling print files and or installed as a pipe directly in the LPR command using STDIN OUT methods e AIX and Solaris usage like Unix e AS 400 with some limitations e VMS e DOS or as sources in your application 9 www stethos com Enhanced Laser Printing ELP General Information ELP functions overview Basic ELP functions e Easy generation and activation of macros forms logos etc out of print files prn and insert them on demand in data stream by searching for the macro PCL sequences e Search and add insert or replace any text or any command in any data stream This functionality can be used for example to insert forms on dem
29. e is either offline or busy printing or when browsing a range of IP addresses there is no printer at the requested address The more tries are set and the longer the wait time is the longer ELP needs for analysing each IP address which was not found via the SNMP process The top SNMP frame usually needs to be configured at all unless you do not want to setup your own data base system accessed by standard windows ODBC methods You can select any data base system and any table for storing the printer and their MIB information As default the EXCEL spread sheet is selected but you can also name any links DNS name and access the provided table The default ECXEL data base is named MIB XLS and is located in the PGCount subdirectory If your printers are not listed in that directory ELP looks for the DEFAULT entry which is based upon the Hewlett Packard printer MIB Feel free to add any time new MIB entries as columns The manufacturer commits to add them as well to the default delivery file when you this kind of information to your local distributor For the CSV field separator can be used any ASCII character most popular is the comma or semicolon The used character is depending upon your spread sheet calculation software default setting Finally if you want to use the automatic email functionality enter here the email addresses to who the result CSV file should be sent 53 www stethos com Enhanced Laser Printing EL
30. e profile rspo host_spool print lp d amp P amp F New command set Ip_e d amp P amp F amp o amp T alce Cee GAH anaa Al Spooler Admin Ausgabeger t ndern s alAia Ausgabeger t DVSHP3_1 Kurzname DS31 Ger te Attribute Hostspool Kopplung Ausgabe Attribute Schachtinfo Koppelart zum Hostspool L Druck lokal via LP LPR re Host Drucker DYSHP3_1 Rechner erp01 Kommandosatz Kennung E elp Druckaufbereitung Statusr ckmeldung mittels Polling E Druckauftr ge nicht beim Hostspool nachfragen Beschreibung Kommando zur bergabe der Druckdaten fopt elp felp_st d amp P amp F amp 0 amp T F1001 Kommando zur Nachfrage der Job Status fopt elp echa sh oS R 55 www stethos com Enhanced Laser Printing ELP for MS Windows In the last Step generate a shell script in the search path of the R 3 systems names lp_e which performs the following actions The input needs to be send through the ELP converter and most likely via stdout the real lp programme is called using the piped command see page 19 Here is an example of the lp_e shell script how the above values can be passed into ELP opt elp elp HP UX 3 STDOUT d opt elp c opt elp convert ini p1 S2 p3 S4 p4 S5 lp 1 2 2 is the printer name 3 the print file name 4 the user name 5 the document name Title Once this addon works the ELP service can easily be activated on
31. eName q1DriverName q3DebugFile q7HostName r3 Enhanced Laser Printing ELP General Information Printer share name mainly for MS windows in order to resend the same job to the same queue using the variable PCNAME PRINTERSHARENAME Not supported under NT 4 0 and unix Also mainly for MS windows to setup triggered rules which belong for all activated printers using a special driver The command line option is stored into the variable PRINTERDRIVERNAME Not supported under NT 4 0 and Unix Full path and file name of debug file If no Slash unix or Back Slash Windows is provided then log _file txt is used in the working directory path To change the name there use log_mode_filename key in the ini file in most cases the same as p2 but without the leading The p2 is taken from the job definition so in are cases the variable does not include the host name but the IP address So this variable does hold certainly the Host name without leading Unix Linux only If the d parameter is set and the data is pass din via STDIN ELP will first read all data in and store into a temporary file This method needs to be set if PreParsing the data streams is needed Windows Location field content of the windows queue description Windows Comment field content of the windows queue description User name in ELP s Unicode coding All the following arguments are all optional and should not be used in t
32. ea ie ab Font06 Courier New height 240 width 120 weight 400 italic 0 precision H Autodesk ab FontO Courier New height 240 width 120 weight 400 italic 0 precision Baan ab Font08 Courier New height 240 width 120 weight 400 italic 0 precision BSE ab Fontog Courier New height 240 width 120 weight 400 italic 0 precision BwPrint ab Font 0 Courier New height 240 width 120 weight 400 italic 0 precision E BatcodeMinAspectRatio ab Font11 Courier New height 240 width 120 weight 400 italic 0 precision BatcodeT ext ab Fontl2 Courier New height 240 width 120 weight 400 italic 0 precision Qa Bins ab Fontl3 Courier New height 240 width 120 weight 400 italic 0 precision Fonts ab Fontl4 Courier New height 240 width 120 weight 400 italic 0 precision aA Position ab Font15 Courier New height 240 width 120 weight 400 italic 0 precision E Settings ab Fontl6 Courier New height 240 width 120 weight 400 italic 0 precision EME ab Font17 Courier New height 240 width 120 weight 400 italic 0 precision fa ERP abran WU cet Alas bainhei AAN dtl ATW ele ANN tala N www stethos com 58 Enhanced Laser Printing ELP for MS Windows Microsoft Word also mail merge Usually the W ELP Solution is used in conjunction with Microsoft Word for reprinting invoices or fast mail merge printing In both cases insert the commands using the print field German Druck Insert
33. eference 1 Please extract the provided zip file to this directory usr lib cups elp Take care about the access settings using chmod for the complete directory reading writing creating and erase 2 Ifneeded store a new convert ini in the directory 3 Create a file ELPToPCL under usr lib cups filter with this content bin sh set x n 6 amp amp exec lt S6 usr lib cups elp elp Linux smp STDIN STDOUT d usr lib cups elp c usr lib cups elp convert ini Note The last 2 lines here are actually one line 4 Create file my types at etc cups with the content application elp The my is subject to be changed the extension types is a must 5 Create any printer 6 Edit this printer setting at etc cups ppd and include the line cupsFilter application elp 0 ELPToPCL 7 Rename this printer in any name which is not predefined in cups e g ELP ppd 8 Create a new printer in CUPS using raw printing This means without a driver 9 IfCUPS would print now cups will check in any case at etc cups ppd if an associated driver could be found Example the name is Testprinter the CUPS checks for a driver in etc cups ppd names Testprinter ppd www stethos com 26 Enhanced Laser Printing ELP General Information So change into the directory etc cups ppd and creat a Link with In s etc cups ppd ELP ppd etc cups ppd Testprinter ppd Result drwxr xr x 2 lp sys 200 Dec 17 07 59 drwxr xr x
34. enabling ELP and other functions In most cases the paths of d and c commands are directed to the Work Path To keep the entry short and easily changeable the Work Path can be replaced by the command WKD As the usage of the c command is strongly recommended the most common used entry of the Arguments are d WKD c WKD convert ini Note The In and Out file and P parameters are handled by default and there is no need to add them to the argument text As an extended option you can choose running the debug mode or not by clicking the checkbox show execution program If you chose to run the debug mode then a dos prompt will appear and show the processes 47 www stethos com Enhanced Laser Printing ELP for MS Windows The number entered next to Deadlock defines the time which the W ELP print processor is waiting until the convert exe program which is the ELP performing software needs to be finished A value of minus one indicates an infinite wait time The positive number is the wait time in minutes Example for a value of 2 The process will either return when the ELP software is finished or run into its error recovery mode after 2 minutes The DIMM mode key is default turned off It should be set if the W ELP windows software is used to configure and emulate an printer ELP firmware DIMM The Run as user key is default turned off Usually it is only needed to be turned ON if data need
35. epad Add an new section with a new unique number e g 22272 Use the key name to teach PPADMIN the name of the new language The key Extension defines a unique file extension for your language e g my Save the file Start PPAmin and select your new language at the License Register as the result English will be used as the files are still not translated 2 Turn the PPadmin user interface into your language Open the file 1000 LAN located in the program directory into notepad Store it to a new file named with the previous defined new unique number and extension LAN e g 2222 lan Check if notepad did add the extension txt Yes then rename and reload the renamed file into notepad Now translate the text every line starts with the text index number followed by a and ended with a You may store your results any time start PPAdmin and see the results 3 You may also translate the PPAdmin keys for the ini file editor Open the file KEYDATA located the program directory into notepad Store it to a new file named also KEYDATA bit add the extension you previously defined in the language ini file e g KEYDATA MY Check if notepad did add the extension txt and maybe rename and reload the renamed file into notepad Now translate ONLY the key descriptions You may store your results any time start PPAdmin ini file register Add key click on the key and see the results 4 You may als
36. er please copy the contend of the Floppy Disk into any Directory of your system You only need PPAdmin if you want to e create forms download forms to the module e inorder to exchange the ini file or e to create and test the ini file s before downloading Especially for the testing it is recommended to set the ELP functionality of the MS Windows version into the DIMM mode Therefore start PPAdmin open the Administration register and mark the DIMM Mode Click on Apply exit and restart PPadmin From now on the windows ELP system will ignore all functions which are NOT available in the DIMM version Finally we recommend to add the key PCLPreciseMode into the section GLOBAL of the ini file and turn it on MFC DIMM USB Stick Installation Before you are going to install the module check for proper version for your printer Each printer version like 4050 4100 or 9000 does need its own particular firmware DIMM The version is printed on the module and on the shipping box Your HP LaserJet has three or four DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module slots The module can be installed in any of these slots Protecting the SIMM DIMM Board SIMM DIMM boards can easily be damaged by small amounts of static electricity To remove any static electricity from your body Touch the surface of the antistatic package before removing the board from its package When handling the board frequently touch bare metal on the printer or the antistatic b
37. er functions you can define any subject and body text for example to differentiate between for example orders or invoices or languages German or English etc Fax Function pretty similar to email PCL Compression 8 Realises the conversion from PCL Compression Mode 8 to 5 Archiving and MyPrintArchive e Sends print files into an archive directory optional in Adobes PDF format e PPAdmin provides a search and view email print function e ELP writes an HPS index file so data can be sent to any global archive system with automatic indexing Uses user defined file names for archiving Reload automatically archived jobs and print and delete them MyPrintArchive stores all jobs from a user searched item etc send to a specific queue and on demand resend them to any printer Accounting e Records into a text CSV format or DBase file all print job page size from whom when etc including collected document information s like check numbers etc e With Monitored printing also the true page counters are stored for real print cost calculation Monitored printing e Send data streams direct to IP connected printers and monitor the print job On printer error send a user notification and start recovery actions 11 www stethos com Enhanced Laser Printing ELP General Information Variable management User name time day week etc can be used on any page External files can be used to search for any place holder which are replaced b
38. escription and setup blat by hand 2 Blat provides quite a number of command arguments which are currently not used On request add them to the command line in PPADMIN The full description of all commands are described in Blat s README TXT file The following arguments are currently used filename to s and attach Now it is a good time to press the top right and start reading In about 30 minutes you will get an overview about the basic functionalities 41 www stethos com Enhanced Laser Printing ELP for MS Windows Change License Key 3 W ELP Print Processor Admin Macro Admin Inifle Install Archive Queue Mng eMailMng License License Key Information Current license key Local machine name THOMASXP1 Amount of licensed printer Enter new license key Module list Demo Demo Demo Demo Demo Demo Demo Demo Demo Demo Demo Demo Demo Demo 1D Barcode 2D Barcode ELP Functions Epson PPDS Emulation VGL Emulation PGL Emulation EMail Function PCL Compression 8 PDF Generation he Archive Overview of released modules Accounting Queue Control eMail Monitor Apply Language About La www stethos com Examples Exit 42 On the License Tab the actual license key the local machine name and if the key is valid the amount of licensed printers and the Module list are shown To change a key enter the new value and click on apply
39. est in a way that the printer will return ECHO ELP Vx x Meaning if the original ECHO Argument comes back from the printer no ELP is active or installed If the printer returns ECHO ELP V you even have then the ELP version running on the printer or in the box LaserJet initialisation or automatic data stream Most newer ELP firmware extension modules for HP LaserJets do have the ability to send every time the printer boots a file to the print engine just once For that purpose any print file called PrinterInit prn can be stored into the 0 convert directory or into the first directory ELP will find at boot on a convert ini file on volume 0 to 5 19 www stethos com Enhanced Laser Printing ELP General Information Special Ini File keys The following 2 keys are only valid in the LaserJet Implementation Ini File Key Description LJ_PARSE_PCL6 Key only used by HP s ELP Printer firmwasre extention in DIMM MFC USB SD Harddisk version to parse also PCL XL data streams LJ_PARSE Postscript Key only used by HP s ELP Printer firmwasre extention in DIMM MFC USB SD Harddisk version to parse also Postscript data streams LJ_Mode_TimeOut Only valid if found in section GLOBAL This key may change the time out behaviour of the printer in printing mode using the parallel port centronics Please ask the distributor for details Especially when not all pages are printed and the rest of the first job is printed on arriva
40. eue which has ELP installed The AS 400 command for this is CRTOUTQ OUTQ TEST RMTSYS HOSTNAME RMTPRTQ The full printer name of the PC CNNTYPE IP DESTTYPE OTHER TRANSFORM YES MFRTYPMDL HPHI 31 www stethos com Enhanced Laser Printing ELP for MS Windows ELP and Novell Netware Unfortunately ELP currently can t be installed direct on a Novell Server On the other side as Novell has implemented their own print server it does not make sense to queue first the data stream on a local PC In other words for the standard Novell installation ELP must be installed on the local PC but even doing this by default the print data stream will never pass the queue with the installed ELP print processor There are two ways to force the data stream to pass the processor of a local PC 1 Connect the port f the ELP queue to LPT 1 2 or 3 Then use the capture utility from Novell to reroute the port to a server queue 2 Install on the Novell Server the LPR printing capabilities set the port of the local queue to LPR printing and connect it to the server and the installed printer queue www stethos com 32 Enhanced Laser Printing ELP for MS Windows MS Windows The software was tested as well on Windows Cluster and various Terminal Server On Cluster server the installation needs to be done by Hand See chapter MS Cluster Server Important things about the installation e You need to be logged on as administrator
41. he command line because they can be defined as well in the ini file dWorkingDirectory d followed directly with a full directory path advises the ELP 0 software where to look for the macro files Same command as INI file DEBUG_INDATA and DEBUG _ OUTDATA commands which should be preferably used 23 www stethos com Enhanced Laser Printing ELP General Information This parameter is used for archiving print files or simply for input and output data caption Note Can only be used when d command is given as well This parameter will generate up to two files in_data prn and out_data prn are produced in the WorkingDirectory The out file can be used to send the data to an additional device like an archive system Options oi stores only the incoming data 00 stores only the outgoing data 0 stores both data streams eElpCommandFile Note The ini file does replace this old command e followed directly with a full path and file name of the ELP command file name advises the program to process every print file according the ELP commands in this file g The positive number stands for the DEBUG Mode As this mode is usually set in the ini file using the key LOG_MODE the only interesting number here is g20 This number will document only on the Windows platform the processing speed of the filter The needed speed time is recorded in the file log_file txt in the forms directory IMPORTANT NOTE g must be AFTER the d
42. he developer hereinafter referred to as manufacturer In return for the payment of an one time license fee which was included in the purchase price of the ELP product manufacturer grants you a non exclusive right to use the Software Firmware subject to the following terms and conditions No title or ownership of the Software Firmware is conferred with the License 1 The Software Firmware may be used without time limit on one PC printer 2 The Software Firmware may not be duplicated or copied 3 The Software Firmware may not be duplicated transmitted transcribed disassembled decompiled decrypted or reverse engineered unless manufacturer prior written consent is either obtained or required by law Upon request the user will provide manufacturer with reasonably detailed information regarding any disassembly de compilation decryption or reverse engineering 4 Any third party supplier of the Software Firmware may protect its rights in the Software Firmware against violation of this License 5 The manufacturer reserves the right to terminate this License upon breach In the event of a termination all copies of the Software Firmware must be returned to manufacturer or with manufacturer prior written consent a certificate of destruction of all copies may be provided to manufacturer Any use of the Software Firmware in violation of the copyright laws constitutes termination of this agreement and prosecution will begin 6 This Licen
43. his is NOT the case the first and even maybe the second fee will be charged 1 A small fee for issuing a new license key If you have lost the original installation msi file or the version is so old that it does not support the latest windows versions an update fee will be charged as well 3 Optionally it is wise to purchase a new support contract for minimum a year It is allowed to run both servers for 2 to 3 weeks in parallel but then ELP on the old server must be uninstalled Here are the steps for moving your configuration on another server 1 Simply install the latest OR your original version see above on the new server set the access rights Open on the old server the forms directory Delete all files with ending pdf in out and trg If you have an archive directory check if you need the files directories in there as well on the new server Then copy the forms directory and its sub directories completely over to the new server If the queue names on the new server are identical to the old one and they already exist go to the next step Otherwise open the file convert ini in the forms directory and erase the complete rule ELP activated printers with ALL REM keys below If W ELP was installed into another directory check that none of your ini files have the old installation path hard coded e g c programme welp forms can be replaced by ELP_FORMS_PATH Start the PPadmin Control Center softw
44. i Example hoe to print on every printed page the proper watermark company letter head etc depending upon page size and orientation The forms must be generated and are not part of the demo Example ini pcl Configuration file for some provided examples Invoice ini Configuration file for some provided examples MyPrintArchive ini Configuration file for some provided examples Trigger ini Configuration file for some provided examples Volvo ini Configuration file for some provided examples www stethos com 62 Enhanced Laser Printi ELP Add Ons Index of the introduction and Installation guide PJL 52 Accounting 49 Activate ELP 49 Admin 47 administrator rights 2 Aix 21 AP ELP box 20 Archive printing 43 Archive ini 43 AS 400 30 automatic eMail 53 Baan 58 Call argments 22 Cluster Server 33 37 Compilation of the sources 21 CSV field seperator 53 CUPS 26 Data Stream format 13 Dazel 29 Deadlock 48 DEBUG_INDATA 23 DEBUG_OUTDATA 23 DefaultElpFile 22 demo files 62 Demo version 13 DocumentName 22 ECHO Get ELP Version 19 ElpCommandFile 24 eMail 22 53 eMail call parameter 22 Error Message 51 Error reporting 61 FleetMeter 52 Get ELP Version 19 Hardware Dimm 13 15 HP Output Server OMS 29 IN_DATA 22 IniFile 22 Install ELP Software 36 46 Install ELP Software by Hand 36 37 Install msi 2 INSTALL MSI 36 63 Installation 15 License Key 42 Linux 21 MachineName 22 mail merge and stapli
45. iFile Tab Install Tab Archive Tab Receive IP Jobs J eMail Control I Debug welpprint dll M Queue Control W License Tab First install the optional Software before entering data here email Call CAprogramme WELP blat blat exe Configure thomas schmidt stethos com Send Testmail Admin email PDF Call C programme WELP PDFGen Bin lincPDFC exe Browse fLincoln TIFF Call C programme WELP pdfgen bin EPFaxCL exe Browse Lincoln Eaj Show Logfiles Last ELP Run Accounting FleetMeter Self training Examples Exit The options program call and Workpath are predefined from the installing process You may put now the convert exe into any other directory or rename the file Then change the Program Call setting The workpath should lead to a directory which the spooler has the full write and read permission The In and Out communication files to the convert exe are stored here The workpath should end with a V otherwise it will be added In any case Workpath can dynamically be changed using the Ini File kesy WKDIR The entry may contain any additional command described in chapter Use and test the ELP program except IN_DATA OUT_DATA and the P Arguments They are fixed provided by the W ELP print processor For printing barcodes there are no additional options needed but for the Form Management the d command is required as well as the c command for
46. igure Port 44192 168 0 183 HPLaserjet server Enable printer pooling Set the wait time for PDF conversion in the Archive menu If in the Archive register pressing the View button the conversion form a PCL print file into a viewable PDF document takes longer then 10 seconds maybe because of an extremely large print file or a slow PC a notification window will pop up This time frame can be freely set in 0 5 seconds steps using the registry key PDFConvWaitTime at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE gt SOFTWARE gt welp gt welpprint 45 www stethos com Enhanced Laser Printing ELP for MS Windows First steps with ELP Windows Software KS I Agent for first installation configuration steps jr new demo license is available isert here and apply gt Enter new license key Apply Recommended Secure ELP with password yes C Yes No Display online help no C Yes No Display the self training C Yes Activate selected printer queue Display all printers No Activte ELP for print queue Adobe PDF Canon iR 3170C EUR PCL5c Canon iR8500 M2 PCL5e CLJ 4500 PCL 5c auf file CLJ 4550 PCL 5c v AAEN ner Printer functions Forms Paper and Copymanagment Select one solution out of the listed examples If it does not fit 100 to your requirements you may change it later Select I SAP Uniocde amp Double Byte drucken ohne Hardwareerweiterung Emulations Selec
47. ing On the AS 400ELP is able to use Host Print Transform HPT The minimum version for the operating system is V4R5MO Installation Create the bibliotheca DIRBCD CRTLIB LIB DIRBCD Then restore the SAVF via FTP or any other toll back to this bibliotheca For initialisation call the following commands ADDLIBLE LIB DIRBCD CALL PGM DBINIT The software DBINIT creates all needed directories Toolmaker DirectELP400 The convert ini has to be stored in the directory Toolmaker DirectELP400 elp How ELP works In order to convert the spool files ELP uses the Exit Program of the As 400 print output software which is addressed in the OUTQ of the printer The Exit Program is invoked using the following OUTQ command CHGOUTQ OUTQ USRDTATFM DIRBCD DBWTREXT Then the printer can be started using standard methods STRRMTWTR or STRPRTWTR The conversion of printing data streams is realized through this Exit Program Previously the data has to be converted to PCL 5 via HPT It is important that the printer model ort he WSCST object is addressed After the HPT conversion ELP is called and finally the data is sent to the printer Known problems The EBCDIC conversion is only tested for the above mentioned module Others may fail du not having been tested but it can be fixed pretty easily www stethos com 30 Enhanced Laser Printing ELP General Information Another way is to print directly from the AS400 to a Windows Qu
48. inter driver to the correct configuration In the advanced properties tab of the selected printer the red marked attribute in the advanced printing It is important to turn the Enable features must be tumed off advanced printing features off T Hold mismatched documents Note The licence model of the I Print spooled documents first W ELP Software for Microsoft Windows T Keep piots ma is limited to n installations The installer Tab allows only the maximum installations of ELP print processors Choose a file to print Please select testfile to print Cancel DEMO_Comp8 pel 7 r DEMO_ELP PCL To test the installed printer click on the button pema ne pel Mark printer to print demo file A window DEMOLPDF PCL will appear in which a list of all available demo_pdf417 pel demo files pcl are displayed DEMO3 PCL demo4 pel Due to licensing reasons once a valid key is provided the barcode functionality might be permanently turned off Cancel To continue we recommend to click now on the top right button and start the self training www stethos com 50 Enhanced Laser Printing ELP for MS Windows Error message without any text In very rare cases this error message will pop up when printing from another client This message is NOT produced by ELP I comes from the MS Windows software itself Usually the problem is caused by wrong access rights It seems that
49. l of the next job try to solve this problem by setting the keys value to 1 LJ_Mode_OverRead_EOF DIMM only version_ Can only be turned on in a Searched_ section Once set ELP will not exit on a found UEL command ELP_MAX_HEAP Maximum Memory which can be used by the printer filter Default 1MB can maybe extended to 1 5 MB or a little more depending on the printers total memory If there was too many memory allocated the printer will hang with a 49 5001 printer error AP ELP Boxes There are two external print boxes available one which can print from Lan2Lan or from Lan2USB and another larger one which can handle up to 4 Lan2USB and 52 Lan2Lan connections The boxes do operate the same as the printers but have both a web based interface to be configured The special ini file keys mentioned above do not apply but the rest does Even the rule assignment by port is possible www stethos com 20 Enhanced Laser Printing ELP General Information UNIX Linux Aix Solaris VMS Note The distributed PDF and time functions are not yet supported Compilation of the sources The compiled version can downloaded from the manufacturers home page or supplied by the distributors Just in case you are using an unsupported operating system here are the steps to compile the sources 1 Copy all provided source files into any directory of your work station 2 All file names must be in lower case Use chmod
50. le into notepad and change the InArchiveDir to your own needs You can either point to a shared network volume or use this definition server sharename directory You may insert several keys for more directories There is no difference in file handling if you use the In or OutarchiveDir key they are only for finding the path You may also use the variable USERNAME in order to open a user specific subdirectory There are quite a view more possibilities to be set even to load another ini file for getting the archive directories names All options are described in the file Once the shortcut is called PPAdmin shows up with only the Archive register Tipp If the user should only be able to print all his stored files in one shot use either a batch file like this copy b d archive server PrinterShareName Del Q d archive Or the way described in the MyPrintArchive chapter in this manual You may also change the tips ini files with notepad to give more company specific help to your users 43 www stethos com Enhanced Laser Printing ELP for MS Windows Sharing NT 2000 XP printers Queues using TCP IP services LPR If not yet done install the unix print services via Control Panel Add Software additional file and print services Mark Unix print services Then check if in the registry the passthrough option for the service is set 1 Start the registry editor regedit exe 2 Open HKEY_LOCAL_ M
51. led in the introduction ELP_Training pdf The Q A document describes interesting ELP scenarios The installation manual describes the implementation of ELP in Unix 7 Linux AIX and A5400 environments The user manual is focused on describing the interface of the archive and its possibilities The admin manual describes all functions SAP Unicode manual A presentation for management and a technical presentation When you start your PPAdmin the first time a Start up Agent is shown This Start up Agent helps you to configure your ELP software quickly for the most common tasks it offers quick access to the global setup printer activation Forms and printer handling SAP_Unicode and to the emulations The default recommendations are listed in the left column of the yes no table www stethos com 46 Enhanced Laser Printing ELP for MS Windows Choose the Admin Tab Kt W ELP Print Processor Admin Macro Admin inifile Install Archive Queue Mng Get IP Jobs License Common Registry Settings for Windows Made Program Call C programme WELP convert exe e g C installdir convert exe NT 4 0 CONVERT_NT EXE Workpath C programme WELP forms e g C installdir Arguments e g dHWKD H cHWKD convert ini 1 Deadlock View I Startup with Password Enable Startup Agent V Show Mouselnfo JY Macro Tab I Dimm mode Run as user I Show execution program JV Admin Tab I In
52. llPathAndNameOf UpdateFile ext bye Using the LPR command LPR S IP Address P PrinterQueueName o UpdateFilename UNIX bases systems Use the LP command 17 www stethos com Enhanced Laser Printing ELP General Information Test the module Besides sending one of our demo files to the printer there is a quick way to check the functionality of the DIMM the printer s configuration page 1 Select the configurations menu 2 Select the configuration page 3 Press select At the middle of the first page the Installed Personalities and Options are listed The product is working when an IOF entry is listed which displays the ELP version IOF 254 ELP active datecode Version 1999 2008 www stethos com 18 Enhanced Laser Printing ELP General Information You may also open the new HP printers web page and will find the same line at the configuration page For the second test method send one of the provided demo files to the printer See page 38 for the file description and the previous page chapter for the methods to send the files to the printer Echo ing the printer and get ELP version back Version 8 26 The activated filter does parse all incoming data streams In oder to get the information back from the printer maybe using any distribution tool send the following data stream to the printer esc 12345X PJL ECHO Get ELP Version esc S 12345x The activated ELP does change that requ
53. mation 8 Finally activate your PCL 5 print queue which you might have installed as described above W ELP directly asks to print a demo file and tells you some more information what is already enabled We recommend to use the first sample file which is already marked 9 If you like you can directly turn an emulation on set Unicode printing for Sap or just select one of the 50 printer function form Page and Copy handling examples It is strongly suggested to configure the email software Blat This will enable the print processor to send out notification mails on any detected problems while processing print jobs See later in this manual 3 www stethos com Enhanced Laser Printing ELP Software support Quick test Printing out Microsoft Word Load provided example Invoice using the Start Menu and print it using a PCL 5e or 5c Printer driver You may want to generate your own Microsoft Word using Forms and ELP Commands Create a new empty document type some sample text e g this is a welpprint sample test and follow these steps to print a test form 1 First enable field code to be seen Go to Tools gt Options in the View tab enable checkbox Field codes Go to Insert gt Field and select the Print command Windows 97 German Druck in the left list box Field Names In the text box below after PRINT enter lt lt K3 C1 10500 D1 gt gt Now if you select File gt
54. ng 59 MIB XLS 53 Microsoft Word 59 MS Windows 33 MyPrintArchive 43 NetWare 32 38 Novell NetWare 32 38 ODBC 53 OUT_DATA 22 PCL 5 9 13 PCL3GUI 13 PDF_MODE 22 PGCount 53 PJL 52 Ports to try 53 Postscript 9 Print boxes 20 Print queue 45 Print server 20 PrinterName 22 Printing out of Microsoft Word 4 Program call 24 Program call argments 22 Queue 45 Raw printing 28 Samba 28 SAP 55 show account file 49 Show execution 47 show last logfile 49 SNMP 52 support 64 support address 7 System performance 13 Terminal Server 33 Test 18 21 47 50 Time trigger 54 TotalPages 22 www stethos com Enhanced Laser Printing ELP Add Ons Uninstall 35 USERNAME 43 Unix 21 24 Windows 13 45 Update 33 WorkingDirectory 22 23 Update the Dimm 17 WorkPath 47 UserName 22 Technical support For questions inputs additional support or any other reasons please contact your local distributor The address can be found in the info box with PPADMIN at the license register Also you may have a look at 1 The Question and Answers document located in the Manual section of the program start selection Enhanced Laser Printing ELP 2 Chapter examples the administration document 3 If you need personal help please contact your distributor listed in PPAdmin s license tab gt info box Thank you for looking and maybe even using our product www stethos com 64
55. o translate the ELP_Training ELP_Training2222 pdf and the tips ini tips ini my files 61 www stethos com Enhanced Laser Printing ELP Add Ons Demo file descriptions All provided demo files can be loaded into any ASCII editor like DOS EDIT or Microsoft Word However as the file does contain PCL 5e commands they CANNOT be printed out of a windows application They need to be sent directly to the printer or to a printer queue See the installation chapters for further information Barcode_1D pcl Prints a huge list of barcode samples Barcode_Overview pcl Prints samples of barcodes and explains how they can be setup and configured Barcode_2D pcl Prints a ELP Demo Page of all implemented 2D Barcodes ELPStatusPage pcl Prints a ELP Demo Page and gives some information about error logging Invoice pcl Prints en example of how invoices can be duplicate with watermarks etc LetterHead pcl This Demo Page demonstrates how to print automatically forms using ELP command in the data stream PCL Macro Call pcl This Demo Page demonstrates how ELP can replace a printer Flash DIMM or hard disk for forms and or font management right away without any changes to the PCL macro commands Trigger pcl This example demonstrates how to print automatically forms using an ELP command which is triggered by some information found in the data stream In the forms directory several ini files can be found they provide examples for autoprint in
56. onvert ini 27 www stethos com Enhanced Laser Printing ELP General Information Known issues when printing with Filters or Interface scripts The biggest problems we faced is that the filter Interface Script is NOT executed This was always because CUPS did treat the data stream in RAW mode which means that it is NOT passed through any filter Prevent printing RAW mode via SAMBA Printing to CUPS via UNC path e g using Net Use DOS commands may cause you a headache because the job is passed through a CUPS filter in RAW mode In that case simply edit etc samba smb conf and in section GLOBAL set a small at first column in line cups options raw Prevent printing RAW mode via CUPS LPD The CUPS LPD command o name value is most often this is used to disable the filter so that remote print jobs are filtered as needed for printing The last client had o application raw and the filter was not executed So he changed it to o application plain and all worked fine TIPP You find a lot more information about CUPS printing out in the internet www stethos com 28 Enhanced Laser Printing ELP General Information Using HP Dazel HP Output Server OS To add ELP into those spooling systems is pretty easy and needs 3 quick steps only 1 Copy ELP as described above into any directory and set the permissions for example into this directory hpos custom stethos 2 Generate a Pearl script with those 2
57. or message appears Please report any installation errors to your distributor mentioning the message occurred on the display 5 Ifno error message appears the installation successfully finished By clicking the Finish button the installation application ends 6 Now go to Start gt Programs and find the entry Enhanced Laser Printing ELP where you can select either extensive documentation or the PPAdmin Control Centre program B Agent for first installation configuration steps Demo icense key Start the PPAdmin program and as always for the first time the startup agent is poping up If you did mark on the WEB form that you like to get a demo key and you did enter your valid email address you can now enter in the first field the provided time bombed license The click No No No www stethos com Press F1 for Oriine Help Secre ELP with password bes Display oniine help no Display the sat waning Acie ELP for print queue Actvate selected printer queue Display all parters NAWNANUNEENNNNUNUNNUNN ONENEN Printer lunctions Faim Paper and Copymanagment Select one solution out of the isted examples II dose not fit 100 to your requeemerts you map change later Select T SAP Unicode amp Double Byte parting without hardware extentions Emuations Select hom the fst your needed emulation Orly one emishon can be elected Further emulatons lke PDF TIFF CALS Phipps can be enable
58. p EA Maximum number of buffered events amp EP Fax recipient future addition amp E1 R 3 flag of LOMS amp E2 OMS flag of LOMS amp E3 R 3 flag of ROMS amp E4 OMS flag of ROMS 57 www stethos com Enhanced Laser Printing ELP for MS Windows Baan For Bann under Unix there should be no problems at all The Barcodes are integrated the standard way using a shell script Documentation on request Trigger words for rules are normally found For BWPRINT running under MS Windows the situation could be for Trigger Words different They are maybe not found as the driver generates the text fully graphically A client found a way around that through setting the with parameter in the font description to 0 nung Bearbeiten Ansicht 3 SOFTWARE a 3Com 5 ACE Compression Software G ActiveTouch Wert nicht gesetzt Courier New height 288 width 144 weight 400 italic 0 precision Courier New height 288 width 144 weight 400 italic 0 precision H Adobe Courier New height 168 width 84 weight 400 italic 0 precision 1 cim virus Courier New height 240 width 0 weight 400 italic 0 precision 0 n N a ab Fort04 Courier New height 240 width 120 weight 400 italic 0 precision a ia ues ab Font Courier New height 240 width 120 weight 400 italic 0 precision a8 ipl
59. p3UserName p4DocumentName p5TotalPages MeMailSW IN OUT cIniFile pl to p4 Arguments p5TotalPages p9Port MeMailSWPath FPdfSWPath www stethos com A Filename of incoming PCL 5 print stream including path or B STDIN This special file name name will advise the ELP software that the incoming data is processed through the STDIO input A Filename including path of the ELP output data or B STDOUT This special file name advises the ELP software to dump the data to the stdio output c followed directly with a full path plus file name of the converter s command file name This file defines a huge range of additional ELP commands like triggers If those arguments are provided they will be documented in the accounting module see page 118 p1NameOfThePrinter p2NameOf the Workstation Server or PC p3NameOfTheUser p4Document description IMPORTANT See blank statement at the beginning of this chapter If provided it will be also documented by the accounting module but for PCL 5 data streams the number is verified by Form feed counting TCP IP number or port expression of the windows printer driver Not supported under pure NT 4 0 and Unix Enter the full path and program call for the BLAT email software Not supported under Unix Enter the full path and program call for the Lincoln PCL to Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF format converter Not supported under Unix 22 qOShar
60. parameter Note If an virus scanner is running which monitors file access the system my result in very slow printing Examples for program calls convert INfile tmp OUTfile prn convert STDIN STDOUT lt INfile tmp gt OUTfile prn convert 1 STDOUT d home user ELP dir LP The first 2 examples used on an UNIX platform perform exactly the same action For test purposes use some of the demo files described later in this manual Using the etc printcap Using the old printcap method for printing a definition in the etc printcap could look like that ps44re cm lpdfilter method auto color no rm ps44 rp AUTO www stethos com 24 Enhanced Laser Printing ELP General Information sd var spool lpd ps44re lf var spool lpd ps44re log af var spool lpd ps44re acct if opt elp filter ar force localhost tr cl lk sh Ps44re is the printet name and ps44 its host name the shell script filter will contain the elp command using STDIn and STDOUT 25 www stethos com Enhanced Laser Printing ELP General Information Using Common Unix Printing System CUPS There are 2 ways to run ELP under CUPS 1 Asa Filter like an PPDS which is a little more complex 2 Asan Interface script 1 ELP Integration into CUPS using the Filter method ELP can also be installed as a filter into the CUPS environment There can be found excellent manuals on the internet for this purposes Here is the short r
61. pters how to test the functionality If you have a DIMM MFC Card continue reading Unix Linux AIX VMS continue on page 19 Windows NT 2000 XP continue on page 23 Hardware DIMM MFC USB Stick Harddisks for HP LaserJet printers Please read the full chapter up to the end especially the statement in the key ELP_MAX_HEAP influence of the requested printer memory Note some functions like Archiving distributed printing and time functions are not supported on the DIMM or MFC Memory Flash Card implementation of ELP In order to implement ELP into your environment it could be a good idea to emulate first a DIMM using the Windows or Unix based version In this case please add to the command line the parameter p7 surrounded by blanks Or set the DIMM MODE option in PPAdmin s Admin Tab and APPLY the settings In order to make them work exit PPAdmin and restart it Note In very rare cases the DIMM may cause problems with bidirectional communication between the printer and the host This does not affect Windows printing Only if the host opens a job tracking communication The DIMM MFC etc version does not support the following status read back Escape sequences Esc s X Esc s I Esc s U Esc s T Esc s M The good thing about that is that we have never seen them being used by any type of software 15 www stethos com Enhanced Laser Printing ELP General Information Software Installation Using the MS Windows file manag
62. s to be send outside of the PC Server using In OutArchiveDir In OutPort the Software is physically installed on another server or any batch process It is also needed if applications with printer access are called via any CALL key Further details are provided at those chapters Please use always UNC names for addressing the directories or your software Volume names may not work The Password key is by default enabled and the password window is shown on start up of PPAdmin If no password is entered and the switch is set the password windows does not display again on start up The Startup Agent checkbox is by default enabled so the start up Agent is shown on start up of PPAdmin If the checkbox is not set the start up Agent does not display again on start up View Tabs Macro Admin Ini File Install Archive email QueueControl and License default most of those buttons are turned on and then the described tab register is displayed Turn them off if you do or the user should NOT use them IMPORTANT Once the admin tab is turned off the admin page will not be displayed on the next progarm call So you will NOT be able to unhide the Admin tab again The only way to do that is to open the PCs registry gt ee eee HKEY LOCAL MACHINE gt SOFTWARE gt welp gt welpprint and Solper paa change the value of the key Used eMail Adress Jwelp stethos com Showregister to 159 the default value or 255 for the actual maximum
63. se and the Software Firmware product may be transferred to a third party provided the third party agrees to all the terms of this License and that no copies of the Software Firmware are retained by the transferring party Software License Agreement IMPORTANT Please read this License carefully before using the manufacturer Software or Hardware hereinafter referred to as SOFTWARE The right to use this Software is granted only if the Customer agrees to the terms of this License If you do not agree to the terms of this License you may return the unused Software product for a refund HOWEVER INSTALLATION AND USE OF THIS SOFTWARE INDICATES YOUR FULL ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS 5 www stethos com Enhanced Laser Printing ELP General Information Table of Contents Quick Install Guide for Microsoft Windows Quick test Printing out Microsoft Word Software License and Copyright Table of Contents Contact and support address Limited Warranty Introduction ELP functions overview Requirements The demo version Installation and testing Hardware DIMM MFC USB Stick Harddisks for HP LaserJet printers Software Installation MFC DIMM USB Stick Installation Update the DIMM MFC Stick module Test the module Echo ing the printer and get ELP version back Version 8 26 LaserJet initialisation or automatic data stream Special Ini File keys AP ELP Boxes UNIX Linux Aix Solaris VMS Compilation of the sources Use and te
64. series 2400 4250 4350 4650 5550 9050 9040 others on request The memory flash USB sticks available for HP LaserJet printer series P3005 3505 M5035 and most newer HP printers Windows NT 2000 or XP for Print Processor installation Also recommended to be installed for Unix forms development and testing Software version for Unix Linux AIX VMS or Solaris if needed to be installed on those systems ELP will only need system performance when a print job is parsed Tests have been made in order to analyse the CPU workload and performance A typical job with 270 Kbytes incoming data needed to load a Form with 100K generates a barcode and write the process into accounting file needs less then one second to be processed The same time was needed to pass through a 1 5 MB file without any changes The demo version The limitations of the demo version are 1 Every Barcode is printed with the word DEMO on 2 On every PCLS print page the DEMO watermark is printed 13 www stethos com Enhanced Laser Printing ELP General Information 3 Before the job is processed you need to click OK in a demo message box on the server which runs the ELP Software www stethos com 14 Enhanced Laser Printing ELP General Information Installation and testing This chapter explains 1 How to install the ELP either as a Hardware DIMM in a HP LaserJet or on the various provided operating systems 2 At the end of each product cha
65. st the ELP program Using the etc printcap Using Common Unix Printing System CUPS Using HP Dazel HP Output Server OS AS 400 ELP and Novell Netware MS Windows Update ELP Software on the productive system Change the physical ELP server to a new one Uninstall ELP Software Install ELP Software Install ELP Software using a software distribution package Install ELP Software by Hand Uninstall ELP Software by Hand ELP installation on a Windows 2003 Cluster Configuration of Blat for MS Windows Change License Key Configure PPadmin s archive reprint tool on a normal user PC Sharing NT 2000 XP printers Queues using TCP IP services LPR How to print from other Windows PC to the Windows ELP queue www stethos com 6 ONDUAN 13 13 15 15 16 16 17 18 19 19 20 20 21 21 21 24 26 29 30 32 33 33 34 35 36 36 37 37 38 41 42 43 44 45 Enhanced Laser Printing ELP General Information Set the wait time for PDF conversion in the Archive menu 45 Activate ELP printing Windows version not Cluster 49 Error message without any text 51 Collect Page Counter from your network printers FleetMeter 52 Automatic collecting Page Counters time triggered 54 Software support 55 SAP R 2 and R 3 55 Baan 58 Microsoft Word also mail merge 59 Other MS Windows software packages 60 Other Software packages 60 Localization 61 Index of the introduction and Installation guide 63 Technical support 64 Contact and support a
66. stethos Enhanced Laser Printing ELP Introduction and Installation Guide Revision 8 44 seit 2001 For MS Windows NT based platforms Unix Linux Solaris VMS True64 AS 400 and AIX As firmware extension for various laser printer Enhanced Laser Printing ELP general information Quick Install Guide for Microsoft Windows 1 Ona Windows NT 2000 2003 XP Vista Win7 2008 system logon with administrator rights and double click the provided Setup_WELP msi file to start the installation wizard For cluster see the special instructions Important notes A You need to have administrator rights in order to install the software B Network users need to give all users the read permissions to the installation directory and read write permissions to the forms directory The wizard will guide you through the installation accept our license agreement and choose the appropriate installation directory 2 In most cases you need a PCL 5 driver NOT PCL 6 for our software Please install one Maybe you name the queue ELP 3 Ifyou also want to generate forms for overlaying or attaching them it is recommended to install a second queue where the port is FILE Maybe name it ELP_FORMS IMPORTANT This queue is NOT activated later 4 After copying the required files and registering a dos shell will appear for some few seconds and disappear if no errors occur If there are complications the dos prompt will halt and an err
67. t from the list your needed emulation Only one emulation can be selected Further emulations like PDF TIFF CALS Philips can be enabled by adding the specific keys to a rule le About In order to send datastreams from Unix to MS Windows ELP queues please install the print services for Unix and use the Unix LP command For SAP use connection type U For more information please take a look into the installation manual The following and more solutions can be setup by using the button rule assistant Archiving of datastreams as PDF TIFF JPEG etc incl sorting and postal optimization DMR marks for controlling enveloping machines Monitoring and reporting of all information which can be extracted from the datastreams i e invoice no or cheque amount page counters etc Sending of eMails Job splitting for example into single print jobs in order to process them in the special way Sending of datastreams as eMail attachments Each of these and over 100 additional functions can be activated by rules Some of them are processed everytime like user or queue specific rules Others are executed just at the point in the datastream where the desired information is found Search_ The last evaluation Trigger_ is at the end of the datastream just before output Those rules have access to all gathered information incl database queries Documentations How to setup own forms and using them is documented very detai
68. the suggested EVERYONE user rights in the WELP WELP forms and WELP registry settings are not enough Especially when the user is located in another domaine In that case you need to grant the user to administration rights But ONY for those directories 51 www stethos com Enhanced Laser Printing ELP for MS Windows Collect Page Counter from your network printers FleetMeter ELP can collect from all network printers quite some information beginning with actual page counters and ending with any MIB information you can get out of the printer There are 2 ways to collect those information 1 Default and always as the first try Using the SNMP Single NETWORK Management Protocol 2 Only if collection the page counter and the printer name fails via SNMP as maybe the printers SNMP support is turned off or the network box is not supporting it ELP may use on request as well the standard PJL Printer Job Language commands In order to setup the default setting start PPAdmin gt open the Admin register gt Click bottom right the Page counter gt Configuration Kt File name definition via ODBC mechanism SNMP DBQ C programme WELP4PGCount MIB XLS DRIVER Microsoft Excel Driver xls Edit Default DBQ C programmeSWELP PGCount MIB XLS DRIVER Microsoft Excel Driver xls It is possible to define or select any own database via ODBC mechanism Further information canbe found in the install manual Table
69. to 3 lines in that directory named elp_filter_pl and make it also accessible Sprinter SARGV 0 Sout_data hpos custom stethos ELP Linux64 STDIN STDOUT d hpos custom stethos forms c hpos custom stethos forms convert ini pl printer print Sout_data 3 Tell the spooling system via command line that there is a printer who would like to use this filter pdset cd x user filter exit program dazel install directory bin perl pdset cd x user filter exit arguments hpos custom stethos elp filter _pl pdset cd x user filter exit arguments destination 4 If you have a lot of printers there is another way to set that filter more elegant generates an ASCII file with all printer definitions pdconfig d s c FileName Load the file into an ASCII editor and add to each printer this definition 3 lines user filter exit program dazel install directory bin perl user filter exit arguments dazel install directory custom stethos elp filter pl destination Overwrite the existing printer definitions by the new one pdconfig u d Filename 29 www stethos com Enhanced Laser Printing ELP General Information AS 400 End of 2003 the main functions had been ported also to the AS400 platform as a spooler extension Due to time limitations only the following functions had been successfully tested Barcode 1D and 2D ELP Functions Search and Replace Trigger Archiv
70. value Options like logon Earann Deen EEEN email and PSD Call can only be entered after the freeware Mail Cancel ReadMe Info Software which is the case for newer www stethos com 48 Enhanced Laser Printing ELP for MS Windows versions of the software By clicking on the respective browse button you can browse your system to find the executables for the PDF or administrate the email Software Further information about the email Software entries can be read after clicking on the button Parameter Description It is strongly recommended to activate the email software and enter some valid email addresses into the Admin email field ELP will send out an email if the software fails during processing the data These addresses are used to get emails about errors in print jobs When you enter more than one the addresses they must be separated by comma By clicking on TestMail the entered email addresses must get a test mail from PPADMIN within some minutes On APPLY all changes of this screen are stored The buttons show last logfile and show account file open the corresponding file in notepad Then you will be asked if you want to delete them These files are normally saved in the Working directory The installation is now nearly finished The last step described in the next chapter is to enable the ELP functionality within any printer driver Activate ELP printing Windows version not Cluster
71. y the value ELP can setup its own item counters as well page counters Distributed printing page Send data stream to different ports queues or archives Depending upon Copy factors or file size Call any other software or communication tool and read back data Split a print job for example to archive each invoice Send Data to any external software including own defined command line parameters Symbol set conversion For example to EBCDIC to ASCII Unicode and double byte printing Prints Unicode and double byte fonts e g simplified or traditional Chinese on non Unicode or double byte fonts enabled printers Miscellaneous Reverse printing Print colour jobs optional on HP printers only in gray scale Set toner save mode Do not print at all maybe print streams from software the user is not allowed to use The data stream is analysed and will be sent to the best fit paper roll www stethos com 12 Requirements Data Stream format Hardware DIMM Hardware MFC Hardware USB Software version Enhanced Laser Printing ELP General Information PCL 5e HP LaserJet PCL 5C Postscript with some limitations PCL3GUI HP Business InkJet with some limitations for accounting all data formats PCL 5e or Postscript for Bar coding The DIMM is available for HP LaserJet printer series 2300 4050 4100 4200 4300 4600 8100 8150 and 9000 The memory flash card is available for HP LaserJet printer

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