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Xerox 701P47301 Printer User Manual

1. A 3 Reference Documents i5 OS A 4 Configuring IBM Infoprint Manager for AIX A 4 Configuration Overview AIX A 4 Reference Documents AIX 2 0 0 0 KK eee ees A 5 Configuring IBM Infoprint Manager for Windows A 5 Configuration Overview Windows A 5 Reference Documents Windows A 6 Testing the Printer Connection A 6 Performance Notes A 7 I Table of Contents iv IPDS User Guide Introduction 1 Introduction The Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IBM IPDS User Guide describes the Xerox FreeFlow Print Server Intelligent Printer Data Stream support IPDS is a print data stream defined by IBM This guide describes Xerox FreeFlow Print Server support for IBM s IPDS including various system menus setup routines operator commands for running print jobs system supported environments font management host connectivity and diagnostic trace capabilities NOTE Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS requires a software license If your system does not have the Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS license you will not see any of the IPDS dialogs and the IPS Manager menu will not appear in the system menu Contact your Customer Service Engineer CSE in order to obtain an Xerox
2. To feed blank or pre printed stock without print data from both fusing and non fusing trays 1 Assign the stock to the desired fuser and non fusing physical trays in the Printer Manager 2 Assign the stock to the desired fuser and non fusing physical trays in the IPS Manager Tray mappings dialog 3 Assign the stock to a single virtual tray 4 Set the Tray Type for the virtual tray to Inserter For Printing and Non Printing Application Data To use the same stock for both printed and unprinted pages 1 Assign the stock to the desired fuser and non fusing physical trays in the Printer Manager 2 Assign the stock to the desired fuser and non fusing physical trays in the IPS Manager Tray mappings dialog IPDS User Guide Using Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPS Manager 3 Assign the stock to two different virtual trays 4 Set the Tray Type for one virtual tray containing the stock to Inserter 5 Set the Tray Type for the other Virtual Tray containing the stock to Fuser As in other cases once the setup for an Inserter Bin job has been created it is helpful for a System Administrator or other expert to store the initial mapping in a job setup profile which can then be invoked by the operator when the application must be run again Stacker Mappings Functions The Stacker Mappings tab shows what physical output destinations are assigned to the virtual IPDS Output Bins that are reported to the host
3. 2 4 IPDS User Guide Installation and Setup NOTE f an image shift is done at the IPDS queue level then the banner page of the IPDS job will contain the image shift as well Therefore the data on the banner page may be shifted off the page Queue Properties Following are selections relating to IPDS queues Settings Select the Input Format Feature Access Button FAB Under Input select Streaming Output The default setting for the Output Order is System Specified For most products this is N 1 Descending output order NOTE This setting can cause a problem if set processing staple or some other finishing operation is not being performed The problem occurs because the streaming IPDS job may be too large to receive and re order The result of this situation is that because there is no logical end to trigger the re order a portion of the IPDS job would be received but not print Unless N 1 is required to perform set processing the Output Order should be changed to 1 N Ascending output order PDL Settings Select the IPDS FAB Use Resolution to determine the resolution of the output data sent to the print engine Only values of 300 and 600 dpi are supported For print engines that do not have native support for 300 dpi the output will be simulated Halftone Resolution NOTE The IPDS Halftone Resolution feature is available only for all supported monochrome and highlight color
4. 1 IPS Manager System Configuration Menu Refer to System Configuration NOTE The printer IP Address is specified during the initial software load Set the TCP IP port number in the IPS Manager System Configuration dialog 2 TCP IP for i5 OS parameters Refer to System i Networking TCP IP Setup IPDS User Guide A 3 3 PSF procedure Refer to System i Printing Basic printing and IBM Systems iSeries Printing Advanced Function Presentation Reference Documents i5 OS The following documents provide additional information on i5 OS to IPDS printer connectivity Table A 2 Reference Documents i5 OS Title Publication number i5 OS Information Center CD SK3T 4091 System i Networking and TCP IP Setup None System i Networking and TCP IP Troubleshooting None iSeries Guide to Output S544 3519 System i Printing Basic printing None IBM Systems iSeries Printing Advanced Function None Presentation IBM AS 400 Printing V SG24 2160 IBM i5 OS manuals are available on the IBM website NOTE Reference documents without publication numbers in Table A 4 are available on the i5 OS Information Center CD Configuring IBM Infoprint Manager for AIX This section provides information on using TCP IP to attach a Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS printer to a System p series server using Infoprint Manager for AIX Configuration Overview AIX Configuring the Xerox FreeFlow Print Serve
5. stock selection from the IPS Manager is not available for the iGen3 Refresh Select the Refresh button after making changes to the stock library or assigning stocks to physical trays in the Printer Manager to allow the stock information to display properly in the IPS Manager e View Stock Properties Allows you to review the properties assigned to each stock If any changes are made to IPS Manager while an IPDS job is active the changes may result in an interruption and continuation of the job based on the last page checkpoint sent to the host To ensure changes are applied to the intended job changes should only be done while the printer is idle or while not printing any IPDS jobs Cancelling and resubmitting a job may be required to apply changes to an already active job Define the Physical Tray Stock Setup Q2 1 Set the stock definitions for each physical tray in the Xerox FreeFlow Print Server Printer Manager Ek 2 Stock mappings can be stored and retrieved as needed as part of job setup files 3 Setthe stocks in the Select Stocks for Printer Trays in the Tray Mappings tab in the IPS Manager to correspond to the stocks required for the job The Stock Loaded column indicates whether the stock is loaded or not If the stock is not loaded load it in the paper tray or examine the stock settings in the Printer Manager NOTE Due to the presence of the press interface physical tray stock selection from the IPS Ma
6. NOTE n addition to the predefined values the type in field also supports any user defined four digit value Host Environments Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS supports the following environments InfoPrint Manager with AIX 5L TCP IP connectivity only InfoPrint Manager for Windows Print Services Facility for i5 OS OS 400 TCP IP connectivity only Print Services Facility for z OS MVS Emtex VIP NOTE monochrome and highlight color printers only e GMC PrintNet T NOTE monochrome printers only Host Connectivity Options Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS can receive data from a host in one of two ways Through a channel card with bus and tag connectivity e Through a TCP IP interface using Ethernet Host Connectivity options depend on the print server and printer configuration If you require host connectivity using a channel interface contact your local Xerox representative to confirm that this option is available for your device and to obtain the additional hardware Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPS Manager The IPS Manager is a feature of Xerox FreeFlow Print Server and is accessible through the main print server GUI System pull down menu The IPS Manager provides job setting tray mappings and stacker mappings options It also allows system configuration for TCP IP and channel connections Additionally it allows the user to IPDS User Guide 1 3 Introduction
7. The Job Profile Editor provides the following capabilities Map IPDS Bins to Stackers Designates how individual virtual bins correspond to specific output destinations The IPS Manager presents from at least 5 virtual bins to as many virtual bins as there are physical stackers in the system Host Specified Stacking Maps the virtual bins recognized by the host to the specific physical output destinations on the printer If an IPDS job includes the commands individual sheets can be directed to specific output destinations as specified by the IPDS job This allows for greater control for output delivery of portions of an IPDS job or between different IPDS jobs Printer Specified Stacking Allows the system to perform automatic stacking ignoring any commands for output destinations contained within the IPDS job Automatic stacking causes the system to direct the output to a suitable stacker If Unload While Run is supported by the printer Printer Specified Stacking allows you to unload one bin while the printer continues to deliver sheets to another bin Host Specified Stacking Printer Specified Stacking The Host Specified Stacking selection causes the print server to determine where to deliver each sheet by mapping the virtual bin requested by the host to a specific physical stacker on the printer as selected in the Map IPDS Bins to Stackers panel in the Stacker Mappings dialog This involves some setup depending upon the
8. dpi input resolution of the data and resources sent by the host Successful processing of the job data depends on the proper identification of the input resolution The system cannot determine this automatically The value is sent to the host which uses the value to choose the resolution of raster fonts and certain images Resource resolution is limited to 240 300 and 600 dpi e GOCA Image Resolution Use the GOCA Image Resolution IPS Manager feature to select the input resolution for GOCA raster images within IPDS jobs The selectable values are 240 300 and 600 dpi While GOCA data consists mostly of resolution independent drawing orders it can contain raster images GOCA raster images appear in some applications because historically they have been easier to color in a PSF environment Unfortunately there is no definitive information in IPDS to let the print server know the resolution used when these images are created so that it can do the proper scaling as it does with IOCA images For this reason Xerox FreeFlow Print Server 3 6 IPDS User Guide Using Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPS Manager IPDS needs to be told what resolution to use for GOCA raster images Use the GOCA Image Resolution setting on the IPS Manager Job Settings tab to specify the desired resolution 240 300 600 for GOCA images This option only applies to applications that use raster images within GOCA objects For these applications it is v
9. manage fonts capture IPDS trace files and restart the IPS gateway 1 4 IPDS User Guide Installation and Setup Installation and Setup The requirements and instructions for installing the Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS software and setting up the printing environment are described in this section Review this entire chapter before proceeding with the installation Some setup tasks are performed on the print server window and some are performed on the print server IPS Manager The main installation and setup tasks are Licensing and configuring the software and features Defining the print server IPDS queue Setting up media Loading IBM AFP resident outline fonts optional Defining a logical printer e Verifying the installation Software Requirements User Access Levels Xerox FreeFlow Print Server version 6 0 or higher If your Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS configuration requires a channel connection you will need an online channel board Contact your local Xerox representative for more information Access to the IPS Manager is controlled by the print server logon level Three user levels are available to access Xerox FreeFlow amp Print Server IPS Manager each with its own level of feature access User Operator The User and the Operator have limited access rights to the IPS Manager This is the access level assigned when IPS Manager is first started The User or the Operator can do the
10. A 6 IPDS User Guide Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS Network Connectivity Appendix Performance Notes The Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS printers are very high speed devices compared to many other network devices It is possible that in some configurations you may find printers running at less than the rated print speed In a typical installation tuning for optimal printer performance can be complex since there may be many different network components between the host system and the printer This section provides some pointers on where to look in the event that you experience print speed degradation Like any tuning activity this is a process You must first find the Current Bottleneck and alleviate it Then you repeat the process until the printer throughput is at the expected rate Ensure that both the PSF and TCP IP address spaces are receiving a high level of service Should you notice any printer performance problems such as throughput speed degradation check the areas listed in the following table Table A 5 Components to Check for Printer Performance Problems TCP IP If the printer is on a network that also has a large number of other devices attached to it the high levels of traffic can cause printer speed degradation Consider moving the printer to a network that has less activity Hostsystem If the speed of the link connecting the network with the to network printer attached to the host syst
11. The IPS Manager does not go online until requested to do so This command is only relevant when the Channel has been selected as the host interface on the System Configuration dialog This command is disabled when TCP IP is the selected host interface Stop Continue This command toggles the stop and continue modes When stop is selected the IPDS function presents a not ready condition to the host and all committed pages from the IPDS host stop printing Continue presents a ready condition and printing resumes System Configuration The following lists the features that control system configuration and affect how IPDS communicates with the host and with the print server Host Interface allows you to select the IPS Manager connection method to the host either TCP IP or channel Configuring the TCP IP connection allows you to identify the TCP IP port number used with the TCP IP address assigned to the print server to send data to the IPS Manager from the host computer NOTE PSF defaults to port number 5001 if the port is not changed in the printer definition If you need to use something other than the default value do not use port numbers in use by other print server gateways For example 9100 and 9400 are default values used by Xerox FreeFlow Print Server gateways DO NOT use either of these as your IPDS TCP IP Port number 3 2 IPDS User Guide Using Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPS Manager Config
12. Trays to Stock and Select Stock for Printer Trays panels in the Tray Mappings tab The Tray Type column in the Map IPDS Trays to Stock panel informs the user which virtual trays are reported to the host as printable trays and which are reported as non fusing trays For both virtual and physical tray displays the entries in the Tray Type columns are labeled either Fuser printable or Inserter non fusing NOTE The Tray Type columns only appear if at least one non fusing tray is available installed and enabled in the printer Before sending an IPDS job ensure that the appropriate fuser or non fuser stocks are assigned to the virtual trays and physical trays required for the job and verify that the attributes of the media used for the job are appropriate Once the mapping has been accomplished save the IPDS Job Profile The mappings can be applied for similar jobs or future runs by reloading the profile KEY POINT The Tray Type setting of Fuser or Inserter in the Virtual Tray Mapping dialog is saved as part of the Job Profile and is restored when a Job Profile is recalled and applied The Tray Type setting of the physical trays is not saved in the profile because it is determined by the acutal tray characteristics Follow the steps below to ensure stock assignments are correct for a job involving non fusing trays IPDS User Guide Using Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPS Manager GN Open the IPS Manager Tray Mapping
13. field Stock Margins settings are retained in the system as long as the stock remains defined in the Stock Library In cases where Stock Margins are not required for a given stock text may be used in the Stock Comments field but comments must not consist solely of numerical values NOTE Stock Margins settings take affect only after selecting Refresh of the current Job Profile in IPS Manager When creating a new stock or modifying an existing stock enter the Stock Margins values in the Stock Comments field using the following rules 1 Inthe Stock Library open the Properties of the stock to be modified or select New Stock to create a new stock Select the Options FAB Enter four integer values into the Stock Comments field These integer values must be whole numbers no decimal points are allowed The Stock Margin integer values must be separated by a single space Stock Margin values may be either positive or negative Stock Margins are entered in units of 600 dots per inch The actual size of the margin does not depend on the job resolution e Stock margins values are entered in the following left to right order front side process direction front side cross IPDS User Guide 2 7 Installation and Setup process direction back side process direction back side cross process direction Figure 2 1 Margin adjustments Back Side Cross Process Direction Back Side Front Side Process Direction
14. following e Modify and apply settings in the Job Settings Tray Mappings and Stacker Mappings tabs and the System Configuration window Use the Manage Job Profiles button to invoke the Job Profile Editor dialog Load a Job Profile through the Job Profile Editor IPDS User Guide Installation and Setup e Select Go Online and Go Offline e Select Stop or Continue Restart IPS Gateway System Administrator The system administrator requires a password and can perform the same functions as the Operator Additionally the system administrator can Capture or replay a Trace file Load print or delete resident fonts Licensing Requirements The Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS feature must be licensed in order for it to function Your local Xerox representative provides licenses prior to installation The Xerox service representative enters the license string and expiration date for each license immediately following the software installation Defining the Target Queue in the Print Server At least one queue must be created on the Xerox FreeFlow Print Server for processing the IPDS data Queues used for IPDS must be defined as streaming queues Refer to the Xerox FreeFlow Print Server on line help for details on creating a streaming queue Setting System Preferences The system behavior for jobs or sets that exceed the capacity of a finisher can be selected in the System Preferences dialog To re
15. number and type of stackers available on the system The Printer Specified Stacking selection causes the print server to determine where sheets will be stacked without using the virtual bin to physical stacker mappings If you select Printer Specified IPDS User Guide Using Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPS Manager Stacking the system directs output to suitable bins as determined by an internal selection mechanism If Unload While Run is supported by the printer Printer Specified Stacking allows you to unload one bin while the printer continues to deliver sheets to another bin Mapping the IPDS Output Bins to Physical Destinations The print server sends a list of available IPDS bins to the host The maximum number of virtual bins permitted is equal to the number of physical stackers in the system The IPS Manager allows you to select which of the existing physical stackers map to which of the specific virtual bins This mapping is included in the Job Profile Many print engines have a number of output locations that may be used during the course of a job In addition to stackers output locations may be top trays DFA devices bypass transports etc Stacker mapping allows the host application to direct pages to specific output locations on a sheet by sheet basis by associating virtual bins recognized by the host with particular output locations on the print engine To map the bins to stackers 1 Open IPS Manager Stac
16. on full color printers For optimum results the Page Segments or Overlays should all be included either at the start or end of each page Also if possible the Page Segments or Overlays should contain image data only Image caching is applied to all IPDS jobs when enabled NOTE For jobs with Page Segment or Overlay resources containing a large number of images which are only used once non repeating throughout the IPDS job set the Image Caching Off Otherwise performance degradation can occur associated with the caching of large numbers of images which are not reused Tray Mappings Functions On the print server you must define the stock using the Printer Manager assign each stock definition to a specific physical printer tray and load the stock in the trays The stock definitions are communicated to the IPS Manager for mapping to the IPDS trays through the Tray Mappings tab The IBM host believes that it is dealing with a printer that has at least eight input trays or more if more physical trays are present on the print engine These input trays may be considered virtual trays for IPS Manager In the Tray Mappings tab you use stock names to map the stock used for each actual physical tray to the stock name used for each virtual tray used by the host NOTE Due to limited media attribute information LCDS system stocks MAIN AUX and AUTO which are accessible from the Xerox FreeFlow Print Server Printer Manager will not a
17. provide acknowledgements as each page is stacked Therefore Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS must report pages to the host as stacked as they are processed even though they are not yet written to the output media For this reason Xerox FreeFlow Print Server cannot support IPDS host recovery for jobs saved to write once media This limitation is not a concern when saving jobs to rewritable media such as a local disk drive When a failure occurs while the print server is saving an IPDS job to a rewritable media the IPDS host will send the remainder of the job from its latest checkpoint based on the stacked page counts it has received from the printer Xerox FreeFlow Print Server is not able to automatically append this additional data to the original save job file Therefore to ensure that the remainder of the job does not overwrite the original data before initiating recovery the user must ensure that a different file name is used for the remainder of the job This limitation also applies to the save job component of Print and Save jobs Xerox FreeFlow Print Server supports simultaneous printing and saving of the same job but the page counts reported to the host only reflect the status of pages being printed not the status of pages being saved Therefore if a Print and Save job fails before completion the number of pages saved may differ from the number of pages printed If a Print and Save job terminates abnormally the hos
18. resident fonts Note that performing this action at the wrong time could lead to printing errors since the Manage Font Dialog has no way to test for whether or not individual fonts are still in use Therefore a confirmation dialog with a warning will be displayed before this action is completed To avoid problems it is safest to drain the printer and go offline before deleting fonts Print Font List When you open the Print Font List dialog the Manage Font Dialog provides choices for queue sides imaged plex and quantity The Manage Font Dialog allows the font list to print on any queue in the system You are not able to select which fonts are included in the printed list Instead the 3 4 IPDS User Guide Using Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPS Manager Trace entire font list will be printed Import Fonts from CD The Manage Font Dialog will allow you to load fonts from an IBM formatted font CD FreeFlow Print Server IPDS is only able to import AFP Outline fonts from CD e Eject CD This option allows you to tell the system to eject a CD Trace information is useful for diagnosing and correcting problems with the Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS software A trace file must be part of the set of diagnostic files provided with an outload file NOTE f you experience a problem with the IPS Manager such as a channel connectivity problem that you cannot correct contact your local Xerox customer support
19. still be used for other PDLs subject to the rules of the print server job and queue management The PDL Format must not be set to override for any PDL other than IPDS for a queue that is used to print IPDS jobs NOTE Setting the Override lock for IPDS will force all job data to be processed as IPDS preventing the queue from processing non IPDS jobs Note that a number of print server queue properties can affect the attributes of the printed job In an IPDS environment the host is typically responsible for controlling the attributes of the printed data Changing the attributes of the job could cause Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS data to print incorrectly Setting queue defaults for such properties does not interfere with the values selected by the IPS Manager However overrides for the following queue properties must be avoided e Stock attributes Name Size Color Type Weight e Output Location Virtual Printable Area Considerations Ordinarily an IPDS printer is expected to report exceptions to the host when data on a page does not fit within the virtual printable area VPA The following queue attributes are not used in Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS VPA calculations and can result in data being shifted or rotated out of the printable area without notifying the host Rotation Image Shift Alignment KEY POINT Use the Stock Margins feature for shifting data and having it used as part of the VPA calculations
20. 2 12 IPDS User Guide Using Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPS Manager 3 Using Xerox FreeFlowe Print Server IPS Manager This chapter describes how to access the IPS Manager to set and manage the IPDS parameters For more details and specific procedures refer to the IPS Manager online help IPS Manager Setup This section describes how to log on to the IPS Manager and access the IPS Manager screens The IPS manager screens are used to configure host connection parameters stop and continue IPDS processing define paper trays or output locations in the printer save job settings Logging Onto the IPS Manager Logging on as a specific user type allows you to access particular features that the walk up User cannot access Before you log on know your user access level and the password Log on to print server in order to access the IPS Manager at the necessary logon level IPS Manager Menu Options File The only menu selection under File is Manage Job Profiles This is the same selection as the Manage Job Profiles button on the IPS Manager window IPDS User Guide 3 1 Using Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPS Manager System The following operator commands are located on the System menu Go Offline e Go Online e Stop e Continue System configuration Manage Fonts Trace Restart IPS Gateway Go Offline Go Online This command toggles between the online and offline modes
21. FreeFlow Print Server IPDS software license The primary audience for this document is the system administrator or the individual s responsible for managing the print production environment Overview Intelligent Printer Data Stream IPDS is a bi directional print data stream defined by IBM IPDS is a sequence of information transmitted between a host computer and IPDS printer as directed by a print driver such as IBM s Print Service Facility PSF In addition to delivering print description information the IPDS data stream performs printer control functions and shares job status information The Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS software is configured by means of a Graphical User Interface GUI featuring pull down menus tabs and icons from which to manage the Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS functions Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS supports the TCP IP and Online Channel interfaces IPDS User Guide 1 1 Introduction Features Xerox FreeFlow Print Server Support for the IPDS Data Stream Printers Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS supports IPDS resulting from processing of AFP Advanced Function Presentation resources such as print data sets page definitions form definitions page segments fonts and overlays There are several IBM data architectures within the AFP environment that are fully supported by Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS MO DCA P Mixed Object Document Content Architecture for pr
22. JES2 Initialization and Tuning Guide and z OS JES2 Initialization and Tuning Reference B JES3 parameters Refer to z OS JES3 Initialization and Tuning Guide and z OS JES3 Initialization and Tuning Reference IPDS User Guide Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS Network Connectivity Appendix Reference Documents z OS The following documents provide additional information on z OS to IPDS printer connectivity Table A 1 Reference Documents z OS Title Publication Number Print Services Facility for z OS Customization S550 0427 z OS Communications Server IP Configuration SC31 8776 Reference z OS JES2 Initialization and Tuning Guide SA22 7532 z OS JES2 Initialization and Tuning Reference SA22 7533 z OS JES3 Initialization and Tuning Guide SA22 7549 z OS JES3 Initialization and Tuning Reference SA22 7550 z OS JES3 Hardware Configuration Definition HCD SC33 7988 User s Guide z OS Infoprint Server Customization S544 5744 z OS Infoprint Server Operation and Administration S544 5745 IBM z OS manuals are available on the IBM website Configuring IBM i5 OS This section describes the process of configuring an i5 OS system to communicate and print on a Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS printer using TCP IP on a System i series server Configuration Overview i5 OS Configuring the Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS printer with TCP IP on the i5 OS system involves setting up 3 components
23. Manage Fonts Dialog Defining a Logical Printer Before using Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS to process IPDS data streams the host must have a printer defined for Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS with the following requirements For TCP IP connectivity the Internet Protocol IP address and port number of the printer must match the IP address and port number of the printer Valid values are 5001 through 65535 e For channel connectivity the unit address specified for the host printer definition must be a unique value and must match the unit address specified on the IPS Manager For z OS MVS the printer must be defined as an AFP type device TCP IP and channel connectivity can be established in the IPS Manager System pull down menu System Configuration dialog box Verifying the Installation The following steps should be completed for a successful installation of the Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS software and proper queue and printer setup Install the IPS Manager software The Xerox Service Representative performs this task Ensure that the IPDS Interpreter license file has been loaded and that IPDS is active and enabled in the print server Feature Manager Ensure a streaming print queue is defined on the print server for your system You can view this queue by using the print IPDS User Guide Installation and Setup server Queue Manager This print queue initially has an Accept valu
24. Process Direction 2 2 Front Side Cross Process Direction For example if the values 100 0 O 600 are typed in the Stock Comments field they represent front side process direction 100 1 6 inch or 4 23 mm front side cross process direction 0 back side process direction 0 back side cross process direction 600 1 inch or 25 4 mm The Stock Library window indicates the presence of Stock Margins by placing a Stock Comment icon in the Stock Comment column If you hover the pointer over the icon the system will display the Stock Margins programmed for that stock Loading IBM AFP Resident Outline Fonts NOTE Loading IBM AFP fonts is optional Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS provides the ability to load and use printer resident AFP scalable outline fonts These fonts are loaded from the IBM AFP Font Collection CD which is purchased separately The AFP Font Collection CD label is further described as Fonts for AIX OS 2 Windows NT and Window 2000 with a part number of LK2T 9269 01 2 8 IPDS User Guide Installation and Setup NOTE The AFP font collection product number has changed from 5648 113 to 5648 B45 Although Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS can still use the original CD supplied under 5648 113 IBM now ships two separate CDs under the 5648 B45 product number The two CDs are Fonts for OS 400 part number LK2T 9270 01 and Fonts for AIX8 OS 2 Windows NT and
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26. Windows 2000 part number LK2T9269 01 Only the LK2T 9269 01 part number is supported by Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS Ensure to specify the correct part number when ordering the font collection Fonts are converted for use with IPDS jobs and stored on the printer when the fonts are loaded Although the fonts reside on the printer they cannot be viewed using the Xerox FreeFlow Print Server Font Manager They can be viewed using the Manage Fonts capability on the IPS Manager A sample job is provided to verify that the resident outline font support is properly installed on the print server To add or remove the fonts refer to the IPS Manager on line help A default resident outline font is provided for instances where the requested AFP font is not resident or the default is specifically requested This default font cannot be changed Enhanced font support can be enabled for host environments that expect resident outline font substitution for raster fonts Enhanced Font Support The Enhanced Font Support feature is an extension of the printer resident outline font support in Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS Most hosts download required raster fonts This feature is most beneficial when using the i5 OS System i host environment with resident outline fonts The i5 OS OS 400 host expects resident outline font support to include all font types and expects the printer to resolve font substitution requirements No distinct
27. XEROX FreeFlow J une 2007 101P47301 Xerox FreeF lowe Print Server IBMe IPDS User Guide Xerox Corporation Production Systems Group 800 Phillips Road Webster New York 14580 Copyright 1996 2007 Xerox Corporation All rights reserved XEROX Xerox Canada Lid Xerox Limited FreeFlow The Document Company and all identifying numbers used in connection with the Xerox products mentioned in this publication are trademarks of XEROX CORPORATION Copyright protection claimed includes all forms and matters of copyrightable material and information now allowed by statutory or judicial law or hereinafter granted including without limitations material generated from the software programs which are displayed on the screen such as styles templates icons screen displays looks etc While every care has been taken in the preparation of this material no liability will be accepted by Xerox Corporation arising out of any inaccuracies or omissions Printed in the United States of America Other company trademarks are acknowledged as follows IBM IPDS AFP MO DCA PTOCA IOCA GOCA BCOCA InfoPrint AIX OS 2 OS 400 PSF 400 and z OS are either registered trademarks or trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States and or other countries Adobe PDFL Adobe PDF Library Copyright 1987 2005 Adobe Systems Incorporated Adobe the Adobe logo Acrobat the Acrobat logo Acroba
28. ach this dialog select System Preferences from the System pull down on the main GUI Select the Job Policy tab Under Over Limit Finishing check Print Job Unfinished If the Fault Job or User Intervention option in the Over Limit Finishing panel are selected when an over limit finishing situation is encountered the printer informs the host that a printer fault is raised and intervention is required This causes the host to stop sending data In these cases it is typically necessary to terminate the job at the print server However terminating the job at the print server does not clear it from an IPDS host output queue and the host will retransmit the data unless the job is also terminated at the host NOTE The Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS does not support Xerox FreeFlow Print Server Remote Workflow 2 2 IPDS User Guide Installation and Setup Creating an IPDS Target Queue In the Queue Manager select New from the Queue drop down menu or from the short cut icon Refer to the following properties to make selections for IPDS queue Settings Although Xerox FreeFlow Print Server supports spooling jobs as well as streaming for other Printer Description Languages PDLs only streaming is supported for IPDS This is because IPDS job recovery is controlled by the host and depends upon the host receiving messages from the printer telling it when each page has been printed This level of host control canno
29. activated the job at the host IPDS cancel for Xerox FreeFlow Print Server can only be performed for a job that is currently being decomposed If cancel is requested for a job that has already been decomposed the Print Server will display a fault message stating that it is too late to cancel the job In order to provide a way to clear a job that cannot continue the fault dialog will provide a Reset button as described above If the user attempts to cancel an IPDS job before a single page has committed to print a fault message stating that cancel has been scheduled will be displayed As in the too late to cancel scenario the fault dialog provides a Reset button that can be used if necessary to force termination of IPDS jobs If the Reset button is not applied standard IPDS cancel processing will be performed once the Print Server is able to report to the host that a page has been committed for printing When printer faults are detected the print server reports to the host that intervention is required This causes the host to stop sending print data Because standard IPDS cancel depends on printing the remaining committed pages plus trailer pages it cannot be performed when printer faults exist When the print server detects an attempt to cancel a job when there are printer faults it displays an additional fault message informing the user of this situation If the user clears the printer faults cancel processing will complete Alter
30. arget Queue in the Print Server 2 2 Setting System Preferences 2 2 Creating an IPDS Target Queue 2 3 DOUINGS es we bees KAG a e ees Rake RR RU NAG ewes Cased 2 3 Setting External Finishers in the Printer Manager 2 3 Managing the Print Queue 2 4 Using Queue Overrides 2 4 Virtual Printable Area Considerations 2 4 Queue Properties 2 5 LS UD D ss a ota pelos bi Saran DUNG AGE ees Sedat 2 5 OWIDUT Ha ara a awe 2 5 PDL SES si s m BAK os ed BNG ah ERE QU ERRARE SUR 2 5 Halftone Resolution 2 5 Setting Up Media sius HE RAGE IN ss KK KK KK di KK KK KK si IK KK IK 2 7 Programming Stock Margins 2 7 Loading IBM AFP Resident Outline Fonts 2 8 Enhanced Font Support kk kK KK KK KK KK KK KK KK KK K KK KK 2 9 i5 OS System i Setup 24 kk kk kk KK KK o KK KK KK KK KK ds 2 10 Table of Contents Defining a Logical Printer 2 10 Verifying the Installation 2 10 Printing a Trace Job Within IPS Manager 2 11 Printing a Test Job From the Host 2 12 Using Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IP
31. ast IPDS User Guide 3 23 Using Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPS Manager 3 24 IPDS User Guide Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS Network Connectivity Appendix Overview A Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS Network Connectivity Appendix This appendix describes the process of configuring various systems to communicate and print on a Xerox FreeFlow Print Server with IPDS using TCP IP or channel attachment Supported environments include IBM z OS9 IBM i5 OS9 BM Infoprint Manager for AIX9 IBM Infoprint Manager for Windows The purpose of this appendix is to help the customer support staff through the system configuration process and to provide tips pointers and references to more information Configuring IBM z OS This section discusses the parameters and procedures required to define a Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS printer to your System z series host This section is applicable to both JES2 and JES3 environments Differences between the two are indicated in notes otherwise they are collectively referenced to as JES TCP IP Configuration Overview z OS Configuring the Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS printer with TCP IP on the z OS system involves setting up 4 components 1 IPS Manager System Configuration Menu Refer to System Configuration NOTE The printer IP Address is specified during the initial software load Set the TCP IP port number in the IPS Manager S
32. e Requests for fonts that are resident are honored The host downloads all other fonts The default resident outline font is used only when requested by the host Emulate Continuous Forms When On the printer rotates the IPDS output as though it were to be printed on a continuous form system For long edge fed paper the rotation is 90 degrees in the counter clockwise direction For short edge fed paper the rotation is 90 degrees in the clockwise direction If the same application is printed on an IBM 3800 printer which is a continuous form printer and a Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPS Manager printer which is a cut sheet printer the output may print in the wrong orientation or extend off the edge of the page The page orientation of the IBM 3800 printer is different than most other cut sheet IPDS printers For Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPS Manager printers and most other cut sheet printers the origin is at the top left corner of a portrait page For IBM 3800 printers the origin is at the top left corner of the leading edge of the paper IPDS User Guide 3 7 Using Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPS Manager Enable Image Caching When On the printer server caches images included in either a Page Segment or Overlay resource As the Page Segments or Overlays are included by IPDS pages caching and reusing the image data makes processing more efficient and results in significant performance gains especially
33. e controlled from the host Consequently when the user cancels a print job on a typical IPDS printer the printer itself is not actually responsible for canceling the job Instead the printer requests the host to cancel the job In response the host stops sending additional data for the job and instructs the printer to discard any pages that are not yet committed for printing Once the printer reports that a page is committed the host assumes that it cannot be discarded during a cancel operation The IPDS host uses page counts returned by the printer to determine when uncommitted pages have been discarded and when committed pages have completed printing If the cancel request is honored by the host most hosts transmit a page with an information message indicating the cancel key on the printer was pressed The host then sends the end banner The printer processes these final pages just as it would any other print data The Xerox FreeFlow Print Server job status indicates that the job ends normally after these final trailer pages are printed Since the protocol and the PDL are independent for most data streams Xerox FreeFlow Print Server Cancel behavior does not cause a problem for most PDLs other than IPDS However this operability is not suitable for IPDS When an IPDS host detects that a job has stopped processing without completing it assumes that the printer has failed The host then tries to recover by retransmitting data from t
34. e of Yes and a Release value of Yes Ensure that no overrides are set on the queue for any of the properties defined earlier in this section Ensure the IPS Manager has the streaming queue selected as part of the active Job Profile To verify that the installation and initial setup are successful print a host job and either the US Letter or the A4 sample job If both print successfully installation verification is complete NOTE t is important to be aware that you should never submit an IPDS job to a paused print server IPDS jobs will hang when they are submitted to a system in a paused state This is normal behavior for IPDS jobs while all other PDL types can RIP and wait for the printer IPDS jobs cannot In addition if you installed the IBM AFP resident outline fonts print the scfont trc sample job to verify that the fonts were loaded correctly Printing a Trace Job Within IPS Manager During the installation process six sample Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS trace jobs are provided These jobs can be used to either verify printer operability after the Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS software is installed or for diagnostic purposes e afptrace let prints a sample IPDS job formatted for US Letter paper e afptrace a4 prints a sample IPDS job formatted for A4 paper scfont trc prints a sample IPDS job using resident outline fonts formatted for either US Letter or A4 paper micrtrace letter p
35. em is slow this could attachment be a bottleneck Review your network configuration diagrams for any potential bottlenecks IPDS User Guide IPDS User Guide
36. ery important that this option be set correctly The images print in the wrong size if it is not End of Set Criterion The End of Set Criterion causes the print server to end the set at the location indicated by the associated command If stapling or other finishing is supported by your print engine and has been requested at the main print server screen it will be applied on the selected set boundary Output queue This option allows you to select the name of the printer queue to be used to process IPDS jobs The queue must be a streaming queue The IPS Manager prevents the Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS gateway from initiating a host connection until a valid streaming queue is selected Replicate amp Trim When enabled this feature allows the printer to fill large shaded areas by replicating a small section of the area as sent by the host When disabled the host performs the replicate and trim operations before sending the entire image area to the printer In some cases the disabled option improves the appearance of 240 dpi shaded areas when printed on a 300 dpi printer The recommended setting should be enabled Enhanced Font Support If set to On the system substitutes an equivalent available resident font if the host requests a resident raster font If the host requests a font for which there is no resident outline font match or equivalent the default resident outline font is used If set to Off no font substitution is mad
37. esentation PTOCA PT1 PT2 and PT3 Presentation Text Object Content Architecture e IOCA Image Object Content Architecture e GOCA Graphics Object Content Architecture e BCOCA Bar Code Object Content Architecture Each of the data objects follows the same object rule of containing delimited fields within the structure fields describing each object IPDS commands within the data stream enable the system to control the media handling capabilities of the printer and other operations dealing with paper The commands also provide the means for managing the downloading of fonts and stored objects such as overlays and page segments that are required to print an application Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS provides the ability to Properly image all supported IPDS resources Recognize and process all required IPDS commands supported by the Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS data stream printing is supported on a variety of Xerox production devices with Xerox FreeFlow Print Server including light production production monochrome highlight color and color printers NOTE Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS currently does not support continuous feed printing systems 1 2 IPDS User Guide Introduction Printer Model Selection The Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS support allows the print server to be defined to the host as one of the following IBM Advanced Function Printers 3812 3825 3827 or 3935
38. he Printer Manager the IPS Manager Stacker Mappings tab includes stacker groups in the pull down menu for the Output Location The Output Location column shows the mapped output destination for the IPDS virtual bin This location is a particular stacker a stacker group or another output location such as a Top Tray or DFA device If the output location is a stacker group the Stacker columns show which stackers belong to the group This allows the operator to see at a glance how the active stacker groups correspond to the available physical stackers On systems that have fewer than three stackers the IPS Manager will only display the bin number and the Output Location column the individual stacker columns are not displayed Saving the Job Profile GN Users may save a group of settings in the Job Profile Editor The Job Profile can then be retrieved and opened populating the IPS Manager tabs with the saved settings After making the necessary selections on the Job Settings Tray Mappings and Stacker Mappings tabs save the Job Profile To save a new IPDS Job Profile 1 Select System IPS Manager The IPS Manager window appears 2 Select Manage Job Profile 3 Modify the selections for Job Settings Tray Mappings and Stacker Mappings 4 When finished select Save As to store your changes in an existing or new Job Profile for future use 5 Type a unique name in the Job Profile Name field You may use a maxi
39. he most recent checkpoint before the failure If this were allowed to occur on the print server it would defeat the attempt to end the job The Xerox FreeFlow Print Server reconciles the standard IPDS Cancel behavior with its own Cancel mechanism by recognizing when Cancel is invoked for an IPDS job and ensuring that the 3 20 IPDS User Guide Using Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPS Manager appropriate interactions with the host take place rather than simply terminating the job Because standard IPDS cancel processing differs from Xerox FreeFlow Print Server cancel processing for other PDLs there are a number of special cases that can occur including Handling a cancel attempt that is unable to complete e Canceling a job that has completed decomposition e Canceling a job that has not yet started decomposition Canceling a job when printer faults are active Requesting to cancel a job more than once Xerox FreeFlow Print Server presents an information dialog when IPDS cancel is requested This dialog provides a Reset button If standard IPDS cancel is taking too long or is unable to complete for some reason the user can click on the Reset button causing all remaining IPDS jobs to terminate and forcing IPDS communication with the host to be restarted This button should only be used as a last resort since if the job has not completed normally the host will attempt to retransmit it unless the user has first de
40. ion is made between raster font and outline font requests This feature may also be beneficial to other host environments for solving font errors Use the following information to decide whether or not to disable the Enhanced Font Support feature e Enabled When Enhanced Font Support is enabled if the host requests a raster font Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS substitutes an equivalent resident outline font if one is available If the host requests a font for which there is no resident outline font match or equivalent the default resident outline font is used e Disabled When Enhanced Font Support is disabled no font substitution occurs Requests for fonts that are resident are honored The host downloads all other fonts The default resident outline font is used only when explicitly requested by the host IPDS User Guide Installation and Setup i5 OS System i Setup You must set several parameters for resident outline font support If you do not set these parameters properly jobs submitted from i5 OS System i expecting resident outline fonts may fail or print blank pages If your host is a System i running i5 OS and you require resident outline font support the recommended setup is On the i5 OS host set the Resident Font parameter in the PSF Configuration object to YES e In the IPS Manager ensure Enhanced Font Support is set to Enabled Inthe IPS Manager load the AFP fonts using the
41. ker Mappings tab 2 For each virtual Bin used by the host application select the pull down menu on the Output Location column entry for the bin and select the appropriate Stacker or Group 3 Select Host Specified Stacking from the pull down menu 4 Select Save amp Apply to save your settings and apply them immediately or select Save or Save As to store your changes in an existing or new Job Profile for future use Creating Stacker Groups Xerox FreeFlow Print Server allows the user to define stacker groups by name so that they can be referenced both from the Queue Manager Job Manager GUI as well as from the IPS Manager GUI Stacker Groups allow multiple destinations to be assigned to a virtual bin This allows the job to switch between the different assigned destinations improving throughput and allowing the operator to unload the stacker while the job continues to be delivered to another destination This is similar to Printer Specified Stacking but the difference is that the system will only switch among the stackers in the group rather than among all enabled stackers Stacker Groups are created in the print server Printer Manager under Stacking Select Create Stacker Group to create a new group or right click on a group and select Properties to change the stackers within an existing group After a stacker group is IPDS User Guide 3 13 Using Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPS Manager created in t
42. mum of 64 characters for the job name 6 Select OK The Job Profile is saved To modify and save an existing Job Profile 1 Select System IPS Manager The IPS Manager window appears Select Manage Job Profile N In the Current Profile pull down menu select the Job Profile to be modified 4 The Job Profile appears Modify the profile selections as required 5 When finished select Save amp Apply to save your settings and apply them immediately or select Save or Save As to store your changes in an existing or new Job Profile for future use IPDS User Guide Using Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPS Manager NOTE Changing the loaded settings with Save amp Apply or Save requires that the IPDS Gateway inform the host regarding the changes This should be done while the printer is not processing any IPDS jobs If changes are saved while an IPDS job is printing the job will be interrupted and the host will either restart the job or continue the job from the last checkpoint which could result in duplicated pages This is expected behavior Unless the job must be interrupted to make use of the new settings changes should only be made while the printer is idle NOTE Selecting Cancel causes the IPS GUI dialog to revert to the most recently saved settings and to exit the IPS Profile Editor Open a Job Profile This option opens saved Job Profiles so the profile selections can be viewed or modified T
43. n and will make an appropriate response depending on the acknowledgement type required by the host The host application or operator can then retry creating a new session at some later time Although only a single session can be processed at a time the ability to accept sessions from different sources makes use of the printer more flexible than if the printer had to be dedicated to a single host application Background Forms Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS supports both creating background forms from IPDS jobs and merging IPDS jobs with background forms created either from IPDS or other PDLs For more information refer to Using Background Forms in the Xerox FreeFlow Print Servers on line help Barcode Symbology Xerox FreeFlow Print Servers support printing of all IPDS Bar Code Object Content Architecture BCOCA barcode symbologies Xerox FreeFlow Print Servers accept and validate all BCOCA data structured field values prior to printing the barcode When there is an error in the barcode data an appropriate exception is reported to the host All barcodes printed meet the symbology specification standard for the selected barcode Applications can take advantage of the Xerox FreeFlow Print Server s ability to generate barcodes based on the data supplied 3 22 IPDS User Guide Using Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPS Manager or they can generate barcodes using fonts or graphics as may have been done in the p
44. nager System Configuration dialog enables you to choose between several IBM Group 3 printer models The available printer models are 3812 3825 3827 3935 Any four digit value may be entered in the text box however Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS will only function in accord with IPDS Group 3 printer protocols regardless of the stated printer model number This printer model selection is used to allow the system programmer or administrator at the host to identify the system to the host as if it were a particular IBM printer Legacy Mode When legacy mode is disabled Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS informs the host at startup that it supports container objects in home state i e between jobs even though the print server does not process the contents of the object containers Certain hosts including the RS 6000 IPDS User Guide 3 3 Using Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPS Manager with Print Services Facility PSF 2 1 and OS2 with PSF 2 version 2 1 do not support object containers and report object container support as an error condition These hosts will not communicate with Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS unless legacy mode is enabled The Disable End of Job feature improves performance for a series of short jobs Although IPDS job boundaries are still recognized when this feature is in use the print server Job Manager does not process the jobs individually Eliminating the job management o
45. nager is not available for the iGen3 Map Virtual Trays for Loaded Stock 2 1 Set the stock name for each required Virtual Tray in the Map IPDS Trays to Stock dialog to the stock required for the job IPDS User Guide 3 9 Using Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPS Manager Note that many jobs may not use all of the available virtual trays 2 Ensure that one or more physical trays are mapped to the virtual tray s required for the job Select the Refresh button 3 When the Map IPDS Trays to Stock and the Select Stock for Printer Trays dialogs show all required mappings and loaded stocks the mapping is complete Map Virtual Trays for Non Fusing Stock Non fusing paper trays are input devices that feed paper without allowing it to print Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS is fully compliant with the standard IPDS model for support of non fusing paper trays When virtual trays are mapped to non fusing physical trays Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS reports them to the host as inserter bins which ensures that the host will not send print data to non printing trays Mapping to a non fusing paper tray is the same as for other paper trays NOTE The mapping to non fusing paper tray feature is available only for systems that possess non fusing trays such as some configurations of the following systems When non fusing physical trays are present on the system the IPS Manager provides Tray Type columns in the Map IPDS
46. natively if the user clicks on the Reset button on the cancel faulted job dialog all remaining IPDS jobs are forced to terminate as described above If the user attempts to cancel a job more than once a cancel dialog with a Reset button is provided as described above allowing the user a means to clear the job from the system IPDS User Guide 3 21 Using Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPS Manager IPDS Sessions In general IPDS sessions begin with the first IPDS command that an IPDS device receives and end when either an IPDS command explicitly ends the session or when the carrying protocol session ends Some IPDS printers support an optional command called Manage IPDS Dialog MID that can explicitly start or stop an IPDS dialog This command allows an IPDS printer to be shared by multiple hosts by allowing it to conveniently switch between multiple communication sessions There can be multiple independent sessions each with an IPDS dialog When a printer receives a Manage IPDS Dialog command to end a session the printer can then safely switch to a different session When IPS Manager starts it informs the host that it supports the MID command When the host operator sends a print job to the printer the host will initiate a session for the job If a different job is sent to the printer from a different application the second application will attempt to initiate a new session The printer will not accept the second sessio
47. o open a Job Profile 1 Select System IPS Manager The IPS Manager window appears 2 Select Manage Job Profile 3 In the Current Profile pull down menu select the Job Profile to be modified NOTE Only previously saved Job Profiles are displayed in the pull down menu 4 The Job Profile appears Delete a Job Profile This option deletes the currently open Job Profiles To delete a Job Profile 1 Select System IPS Manager The IPS Manager window appears N Select Manage Job Profile 3 Inthe Current Profile pull down menu select the Job Profile to be deleted NOTE Only previously saved Job Profiles are displayed in the pull down menu Also the currently active Job Profile cannot be deleted 4 The Job Profile appears 5 Select Delete A pop up message asks for confirmation Select OK The Job Profile is deleted IPDS User Guide Using Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPS Manager Run Time Considerations This section describes the operation of the system when a job is running Interaction Between Streaming and Spooling Jobs In an IPDS environment the Host IPDS client e g PSF performs job scheduling While an IPDS streaming job is active the printer continues to receive and spool other print data types excluding other streaming jobs When an IPDS streaming job is finished or times out spooled jobs are scheduled to print according to standard Xerox FreeFlow Print Server
48. oid limitations of the Save facility with the IPDS jobs use the Print and Retain feature on the host Multiple Copy Page Counting Constraints and Considerations The following considerations apply to the use of the Output Quantity multiple copies feature with IPDS Some IPDS hosts may time out the printer if a response is not received within a certain period of time Therefore the user should only use the Xerox FreeFlow Print Server Output Quantity multiple copies queue feature for relatively low numbers of uncollated copies or a relatively small run of collated copies As a rule of thumb host commands rather than the print server Output Quantity feature should be used if Xerox FreeFlow Print Server copy processing is likely to delay job processing or page reports for four minutes or more After printing a page Xerox FreeFlow Print Server will include the page in the count of stacked pages it provides to the IPDS host If the printer subsequently prints additional copies of the page in response to the print server Output Quantity setting it cannot report these additional copies of the page to the host since the host does not recognize them and doing so would distort the stacked page count Therefore once the printer tells the host that all pages in the job have been stacked the host considers the job complete even if a substantial number of additional pages remain to be printed to meet the required output q
49. ows system involves setting up 2 components 1 IPS Manager System Configuration Menu Refer to System Configuration IPDS User Guide A 5 NOTE The printer IP Address is specified during the initial software load Set the TCP IP port number in the IPS Manager System Configuration dialog 2 Infoprint Manager procedure Refer to the Infoprint Manager for Windows Introduction and Planning Guide and the Infoprint Manager for Windows Getting Started Reference Documents Windows The following documents provide additional information on Windows to IPDS printer connectivity Table A 4 Reference Documents Windows Title Publication number Infoprint Manager for Windows Introduction and G544 5716 Planning Guide Infoprint Manager for Windows Getting Started G544 5717 IBM Infoprint Manager for Windows Procedures G544 5814 IBM Infoprint Manager Reference S544 5475 IBM Infoprint Manager for Windows manuals are available on the IBM website Testing the Printer Connection Test the printer by one of the following methods to ensure the system can make a connection with the Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS printer Ping the printer from your system to establish a connection with the TCP IP attached Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS system e Send a job from the host through PSF or Infoprint Manager depending on your host to print on the Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS system
50. pages are processed in a different order than originally provided by the host Permits Xerox FreeFlow Print Server features to be invoked without affecting host job management or recovery for IPDS jobs even if these features reorder the pages or change the number of physical sheets they require to print Customers can use a number of print server features without affecting the page count Xerox FreeFlow Print Server Banners Slip Sheets e Output Quantity multiple copies collated and uncollated Accounting Pages Sample Sides imaged Save Job Processing Save and Print Job Processing The following Xerox FreeFlow Print Server features are not supported for IPDS jobs Reposition Output Xerox FreeFlow Print Server based Imposition or Layout N up processing KEY POINT Host based IPDS N UP processing is fully supported e Inserts and Covers The user is not able to add Inserts and Covers to an IPDS job at the print server Job Manager since IPDS User Guide 3 17 Using Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPS Manager the print server only supports these features for spooling jobs and Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS can only be used with streaming queues 4 NOTE The system can feed inserts and covers from non fusing tray in response to application commands as described in Map Virtual Trays for Non Fusing Stock 4 NOTE f job accounting on the host is to be accurate and to av
51. paused printer this is not the case for IPDS and is normal behavior for an IPDS job Because IPDS is a streaming PDL the printer must report the paused status to the host and force the printer status on the host to enter a not ready state The host will suspend data transmission until the printer is taken out of the paused state IPDS User Guide Using Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPS Manager Page Count Reporting Xerox FreeFlow Print Server reports only IPDS application pages in the Committed and Stacked page counts returned to IPDS hosts Pages that are printed in response to Xerox FreeFlow Print Server features are excluded from the count For example system generated slip sheets are not counted The print server provides many advanced features at the printer Advanced features which change the number of physical pages printed by the printer can affect the page counts reported to the host causing IPDS recovery to fail and causing other job management problems at the host console IPDS page count reporting for Xerox FreeFlow Print Server allows advanced features to function without any negative impact Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS advanced page counting e Protects the integrity of IPDS jobs even when Xerox FreeFlow Print Server features are employed that cause a larger or smaller number of physical sheets to be printed than were actually sent by the host Protects the integrity of IPDS jobs even when
52. ppear in the IPS Manager Tray Bin Mapping dialog Note that stock names are used to simplify selection in the Tray Mappings dialog but that the print server selects stock at print time based on the stock properties as well as the stock name If you have the print server configured to allow duplicate stock names check the stock attributes when mapping stocks to make sure the correct version is used by IPS Manager Refer to the Xerox FreeFlow Print Server on line help for more information on using the Tray Mappings tab The contents of the virtual IPDS trays are reported to the host Map IPDS Trays to Stock Designates which stocks belong in the virtual trays recognized by the host The Trays column indicates each physical tray that calls for the same stock name 3 8 IPDS User Guide Using Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPS Manager required by the virtual tray The Sides Imaged selection indicates which sides imaged selections are supported by the virtual tray e Select Stock for Printer Trays Allows you to select a stock name for each of the physical trays based on the named stocks in the print server stock library e Saving and retrieving stock mappings using job setup files can reduce the time required to setup for printing a job especially for complex stock mappings Follow the procedures in the IPDS on line help for saving and retrieving job settings NOTE Due to the presence of the press interface physical tray
53. products In Advanced Settings window the resolution and the associated Halftone are displayed Select Setup to choose the halftone for instance choose 53 85 or 106 line per inch screens The actual selection of halftones offered depends on the particular product and resolution For each resolution setting select the halftone to associate from the pull down menu When the Resolution dpi is selected the associated halftone screen will automatically be used for all jobs until it is changed For print resolution values that are also supported by PostScript IPDS uses the same default Halftone selection used by IPDS User Guide Installation and Setup PostScript For instance if PostScript uses a default halftone of 106 Ipi for 600 dpi the IPDS tool will use the same halftone value for Resolution of 600 2 6 IPDS User Guide Installation and Setup Setting Up Media If tray mapping is used on the IPS Manager to provide for stock switching on a per sheet basis ensure that the override locks for the stock attributes are NOT set for the queue Programming Stock Margins Xerox FreeFlow Print Server supports Stock Margin adjustments that are recognized by IPDS interpreter software Stock Margins are specified in relation to the print engine process direction This is the direction a sheet of paper moves through the print engine Stock Margins are programmed via the Stock Library using the Stock Comments
54. r IPDS printer with TCP IP on the AIX system involves setting up 2 components 1 IPS Manager System Configuration Menu Refer to System Configuration A 4 IPDS User Guide Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS Network Connectivity Appendix NOTE The printer IP Address is specified during the initial software load Set the TCP IP port number in the IPS Manager System Configuration dialog 2 Infoprint Manager procedure Refer to the Infoprint Manager for AIX Introduction and Planning Guide and the Infoprint Manager for AIX Getting Started Reference Documents AIX The following documents provide additional information on AIX to IPDS printer connectivity Table A 3 Reference Documents AIX Title Publication number Infoprint Manager for AIX Introduction and G544 5833 Planning Guide Infoprint Manager for AIX Getting Started G544 5817 IBM Infoprint Manager for AIX Procedures G544 5815 IBM Infoprint Manager for AIX Installation G544 5891 Instructions IBM Infoprint Manager Reference S544 5475 IBM Infoprint Manager for AIX manuals are available on the IBM website Configuring IBM Infoprint Manager for Windows This section provides information on using TCP IP to attach a Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS printer to a Windows system using Infoprint Manager for Windows Configuration Overview Windows Configuring the Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS printer with TCP IP on the Wind
55. representative for assistance The IPS Manager diagnostic trace functions allow you to capture or replay a trace of the IPDS data stream or to capture diagnostic messages within the IPS Manager log files while the print server is processing a data stream The Xerox service representative performs trace functions but you may be asked to perform one or more of the trace functions in preparation for a service call System administrator access is required to access and use the trace functions Capture trace Captures IPDS data in a file as the data is being received from the host The trace file also contains any reply data that the printer has sent to the host The trace file is stored in the opt XRXnps XRXipds ipdstraces directory e Playback trace Plays back the previously captured trace file The trace file can also be printed When a trace file is selected for playback the system automatically disconnects from the host and reconnects when the playback is complete NOTE During a trace capture or playback the job settings tray mappings and stacker mappings are not available and cannot be changed until the trace activity is complete Restart IPS Gateway Selecting the Restart IPS Gateway initiates a new communication session with the host without restarting the print server If selected while an IPDS job is active the host will resend the job starting with page 1 or from its last checkpoint IPDS User Guide 3 5 U
56. rints a sample IPDS Magnetic Ink Character Recognition MICR job formatted for US Letter paper micrtrace a4 prints a sample IPDS MICR job formatted for A4 paper micrtrace legal prints a sample IPDS MICR job formatted for US Legal paper In order for the trace scfont trc to print correctly the IBM amp AFP fonts must be loaded on the printer and Enhanced Font Support must be enabled NOTE These jobs test only Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS processing on the printer The trace files are set up to use the installation default parameters If you plan to run the A4 trace instead of the US Letter trace change the Media Definition for the Xerox FreeFlow IPDS User Guide 2 11 Installation and Setup Print Server IPDS Tray 1 from US Letter to A4 In IPS Manager you must map a medium to each Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS tray specified in the IPDS data stream For the installation verification jobs use US Letter or A4 media Refer to the IPS Manager on line help for the specific procedures Printing a Test Job From the Host To verify host to printer communications perform these steps to print a test job from the host gt A 1 Ensure Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS is running and is 2 reporting a status of FreeFlow Print Server IPDS Idle e Start the logical printer from the host and verify that it is active 3 Send an IPDS print data stream from the host to the print server
57. s tab 2 Load the Job Profile for the job or verify that the correct stocks are assigned to the Virtual and Physical Trays 3 Ensure that the necessary physical stocks are loaded If not load the necessary stocks in the appropriate trays 4 Review the Tray Type information in the IPS Manager Physical Tray assignment dialog and ensure that the media selections are appropriate for the fusibility of the physical tray 5 Review and if necessary update the Tray Type settings in the IPS Manager Virtual Tray mapping dialog to ensure that the host will treat the virtual trays correctly as Fuser or Inserter Trays The physical and virtual tray dialog Tray Type columns will only be available if there is at least one non fusing physical tray 6 When Virtual Trays are flagged as Inserter the user must ensure that the media selected for the non fusing tray or trays matches the attributes expected for the non printing pages e g inserts or slip sheets generated by the application Mapping Stock for Use in Fusing and Non Fusing Trays 2 Y 3 If an application requires the same stock to be fed from both fuser and non fusing trays and the product supports this capability configure the IPS Manager Tray Mappings as described below NOTE Some products supported by Xerox FreeFlow Print Server do not allow the same stock to be assigned to both fusing and non fusing trays For Non Printing Application Data Only
58. scheduling algorithms For example if an IPDS streaming job is in progress and an LPR job or other spooling network job is sent to the printer the system recognizes it and spools it This job stays in the spool until the IPDS streaming job is done When the IPDS job is done IPDS gives up the stream and allows other jobs to be scheduled The system can take in any number of spooling jobs from LPR or any other network source and add them to the spool When a spooling job is printing and the system receives an IPDS streaming job the IPDS job goes into the job pool and starts processing when the spooled job and any other previously scheduled jobs are done Only one streaming queue can be active on the printer at a given time If a user attempts to submit an IPDS job while another streaming job is processing the system tries to start the job at periodic intervals The retry attempts continue until the other job completes The Xerox FreeFlow Print Server GUI does not indicate that retries are in progress or that a new IPDS job is waiting to print If a non IPDS spooling job is in progress when an IPDS job is received the IPDS job starts processing automatically once all previously queued spooled jobs are complete IPDS Jobs and Paused Systems It is important to be aware that submitting an IPDS job to a paused Xerox FreeFlow Print Server will cause it to stop after receiving the first page While other PDL types can RIP and wait for the
59. sing Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPS Manager Job Profile Editor The IPS Manager screen is the main system screen for IPDS support It is the entry point to all other screens used in IPDS data stream management The options in the IPS Manager Manage Job Profiles dialog allow you to enter the IPDS specific settings used by Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS to compose the pages specified by the IPDS data stream The print server retains all parameter values on the print server during shutdown and restores the settings the next time you start the IPDS system The values that you specify remain in effect until you change them If you change these values to process a specific IPDS data stream make sure you restore the values to the original settings once your job completes Otherwise all subsequent IPDS data streams may be processed incorrectly KEY POINT After changing the settings on any tab in the Job Profile Editor click Save amp Apply to save your settings and apply them immediately or click Save or Save As to store your changes in an existing or new Job Profile for future use The values shown in the Job Settings Tray Mappings and Stacker Mappings tabs are read only To change the values select Manage Job Profiles to open the Job Profile Editor Job Settings Functions The Job Settings tab provides access to the following features e Resource Resolution Use the resolution to indicate the dots per inch
60. t Reader Distiller Adobe PDF JobReady and PostScript and the PostScript logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and or other countries Copyright 1987 2005 Adobe Systems Incorporated and its licensors All rights reserved Windows Windows XP and Internet Explorer are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Microsoft and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation All non Xerox brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies Changes are periodically made to this document Changes technical inaccuracies and typographical errors will be corrected in subsequent editions IPDS User Guide Table of Contents Introduction 1 OVGMIOW a2 sr ae dar it inner Ed REG AE eas mou 1 1 Features T 1 2 Xerox FreeFlow Print Server Support for the IPDS Data Stream 1 2 PHILS YS irc rc teeter AA 1 2 Printer Model Selection 1 3 Host Environments 1 3 Host Connectivity Options iic re kK KK KK KK KK KK KK KK KK IK 1 3 Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPS Manager 1 3 Installation and Setup 2 Software Requirements 2 1 User Access Levels 2220200528655 kK KK KK KK KK KK KK KK KK KK KK KK KK 2 1 Licensing Requirements 2 2 Defining the T
61. t be achieved when jobs are spooled You must select a streaming printer queue in the IPS Manager to be used for IPDS printing A streaming queue processes and prints pages as they are received which results in minimal delay between the time the job is submitted and when printing begins Select the Input Format FAB Under Input select Streaming The Limit Ripped Data checkbox in the Input Format FAB should always be left unchecked for queues used for IPDS Setting External Finishers in the Printer Manager Determine if the system contains an external finisher If the system contains an external finisher open the Printer Manager and select the Finisher tab Right click on the external finisher and select Properties Under Maximum Set Size the default setting is 65000 Set the value to the actual maximum set size of the external finisher otherwise performance issues may be encountered IPDS User Guide 2 3 Installation and Setup Managing the Print Queue Using Queue Overrides The IPDS information processed by the IPDS gateway is sent to the Output queue selected in the IPS Manager Use the Queue Manager to view and manage the queue properties applied to jobs Under the PDL Settings tab the IPDS FAB on the Queue Manager dialog may be used to set the resolution of the print data supplied to the print engine Values of 300 or 600 dpi may be selected While you may want to dedicate a queue to IPDS the queue may
62. t will base its recovery on the count of pages actually stacked at the printer not on the number of pages saved In most cases recovery of the saved portion of the job will not be affected since Xerox FreeFlow Print Server will normally save pages faster than it can print them However there is a possibility that printing could get ahead of saving If this occurs and there happens to be a failure the host could fail to retransmit some pages that were not saved before the failure During a Print and Save job saving will usually progress faster than printing while the stacked page counts provided to the IPDS User Guide 3 19 Using Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPS Manager host reflect only the pages printed Therefore if there is a failure and the host retransmits pages that were not yet stacked some of the pages saved during recovery may duplicate pages saved before the failure Canceling IPDS Jobs Xerox FreeFlow Print Server integrates the standard IPDS Cancel behavior with its own Cancel mechanism To cancel a job open Job Manager and select Cancel from the job menu The print server generally assumes that all print job management functions are controlled from the printer When a user invokes Cancel from the Job Manager dialog for PDLs other than IPDS the print server simply terminates the selected job without informing the host However the IPDS protocol assumes that all print job management functions ar
63. ting Stacker Groups 3 13 Saving the Job Profile pe BNG KK KK RE eee eves d 3 14 Open a Job Profile sies ces xu ss cst 54 a ul l Wla LE AA 3 15 Delete a Job Profile 3 15 Run Time Considerations essor KK KK RR REY RE REA 3 16 Interaction Between Streaming and Spooling Jobs 3 16 IPDS Jobs and Paused Systems 3 16 Page Count Reporting eese cece nese saw baw KK daw oe See ys 3 17 Multiple Copy Page Counting Constraints and Considerations 3 18 Page Counting Constraints and Considerations 3 19 Canceling IPDS Jobs ERR Rr Rh mh KK KK KK KK Sd 3 20 IPDS SESSO S 42205 5A 20 4 tat Poe SOT OSEE Ad eder AA 3 22 Background FOrMS s usse sea ne Jane dense KK KK KK wea ee KG 3 22 IPDS User Guide IPDS User Guide Table of Contents Barcode Symbology 3 22 Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS Network Connectivity Appendix A OVEIVIBW i i n hal al A nln we kla RE ee ex A ER RC E CA tisane A 1 Configuring IBM z OS 55535 4e kk kk kK kK KK KK KK KK KK KK KK KK KK KK IK A 1 TCP IP Configuration Overview z OS A 1 Channel Configuration Overview z OS A 2 Reference Documents z OS A 3 Configuring IBM i5 OS aa na MING kK kK KK KK KK KK KK x RO Sees es A 3 Configuration Overview i5 OS
64. uantity If there is a failure after all pages in the job have been reported to the host as stacked but before all copies have printing IPDS host recovery will not cause the remaining copies to print since it will appear to the host that the job has already completed If a failure occurs while Xerox FreeFlow Print Server is processing multiple copies for an IPDS job additional copies will be printed for pages retransmitted by the host even if copies were previously created for the page Depending on when the failure occurred there could be additional copies up to double the expected number of copies for all retransmitted pages IPDS User Guide Using Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPS Manager 4 NOTE The constraints are not applicable to multiple copies requested by the IPDS job Copygroup and Copysubgroup processing is performed properly as per the IPDS specification If job accounting on the host is to be accurate multiple copy control should be done by the IPDS job and not by the output Quantity in the queue Page Counting Constraints and Considerations There are a number of limitations and considerations that must be taken into account when saving or concurrently printing and saving IPDS jobs When saving a job to a write once target such as CD ROM Xerox FreeFlow Print Server Save Job processing can only write the data to the media when the job is complete However the IPDS host requires the printer to
65. uring the channel connection allows you to identify the unit address and channel speed assigned to the print server to send data to the IPS Manager from the host computer NOTE Channel modes are dictated by the host host channel extender speeds and other properties of the bus and tag network See your systems programmer to determine the appropriate channel speed Offset Page After Printer Fault Clearance offsets one sheet in the stack when printer fault occurs that requires clearing paper from the paper path The offset allows the operator to know when the output was interrupted and to more easily check to ensure job integrity after a printer fault Use Gray For Color controls color simulation on monochrome printers by using grayscales If the option is disabled any IPDS objects calling for color will print as solid black When the option is enabled IPDS objects calling for color will print with a grayscale to simulate the color This option is not available on highlight color or full color printers Shared Memory Space The Shared Memory Space setting indicates the size of the shared memory segment that will be used by internal Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS components Shared memory space ranges from 16 1024 MB The default value is 128 MB for monochrome printing systems and 512 MB for color printing systems Job timeout Job timeout is selectable from 1 60 seconds with the default of 10 seconds Printer Model The IPS ma
66. verhead can save a substantial amount of time for each job when performance is a consideration However employing the Disable End Of Job feature does prevent the print server from adding its own banners to a job and from tracking jobs individually in the Job Manager Expiration of the End of Job time out will cause the print server to recognize the end of an IPDS job even when Disable End of Job is active Changing and saving the system configuration by clicking the OK button requires the IPDS Gateway to inform the host regarding the changes This should be done while the printer is not processing any IPDS jobs If changes are saved while an IPDS job is printing the job will be interrupted and the host will either restart the job or continue the job from the last checkpoint which could result in duplicated pages This is expected behavior Unless the job must be interrupted to make use of the new settings changes should only be made while the printer is idle Manage Fonts NOTE The Manage Font Dialog only appears if you are logged on as System Administrator The Manage Fonts dialog allows you to perform the following operations for resident fonts List resident fonts When you open the Manage Fonts dialog a list of all resident IPDS fonts on the system is displayed Delete All Resident Fonts You are not able to delete individual resident IPDS fonts Instead the Manage Font Dialog will allow you to request deletion of all
67. ystem Configuration dialog IPDS User Guide 2 TCP IP for z OS parameters Refer to z OS Communications Server IP Configuration Reference 3 A PSF procedure Refer to the IBM Print Services Facilities for z OS Customization manual B Infoprint Server procedure Refer to the z OS Infoprint Server Customization and the z OS Infoprint Server Operations and Administration manuals 4 A JES2 parameters Refer to z OS JES2 Initialization and Tuning Guide and z OS JES2 Initialization and Tuning Reference B JES3 parameters Refer to z OS JES3 Initialization and Tuning Guide and z OS JES3 Initialization and Tuning Reference Channel Configuration Overview z OS Configuring the Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS printer with channel connectivity on the z OS system involves setting up 4 components 1 IPS Manager System Configuration Menu Refer to System Configuration NOTE The printer device address corresponds to the address setting in the channel dialog of the IPS Manager System Configuration menu 2 z OS channel parameters Refer to z OS Hardware Configuration Definition User s Guide NOTE The device must be defined as AFP1 3 A PSF procedure Refer to the IBM Print Services Facilities for z OS Customization manual B Infoprint Server procedure Refer to the z OS Infoprint Server Customization and the z OS Infoprint Server Operations and Administration manuals 4 A JES2 parameters Refer to z OS

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