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Ricoh InfoPrint Manager for AIX, Manual

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Summary of Contents for InfoPrint Manager for AIX

Page 1: ...InfoPrint Manager for AIX Procedures Version 4 Release 3 G550 1066 04 ...

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Page 4: ...iagonal Hwy 002J Boulder CO 80301 9270 U S A This product is or contains commercial computer software and commercial computer software documentation developed exclusively at private expense As specified in Federal Acquisition Regulation 12 212 in the case of civilian agencies and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 227 7202 in the case of military agencies use duplication and disclos...

Page 5: ...r color 178 18 Sample PDF parallel transform 8264 cfg configuration file for black and white 179 19 Sample PPML configuration file 182 20 Scenarios for using XML data that has been transformed to AFP or PDF 184 21 Process for transforming XML data to AFP or PDF 185 22 Create Transform dialog Define a transform that copies an AFP file to a folder without printing on Windows 201 23 Create Transform ...

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Page 7: ...ages T1001038 T1001108 and T1001109 231 32 Special symbols added for code page T1001038 237 33 Special symbols added for code page T1001108 237 34 Special symbol added for code page T1001109 238 35 Font mapping table for use with the chars keyword 240 36 Print options passed to InfoPrint MVS Download shell script 292 37 Specific InfoPrint Manager attributes to pass values to an MVS host system 305...

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Page 9: ...ge its print environment v InfoPrint Manager Reference S550 1052 For print administrators operators and application programmers with the need to do command line functions This publication describes the commands utilities transforms attributes and attribute values associated with InfoPrint v InfoPrint Manager PSF and Server Messages G550 1053 This publication lists the PSF and Server messages and e...

Page 10: ...ion 4 3 This book is designed for the InfoPrint Manager administrator who needs to understand how to configure and tune an InfoPrint Manager system It helps administrators to evaluate develop and maintain both a logical and hardware configuration for their environment v Guidelines for Installing InfoPrint Manager for AIX 4 2 in an HACMP Configuration G550 1063 This publication helps you install an...

Page 11: ...tures Mixed Object Document Content Architecture Reference SC31 6802 v Data Stream and Object Architectures Graphics Object Content Architecture for Advanced Function Presentation Reference S544 5498 v Font Summary G550 1140 v InfoPrint 4005 Hi Lite Color Application Design Reference S544 5794 v InfoPrint Data Stream and Object Architectures Bar Code Object Content Architecture Reference S544 3766...

Page 12: ...elete v pddeviceop v pddisable v pdenable v pdls v pdmod v pdpause v pdpr v pdpromote v pdq v pdreorder v pdresubmit v pdresume v pdrm v pdset v pdshutdown v pdspace v psfstat v uconv For example to view online information for the pdpr command enter man pdpr You can use the AIX man command to view these man page for the o flag which is used to pass information to InfoPrint on AIX print commands v ...

Page 13: ...orts v rc iprsap v rc pd v setup v startppo v start_server v startsrv v stop_server You can use the AIX man command to view man pages for these InfoPrint daemon utilities v mvsprsd v pcl2afpd v ps2afpd v startcbd v startippgw v startnotd v startsapconnectd v stopcbd v stopippgw v stopnotd v stopsapconnectd You can use the AIX man command to view man pages for these InfoPrint transform commands v d...

Page 14: ...For information about the flags that you can use with the man command see the man manpage or the AIX Commands Reference xii InfoPrint Manager for AIX Procedures ...

Page 15: ...Part 1 Administrative procedures Configuring InfoPrint Manager Copyright InfoPrint Solutions Company 1998 2010 1 ...

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Page 17: ...053 99 N 2054 99 N 2055 99 N 2056 99 N 2057 99 N 2058 99 N 2059 99 Once you have a list of the server intercommunication ports that are either in use or available 2050 through 2059 in the display above you can see if you have enough ports to start more InfoPrint Manager server processes If not you can use the pdinitports utility to initialize a larger range of port numbers for interprocess communi...

Page 18: ...her the server exists v If the server does not exist InfoPrint displays a confirmation message asking if you want to create a new server Respond to the prompt to continue v If the server exists but is not currently running InfoPrint displays status information and issues a message when it successfully starts the server v If the server exists and is running InfoPrint issues a message to indicate th...

Page 19: ...that were enabled at shut down time are enabled when the server is restarted Logical destinations and actual destinations in the server that were disabled at shut down time are disabled when the server is restarted Note See Creating additional servers or starting existing servers on page 4 for the restart procedure You can shut down an existing server through the InfoPrint SMIT administrator s int...

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Page 21: ...at PDF as resources for variable data AFP documents The AFP architecture lets you use the Rasterized Image Processor RIP to process these resources in the Advanced Function Common Control Unit AFCCU and save them in the printer This capability improves performance by eliminating the need to re RIP these resources It is not necessary to convert single page PDF and EPS objects to color images before...

Page 22: ...is procedure to define the printer using the InfoPrint Manager Administration GUI Note You create and configure the logical destination when you create the actual destination with the Create Printer wizard 1 Start the InfoPrint Manager Administration GUI 2 Select Printer Create PSF TCP IP 3 In the first panel of the Create Printer Wizard do these steps a Type a name for the actual destination in t...

Page 23: ...of disk space available and it should be a separate filesystem If the existing var psf segments does not have that much disk space available the easiest thing to do is to create a new filesystem and mount it over var psf segments None of the InfoPrint Manager settings need to be changed Note Make sure that the new filesystem is set to mount automatically at system reboot so that it will still be a...

Page 24: ... select the check box in the Menu column next to it This step adds this task to the Printer menu If you want to add other tasks to the Printer menu or to any other menu you can do it now or you can wait until later 5 Click OK to apply the settings and close the dialog 6 Select the printer that you created in Defining the InfoPrint Color 130 Plus to InfoPrint Manager on page 8 7 Select Printer AFP ...

Page 25: ...o send monochrome print jobs to your InfoPrint Color 130 Plus you can stop the color RIP and start the monochrome RIP by changing the ps_output_type value back to the default value of IO1_G4 as shown in this example ps_output_type IO1_G4 a type of AFP image to generate Changing the color rendering value While the InfoPrint Color 130 Plus produces vibrant full color images including images that con...

Page 26: ...lts Change AFP Color v For a default job on a logical destination select Logical Job and Document Defaults Change AFP Color v for a job that has already been submitted select Job Change AFP Color 5 In the Change AFP Color dialog find the Color rendering intent field select a value from the drop down list and click OK Specifying the color rendering intent value on the other transform options attrib...

Page 27: ... media objects are defined for each media you will be using on the printer 2 Tell InfoPrint Manager what media is ready at the printer The InfoPrint Manager Administration Interface window shows a highlighted InfoPrint 2000 printer defined in the Queues pane under Printers By selecting the Printers drop down menu and selecting the Properties option you can open the Printer Properties window Then c...

Page 28: ...per size on the InfoPrint 2000 the InfoPrint AIX server will update the printer profile to reflect the change To complete this task from the command line of your InfoPrint AIX server use this procedure 1 To change the media ready you must first disable the printer 2 To initially define complete set of media ready invoke the pdset command This example sets the values shown above pdset cp x psf tray...

Page 29: ...e name of your actual destination for the InfoPrint 2000 printer InfoPrint mode InfoPrint mode implies that the job is ripped by InfoPrint Manager In this mode you can specify a range of different calibration screens by using the Halftone Management System which is described in the topic Configuring the Halftone Management System on page 28 Passthru mode Passthru sends the job to the InfoPrint 200...

Page 30: ...ut shift in v start on new sheet v table reference characters v transform message file name v transform output file name v x image shift v x image shift back v y image shift v y image shift back These job attribute conditions are not supported for Passthru Mode support 1 Any use of the job finishing attribute 2 If the job is a variable data job or contains v More than one printable document v An i...

Page 31: ...al destinations in InfoPrint Manager for AIX Getting Started for detailed instructions Note You must install the pioibmdpm backend that comes with these printers in order to ensure accurate job accounting When the Create Printer Wizard prompts you for a Printer Command you can specify one similar to this for the InfoPrint 2105ES Printer usr lib lpd pio etc pioibmdpm 9 99 99 51 where 9 99 99 51 is ...

Page 32: ...flag is not set to anything other than either option 2 or 7 the printer ignores the PIN y number 2 Options 6 and 7 are not available with InfoPrint 2085 and InfoPrint 2105 For example if you are submitting to an AIX actual destination and you want your printer to print one copy of job1 and save it enter this command pdpr d ldname x destination pass through S4 job1 where ldname is the name of the l...

Page 33: ...ly printed job in the Job Management Information Base MIB you can configure settings on the actual destination so it does not time out First make sure that the wait for job completion attribute Report job completed when printed field on the Job tab of the Printer Properties notebook is set to Yes Then you can use the following procedure to set wait for job completion snmp timeout Report job comple...

Page 34: ...int 2210 and InfoPrint 2235 These printer models support a variety of data streams and provide a wide range of finishing options Depending upon how you plan to use these printers you configure them in two different ways 1 To use Send and Save functions 2 To use the Booklet Maker see Booklet Maker on page 23 Configuring as AIX or PSF Other printers to use Send and Save If you define these printer m...

Page 35: ... sending a job to a printer that supports Send and Save functions and it is not already specified in the data stream you can specify it from the command line Send and Save is invoked by using the S flag and you can select from these options Table 2 S flag options Option Job Type Description 0 Normal Print default Prints the job immediately 1 Sample Print Prints one copy of job and saves the job in...

Page 36: ... Logging accounting information The wait for job completion attribute Report job completed when printed label on the InfoPrint Manager Administration GUI indicates whether InfoPrint Manager for AIX v Waits for the job to print completely before reporting the job as completed Yes v Reports the job as completed as soon as all the data has been sent to the printer No If this attribute is set to No In...

Page 37: ...o specify the media that the actual destination representing the InfoPrint 4000 or 4100 supports 2 On the printer define forms that correspond to the media you specified in step 1 for example Medium Object Name Printer_Form Name Printing_Form Description letter na letter 2 Up letter 8 5 by 11 legal na legal 2 Up legal 8 5 by 14 ledger ledger 1 Up 11 by 17 3 Set up the CTS for the dimensions requir...

Page 38: ...ed on constraints of the halftone design For the actual screen frequencies and angles for both InfoPrint 4000 and InfoPrint 4100 printers see Table 3 Table 4 Table 5 and Table 6 Table 3 Screen Frequencies for InfoPrint 4000 IR3 IR4 and ID5 ID6 and InfoPrint 4100 HD3 HD4 and HS2 printers with Version 3 or 7 Toner Submit Screen Frequency LPI 71 85 106 141 Actual screen frequency LPI 74 85 96 117 Act...

Page 39: ...destinations in InfoPrint Manager for AIX Getting Started for detailed instructions When the Create Printer Wizard prompts you for a Printer Command you can specify one similar to this for the InfoPrint Workgroup Printer usr lib lpd pio etc pioinfo 9 99 99 51 where 9 99 99 51 is the printer s IP address The port for the pioinfo backend defaults to 9100 and does not have to be specified 3 If you ha...

Page 40: ...values 2 If the U flag is not set to anything other than option 2 the printer ignores the PIN V number For example if you are printing to an AIX actual destination and you want that printer to print one copy of job1 and then hold the remaining copies enter the following command pdpr d ldname x destination pass through U3 job1 where ldname is the name of the logical destination associated with your...

Page 41: ...s set to Yes and the Print and Hold feature is requested InfoPrint Manager does not require the backend to wait for the job and reports it as completed as soon as all data has been sent to the printer To change this attribute from the InfoPrint Manager Administration GUI 1 Select Printer Properties 2 Select the Job tab 3 If the Report job completed when printed radio button does not appear at the ...

Page 42: ...Manager will save and manage these calibrations allowing you to select them on a job by job basis The Halftone Management System consists of two parts that are only installed with the Print on Demand feature 1 A client process that can be run from any InfoPrint for AIX server 2 A server process that runs on all InfoPrint for AIX servers You can calibrate printers on any InfoPrint AIX server by usi...

Page 43: ...ned by ANSI PH2 18 1985 and ISO 5 3 1984 The densitometer should not have a polarizing filter The Greytag Macbeth model D19C has a polarizing filter and should not be used Densitometers which are appropriate to use include the X Rite Model 504 508 or 400B The densitometer should be used in Absolute Density mode for measurements The following procedure describes how to calibrate the X RITE 400B 106...

Page 44: ... 02 OD to the reflection reference values on the card density is accurately calibrated If not repeat this process until the measurements are accurate To find out how you can calibrate and set output appearances see Calibrating a printer using the Halftone Management System Calibrating a printer using the Halftone Management System The Halftone Management System lets you calibrate each of your prin...

Page 45: ...would like to modify The screen shows 99 squares representing from 1 to 99 percent dot at one percent increments Squares which are dark will be printed To change a patch selection point to the patch desired and click the left mouse button Each click selects or deselects a patch 0 percent and 100 percent dot patches are always included in each patch set The example displayed below will print 0 10 2...

Page 46: ...t to retain the default value in the Calibration name field If you want to retain the original default but have this custom calibration as a second option type a name for the calibration in the Calibration name field 11 To enter your densitometer readings begin with the 0 field Enter your first 0 value and press Enter The statistics of your values will be displayed under the columns Average Min an...

Page 47: ...int the job Printing from InfoPrint Submit Express You can print using a particular halftone for printing a grayscale file from a job ticket name jtk file in InfoPrint Submit Express Begin by selecting a value in the Halftone field of the Look tab Note that all halftones shipped with the product have the term ibm prepended to their identifier If you are accessing this interface for the first time ...

Page 48: ...actual destination or enter this at the command line pdls cp r halftones supported ActualDestination name 34 InfoPrint Manager for AIX Procedures ...

Page 49: ...standard printer MIB The actual destination attributes pertain to trays media bins plexes and sides This process is called smart defaulting the attributes v Detect report and recover from printer problems for several conditions even if no jobs are currently being printed v Assess device specific information directly v Execute device commands directly on the device With PTF UO00979 InfoPrint Manage...

Page 50: ...e InfoPrint Manager server can automatically detect report and recover from printer problems for several needs key operator and needs attention conditions as it periodically queries an SNMP printer even if no jobs are currently being printed To turn off automatic recovery a key operator can manually disable the actual destination For example the server detects that a printer is out of toner disabl...

Page 51: ...over temp v fuser under temp v marker supply empty v marker supply low v marker supply missing v marker waste full v marker waste almost full v media missing v output bin missing v service requested v warmup Regardless of the severity InfoPrint Manager lists all conditions on the snmp device conditions attribute Accessing device information You can use the InfoPrint Manager Administration GUI or t...

Page 52: ...aper jam or a door open To see the Status window from the InfoPrint Manager Administration Interface 1 Select an SNMP printer 2 Select Check Status 3 Select More Information You can use the pdls command to access SNMP device information with the r flag such as output bins like this pdls c destination r device output bins prt5 ad Note You can filter for specific device information with the f flag Y...

Page 53: ...tion explains v Determining if a printer works with SNMP v Using the InfoPrint Manager Administration Interface v Procedures Determining if a printer works with SNMP Not all printers work with SNMP and the standard MIB In addition only printers that are attached to a network can work with SNMP Printers that are parallel attached cannot use SNMP To determine if a printer works with SNMP 1 Set the a...

Page 54: ...he field on the SNMP tab is Write community name When the snmp write community name attribute is set properly and you have write permission to the actual destination you can set the contact and location information and execute device commands on the printer associated with an actual destination v snmp retry count Indicates the number of times the server should retry an SNMP request if it fails The...

Page 55: ...h version of SNMP InfoPrint Manager should use to communicate with a printer v snmp version fallback Specifies if InfoPrint Manager should use SNMPv1 if the communication failed using SNMPv3 protocol v use snmp Indicates whether the server should try to use SNMP to communicate with the printer The default is true The field on the SNMP tab is Use SNMP 2 If the defaults in Step 1 on page 40 in this ...

Page 56: ...l destination for the most current information Setting this attribute to false can improve startup performance However the initial actual destination status is not current and won t be until the server polls the printer next Actual destination queries On an SNMP printer when you query an actual destination attribute that might be affected by the printer MIB for example destination state the defaul...

Page 57: ...terval causes the server to use less CPU and network resources for SNMP polling but it makes the currently shown printer status for printers that are not currently printing less accurate Chapter 3 Working with SNMP printers 43 ...

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Page 59: ...ed server medium type Server1 InfoPrint returns information similar to this A4 medium identifier A4 A4 associated server Server1 A4 medium type letter medium identifier letter letter associated server Server1 letter medium type legal medium identifier letter legal associated server Server1 legal medium type A4 colored medium identifier A4 colored A4 colored associated server Server1 A4 colored med...

Page 60: ...eing copied is displayed Weight Identifies the media weight Enter a positive integer When you are copying a media the weight of the media being copied is displayed Color Displays a list of predefined media colors Select a color from the list When you are copying a media the color of the media being copied is initially selected Details Provides a text entry area for a message to be associated with ...

Page 61: ...Server1 enter this command pdset c medium x descriptor Any color but white Server1 na letter colored For more information see InfoPrint Manager Reference or the pdls and pdset man pages Associating a medium with an actual destination You can use the InfoPrint Manager Administration Interface to associate a medium with an actual destination Using the InfoPrint Manager Administration Interface Depen...

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Page 63: ...l Transfer Protocol SMTP server to send email The SMTP server must have MIME support The SMTP server used is defined by the InfoPrint Manager server attributes smtp server host and smtp server port These attributes default to the local AIX SMTP server If you want to use a different SMTP server you can modify these server attributes Note Your SMTP server must be correctly configured to get outside ...

Page 64: ...separate logical destination object email ld so that the same logical destination does not feed jobs to both a printer and an email destination This step will make it easier for operators to monitor the progress of email jobs through the system and make it easier to diagnose any potential email problems 5 In the third panel if you have decided to create a separate logical destination object in the...

Page 65: ...ob attributes the name of the file you are sending and the email destination to which you are sending the email Email attributes include cover sheet information billing code information and other options Note that subject text email body and email signature are the only required attributes We recommend that you create sample attribute scripts that you can customize for your particular site While y...

Page 66: ...he pdpr command is included in the shell script Create a file that contains the pdpr command and all its attributes Create the following Korn shell script and place it in a directory on the AIX system where you have installed the pdpr command The file should look similar to this Sample Attribute File for InfoPrint Manager Email using a script to submit sendemail 1 2 1 is required as the name of th...

Page 67: ...email 1 2 1 is required as the name of the file to send 2 is optional as the recipient of the email This script takes an ASCII file as input and creates PostScript output that is submitted with the pdpr command as email usr bin ksh if a 1 n 1 then if 2 then WHOTO 2 else WHOTO johndoe us name com fi Make temporary PostScript file enscript p tmp email txt 1 usr lpp pd bin pdpr p email1 ld r brief x ...

Page 68: ...display printers from the InfoPrint AIX server when you click Refresh Printers Selection List You must also set the destination support system logical destination attribute to email for InfoPrint Select to send emails 1 Specify Print from the screen menu 2 From the Print window make sure that the Name field contains the name of the logical destination that you defined to the InfoPrint AIX server t...

Page 69: ... Email body text v Email to address v Email from address Here is the sample file x job name Titleist x job ripped by server false x email from address gopher1 gopher com x email to address gopher gopher com x subject text testing x document type email body f d bsi data body txt x document format pdf x document type printable To submit this job to the InfoPrint AIX server specify this at an AIX com...

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Page 71: ...trailer pages for accounting and audit data and for post print accounting data The sample header separator and trailer page user exit programs generate Advanced Function Presentation AFP data stream pages The sample accounting and audit user exit programs generate ASCII data in a report file format or write to a log file The sample post print accounting user exit program only writes to a log file ...

Page 72: ...Generates separator sheet without vertical lines pduxblks c Generates a blank separator sheet Trailer Page ainuxtlr c Generates brief style end sheet ainuxtlr2 c Generates full style end sheet ainuxtlrp c Generates start sheet with job ticket information ainuxtlrx c Generates end sheet without vertical lines pduxblkt c Generates a blank end sheet Accounting ainuxacc c Generates brief style account...

Page 73: ...u must alter them to use UCONV instead See the InfoPrint Manager Reference for more information You can create your own user exit program in one of these ways v Copy one of the sample user exit programs rename it and modify it using an AIX editor v Write your own user exit program You can include the variable data shown in the following sections for example USERID but InfoPrint Manager cannot proc...

Page 74: ...le user exit program from the usr lpp psf exits directory into the usr lpp psf bin directory so that the code executes with InfoPrint Manager 5 Enable all of the logical destinations that you disabled Notes 1 If you do not want to copy the executable user exit program into the usr lpp psf bin directory you can copy them into another directory However if you do this you need to add the path to the ...

Page 75: ...xiliary sheet objects in the InfoPrint Manager Administration Interface Do this procedure from the AIX command line 1 To create a new auxiliary sheet object type pdcreate c aux sh x psf exit prog name usr lpp psf exit_name server1 auxiliary_sheet_name 2 Shut down the actual destination in this case prt1 pdshutdown cp prt1 3 Associate this new auxiliary sheet object in this case an audit exit with ...

Page 76: ...inurpt9 These user exit program structure files are written in the C programming language The declarations and statements in these files show the structure of the InfoPrint Manager user exit programs which are imbedded as part of the user exit program Common input and output fields The following fields can be found in the user exit programs For a detailed list of input and output fields according ...

Page 77: ...ntifies the date printed Time Identifies the time printed Distribution Identifies the distribution information provided when the job is submitted PagePointer Points to a buffer containing the data produced by any of these exits v Header page v Trailer page v Separator page v Accounting v Audit PageSize Indicates the size of the data returned by these exits v Header page v Trailer page v Separator ...

Page 78: ...string This value can be any null terminated X 00 character string no greater than 10 characters Address1 Identifies the first line of address information provided when the job is submitted The Address1 field value can be any null terminated X 00 character string This value can be any null terminated X 00 character string no greater than 57 characters Address2 Identifies the second line of address...

Page 79: ...cters Room Identifies the room information provided when the job is submitted The Room field value can be any null terminated X 00 character string This value can be any null terminated X 00 character string no greater than 24 characters Title Identifies the title information provided when the job is submitted The Title field value can be any null terminated X 00 character string This value can be...

Page 80: ...InfoPrint Manager and the user exit programs See Common input and output fields on page 62 and the ainuexit h file for explanations of the function and structure of the various components of this user exit After you create your header page or trailer page user exit program you must use the AIX make command to compile the code see Compiling and installing the user exit program on page 59 The separa...

Page 81: ...ires more inputs and produces more outputs The source code in the C programming language for the sample user exit programs listed on page 57 are in the usr lpp psf exits directory The sample programs store the data into a file you can access with these executable reporting utilities ainurpt1 Provides accounting data for the actual destinations defined based upon the destination ID ainurpt2 Provide...

Page 82: ...EXITDATA exitdata void AUDIT AUDIT_EXITDATA exitdata void JOBCOMPLETION JOBCOMPLETION_EXITDATA exitdata After you create your user exit program you must use the AIX make command to compile the code see Compiling and installing the user exit program on page 59 See Common input and output fields on page 62 and the ainuexit h file for explanations of the function and structure of the various componen...

Page 83: ...ile job copies requested in the job Fonts used Shows the total number of fonts used in this job Note The counters do not include resources contained in the input file The counters only include resources used before the accounting or audit user exit is called Therefore the resources required for printing error messages and the trailer page do not appear in the resource totals Overlays used Shows th...

Page 84: ...he input data user exit program The InfoPrint Manager input data user exit program can be used to v Monitor the incoming print data stream to InfoPrint Manager v Discard an input record before it is processed v Replace an existing input record with one or more records which might include the original record or a modified version of the original record v Continue processing with the input record un...

Page 85: ...ing begins so it would have no impact on printer performance or behavior The input data user exit is not capable of identifying individual document boundaries in a data stream For example your job might have 5 separate documents that each contain 10 pages of data This is viewed by the exit as 50 pages of data not 5 units of 10 The transform subsystem does not have this limitation The PSF Input Rec...

Page 86: ...out a structured field that is to be inserted at the request of the input data exit The PSFINSERTRECS structure contains these fields version Version identifies to PSF the version of the PSFINSERTRECS structure that is being supplied The exit must supply a value of 0x01 or the record including the next_p pointer is ignored next_p Contains the pointer to the next record to insert record_p Contains ...

Page 87: ... copy is associated with this call to the exit Initially set to 1 it increments by one each time the exit is called DataSize Indicates the number of bytes in the buffer DataPointer Points to a buffer containing the outgoing print data stream After you create your output data user exit program you must use the AIX make command to compile the code see Compiling and installing the user exit program o...

Page 88: ...e value of the inpexit keyword of the line2afp command This exit is called after each record is read from the input file The exit can request that the record be discarded processed or processed with control returned to the exit for the next input record The largest record that InfoPrint Manager can process is 32756 bytes This exit is not called when the line data transform is processing resources ...

Page 89: ... line data transform processes the record On entry to the exit program this parameter is X 00 When the exit program returns control to line data transform this parameter must have the value X 00 X 01 or X 02 where X 00 Specifies that the line data transform should process the record X 01 Specifies that the line data transform should not process the record X 02 Specifies that the line data transfor...

Page 90: ... record format that contains a carriage control character in byte 0 of every record If byte 0 of the input record is an ASCII carriage return X 0D byte 0 is transformed into an ASCII space X 20 that causes a data stream to return and advance one line no character is inserted If byte 0 of the input record is an ASCII form feed character X 0C byte 0 is transformed into an ANSI skip to channel 1 comm...

Page 91: ...rogram must provide the code required to manage this work area pfattr Bytes 5 8 A pointer to the print file attribute data structure See Attributes of the line data input file on page 80 for more information about the format of this data structure and the information it contains record Bytes 9 12 A pointer to the first byte of the output record The record is located in a 32KB where KB equals 1024 ...

Page 92: ...data transform The exit program cannot change this parameter Resource exit The line data transform provides an exit that enables you to filter exclude resources This exit is useful in controlling resources at the file name level For example assume you only wanted to use those fonts that are not shipped with InfoPrint Manager You could code this exit program to contain a table of all fonts shipped ...

Page 93: ...graphics object X 05 Specifies a BCOCA barcode object X 06 Specifies an IOCA IO image object X 40 Specifies a font character set X 41 Specifies a code page X FB Specifies a page segment X FC Specifies an overlay The line data transform does not call this exit for these resource types v Page definition The page definition pagedef keyword is a required resource for transforming a line data file v Fo...

Page 94: ...me is 8 characters or less in length the name is stored in the resname field instead eof Byte 19 An end of file eof indicator This indicator is a one byte character code that signals when the line data transform has written the last record When eof is signaled eof value Y the last record has already been presented to the resource exit The pointer record is no longer valid Records may not be insert...

Page 95: ...is field contains blanks if no value is specified pagedef Bytes 33 40 The value of the pagedef keyword as specified with the line2afp command Because the pagedef keyword has no default value this field contains blanks if no value is specified prmode Bytes 41 48 The value of the prmode keyword as specified with the line2afp command Because the prmode keyword has no default value this field contains...

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Page 97: ...the auxiliary sheet objects must reside in the same InfoPrint server Note AIX actual destinations print auxiliary sheets but they do not support auxiliary sheet objects Generalized fax and email destinations support the input data and output data auxiliary sheet objects but they do not send auxiliary sheets Two auxiliary sheet styles supplied with InfoPrint generate a file that you can use with an...

Page 98: ...osition of composed text data on the form See InfoPrint Manager Reference for more information about form and page definitions Edge marks Marks that print at the edges of auxiliary sheets and help to identify job boundaries in printed output Interrupt Message Pages IMPs are pages that are similar to the message pages that print at the end of a print job but IMPs are printed at the point of an erro...

Page 99: ...g file Does not produce a printed sheet Audit exit ainaudlog Writes audit information to the var psf audit log file Does not produce a printed sheet Post print accounting exit ainuxjob completion Writes post print accounting information to the var psf jobcompletion log file if the auxiliary sheet object s psf post print accounting program name is set to ainuxjobcompletion Does not produce a printe...

Page 100: ...t brief and full default auxiliary sheet objects Start Sheet Examples In Figure 6 the user exit program ainuxhdr generated the brief style of the start sheet and user exit program ainuxhdr2 generated the full style of the start sheet Separator Sheet Examples In Figure 7 on page 87 the user exit program ainuxsep generated the brief style of the separator sheet and user exit program ainuxsep2 genera...

Page 101: ...et Examples In Figure 9 on page 88 the user exit program ainuxacc generated the brief style of the accounting log sheet and user exit program ainuxacc2 generated the full style of the accounting log sheet IPRWAUXSP Figure 7 Brief and Full Styles of Separator Sheets IPRWAUXEN Figure 8 Brief and Full Styles of End Sheets Chapter 7 Creating and managing auxiliary sheets and user exit programs 87 ...

Page 102: ... v e r l a y s U s e d 0 H a r d S e g m e n t s U s e d 0 S o f t S e g m e n t s U s e d 0 D a t a O b j e c t R e s o u r c e s U s e d 0 S t a r t D a t e 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 S t a r t T i m e 1 4 5 1 4 6 E n d D a t e 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 E n d T i m e 1 4 5 1 4 8 F i l e D a t e 0 5 0 5 2 0 0 0 F i l e T i m e 0 7 5 9 1 3 A C C O U N T I N G U s e r I D r o o t N o d e I D s t a r w a r s J o b N a m...

Page 103: ... d 0 O v e r l a y s U s e d 0 H a r d S e g m e n t s U s e d 0 S o f t S e g m e n t s U s e d 0 D a t a O b j e c t R e s o u r c e s U s e d 0 S t a r t D a t e 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 S t a r t T i m e 1 4 5 1 4 6 E n d D a t e 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 E n d T i m e 1 4 5 1 4 8 F i l e D a t e 0 5 0 5 2 0 0 0 F i l e T i m e 0 7 5 9 1 3 A U D I T U s e r I D r o o t N o d e I D s t a r w a r s J o b N a m e i...

Page 104: ...r lpp psf bin ainuxsep2 Prints a full style separator sheet usr lpp psf bin ainuxsepp Prints job ticket information about the separator sheet usr lpp psf bin ainuxsepx Prints a separator sheet without vertical lines for 64xx 65xx printers End Sheets usr lpp psf bin pduxblkt Prints a blank end sheet usr lpp psf bin ainuxtlr Prints a brief style end sheet usr lpp psf bin ainuxtlr2 Prints a full styl...

Page 105: ...c auxiliary sheet with the pdcreate command and specify the server name and an auxiliary sheet object name to create a new auxiliary sheet object Specify a name that uniquely identifies the auxiliary sheet object in the server Two servers can each contain an auxiliary sheet object with the same name but possibly with different values for their attributes You also specify the psf exit form definiti...

Page 106: ...o accounting methods accounting and post print accounting active If the accounting setup is intended to be the same for all PSF printers this can all be done with one auxiliary sheet object which can either be one you have created or the default accounting log auxiliary sheet object supplied by InfoPrint Associating the post print accounting user exit program with an actual destination You can use...

Page 107: ...xiliary sheet objects Using Interrupt Message Pages Interrupt Message Pages IMPs provide a way for printer operators to find the cause and location of a printing problem IMPs are pages that are similar to the message pages that print at the end of a print job but IMPs are printed at the point of an error where a possible data loss has occurred This will allow the operators to make sure that no dat...

Page 108: ...ings v One copy v No overlay v Use paper from bin 1 There is also a new form definition named F1MGIMP that is identical to the default form definition except that it specifies offset stacking You can create your own form definition but be aware that doing so might alter the ability of your form definition to print on all paper sizes To create a form definition you must use the Page Printer Formatt...

Page 109: ...tribute supported auxiliary sheet selection bsdad where bsdad is the BSD actual destination on which you are working 3 Determine the queue associated with the destination and then issue this pdset command to unregister the actual destination from its queue psdet cp x associated queue bsdad 4 Issue this pdset command to re register the actual destination to its queue psdet cp x associated queue bsd...

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Page 111: ...nting data true InfoPrint stores data into server accounting logs one for each destination which you can either view directly from the command line or through the pdaccount command The pdaccount command lets you create views of summary information in a comma delimited format Printer1 12997 1989787763 This information can be saved in a file which can be imported into a spread sheet to calculate the...

Page 112: ...his accounting information from one or more InfoPrint Manager AIX servers v actual destination name v job owner v global job id v submission time v completion time v pages completed v octets completed v data stream v job name The actual destinations attribute additional accounting log attributes contains the job and document attributes that you define to record in the accounting log for each desti...

Page 113: ...v job deadline time v job discard time v job finishing v job media sheet count v job originator v job page count v job priority v job retain until v job retention period v media sheets completed v modification time v mvs destination v mvs forms v mvs segment id v name of last accessor v name text v node id text v number of documents v number up v octet count v originating company text v output for...

Page 114: ...icates the octets completed in the specified week For more information about using the pdaccount command see InfoPrint Manager Reference or the pdaccount man page The various DSSs for actual destinations report pages completed differently For example actual destinations created using the PSF DSS report the number of Intelligent Printer Data Stream IPDS pages printed based upon the number of begin ...

Page 115: ...e the log file for example prt1 accounting log v1 on server1 is located by specifying cd PDBASE server1 accounting logs 2 Move the prt1 accounting log v1 file to a directory named 1qrt2000 by specifying mv prt1 accounting log v1 1qrt2000 This command moves the existing file to the new directory and removes it from the PDBASE server1 accounting logs directory When the next job is processed on prt1 ...

Page 116: ... jobs that are not completed when the printer is shut down because of a printer problem but puts them back in the queue AIX DSS v If wait for job completion is set to True and the job completes successfully or is paused or cancelled then the page count shown in the accounting log is the number of pages stacked at the printer For example a three page document printed simplex records three pages in ...

Page 117: ...bs the octet count is always zero 0 PSF DSS with Other Driver attachment type v If wait for job completion is set to True and the job completes successfully then the page count shown in the accounting log is the number pages stacked at the printer For example a three page document printed simplex records three pages in the accounting log and three pages stacked a four page document printed duplex ...

Page 118: ... DSS The page count recorded in the accounting log for destinations using the Metacode DSS reflects the number of pages generated and sent to the destination by InfoPrint Manager It is not based on the number of pages stacked on the printer Working with PSF accounting post print accounting and auditing user exit programs The accounting post print accounting and audit PSF DSS user exit programs rec...

Page 119: ... with a single line for each job that is processed You can use this information to determine billing procedures to assess the workload of different output devices or to determine how resources are used at your installation The ainuxjobcompletion exit is called when the printer reports back to InfoPrint Manager that all of the pages for a job have printed This includes a partial job due to a data s...

Page 120: ...erred exit The administrator can also choose to deactivate the old exit by resetting the value of the psf exit program name auxiliary attribute in the appropriate auxiliary sheet object to not set If a new installation wants to deactivate the preferred exit and instead run the old exit the administrator must reset the psf post print accounting program name auxiliary sheet attribute in the appropri...

Page 121: ... that must be managed carefully to avoid potential performance problems Periodically the log files must be either purged or moved to a different directory If you do not do either of these tasks your installation will run out of space on the file system preventing you from printing any more jobs To avoid this problem you should purge or move the accounting and audit logs as part of your system main...

Page 122: ...rm podaccount log When the AIX command line prompt returns you know that the podaccount log file has been deleted from the system 3 Enter ls This command displays the contents of your directory for you to verify that the file has been deleted When the next job is submitted for printing InfoPrint creates a new podaccount log file and writes the data into that file 108 InfoPrint Manager for AIX Proc...

Page 123: ...aximum presentation object containers to keep Data object font resources A data object font resource can be an OpenType font collection an OpenType set of linked fonts or OpenType fonts that are installed in one or more directories on your InfoPrint Manager server Data object font resources are the only fonts registered through a RAT that are located in the same directory as the fonts For more inf...

Page 124: ...ntify the resource context object name or which paths you want to associate with that object Jobs can also reference resource context objects through their contained documents See The search order for AFP resources for the search order InfoPrint uses to locate resource context objects for a job Both the actual destination and the resource context objects that are referenced must reside in the same...

Page 125: ...your resources are located automatically because these resources reside in the reslib fontlib and font directories described above If on the other hand you have custom AFP resources make sure that you do not store them in the reslib fontlib or font directories listed Any custom resources stored in these locations might be corrupted by installing uninstalling or servicing the software Store any cus...

Page 126: ...nt attribute 3 The path specified by the resource context document attribute 4 The path specified by the PSFPATH environment variable 5 The path specified by the resource context presentation object container actual destination attribute 6 The path specified by the resource context actual destination attribute 7 The system dependant library For AIX usr afp reslib legacy For Linux PSF_BASE reslib a...

Page 127: ... to keep and capture inline cmr resources If you use the same resources such as company logos in different print jobs you can improve print performance by storing those resources on the printer Use the maximum presentation object containers to keep actual destination attribute to specify the maximum number of CMRs and data objects to store in the memory of the printer device between jobs The defau...

Page 128: ...P Font character sets 300 pel resolution 1 No file extension 2 300 3 FONT300 4 CFT 5 CDP Outline fonts 1 No file extension 2 OLN 3 FONTOLN 4 CFT 5 CDP TrueType and OpenType fonts CMRs and data object resources Entire file name including extension comes from the Resources Access Tables RATs creaetd by the AFP Resource Installer If a CMR or a data object RAT is altered PSF must be restarted for the ...

Page 129: ...ce Access Table RAT 1 No file extension 2 DOR Setup data 1 No file extension 2 SETUP 3 SET 4 COMSETUP Note All file extensions must be in uppercase How InfoPrint Manager provides resource access for PSF DSS printers By default InfoPrint allows all users to access the resource by setting all resource permissions to r r r The instance of the program that tries to access a resource is created with an...

Page 130: ...t1 Note 1 Specify a name that uniquely describes the resource context object in the server All resource context objects in a server appear in the selection lists for the fields in the PSF Resource tab of the Printer Properties window Two servers can each contain a resource context object with the same name but possibly with different values for their attributes 2 InfoPrint uses resource context ob...

Page 131: ...source overlays julia resource overlays henry Server1 Serv1 fax InfoPrint Manager searches the directories specified by the resource context objects or the directories you specified for resources required by jobs Assigning a resource context object to a default document object You can use either the InfoPrint Manager Administration GUI or the AIX command line to assign resource context objects to ...

Page 132: ...fault document object to an actual destination use the InfoPrint Manager Administration GUI or inform the job submitters of the resource objects assigned to this default document object 118 InfoPrint Manager for AIX Procedures ...

Page 133: ...nformation Delivery method How the messages are delivered See Delivery method and delivery address on page 120 for more information Delivery address Where the messages are sent See Delivery method and delivery address on page 120 for more information In addition a notification profile entry can include a comment text that InfoPrint will add to the general message text and a locale to set the langu...

Page 134: ...ombination of the two Each type of InfoPrint object has a default set of event identifiers See Default notification profiles on page 124 for a list of defaults for each object Delivery method and delivery address The delivery method component shows how you want notification messages to be delivered The delivery method and delivery address components are strongly related the delivery method you sel...

Page 135: ...nonyms e mail email Sends an E mail to the address listed in the delivery address The E mail address that you want notification messages to be sent to For example kjones printerco com exit Does not actually send a message Instead when the event specified in the event identifier occurs InfoPrint Manager runs an exit program or script See Using the exit delivery method on page 123 for more informati...

Page 136: ...windows running when you submit a print job using InfoPrint Select notifications are requested If the Select message window is not running notifications are not requested When notifications are requested they are delivered by e mail InfoPrint Select does not use the standard e mail port for notifications to avoid conflict with other SMTP servers If you have a conflict with the port that Select is ...

Page 137: ...m variables and not in the User variables If it appears in the list of User variables delete it and start again from step 4 8 Click OK in the Environment Variables dialog 9 Click OK in the System Properties window 10 Restart your system to make the changes take effect Using the exit delivery method The exit delivery method lets you set up automatic responses to system events beyond just sending a ...

Page 138: ...vents require the person managing the object to intervene for example someone might need to clear a paper jam By default the events listed in this table generate messages for the corresponding objects These messages are delivered to the user who created the object job submitters receive messages about their print jobs the administrator receives messages about destinations and servers that he or sh...

Page 139: ...it jobs using InfoPrint Select the default notification profile is different See Working with Select notifications on page 122 for additional information If you want to change the settings in the default notification profile you can create a notification profile on a default job There are several things to keep in mind when you set up a notification profile on a default job v You can only set one ...

Page 140: ...o not understand InfoPrint Manager provides a way to get more information about the situation In some cases the explanation even suggests some things you can do to resolve the problem To see the full text of an error message use the pdmsg utility and specify the message number to display help for notification messages you received For example you receive this notification message about the PrintQu...

Page 141: ...send and specify them as attributes of jobs when you submit them Note You must either specify those attributes in the command when you submit the job or set the text in the job and document defaults for the appropriate logical destination To specify your messages you use these job attributes v job message to operator The message that InfoPrint Manager sends when it adds a job to the queue v job st...

Page 142: ...ob start wait true you should not specify this value on the default job To use the job start wait attribute you must set it to yes on the job or default job You can specify the attribute in the command when you submit a print job or set it on the Job Notification tab of the properties notebook for default jobs 128 InfoPrint Manager for AIX Procedures ...

Page 143: ...er print jobs to it and can open the print2ld object to see its properties However she cannot make changes to those properties If she tried to change any of them or tried to delete the destination she would receive an error message If you decide that userA needs to be able to do more and give her write permission as well she will be able to change the properties of print2ld but still will not be a...

Page 144: ...in the default admin or oper groups are able to do the action If a user is added to a non standard group they are not able to do the action unless they are the owner of the job in question If the object has an ACL the permission needed depends on the operation For example List requires read Set requires write and Delete requires delete Security groups No matter what size organization you work in m...

Page 145: ...ill be restricted Identifying users and groups wildcarding When you add users to ACLs or Security groups you identify them by their user ID and the computer that they work on in this format username computername The permissions you assign will only apply when that person accesses InfoPrint Manager from that workstation If however you or any of your users want to be able to work with InfoPrint Mana...

Page 146: ...aced in the acl_admin group To have the access necessary to modify the security characteristics the user must be a member of the acl_admin group There is another security group called JobTicketer that is created if you have installed InfoPrint Job Ticketer as part of the Print on Demand feature Unlike the other groups there are no default users created during installation See InfoPrint Job Tickete...

Page 147: ...ile contains environment variables that apply to all sessions for all users on a given AIX system profile The profile file in a user s home directory contains environment variables that apply to all the user s AIX sessions Values in this file override values in etc environment How are environment variables set You can use these methods to set or change values for environment variables v If you are...

Page 148: ... than the NAME value format v Do not use variables to represent values in the etc environment file For example PATH PATH path1 path2 is not a valid entry in the etc environment file Instead of PATH enter a full path name v The format in which you specify the value for any variable that defines directory paths determines whether your value is appended to the current value or overrides it This forma...

Page 149: ...editor 5 Make the change effective by entering the command etc environment 6 Verify the change by entering the command echo PDPRINTER The logical destination name you entered displays Editing a profile file To set an environment variable in the profile file you need to edit the file with an AIX editor See What restrictions apply on page 134 for information about restrictions This example shows how...

Page 150: ...rint executable files InfoPrint appends usr lpp pd bin and usr lpp psf bin to the paths already specified To verify that the PATH environment variable is set and contains usr lpp pd bin and usr lpp psf bin enter the command echo PATH Verifying the setting of the PDBASE environment variable During the installation process InfoPrint adds the InfoPrint PDBASE environment variable to the etc environme...

Page 151: ...nd create the customized shell scripts or programs to activate this support You can access this support from the InfoPrint Manager Administration GUI 1 Select Server Properties 2 Click the Show more button 3 Select the Memory Usage tab From the Memory Usage page you can specify a low memory threshold percentage and a high memory threshold percentage that cause InfoPrint to invoke a customized exit...

Page 152: ... the Queries to Prevent section on the Memory Usage page to both add and remove the listing of any queries against a specified InfoPrint object such as Jobs The Jobs object is the most useful to restrict but this should be done cautiously because once it has been set you cannot query any jobs from either the InfoPrint Manager Administration Interface or the InfoPrint Manager Operations GUI Note th...

Page 153: ... drops to 70 after an 80 disk space low event it is reset Configuring your notification profile for disk space low events It is recommended that you include both the disk space low and out of disk space events in your notification profiles The InfoPrint Manager server sends out of disk space notifications by default so that when your file system usage reaches 100 this event is generated You can mo...

Page 154: ...ain special files for I O devices The most important column is the fourth from the left that displays the percentage of each file system used Using the df command You can see how your AIX system uses space in a single file system by using the df command To manually display the space on the file system where your current directory is located enter this command on the AIX command line df AIX display...

Page 155: ...e Input Manager component that is stored in var psf segments This setting determines the number of temporary files that Input Manager requires for all print jobs submitted to InfoPrint Manager the smaller the setting the more files required to process the AFP input data This parameter can be set by using SMIT InfoPrint Printing System Miscellaneous Customize the Input Manager For Basic Server conf...

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Page 157: ... 2 0 256 If you need to perform a migration between different levels of InfoPrint Manager follow these steps v Make sure that InfoPrint Manager is at the same level on the backup and target environments v Perform the backup and restore required operations as documented in InfoPrint Manager Reference v If necessary upgrade InfoPrint Manager to the required level Note v The ismu utility must not be ...

Page 158: ...ismu utility these programs must be installed on your machine tar gzip gunzip and diff Note You can only run the ismu utility locally This utility does not have network functionality Migrating your InfoPrint Manager settings Before migrating your InfoPrint Manager settings and objects read the following sections to find out more about what files are automatically backed up and what files are not a...

Page 159: ...get server Custom or modified halftones The ismu utility backs up and or restores all files from the usr lpp psf config custom directory Transform configuration files By default InfoPrint Manager comes with this transforms gif2afp img2afp jpeg2afp pcl2afp ps2afp tiff2afp and xml2afp There are two other transforms that are installed separately afp2pdf and sap2afp The configuration files for all the...

Page 160: ...ounds including these two server exits lower memory usage exit upper memory usage exit FST security settings The ismu utility automatically backs up and or restores all the files within the install_path var pddir acl directory PSF Direct configuration The ismu utility copies all the install_path var psf psfdirect profile files from source to the target server Custom or modified halftones The ismu ...

Page 161: ...x accounting log blank brief full job ticket and none then the program automatically copies the customized sheets to the new server Also the customized user exits from install_path usr lpp psf exits psf are copied too Manual process The following list contains parts that the ismu utility will not automatically back up and restore v Third party applications v Fast Connect SAMBA software and configu...

Page 162: ... documentation for this task is found in InfoPrint Job Ticketer Administrator s Guide S550 1056 Chapter 3 Installation and Configuration Setting up shared file support Channel configuration The channel configuration is no longer supported The printers will be created but they won t start Associated installed products and or InfoPrint Manager features PPFA If you have this feature installed you mus...

Page 163: ... in case you have modified them etc rc scripts etc inittab scripts usr lpp pd bin mvsprpsm sh script IPPGW configuration 1 You need to use the lsippgw command to see if the IPP Gateway daemon is running and also to get the port the daemon is started on 2 If the IPP Gateway daemon is running its configuration should be migrated to the target server To do this you must perform the following tasks 1 ...

Page 164: ...rt it on the new server also To do this you need to perform these steps 1 From the Management Console select Edit Service Configuration 2 Check the Automatically start IPP gateway box 3 To verify that the gateway is working open the Internet browser and enter the following web address replacing serverhostname with the DNS hostname of the system where the IPP gateway daemon is running http serverho...

Page 165: ...he same port monitor on the target machine and create a port with the same properties identified in Step 4 Registry data about psfin 1 Open the Management Console 2 Go to Options Customize Input Manager 3 Check if these values are the default ones v Directory for segmet lists var psf seglist v Directory for segmets and percent usage threshold var psf segments 90 v Workspace management automatic v ...

Page 166: ... Manager v Base namespace path C Program Files IBM InfoPrint Manager var pddir v Remote namespace folder none v Workspace path C Program Files IBM InfoPrint Manager var pd v AFP support workspace path C Program Files IBM InfoPrint Manager var psf v Default fonts search path C Program Files IBM InfoPrint Manager fontlib v Default resource search path C Program Files IBM InfoPrint Manager reslib v S...

Page 167: ...ter and then go to the Management Console and create the gateway printer with the same settings from the first step DPF and MVS Download settings If there are folders in var pd dpf receivers directory these folders must be copied to the new server Each of these folders represents one DPF Host Receiver After that check if the receivers configuration was customized 1 Open the Management Console 2 Go...

Page 168: ...ap txt If this is not the default or if the this file has been customized it copy it to the same location on the new server v For each receiver in the Advanced properties window check if the field Exit Program Name points to a file if it does copy this file at the same location on the new server 154 InfoPrint Manager for AIX Procedures ...

Page 169: ...Part 2 Administrative procedures Customizing for special jobs Copyright InfoPrint Solutions Company 1998 2010 155 ...

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Page 171: ...lso run the transforms from the AIX command line without printing the generated output You might find this useful if you intend to print the job later Jobs print more quickly if they have already been transformed Most transforms have flags or option keywords that you can use to specify processing information For a list of the flags or options and values for each transform see InfoPrint Manager Ref...

Page 172: ...eter portion of the ps2afp and pdf2afp transforms For more information about these daemons see InfoPrint Manager Reference Each daemon like the corresponding transform uses a configuration file The daemon configuration file can contain the same keywords as the transform configuration file except server plus some keywords that control the operation of the daemon See InfoPrint Manager Reference for ...

Page 173: ...ch TCP IP port to use work_directory var psf ps2afp directory to put work files into log_file var psf ps2afp ps2afpd log where to write log messages notify root who to notify if problems encountered mail_command usr bin mail program used to send notifications ps_program usr lpp psf bin ps2api name of the PostScript interpreter program ps_init_file usr lpp psf ps2afpe ps name of the PostScript inte...

Page 174: ...ble 16 on page 158 7 Default values that are built into InfoPrint These are the same as the transform defaults except that the default PostScript or PDF output type is an IM1 uncompressed image Stapling and punch options available from the ps2afp transform You can use the ps2afp transform to specify both staple and punch finishing options However you must 1 Ensure that the IPDS Intelligent Printer...

Page 175: ...ou omit plex the ps2afp transform creates duplex output 3 If you omit bin numbers the ps2afp transform creates output that indicates that the first input tray should be used 4 Not all printers support using the staple and punch options that the ps2afp transform generates If you send a document with staple or punch operations to an IPDS printer that does not support the request InfoPrint Manager is...

Page 176: ...entation Staple 3 The key that introduces the StapleDetails Dictionary Type 17 A required key reserved for future use ps2afpd configuration file KEYWORD EQUIVALENT ps2afp FLAG PURPOSE port 8251 which TCP IP port to use work_directory var psf ps2afp directory to put work files into log_file var psf ps2afp ps2afpd log where to write log messages notify root who to notify if problems encountered mail...

Page 177: ...ault punch setting using the settings displayed in Table 21 on page 165 Note Most PostScript drivers use Pattern 0 because Finishers tend to have one particular setting Pattern 0 works with all Finishers If you specify Pattern 6 in the PostScript driver and your Finisher only supports two hole punch InfoPrint Manager will print the job and generate an error message without performing the finishing...

Page 178: ...rtrait Position 4 Landscape Position 8 Double right DoubleRight Portrait Position 12 Landscape Position 16 Double top DoubleTop Portrait Position 17 Landscape Position 18 Booklet Booklet Portrait Position 20 Landscape Position 20 Table 19 Default punch locations Punch Key name PostScript Punch Do not punch None Punch 0 Punch Not supported Punch 4 Table 20 Additional PostScript punch details Punch ...

Page 179: ... transform feature and creates PCL that you can print on that same printer and get collated copies Note The collation function requires more disk space so increase the space in var psf to store the temporary file for collation Customizing the TIFF JPEG and GIF transforms You can customize the transforms for TIFF JPEG and GIF data by v Specifying values in the transform configuration files v Settin...

Page 180: ...les Many of the TIFF JPEG and GIF transform options have equivalent environment variables Environment variables have this format transform_option wheretransform is the name of the transform command in uppercase and option is the command line option without the initial dash For example the environment variable that corresponds to the scale option of the jpeg2afp transform is JPEG2AFP_scale See Info...

Page 181: ...es for printing This transform is valuable for transforming color images so that they print well in black and white You can customize the img2afp transform only by specifying options on the command line Unlike other transforms shipped with the InfoPrint Manager this transform is not invoked automatically Instead you must specify it at the command line to preprocess the data before printing For spe...

Page 182: ...For example on an AIX server an InfoPrint HS1 HD1 HD2 HD5 HD6 HS3 PS 1 or PD1 PD2 4100 printer provides these usr lpp psf config 4100 ibm71lpi tf ap ps for dark halftones usr lpp psf config 4100 ibm71lpi tf dt ps for midtone halftones usr lpp psf config 4100 ibm71lpi tf lr ps for standard halftones usr lpp psf config 4100 ibm85lpi tf ap ps for dark halftones usr lpp psf config 4100 ibm85lpi tf dt ...

Page 183: ...p psf config 4100 ibm106lpi tf oc ps for dark2 halftones usr lpp psf config 4100 ibm106lpiRot90 tf ap ps for dark halftones usr lpp psf config 4100 ibm106lpiRot90 tf dt ps for midtone halftones usr lpp psf config 4100 ibm106lpiRot90 tf lr ps for standard halftones usr lpp psf config 4100 ibm106lpiRot90 tf ls ps for accutone halftones usr lpp psf config 4100 ibm106lpiRot90 tf oc ps for dark2 halfto...

Page 184: ...1FS11 afp on an InfoPrint 4100 HD3 HD4 Advanced Function Printing System printer type this on the command line pdpr p silver ld DSC011FS10 afp To convert an FS45 image DSC015FS45 afp to an FS10 image DSC011FS15 afp with dark halftones from an InfoPrint command line for printing on an InfoPrint 4000 Advanced Function Printing System printer type this on the command line img2afp a fs10 thresh 4000 i...

Page 185: ...ng keywords The line2afp command then stops processing 3 InfoPrint also lets you transform and print DBCS ASCII data without a page definition See InfoPrint Manager Reference or the db2afp man page ANSI and machine carriage controls In many environments including IBM mainframes and most minicomputers printable data normally contains a carriage control character The carriage control character acts ...

Page 186: ... v The kind of carriage control used Some files contain information in each record that describes the record length these are called variable length files Other files require an external definition of length these are called fixed length files For variable and fixed length files using length prefixes MO DCA P structured fields are treated as a special case All such structured fields are self ident...

Page 187: ...afp imageout ioca keyword and value is specified the default An uncompressed IOCA image might use a significantly higher number of bytes than an IM1 image and might take more processing time to convert especially for shaded or patterned areas Although IOCA is the MO DCA P standard for image data and some data stream receivers might require it all products might not accept IOCA data All software pr...

Page 188: ...t data is EBCIDIC and that the output data is also EBCIDIC In other words the exit does not do any code page translation but it simply adds an extra blank if needed Notes 1 This exit is only intended to be used if the spool file consists of double byte or mixed single or double byte data that has blank truncation Adding a blank to other types of data files could cause formatting errors depending o...

Page 189: ...like that displayed in Table 23 Table 23 Processors required to use the Parallel PDF RIP client Processors Allocated Function Performed 1 network traffic I O processes and general system overhead 1 pdfprs client as defined in Sample configuration file for the pdfprs client on page 177 1 This first RIP transforms PDF into PostScript data Each RIP is likely to use an entire processor to RIP the PDF ...

Page 190: ...ch configuration file ps2afpd C var psf pdf2afp 8261 cfg ps2afpd C var psf pdf2afp 8262 cfg ps2afpd C var psf pdf2afp 8263 cfg ps2afpd C var psf pdf2afp 8264 cfg Note In the path where the working directories reside you can create a startcfg script similar to this example to do this task bin sh cd var psf ps2afp if gt 0 then for i in do usr lpp psf bin ps2afpd C 826 i cfg done else for i in 1 2 3 ...

Page 191: ...pecify exactly as shown to enhance the performance of the parallel PDF RIP This sample configuration file uses keyword equivalents of the transform flags See InfoPrint Manager Reference for the keywords and values that you can specify in the configuration file Note For this sample pdf2afp cfg configuration to work correctly you must have a configuration with a minimum of four processors dedicated ...

Page 192: ... you are using inline resources and the FS45 IOCA color format 8264 cfg configuration file KEYWORD EQUIVALENT ps2afp FLAG PURPOSE port 8264 which TCP IP port to use work_directory var psf pdf2afp 4 directory to put work files in log_files var psf pdf2afp 4 ps2afpd log where to write log messages notify root notify if problems are encountered mail_command usr bin mail program used to send notificat...

Page 193: ...e configured to use the desired halftone configuration at the daemon configuration level For example if you are using two InfoPrint 4000 printers all the even numbered RIPs should match the halftone configuration 8264 cfg configuration file KEYWORD EQUIVALENT ps2afp FLAG PURPOSE port 8264 which TCP IP port to use work_directory var psf pdf2afp 4 directory to put work files in log_files var psf pdf...

Page 194: ...sform daemon configuration file named in the usr lpp psf ps2afpd cfg file 5 Default values that are built into InfoPrint These are the same as the transform defaults except that the default PDF output type is an IM1 uncompressed image Troubleshooting the parallel PDF RIP client There are certain factors that can enhance the performance of your pdfprs client This section provides some recommendatio...

Page 195: ...foPrint Manager Reference When a PPML print job is submitted to print on a PSF actual destination InfoPrint automatically invokes the transform You can also run the transforms from the AIX command line without printing the generated output You might find this useful if you intend to print the job later Jobs print more quickly if they have already been transformed The PPML transform has options tha...

Page 196: ...ecified in the default transform command configuration file which is usr lpp psf ppml2afp ppml2afp cfg InfoPrint ignores values in the default transform command configuration file if you invoke the transform command indirectly by submitting a job to print 3 Default values that are built into InfoPrint These are the same as the transform defaults default ppml2afp configuration file directory where ...

Page 197: ...ng highly dynamic XML data on AFP printers because the transforms can efficiently process data that changes from job to job The XML transforms are also an efficient cost effective alternative to paper based communication because it can transform XML data to PDF documents for electronic delivery to customers Other benefits of using xml2afp and xml2pdf to transform XML data to AFP or PDF include v Y...

Page 198: ...t supply one of these to the XML transforms v XML files or data sets which do not contain data placement and presentation information and an accompanying XSL style sheet v XSL FO files or data sets which contain XML data with XSL formatting objects To transform XML data to AFP or PDF the XML transforms use the data you supply and do one of these v Uses the XSL style sheet to transform the XML file...

Page 199: ...ument is too big for the available memory you receive an out of memory error and the transform stops processing XSL support The transforms support most but not all formatting objects properties and features of the XSL Version 1 0 standards as documented by the W3C http www w3 org TR xsl Style sheets embedded and referenced in XML files are not supported Capabilities and limitations for transformin...

Page 200: ...ferenced in the output file you must specify the image size in the XSL external graphic formatting object For example fo external graphic src pageseg corpsign content height 4in content width 2in IOCA object An Image Object Content Architecture IOCA object contains a series of picture elements pels arranged in rows and columns and specifies where the image is placed on a page The XML transforms ac...

Page 201: ...options can be set in the configuration file The syntax of the configuration file is exactly the same as the command line syntax with these additional rules 1 Blank lines are ignored 2 All data on a line after a pound sign is ignored The pound sign can occur anywhere on a line 3 To include a pound sign in parameter data it must be escaped that is it must be preceded by a backwards slash 4 White sp...

Page 202: ...pp psf xml2afp v Memory the Java virtual machine uses to run the transform with the HEAP_SIZE keyword Keep in mind The configuration file is a shell script You can use any commands that are valid according to bin sh However because the script runs for each invocation of xml2afp transform when it is not managed by InfoPrint Manager avoid using any commands that take a long time to complete See xml2...

Page 203: ...rs size A font size expressed as a floating point value giving the vertical size of the font in points 1 72nds inches Size must be omitted when defining outline technology fonts since they can take any size style A font style The value must be one of these keywords normal italic oblique backslant The default is normal weight A font weight The value can be one of these keywords normal bold The valu...

Page 204: ... All data on a line after a pound sign is ignored The pound sign can occur anywhere on a line 3 To include a pound sign in parameter data it must be escaped that is it must be preceded by a backwards slash 4 White space before and after parameter data is removed 5 Parameter data on successive lines is concatenated with a single space between them 6 Parameters can span lines as long as they follow ...

Page 205: ...ement at the transform level within InfoPrint Manager This support will provide color fidelity with better printer performance Submitting job using transforms for color management Before you use transforms to do color management make sure that you have installed the ICC Profiles using the Resource Installer into the Resource library as Color Management Resources CMRs For more information see cac_C...

Page 206: ...tion click Yes to inline the color resource information in the FS45 Default is No 10 Click Submit For more information about the values that you can specify see InfoPrint Manager Reference 192 InfoPrint Manager for AIX Procedures ...

Page 207: ...o PCL the job will bypass the transform without being changed at all You can set the transform to accept multiple input data formats v Transform options The program or command that actually does the work of the transform what happens during the processing stage The transform options can be system commands such as copy programs provided with InfoPrint Manager such as ps2afp or your own custom trans...

Page 208: ...form sequence A transform sequence lets you string together a series of transform objects to do a series of tasks This topic provides an example of a transform sequence followed by the specific procedure you can use to create a sequence of transform objects You want to define an actual destination that will copy AFP versions of all print jobs sent to it into a directory on your InfoPrint Manager s...

Page 209: ...orms that this printer can use are listed in the Transforms to use field Note If you can t see the Transforms to use field click Show more 4 Use the Add and Remove buttons to specify the transforms in the sequence that they should be run in the Values field For example you might want to create the three step transform sequence that runs the tranps transpcl and saveafp transforms in sequence as des...

Page 210: ...m that completes without returning data to InfoPrint Manager to print Transform only radio button c A conditionally terminating transform that might print the data after it has been transformed Transform and print radio button with the Conditional terminating return code field set to a value that tells InfoPrint Manager not to print the data if the transform returns that return code value Document...

Page 211: ... in the Conditional terminating return code field the error messages from the transform are logged as debug severity 2 If the transform exits with a non zero return code but not with the value set in the Conditional terminating return code field transform attribute the error messages from the transform are logged as error severity 3 InfoPrint Manager writes transform error messages to either the f...

Page 212: ...an pass values into the transform with this parameter g The global job identifier for the job The job identifier 10 digits maximum Aad_attribute The value of the InfoPrint Manager actual destination attribute specified For example if Aresource context InfoPrint Manager passes the actual destination s resource context attribute value Note See the Considerations when using the Nattributename substit...

Page 213: ...ected printer 3 In the Printer Properties notebook click the Configuration tab The data stream transforms that this printer can use are listed in the Transforms to use field Note If you can t see the Transforms to use field click Show more 4 Use the Add and Remove buttons to specify the transform in the Values field the equivalent of setting the transforms sequence actual destination attribute fro...

Page 214: ... to a file location on the hard drive without printing the output use this procedure 1 Start the InfoPrint Manager Administration GUI 2 Click the Server menu and select Transform Create 3 In the Create Transform dialog fill in the fields as shown in either Figure 22 on page 201 or Figure 23 on page 202 depending upon your operating system These values create a transform that copies AFP input data ...

Page 215: ...igure 22 Create Transform dialog Define a transform that copies an AFP file to a folder without printing on Windows Chapter 16 Understanding transform objects and the configurable transform subsystem 201 ...

Page 216: ...ine a return code that your transform can return to indicate when it has completed its task successfully but is not returning any data for printing In the example below the actual destination activates the pics2gif transform when incoming JPEG and TIFF jobs enter the system These jobs are transformed into GIF format and then uploaded to the Internet by an application outside of InfoPrint Manager W...

Page 217: ... return code of 5 if the transform has completed successfully without returning to InfoPrint Manager for printing In the Transform options field you can use a series of substitution variables to provide special options for the transform sequences In this example besides the standard input i and output o this transform object also uses the q flag so the InfoPrint server passes the name of the actua...

Page 218: ...ge 205 To define a data stream transform object from the InfoPrint Manager Administration GUI use this procedure 1 Start the InfoPrint Manager Administration GUI 2 Click the Server menu and select Transform Create 3 In the Create Transform dialog fill in the fields as shown in Figure 25 on page 205 For this example the passvals program that is called by the PASSVALUES transform object gets passed ...

Page 219: ...dentified with u directly The transform should only use the transform_update utility InfoPrint Manager only checks for updates while the transform is running and immediately after it completes The transform_update utility can be called either once or multiple times while the transform is running Once the transform returns InfoPrint Manager deletes the update file The transform_update utility provi...

Page 220: ...have actually printed or stacked for the job and this attribute is updated by the print backend in InfoPrint Manager with the number of pages that were printed Any pages referenced here should have been removed from any file returned to InfoPrint Manger for further processing update_file The file passed to the transform through the u option Notes 1 If a transform calls the transform_update utility...

Page 221: ... connection thus allowing the print engine to print non IPDS data streams when IPDS activity is minimal MID support also enables the sharing of the print mechanism with other non IPDS data streams This chapter includes the following sections v Enabling MID support v Considerations to activate MID support Enabling MID support Set these parameters to enable MID support 1 mid support enabled a Right ...

Page 222: ...hanism rather than activate MID v Jobs must be stacked before the print mechanism is released This might lead to paper loss for the print device v Releasing the print mechanism might prevent the IPDS host from processing subsequent print requests until the control is returned to the host the time depends on the capacity of each print device v The MID support does not allow for sharing of the print...

Page 223: ... how to figure out which PCL and PostScript bins map to which AFP bins see Determining bin mappings To set up bin mapping see Editing configuration files on page 214 Determining bin mappings PCL printing When you submit a print job through a PCL print driver and select a paper bin to print from the driver generates a bin number and puts it into the data stream Unfortunately different drivers gener...

Page 224: ... on it In other cases the AFP bin numbers are more difficult to discover In fact the numbering scheme for some printers changes completely when you add one of the optional paper bins and still other printers allow you to change the bin numbers yourself As a result it is difficult to predict exactly what the AFP bin numbers for your printers are However there are some guidelines that you can use v ...

Page 225: ...t a paper size for each one 6 Make sure all of the paper trays you plan to use are activated and have the correct size paper selected 7 Click OK to close the dialog and make the settings take effect 8 Follow the appropriate procedure below Editing configuration files on page 214 When you have to enter PCL and AFP bin numbers start with the guidelines above and create some logical mappings such as ...

Page 226: ...h tray Guidelines for figuring out the bin numbers are provided below v What kind of paper will you be loading into each tray At a minimum you should know what size paper will go in each tray If you need to you can also specify a color or weight of the paper Use this chart to record your data Table 29 Paper tray chart AFP bin number in decimal notation Paper tray on printer Paper loaded 100 Manual...

Page 227: ...rint Manager By default InfoPrint Manager assumes that all PostScript printers have only one paper tray When you identify the trays you let InfoPrint Manager know how many there really are Then when you submit a job you can select any one of them You identify the paper bins to InfoPrint Manager either in the configuration file or in the transform you create In this step you will determine the synt...

Page 228: ...se replace the inputX statement with your identification statement from Identifying paper trays to InfoPrint Manager on page 213 and complete the procedure 10 Load each paper bin including the manual feed bin with a different kind color or specially marked paper 11 Test your settings by submitting print jobs to each bin of the Windows gateway printer and making sure that it prints on the correct p...

Page 229: ... mappings You can use the InfoPrint Manager transforms to process print jobs with different options including which paper bins to use First you create a transform using the InfoPrint Manager Administration GUI specifying an input data stream and an output data stream Then you associate it with one or more printers When you send a print job to that printer your transform checks to see if the file i...

Page 230: ...e dimensions of the paper in inches 8 5ix11i millimeters 216mx279m or points 612px792p and the Xs with the number of the AFP bin on the printer Size is the only required value the others you can either fill in or delete v Select Transform and print v Document formats allowed The data stream that your transform accepts Select PCL or PostScript and add it to the allowed values v Click OK 3 Select th...

Page 231: ...u must include the text string IPMF in the command string The temporary file name used to store either the PCL or PPDS data generated by InfoPrint Manager is substituted into the command wherever the IPMF text string is located Note The dashes on either side of the IPMF text string are part of the syntax and cannot be omitted You can only specify one IPMF text string in a print command as in the e...

Page 232: ...these fields Input bin number This field specifies the AFP bin number Media ready This field shows the medium loaded in the input tray The drop down list lets you select from all media supported by the printer Input tray name This field shows the name associated with the input tray Standard names for PCL input trays are alternate envelope lower manual upper Formerly these were the only names allow...

Page 233: ...click the DPF Host Receivers item in the left pane 4 Click the DPF Host Receiver that feeds this printer to select it 5 Click Actions Obtain Printer Characteristics 6 Go back to the InfoPrint Manager GUI and start the printer again 7 Restart the host PSF v If you use any other method to submit jobs 1 In the InfoPrint Manager GUI click the printer to select it then select Printer Stop Note If you d...

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Page 235: ...nistration GUI 1 Click on the actual destination and select Printer Properties 2 From the actual destination s Printer Properties notebook click the Tuning tab 3 Find the Capture inline CMR resources radio button If you can t see the Capture inline CMR resources radio button click Show more 4 Scroll to the bottom of the screen and click the Yes radio button for the Capture inline CMR resources set...

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Page 237: ...es to define their names PostScript font mapping file considerations When you create your own font mapping files consider that v You can create more than one font mapping file v At least one font mapping file must contain the Courier font The PostScript transform program substitutes Courier for any missing fonts v Fonts cannot span network file systems Creating a PostScript font mapping file Use t...

Page 238: ...ript interpreter so that the new value for the font mapping file takes effect However restarting the PostScript interpreter decreases performance Specifying font substitution through initialization files Sometimes jobs request fonts that are neither included inline with the job nor resident on the printer If InfoPrint Manager cannot find the fonts that the job requires the job might fail To avoid ...

Page 239: ... Manager AIX server 2 From the AIX command line access the correct directory by typing cd var psf psfonts Note To further qualify the location of your personal fonts you might want to create a subdirectory or directories such as pkg_a or pkg_b using the mkdir command 3 From either a CD ROM or your location of choice download the files to your InfoPrint Manager AIX server ensuring that you copy the...

Page 240: ...Unicode version of Version 3 Release 1 2 Microsoft Unicode Full Font Names 3 A Unicode character map CMAP A CMAP defines the mapping of code points to glyph indices which are used to index the actual character shape information If your fonts do not contain all these elements they cannot be used with InfoPrint Manager If the InfoPrint AFP Resource Installer Program Number 5639 EE2 does not install ...

Page 241: ...System Using font capture with OpenType fonts Font capture allows a printer to capture a downloaded font and treat it as if it were a printer resident font Treating a downloaded font as a printer resident font improves performance for future jobs that use the same fonts Printers retain captured fonts across job boundaries and power cycles Captured fonts can be deleted from the printer when additio...

Page 242: ...efined in the hardcoded GUM GCGID to Unicode Mapping where GCGID stands for Graphic Character Global IDentifier table resident in the printer or code points will be undefined While the use of predetermined mappings might meet many needs if customization of GCGID to Unicode mappings is required an extended code page must be used v The extended code pages can be used on printers that do not support ...

Page 243: ...ame to the directory containing the AFP resources You can specify multiple path names just separate these with a colon Specify these values in the etc environment file so that the system retains them after your InfoPrint Manager AIX server is rebooted Using OpenType fonts with line data When printing line data with OpenType fonts through InfoPrint Manager you need to specify the appropriate parame...

Page 244: ...he data encoding You can t do this with UTF16LE data because it always requires a BOM This support includes a o newlineencoding flag for the o flag a stream newline characters encoding value for the fileformat parameter on the line2afp transform and a new line option data encoding document default document attribute For more information about this support see InfoPrint Manager Reference Fonts for ...

Page 245: ... Character column can be used to print any of these characters by typing it into a text file as a special character that is processed by troff Mapping for code pages T1001038 T1001108 and T1001109 Table 31 Mapping for code pages T1001038 T1001108 and T1001109 IBM Graphic Character Identifier ditroff Name of Character Character Description GA010000 a alpha GA020000 A capital Alpha GB010000 b beta G...

Page 246: ...0000 s sigma GS020000 S capital Sigma GS610000 ts terminal sigma GT010000 t tau GT020000 T capital Tau GT610002 h theta GT620000 H capital Theta GU010000 u upsilon GU020000 U capital Upsilon GX010000 c xi GX020000 C capital Xi GZ010000 z zeta GZ020000 Z capital Zeta LA010000 a a LA020000 A A LB010000 b b LB020000 B B LC010000 c c LC020000 C C LD010000 d d LD020000 D D LE010000 e e LE020000 E E LF0...

Page 247: ... I I LJ010000 j j LJ020000 J J LK010000 k k LK020000 K K LL010000 l l LL020000 L L LM010000 m m LM020000 M M LN010000 n n LN020000 N N LO010000 o o LO020000 O O LP010000 p p LP020000 P P LQ010000 q q LQ020000 Q Q LR010000 r r LR020000 R R LS010000 s s LS020000 S S LT010000 t t LT020000 T T LU010000 u u LU020000 U U LV010000 v v LV020000 V V LW010000 w w LW020000 W W LX010000 x x LX020000 X X LY010...

Page 248: ...34 3 4 NF180000 18 1 8 NF190000 38 3 8 NF200000 58 5 8 SA000000 minus SA000000 mi minus SA010000 plus sign SA010000 pl math plus SA020000 plus or minus SA030000 less than sign SA040000 equal sign SA040000 eq equal sign SA050000 greater than sign SA060000 di divide sign SA070000 mu multiplication sign SA160000 ap approximates SA240000 ib improper subset SA270000 ip improper superset SA380000 ca int...

Page 249: ...ve accent SD130000 ga grave accent SD150000 circumflex accent SD190000 tilde accent SD410000 cd cedilla accent SF640000 br box rule SA860000 rn root extender SV300600 ul underrule SV300200 ru rule SG050000 lc left ceiling SG060000 lf left floor SG070000 rc right ceiling SG080000 rf right floor SG090000 lt upper left curly bracket SG100000 lk left middle curly bracket SG110000 lb lower left curly b...

Page 250: ...a up arrow SM330000 da down arrow SM340000 dg dagger SM350000 dd double dagger SM450000 sq open square SM470000 bx solid square histogram square bullet filled box SM520000 co copyright SM530000 rg registered SM540000 tm trade mark SM570000 bu bullet SM590000 rh right hand SM630000 lh left hand SM660000 no logical not SM750000 ci circle SM900000 em em dash SP020000 exclamation point SP040000 double...

Page 251: ...entifier ditroff Name of Character Character Description SA370000 tf therefore math and proof symbols SS020000 ht heart SS030000 dm diamond SS040000 cl club SS050000 sd spade Special symbols added for code page T1001108 These non standard special symbols were added Table 33 Special symbols added for code page T1001108 IBM Graphic Character Identifier ditroff Name of Character Character Description...

Page 252: ...troff device description ASCII version DESC out troff device description binary version out troff font descriptions binary version Fonts for printing DBCS ASCII and EUC data In ideographic languages like Japanese Chinese and Korean there are thousands of characters A single byte of information cannot represent all of these characters because a single byte only accommodates 256 characters Therefore...

Page 253: ... Use the NFS mount command to mount the MVS or VM minidisk to your AIX system Setting up font resources for DBCS ASCII and EUC printing To print the transformed files that contain font references to the double byte character set you must make the double byte fonts known to InfoPrint through one of these methods v Create a resource context object that identifies the location of the double byte font...

Page 254: ...e table also provides a list of six character short names InfoPrint stores these coded fonts in the usr lpp psf reslib directory There are symbolic links of the eight character names that correspond to the six character names You can use these short names without the X0 prefix to satisfy the four character limitation for specifying font names with the chars keyword of the line2afp command You can ...

Page 255: ...e DBCS Simulation Fonts with the font metric adjustment triplet PTF U807769 includes support for printing the DBCS Simulation Fonts available with Infoprint Fonts for Multiplatforms Version 1 Release 1 Modification 0 Program Number 5648 E77 with the font metric adjustment triplet The DBCS Simulation Fonts are available on the AIX and Windows operating systems Note When you use the DBCS Simulation ...

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Page 257: ...ture for Presentation MO DCA P files that specify fonts using GRIDs rather than character set names You can customize the GRID files to define which fonts InfoPrint uses when the data stream of the job specifies GRIDs Note If a data stream specifies only GRID parts instead of specific names then the fgid grd table is used to find the name of the font to download or the outline font to activate In ...

Page 258: ...nt width v A vertical size value Figure 28 shows an example of the format of a line in the font global identifier sample file cpgid grd sample Specifies which code page InfoPrint should download when substituting for a global resource identifier that it finds in the data stream of the job This file maps a code page global identifier and a graphic character set global identifier to a code page name...

Page 259: ... can map multiple names to the same GRID part so that different sized fonts can apply to your print job Notes 1 The new or modified GRID files you create have the same names as the sample files except that you delete sample from each file name 2 After creating or modifying GRID files you must shut down and restart the InfoPrint physical printer represented by PrinterName for the changes in the fil...

Page 260: ...ates the attributes of the character set Specify a lowercase b bold i italic d doublewide or enter a dash to specify no attribute Allowable values for the codepage grd file You can specify these values for fields in the GRID file for a code page for a font cpgid Identifies the code page identifier for the font Specify a numeric value from 1 to 65534 or enter a dash to disable the mapping of this c...

Page 261: ...ou must modify both the charset 64xx grd and the codepage 64xx grd files as described in Modifying the charset and code page GRID files and Modifying the FGID and CPGID GRID files on page 248 Modifying the charset and code page GRID files You can avoid having InfoPrint download fonts by adding font entries that map the font character set or code page that is most referenced in jobs to a global ide...

Page 262: ...e page name column to the code page identifier of the personal computer ASCII code page for Iceland font that you want to map to the multilingual code page You can change the comment at the end of the copied line to identify the mapping change you are making T1000860 850 980 ICELAND MAPPED TO MULTILINGUAL 5 Search the remainder of the codepage grd file to make sure that it contains no other T10008...

Page 263: ...o the var psf PrinterName directory where PrinterName is the name of the InfoPrint physical printer representing the printer device 2 Create the cpgid grd file from the cpgid grd sample file Enter the command cp usr lpp psf grd cpgid grd sample cpgid grd 3 Using an AIX editor such as vi edit the cpgid grd file you just created and copy this line for the personal computer multilingual code page for...

Page 264: ...edit the copied charset grd file and place a dash in the fgid column 4 Copy the usr lpp psf grd codepage grd sample file to codepage grd in the var psf PrinterName directory 5 Edit the copied codepage grd file and place a dash in the cpgid column Using the no resident version of the sample grid files There might be situations when you do not want InfoPrint Manager to use printer resident fonts If ...

Page 265: ...ress v Using InfoPrint Job Ticketer v Using the PSF actual destination properties notebook on page 252 v Using the pdpr command on page 252 Before using any of these interfaces make sure that you are aware of this support s Defaults and limitations of cut sheet emulation support on page 252 Using InfoPrint Submit Express From the Resources tab of the InfoPrint Submit Express Job Ticket window you ...

Page 266: ...rint Manager Reference Defaults and limitations of cut sheet emulation support When a form definition is explicitly named any attribute found in both the form definition and either the InfoPrint Manager graphical user interface or the pdpr command reverts to the value specified in the form definition Note that corresponding values specified on the printer pass through or destination pass through a...

Page 267: ...sr lpp psf config directory The cmt utility that uses the cmt cfg configuration file should be available in the usr lpp psf bin directory on your InfoPrint AIX server Note that a MOD CA sample color mapping table named cmtsampl can be found in usr lpp psf config This color mapping table was produced by the sample cmt cfg file The cmt utility lets you create color mappings in a variety of different...

Page 268: ...n fill defines patterns for filling areas that you might want to map to colors with a color mapping table For detailed explanations about these color spaces see Mixed Object Document Content Architecture Reference You can use a color mapping table to pick specific object types to map such as v Object area v IM image data v PTOCA data v Page presentation space v GOCA data v Overlay presentation spa...

Page 269: ... Graphics Objects Content Architecture for Advanced Function Presentation Reference manual we can see that these horizontal lines are created by a Pattern Output Primitive with a hexadecimal value of 0B 11 To turn these horizontal lines into a shade of green when using a ColorSpace source group of GOCA to map to a target group value of RGB make sure that you specify a low value for red 12 a high v...

Page 270: ...Coverage EndSourceDef Required ends the Source Parameters EndSourceDef BeginTargetDef Required starts the Target Parameters BeginTargetDef ColorSpace Required values RGB CMYK Highlight CIELAB ColorSpace RGB ColorValue Required values depend on Color Space ColorValue 12 252 42 PercentShading Optional only valid for TargetColorSpace Highlight values 0 100 default 100 PercentShading PercentCoverage O...

Page 271: ... EndSourceDef BeginTargetDef ColorSpace RGB ColorValue 12 252 42 EndTargetDef EndMappingDef 7 Once you have verified the contents of the source file see Submitting jobs using a color mapping table Submitting jobs using a color mapping table To submit a job using the color mapping tables for spot color you must make sure that you also specify a resource context attribute so that the server knows th...

Page 272: ...priate actual destination in this case NewP as shown below by right clicking the actual destination and then selecting Enable 2 Ensure that the Color mapping table pie1 set has been specified on the AFP Color tab of the Printer Properties notebook and that the Location of resources usr lpp psf config has been specified on the AFP Resources tab 3 Submit your job to InfoPrint Manager using either th...

Page 273: ...ork together you set up an interoperating environment in which two or more InfoPrint Manager servers share the same namespace The namespace is located in a directory on one of the servers and the other servers are granted permissions that allow them to use that directory When configuring InfoPrint Manager servers to support interoperability make sure that these two rules are followed 1 Each InfoPr...

Page 274: ... in each branch office The namespace is installed on the InfoPrint Manager server in the main office and the other two servers are set up to share it All three servers have logical destinations queues and actual destinations defined in them and the users submit their print jobs to their local server About 90 of the time the servers handle local print jobs so it makes sense for each location to hav...

Page 275: ...til you have the interoperating environment set up before you set up any security on the systems Configuring a primary AIX server with a secondary AIX server Follow the appropriate instructions according to your configuration needs New secondary InfoPrint for AIX server If you are installing InfoPrint Manager for the first time on an AIX system and you want to make the new system a secondary InfoP...

Page 276: ...Server1 is an InfoPrint Manager AIX server with an IP address of 9 99 155 122 then all other InfoPrint Manager servers must use 9 99 155 122 to access Server1 2 The IP address for each InfoPrint Manager server must be the address that is identified for the first or primary network card that is defined to that server 3 All printer objects whether logical destination actual destination or queue must...

Page 277: ...InfoPrint pd commands From SMIT take the InfoPrint Printing System Security Access Control Access Control for Operations Show Access Control List path 3 From the Single Select List pop up dialog highlight each command and make sure thatGROUP admin r displays for each command If a particular pd command does not show admin group read authority use the SMIT InfoPrint Printing System Security Access C...

Page 278: ...to change the password and update all of your servers on a regular basis 6 Click the Create button and close the dialog it will be prompting you to add another user s information 7 From the User window open the ipwinadmin that you just finished creating by double clicking on the list item 8 Click on the Member Of tab click Add then double click Administrators 9 Click OK 10 Click OK a second time t...

Page 279: ...servers work with the InfoPrint Manager for AIX server Notes 1 In an interoperating environment that includes an AIX server and Windows servers the namespace will reside on the AIX server 2 You can only install one InfoPrint Manager server on a given Windows workstation or server 3 If your users will be submitting jobs directly to actual destinations the actual destination and the associated queue...

Page 280: ...ialog 11 Click OK in the Local Security Policy Setting dialog 12 Repeat from step 7 for two other user rights Create permanent shared objects and Log on as a service Verifying access to the AIX namespace that allows interoperability on Windows From each InfoPrint Windows server you must verify that you have access to the namespace on the InfoPrint AIX server You can do this by mapping a network dr...

Page 281: ... one of the InfoPrint Manager Notification servers 7 Click Edit Service Configuration 8 In the Settings group box clear both the Run notification server on this system and Run InfoPrint Manager LPD service check boxes 9 Clear the Base namespace path field and type the drive letter that you want to use to link to the namespace followed by a colon for example type x Use the same drive letter that yo...

Page 282: ...ps item 7 From the Groups view in the right pane highlight the acl_admin item and select open from the drop down menu 8 Click the Add button 9 In the Add Member to Group dialog type ipwinadmin in the field provided In the Groups view you should be able to see ipwinadmin listed in the Members column for the admin group 10 From the Groups view in the right pane highlight the admin item and select op...

Page 283: ...ent and Allow SNMP to configure the printer check boxes v In the Communities list touch the name of the community you will be using to access the printer and verify the settings Make sure that the community has Write access to the printer 4 Touch OK to close the window 5 On the main screen of the console make sure that the attachment type you will be using is enabled 6 If you changed the Enable SN...

Page 284: ...or the InfoPrint 4000 1 On the Enhanced Operator Console touch Printer definition at the top of the screen 2 On the left side of the screen touch Remote Access 3 In the Communities list select the name of the community you will be using to access the printer and verify the settings Make sure that the community has Write access to the printer 4 Select the SNMP Agent Enabled and Allow SNMP to Config...

Page 285: ...T Interface for SMBFS bos cifs_fs rte 5 3 0 61 COMMITTED Runtime for SMBFS bos cifs_fs smit 5 3 0 0 COMMITTED SMIT Interface for SMBFS 3 If the bos cifs_fs fileset is not installed contact your System Administrator Connecting to the InfoPrint 5000 hot folder To connect to an InfoPrint 5000 printer hot folder from InfoPrint Manager for AIX you need to issue a mount command To issue a mount command ...

Page 286: ...rint Manager usr lpp pd bin 3 Type this command run_customization_1 sh nameOfServer nameOfAD nameOfQueue nameOfLD nameOfLocalFolder yourhotfolder nameOfServer Specify the name of the InfoPrint Manager server where to create the destination nameOfAD Specify the name of the new actual destination that will be created nameOfQueue Specify the name of the existing queue or a new queue nameOfLD Specify ...

Page 287: ...erator or application See Understanding Form Definitions and Page Definitions in Print Services Facility for z OS User s Guide for more information about AFP architecture Build your PostScript data stream with any application that generates PostScript such as Microsoft Word with a PostScript driver InfoPrint Manager sends PostScript data streams to be transformed and RIPped at the server Transform...

Page 288: ...be modified from the command line using the pdset command or in the InfoPrint Manager Administration GUI See InfoPrint Object Attributes in the InfoPrint Manager Reference for the correct command syntax when using the command line color profile Use this attribute to specify the color profile if any to be used by PostScript jobs This attribute can be equal to v SWOP v Euroscale v none The default v...

Page 289: ...color FS42 v 8 bits color FS45 The title of this attribute in the InfoPrint Manager Administration GUI is Color bits per plane allowed color rendering intent While the InfoPrint Color 130 Plus produces vibrant full color images including images that contain gradients and shading it is not able to reproduce every shade of every color The color rendering intent attribute determines what InfoPrint Ma...

Page 290: ...lowed Using resource attributes The resource attributes can be modified from the command line using the pdset command or in the InfoPrint Manager Administration GUI See InfoPrint Object Attributes in the InfoPrint Manager Reference for the correct command syntax when using the command line resource context presentation object container This attribute adds paths to the directory that InfoPrint sear...

Page 291: ...int Color 130 Plus actual destination 2 Select Options Customize 3 In the Customize dialog click the Printer tab 4 In the Action column find Change Tuning Change AFP Resources and Change AFP Color and select the check boxes in the Menu column next to them This step adds these tasks to the Printer menu If you want to add other tasks to the Printer menu or to any other menu you can do it now or you ...

Page 292: ... to use these InfoPrint commands v pdls Lists selected attribute values for a job destination or other InfoPrint object v pdpr Submits a job to a logical destination v pdq Queries the status of selected jobs of all jobs submitted to a logical destination or of all jobs assigned to an actual destination See InfoPrint Manager Reference or the associated man pages for a complete list of flags and att...

Page 293: ...s example uses InfoPrint Submit Express for Windows Setting up assumptions This scenario assumes that you have completed these tasks v Built a data stream v Installed InfoPrint Submit Express See Setting up on page 273 for more information Submitting the job When using InfoPrint Submit Express to create the job ticket you must consider a number of things to prepare a job for printing Primarily how...

Page 294: ...ide that specified in the job 6 Choose the values for the color attributes on the Look tab You can use these attributes in InfoPrint Submit Express v Color rendering intent v Color profile v Color bits per plane v Color toner saver See Using and changing color and resource attributes on page 274 for details on when and how to use these attributes 7 Click Advanced find RIP for and select InfoPrint ...

Page 295: ...ages Note The page size and orientation that is specified in the job and in InfoPrint Manager must match that specified at the AFCCU Otherwise the job will print on the page size and with the orientation specified at the AFCCU Your enhanced InfoPrint Select client lets you v Specify InfoPrint job attributes when submitting a job to the server v Support the cancelling holding and releasing of jobs ...

Page 296: ... OS automatically sends data from the job entry subsystem JES spool to remote systems using TCP IP This eliminates the need for manual print file transfer using File Transfer Protocol A cooperating print server running on a remote system receives the data sets for printing with InfoPrint Manager for AIX For most jobs you can use the same job control language JCL that you would use for non AFP prin...

Page 297: ...remote server The LPD submits the job to the InfoPrint print spool we recommend that you specify the LPD subsystem in the etc inittab file to make sure that it starts on a system reboot and is always available When you enter the lpr command you must specify the option that designates binary or already formatted data For example on AIX you must use the l lowercase L option on the lpr If you are pri...

Page 298: ...e InfoPrint Solutions Company Web site To obtain and install this LPR client see Install and configure lprafp for Windows from the Web Note If you use another LPR client make sure that you specify the flag for specifying binary data For example on the Microsoft TCP IP Printing LPD the default LPR on Windows operating systems this flag is the Ol or the o l lowercase L option depending upon your Win...

Page 299: ...DEV to identify a single MVS Download daemon on a specific InfoPrint Manager server See the PSF for z OS AFP Download Plus Guide for information about the AFP Download Plus feature and tasks done on the MVS system Preparing to work with MVS Download Read through this to become familiar with MVS Download terms and components Why use MVS Download When you have data on an MVS system that you want to ...

Page 300: ...ere they are loaded By using Page Printer Formatting Aid PPFA you can create form definitions for your MVS jobs that contain MO DCA medium maps that specify media names For more information about how to create these form definitions see the PPFA User s Guide and Reference S544 5284 How are print options passed to InfoPrint MVS users submitting MVS data sets for printing on InfoPrint managed printe...

Page 301: ...the pdpr command How do I get page count displayed for AFP Download Plus jobs If you want to be able to see the page count for your AFP Download Plus jobs listed in the InfoPrint Manager GUI turn on the page accounting support in AFP Download Plus See the PSF for z OS AFP Download Plus Guide for more information Performance considerations with the Direct Download method The performance of the down...

Page 302: ...utputstr results profile optparm Recommendation Copy the shell script to another directory such as var pd and modify the copy This eliminates the possibility of service overwriting your modifications The mvsprpsm sh shell script and associated scripts have been changed to add support for AFP Download Plus and the multiple data set function of AFP Download Plus If you already have custom scripts th...

Page 303: ...ame filename JID filename mv logfile JID logfile logfile JID logfile fi fi fi If you do not want the MVS job identifier included comment out the lines Using multiple printers with MVS Download By default an MVS Download process submits all jobs to the same logical printer A parameter that specifies this logical printer starts the mvsprsd daemon This printer is fixed for the duration of the process...

Page 304: ...s a lowercase equivalent for the default value on your MVS configuration that addresses the appropriate printer Specifying a default page definition All line data jobs downloaded from MVS systems require a page definition before you can print them using InfoPrint If no page definition is specified an error occurs By default the shell script contains this line pagedef outputstr outputstr page defin...

Page 305: ...ere MVS_system_name Specifies the name of the MVS system that downloaded the data fsa_name Specifies the name of the FSA that processed the data set userid Specifies the userid of the user who submitted the job jobid Specifies the job identifier that was assigned by the z OS system job_name Specifies the name of the job containing the data set step_name Specifies the name of the step in the job dd...

Page 306: ... in the print options string the corresponding InfoPrint attribute and the attribute value used for the pdpr command for that job v MVS sends print option values in either uppercase or lowercase characters MVS sends all print option values shown in italics in Table 36 such as pagedef formdef and font1 in uppercase It sends other values as shown in the table v InfoPrint sets most attribute values t...

Page 307: ...simplex sides 2 plex tumble of F1formdef form definition F1formdef form definition F1formdef ofileformat record ofileformat stream new line option counted 4 octet aligned new line option lf None discarded ofiletype dshdr ofiletype jobhdr ofiletype jobtrl ofiletype message ofiletype userdata None discarded auxiliary sheet selection none auxiliary sheet selection none auxiliary sheet selection none ...

Page 308: ...vsprsd command in either the etc rc or the etc inittab file Both files execute when the AIX operating system is initialized The etc inittab file has an entry for another file called etc rc This shell script etc rc performs normal startup initialization for the system its contents are installation specific Because this file is not usually replaced when a new release of the operating system is insta...

Page 309: ...file On MVS a job can contain multiple data sets By using the following procedure to customize your installation for MVS Download multiple data set job support you might be able to cause the data sets in a job sent to InfoPrint Manager through MVS Download to print in sequence with no intervening files no NPRO processing between files and only one header and trailer page for the set InfoPrint Mana...

Page 310: ...1 Install the MVS Download user exit 15 program apsux15m on MVS The program must be assembled and linked into a data set referenced in the STEPLIB of your MVS Download startup PROC 2 Run MVS Download on MVS using SEND_REC_LENGTH YES either by specifying it explicitly in the MVS Download Routing Control data set on MVS or by allowing it to default If you specify SEND_REC_LENGTH NO ACIF might be una...

Page 311: ...ultiple data set set support 1 Install AFP Download Plus with APAR OA15317 To enable the multiple data set function set the dataset grouping parameter in the control statement data set to Yes For more information about installing AFP Download Plus see the Installing AFP Download Plus chapter in Print Service Facility for z OS AFP Download Plus S550 0433 Using the Download for z OS exit 15 program ...

Page 312: ... received and transformed individually so less space might be required 4 This solution does not create three types of form definition FORMDEF statements in the generation of a comprehensive inline form definition v MSU Map Suppression v PFC Presentation Fidelity Control v MFC Medium Finishing Control v PEC Presentation Environment Control v MDR Map Data Resource 5 You cannot have inline resources ...

Page 313: ...mes and types are compared to verify that they are identical 7 The sample exit spools the combined MO DCA P file Resubmitting or deleting MVS Download orphaned files Orphaned files are old files left in the AIX file system because errors prevented InfoPrint from processing them their file names follow the MVS Download file name format such as MVS_system_name job_name dataset_name forms_name yyddd ...

Page 314: ...ileformat record occ yes occtype a ochars GT10 opagedef P1V04863 of F10101LA ocop 007 odatac unblock ojobn MYJOB ous MYNAME oprmode SOSI2 otrc yes ono BLDPSRV1 opa forms PERFAIX class K destination LOCAL jobid JOBID OUTGRP ONLY local 6001 0 PPID 2 PPID Note Multiple data set jobs cannot be resubmitted and must be resent from the host 300 InfoPrint Manager for AIX Procedures ...

Page 315: ...oad Feature AIX System v AIX Version 5 3 with ML05 32 and 64 bit kernels or later v InfoPrint Manager for AIX Version 4 2 or later General information about the host server program The host server program is a single load module that can be purchased as a feature of PSF for z OS Once started the host server program runs continuously It waits for connection requests from one or more InfoPrint Manag...

Page 316: ...d by the SYSPRINT DD statement You must include a SYSPRINT DD statement in the JCL statements that run the host server program If the SYSPRINT DD statement refers to a data set other than SYSOUT or DUMMY the data set must have the following attributes directory blocks 0 record format VA record length 125 block size 129 Supported configuration parameters The AIX client provides most of the informat...

Page 317: ...ress space The default value is TCPIP TRACE Specifies whether the host server program should record its internal flow in the data set referenced in the SYSPRINT DD statement Note Using a TRACE value other than NONE degrades performance You should specify a value other than NONE only if directed to do so by an IBM service representative DS Record transmitted and received data as well as the interna...

Page 318: ...specific InfoPrint Manager attributes 2 Using the destination pass through attribute on page 305 The CLASS FORMS and DESTINATION values allow you to specify values through either method If you want to send these three values through AFP Upload and Print as well as the BURST value you must use the destination pass through attribute If you specify the CLASS FORMS and DESTINATION attributes as specif...

Page 319: ...xt A5 test1 tif For specific syntax rules see the latest draft of the InfoPrint Manager Reference which is available on the InfoPrint Solutions Company Web site http www infoprint com Using the destination pass through attribute For a subset of MVS values that do not match specific InfoPrint Manager attributes InfoPrint Manager lets you specify values to MVS as destination pass through also called...

Page 320: ...tion pass through WRITER xxx Examples Using the destination pass through attribute The first two step example creates an initial value document and associates it with the default logical destination so that all jobs sent to this destination will pass the specified attributes 1 Specify this pdcreate command to create an initial value document named upload1 dd on the InfoPrint AIX server nome pdcrea...

Page 321: ...ill restart the job and continue printing If InfoPrint Manager does not detect the lost connection the job remains in the PENDING state while the printer goes into a needs key operator state To resolve this condition and print your job you must regain connectivity to the MVS host program cancel the job in the PENDING state and then resubmit the job to the AFP Upload actual destination Troubleshoot...

Page 322: ... System code 522 indicates that all of the tasks in a job step were in a wait state for the time specified in the JWT parameter of the SMFPRMxx parmlib member However lengthy waits are normal during periods when no AFP Upload AIX clients send files to the host server program Specify TIME NOLIMIT in the JCL EXEC statement for the host server program to bypass job step wait limits Symptom You provid...

Page 323: ...s space name TASN when you start the host server program but it is incorrect the host server program also records this INITAPI macro error and ends Ask your system programmer for the z OS TCP IP address space name Specify it to the host server program using the TASN configuration parameter For details about the TASN configuration parameter and how to specify it see General information about the ho...

Page 324: ... address space Specifying to run the host server program as a job You can run the host server program either in a startable address space or as a job managed by an MVS initiator This section describes how to run the host server program as a job managed by an MVS initiator The JCL must execute the AFP Upload server program named AUPTCPS This program is written in the PL I language It requires that ...

Page 325: ...GM AUPTCPS STEPLIB DD DSN AUP SAUPLOAD DISP SHR DD DSN CEE SCEERUN DISP SHR SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT Figure 30 Sample to run the host server program in a JOBNAME JOB ACCOUNT STEP EXEC PGM AUPTCPS TIME NOLIMIT STEPLIB DD DSN AUP SAUPLOAD DISP SHR DD DSN CEE SCEERUN DISP SHR SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT Figure 31 Sample to run the host server program as a job Chapter 31 Using AFP Upload 311 ...

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Page 327: ...ile in the usr lpp pd bin directory and copy it into the var pd or PDBASE directory cp usr lpp pd bin spl_error cfg var pd spl_error cfg Note If you already customize your server error logs remember to change the name or move the current spl_error cfg file in var pd so that your customization values can be copied over into the newer version of the file 2 Open the copy of the spl_error cfg file tha...

Page 328: ...and copy it into the var pd directory cp usr lpp pd bin notifyd_error cfg var pd notifyd_error cfg Note If you already customize your Notification daemon error log remember to change the name or move the current notifyd_error cfg file in var pd so that your customization values can be copied over into the newer version of the file 2 Open the copy of the notifyd_error cfg file that you created and ...

Page 329: ... final two steps and just wait until the next time the AIX system where the InfoPrint Manager server is installed on is restarted 4 From an AIX command line specify stopnotd to shut down the Notification daemon so that these customization changes can take effect 5 Enter startnotd to restart the Notification daemon Chapter 32 Customizing error logs in the InfoPrint Manager AIX server 315 ...

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Page 333: ...istration GUI 2 Find or create the PSF printer actual destination that sends jobs to the printer you are setting up 3 Right click the printer and select Properties from the pop up menu 4 In the Printer Properties notebook click the Job tab 5 Find the Finishing options allowed field Note If you do not see the Finishing options allowed field click Show More 6 Select all of the finishing options that...

Page 334: ...r Reference For instructions on setting attribute values in Select see the help system Using the InfoPrint AFP driver If you are interested in using the powerful features of AFP in a wide range of environments you might want to install and use the InfoPrint AFP driver with InfoPrint Select To install and set up the InfoPrint AFP driver see Setting up the AFP driver in InfoPrint Manager for AIX Pla...

Page 335: ...nto files formats them and sends them to the printer When you submit a print job with MVS Download do one of these v Specify a mapping from a JCL keyword to a finishing attribute in the AIX shell script The selected JCL parameter you specify in z OS maps to the InfoPrint Manager pdpr finishing attribute v Use the existing form definition JCL keyword to form definition attribute mapping The JCL FOR...

Page 336: ...d staple top left One staple in the bottom left corner staple bottom left Not supported More than one staple on the left edge of the paper edge stitch OR edge stitch left Not supported More than one staple on the top edge of the paper Not supported edge stitch OR edge stitch left Table 40 Options to set for paper fed LEF on the InfoPrint 60 Desired output Select this value for portrait jobs Select...

Page 337: ...op right Two staples on the left edge of the paper edge stitch edge stitch left OR edge stitch 2 Not supported Two staples on the top edge of the paper Not supported edge stitch edge stitch left OR edge stitch 2 Two staples on the right edge of the paper edge stitch right Not supported Two staples on the bottom edge of the paper Not supported edge stitch right Some printers support this option via...

Page 338: ...e staple on the top edge of the paper uses the default number of staples that is set for the finisher edge stitch OR edge stitch top Not supported Two staples on the top edge of the paper edge stitch 2 Not supported Three staples on the top edge of the paper edge stitch 3 Not supported More than one staple on the right edge of the paper uses the default number of staples that is set for the finish...

Page 339: ...foPrint Manager value saddle stitch means staple down the center With the InfoPrint 2060ES InfoPrint 2075ES and InfoPrint 2090ES printers saddle stitch is only supported for sheets in the landscape orientation and if this is specified along with bin 3 the sheets are sent to the BookletMaker Staple positions for InfoPrint 2105ES Table 45 Staple positions for InfoPrint 2105ES mapped to InfoPrint Man...

Page 340: ...e top left staple bottom left staple top right edge stitch edge stitch left InfoPrint 2060ES InfoPrint 2075ES and InfoPrint 2090ES staple top left staple bottom left edge stitch edge stitch left saddle stitch InfoPrint 2105ES staple top left staple bottom left edge stitch edge stitch left 1 Start the InfoPrint Manager Administration GUI 2 Find or create the PSF printer actual destination that send...

Page 341: ...ced InfoPrint Select client lets you specify job finishing attribute values or a form definition when submitting a job to the server For more information about using the job finishing attribute see InfoPrint Manager Reference For instructions on setting attribute values in Select consult the help system provided with the PTF U483882 level of InfoPrint Select The automatic data stream transforms th...

Page 342: ...data sets from the JES spool without formatting them directly to InfoPrint Manager for AIX or InfoPrint Manager for Windows InfoPrint Manager receives the data sets into files formats them and sends them to the printer When you submit a print job with MVS Download do one of these v Specify a mapping from a JCL keyword to a finishing attribute in the AIX shell script The selected JCL parameter you ...

Page 343: ...ne staple in the upper right corner Not supported staple top left One staple in the bottom left corner staple bottom left Not supported More than one staple on the left edge of the paper edge stitch OR edge stitch left Not supported More than one staple on the top edge of the paper Not supported edge stitch OR edge stitch left Paper fed SEF Table 47 Options to set for paper fed SEF for the InfoPri...

Page 344: ... supported not supported staple bottom right not supported not supported edge stitch left edge top edge edge stitch 2 not supported not supported edge stitch 3 not supported not supported edge stitch left left edge top edge edge stitch right not supported not supported edge stitch top not supported not supported edge stitch bottom not supported not supported saddle stitch not supported center Note...

Page 345: ...Portrait Landscape punch 2 LEF NO left edge top edge SEF NO top edge right edge punch 3 LEF NO left edge top edge SEF NO top edge right edge punch 4 LEF NO left edge top edge SEF NO top edge right edge punch 2 top SEF NO top edge right edge punch 2 left LEF NO left edge top edge punch 2 right LEF YES right edge bottom edge punch 2 bottom SEF YES bottom edge left edge punch 3 top SEF NO top edge ri...

Page 346: ...punch 4 top SEF YES top edge right edge punch 4 left LEF YES left edge top edge punch 4 right LEF NO right edge bottom edge punch 4 bottom SEF NO bottom edge left edge Loading paper trays Table 53 Paper loading positions Tray Face Up Down Tray 1 Up Tray 2 Up Tray 3 Down Tray 4 Down Tray 5 Down Tray 6 Down Tray 7 Down Using output bins For IPDS jobs the user has to specify the job finishing attribu...

Page 347: ...Binding Binding positions are left right and top This example shows a perfect bind on the left edge with a cover iprz2010001 This example shows a ring bind on the left edge iprz2010002 Note Any covers should be preloaded controlled by the device and not requested through AFP Chapter 33 Finishing options 333 ...

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Page 349: ...default document and actual destination is Use default When InfoPrint Manager encounters that value it considers the attribute not set and looks to the next item in the priority list to see if sides is set there InfoPrint Manager keeps going down the list until it finds a value to use Some examples of this behavior include v You turn duplexing OFF at the console of your InfoPrint 45 Then you submi...

Page 350: ...d It also creates a new logical destination and new default job The new default job is associated with the new logical destination and requests the actual destination 4 Enable the actual destination and logical printer Submit a job to the Docutech 135 printer Use a familiar print submision mechanism such as InfoPrint Select or the pdpr command to submit the job to the logical destination you just ...

Page 351: ...r it only stops the job you select Once the job is stopped the next job in the queue will start to print If you need to stop the printer for example to replace toner use the procedure Note Refer to the online help in the InfoPrint Manager GUI if you need instructions on completing any of these steps When you use the Stopping the job procedure InfoPrint Manager considers the job cancelled and does ...

Page 352: ...ter for the end page You will always print to the end of the job Note Spacing will only work if you send the job to a PSF DSS printer To restart the print job 1 To print the entire job on the same printer it was printing on before select the job in the job window and click Job Release The job will start printing from the first page 2 To print the entire job on a different printer skip to Before yo...

Page 353: ...the Change Page Range to Process dialog select Range of Pages and type the start page and end page you figured out above Note If you submitted this job using Distributed Print Facility DPF InfoPrint Manager ignores the end page that you specify DPF jobs always print from the start page you specify to the end of the job 8 Click OK Before you continue You should only move a job to an InfoPrint print...

Page 354: ...Pause After current copy Note If the Pause item does not appear in the Job menu use Add Remove Menu Items to add it 4 Click OK The job will stop printing the icon will change to black and the job will be listed in the job window of the main InfoPrint Manager GUI window 5 To resume the printing of this job click Job Resume Pausing and restarting an actual destination Use these procedures to pause a...

Page 355: ...rocedure Note Refer to the online help in the InfoPrint Manager GUI if you need instructions on completing any of these steps When you use the Interrupting a job that is currently printing procedure the job fills a physical sheet stops and prints a message after the last page indicating the number of the last AFP page printed The job shows on the GUI as Paused When the job restarts it starts on th...

Page 356: ...es PSF TCP IP PSF BSD PSF Other To see what DSS your printer uses do this 1 Select the printer in the tree view of the Main window of the InfoPrint Manager GUI 2 See if the Type column appears in the details view The Type column displays the DSS that the InfoPrint printer uses 3 If you do not see the Type column use Add Remove menu items to add it v You can only space a printer after a job has alr...

Page 357: ...wait longer 5 Once the printer has stopped printing look at the last sheet that printed Write down the number of that sheet of the job 6 Figure out what sheet of paper in the job you want to space to Write down the number of that sheet of the job 7 Figure out the number of sheets of paper you need to space v To forward space the printer Subtract the number of the sheet that printed last from step ...

Page 358: ...I to enable the printer again The printer will be available to accept and print jobs again Fixing a printer problem and starting to print again Use this procedure when the printer stops printing because of a paper jam out of paper error or for some other reason Note Refer to the online help in the InfoPrint Manager GUI if you need instructions on completing any of these steps 1 If you want to prin...

Page 359: ...b Change Page Range to Process If you do not see the Change Page Range to Process item in the Job menu use Add Remove Menu Items to add it 7 In the Change Page Range to Process dialog select Range of Pages and type the start page and end page you figured out above Note If you submitted this job using Distributed Print Facility DPF InfoPrint Managerignores the end page that you specify DPF jobs alw...

Page 360: ...ntil the printer is ready to print again While it is waiting InfoPrint Manager continues to accept jobs and schedule them to the printer If the printer stops printing because of a problem first try this 1 Check the printer v If a lot of pages of the job are ruined and need to be reprinted stop here Do not finish this procedure Use the Fixing more complicated problems procedure below instead v Othe...

Page 361: ...is one v Delete them You should only consider this option if it is easier to resubmit the jobs than to use other methods to recover them 8 Fix the problem at the printer Once the problem is fixed the printer might start to print again just to clear the pages that were in the buffer before you disabled it and deleted the job If any other jobs were in processing state when you disabled the printer t...

Page 362: ...st way to avoid this is to choose a sheet range specifying the start and the end of the sheet that you want to print For example if you are printing a 2 up duplex job each sheet of paper actually has four pages printed on it like this Table 56 2 up duplex print job front and back views Front of sheet Back of sheet Sheet one page 1 page 3 page 4 page 2 Sheet two page 5 page 7 page 8 page 6 Last she...

Page 363: ...S as the one the job was originally submitted to If you move the job to a printer that uses a different DSS and the new printer does not support all of the attributes of the job the job will fail to print To check which DSS your InfoPrint printer uses a Select the printer in the tree view of the Main window of the InfoPrint Manager GUI b See if the Type column appears in the details view The Type ...

Page 364: ...ust be run again because the PTF replaces the existing halftone files with the standard halftone files v Some versions of toner do not require different halftones Therefore an AIX script might not be available v To change the version of the printer toner that you want to use set the toner version actual destination attribute These scripts are located in usr lpp psf config v IP4000 ID5 6 Std v IP40...

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Page 367: ...o get an absolutely accurate query you must v Pause the printer 7 v Issue the query v Resume the printer 11 pdls f destination name requested ldest current job state printing server where server specifies the InfoPrint AIX server to which the job was submitted and destspecifies the actual destination physical printer 4 Query page number Query the page number of the currently printing page See Note...

Page 368: ...ysical printer 15 Pause job Pause the job that is currently printing after the current copy pdpause cd j w after current copy dest where dest specifies the actual destination physical printer 16 Resume job Resume a job that was paused pdresume cj jobid where jobid specifies the job identifier attribute 17 Back space Back space reprint a specific number of sides the job that is printing pdspace cd ...

Page 369: ...ing on the number size and complexity of jobs that are in process as well as the speed and type of printer involved Once the printer has stopped InfoPrint Manager does the steps necessary to execute the requested operator command Appendix A IPDS print operator commands 355 ...

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Page 371: ...all of the pages up to that point have been processed This does not necessarily mean that all of those pages have printed or are stacked The acknowledgement response from the printer after the 100th page will show that 100 pages have been processed received The printer might report however that only 10 pages have stacked The ack interval value affects printing performance and the currency of job s...

Page 372: ...s printing If page 3 of a 10 page document tries to print outside the valid printable area an error and the submitter specified data fidelity problem reported all this occurs 1 Pages 1 2 and 4 10 in the document print normally 2 For page 3 the printer prints only the data that is inside the valid printable area In addition a printer error marker PEM is printed on the page where the print data exte...

Page 373: ...ont MCF structured field could not be processed because InfoPrint could not locate the font character set C0D0GT15 Attempted resolution type s 300 pel Font Fidelity for this job was CONTINUE Destination supported resolution type s 300 pel 0420 060 The error occurred with the object type Active Environment Group with token name 1 0420 060 The error occurred with the object type page with token name...

Page 374: ... These conditions cause printing to stop Some intervention required conditions are handled directly by some printers and are not reported back to InfoPrint Manager In these cases InfoPrint Manager continues to send data to the printer Example 1 As soon as the paper jam occurs printing stops and the destination printer object changes to red v A message is sent to the operator 0420 466 The destinati...

Page 375: ...ocessed again This attribute allows the submitter to specify a page range first to last for each document in a job This way the submitter or operator can control which pages are printed after the problem is resolved Another way to modify where the printing starts is to set the sheet range job attribute before the job is processed again This attribute allows the submitter to specify a sheet range f...

Page 376: ...perator must enable the destination printer object 5 Jobs start printing on the printer in the order they have been scheduled All 300 pages of the job that were printing during the power failure print again 362 InfoPrint Manager for AIX Procedures ...

Page 377: ...restricted mobility or limited vision use information technology products successfully The major accessibility features in this product let you v Use screen readers screen magnifiers and other assistive technologies v Use a keyboard instead of a mouse v Change attributes such as volume color contrast and font size In addition the information center and the publications for the product are in an ac...

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Page 383: ...with subtractive color system administrator In InfoPrint the person who creates and manages one or more components of a printing system such as servers and actual destinations By default InfoPrint gives administrators authorization to perform some InfoPrint operations and to access certain information that is not available to the operators or job submitters Adobe Acrobat An Adobe software program ...

Page 384: ...ses the AIX destination support system aliasing In a digitized image the creation of diagonal lines by combining short horizontal and vertical line segments that approximate the path of the desired line all points addressability APA The capability to address reference and position text overlays and images at any defined point of the printable area of the paper or display medium alphameric Synonym ...

Page 385: ...ed by hyphens attribute value The element of an attribute that specifies the characteristics relating to the attribute authorization In computer security verification of the eligibility of a user to access an object authorized user A person with the appropriate permissions to access an object or to issue a command automatic recovery A function of printer logic that permits the printer to reprint a...

Page 386: ...t lamps used to transfer images from film to plate In photography to lengthen the final exposure time to increase the final density of print C cathode ray tube CRT A vacuum tube in which a beam of electrons can be moved to draw lines or form characters or symbols on its luminescent phosphor coated screen CRTs are the heart of all modern computer display screens Black and white displays have only o...

Page 387: ...ofing system Four layers CMYK of light sensitive material are exposed through final halftone negative films then laminated together on an opaque backing to produce a color and trap accurate final proof showing actual halftone dot structure Cromalin is sometimes called an analog proof crop To remove unwanted areas of an image usually indicated by crop marks on the original CRT Cathode ray tube CTS ...

Page 388: ...municates with a specific device such as a printer disk drive or display An application that sends output to a device controls the actions of the device through the device driver See printer driver device support system DSS Synonym for destination support system DFS Distributed File Service digital Pertaining to data represented by digits sometimes with special characters and the space character d...

Page 389: ... to or acquired by servers See pipe pull and with request document type In InfoPrint the document type describes the kind of data in the document A printable document can only contain printable data A resource document can only contain data such as fonts or form definitions that are not printable A file reference document can only contain names of files entered on separate lines dot The individual...

Page 390: ...o all copies of assembled pages to make the unit appear like a whole for example headers footers a table of contents and chapter separations en In composition exactly one half an em enable In InfoPrint the action that makes a destination queue or server able to accept jobs or a log able to accept information end sheet The sheet of paper blank or otherwise that can follow a job See also auxiliary s...

Page 391: ...rm definition A resource object used by InfoPrint that defines the characteristics of the form or printed media which include overlays to be used the paper source for cut sheet printers duplex printing text suppression and the position of composed text data on the form forward space In InfoPrint the action used to move ahead and skip the printing of a specified number of pages in a job FPO Low qua...

Page 392: ...used to access the online help hold An indication determined by the job hold attribute that is used to keep a job in the queue and prevent InfoPrint from scheduling it hostname The name given to an AIX system hot folder A workstation directory where users copy jobs to submit them to print hypertext A way of presenting information online with connections between one piece of information and another...

Page 393: ...onym for default job initial value object Synonym for default object initially settable attribute An attribute whose value can be established when an object is created but cannot be subsequently set or modified See also resettable attribute contrast with non settable attribute input focus The area of a window where user interaction is possible from either the keyboard or the mouse input tray For a...

Page 394: ...inting Often this person is an application programmer who maintains applications that generate data to be printed job ticket The customer s hardcopy or electronic instructions listing all the variables describing a print job either directly or by reference The print shop can add specifications to the job ticket and can print the job ticket Joint Photographic Experts Group JPEG A compressed graphic...

Page 395: ...esenting printing devices logical unit LU A type of network accessible unit that enables end users to gain access to network resources and communicate with each other logical unit LU 6 2 A type of logical unit that supports general communication between programs in a distributed processing environment LU 6 2 is characterized by a a peer relationship between session partners b efficient utilization...

Page 396: ...l name repository available to all utilities and API procedures The namespace contains mappings of object names to other related objects For example the namespace provides the mapping of a logical destination to the server in which it is located Network File System NFS A protocol developed by Sun Microsystems that uses Internet Protocol to allow a set of cooperating computers to access each other ...

Page 397: ...stry standard for replacing low resolution images in review documents with high resolution images needed for high quality final output Open Software Foundation OSF A nonprofit research and development organization created by a consortium of companies that work together to develop software in the open systems market OpenType font OTF An extension of the TrueType font format that adds v Support for ...

Page 398: ...name subdirectory name if any and file name with the associated extension pause In InfoPrint the action used to temporarily halt the printing or transmission of jobs on actual destinations or the distribution of jobs from servers or queues pdcreate In InfoPrint the command used to create a new object and set its attributes to specified values PDF Portable Document Format Printer description file p...

Page 399: ... servers and one or more printing devices which might or might not be located in the same geographical area The components of a print system are assumed to be interconnected in some manner providing at least one network interface to print clients and acting synergistically to supply the defined document print service D printable document In InfoPrint an object that represents text or data to be pr...

Page 400: ...form tasks An available resource such as a value of the media ready attribute Contrast with supported red green blue RGB The colors of CRT display phosphors RGB images are for screen display only They must be converted to CMYK images before printing registration The accuracy of printing on paper relative to the edges of the paper The accuracy of printing a single color cyan magenta or yellow relat...

Page 401: ...plications that use the AIX operating system S scanner A device that converts hardcopy source data into digital format halftone dots to avoid retyping the data scheduler In InfoPrint the scheduling method that the queue uses when assigning a job to an actual destination separator sheet The sheet of paper blank or otherwise that separates documents in a job See also auxiliary sheet server In InfoPr...

Page 402: ...iary sheet state Synonym for object state stripping The process of mechanically assembling film into plate layouts Page imposition takes place during stripping subnet mask A bit template indicating which part of an IP address represents the network A 1 in the subnet mask means that the corresponding bit in the IP address is part of the network address a 0 means that it is not For example if the IP...

Page 403: ...Control Protocol Internet Protocol TCP IP A set of communication rules used in the Internet and in any network that follows the U S Department of Defense standards for inter network protocol TCP provides a reliable host to host protocol between hosts in packet switched communications networks and in interconnected systems of such networks It assumes that the Internet Protocol IP is the underlying ...

Page 404: ...line in space PostScript files can contain vector artwork Vector files are converted to rasters during the RIP process velox A black and white photographic print made from a halftone negative to be used as a proof copy vignette An image with soft fade away edges Virtual Machine VM An IBM licensed product that manages the resources of a single computer so that multiple computing systems appear to e...

Page 405: ...s A level of authorization that grants the ability to modify data WYSIWYG What you see is what you get X X Windows A network transparent windowing system developed by MIT It is the basis for Enhanced X Windows which runs on the AIX Operating System xerography A dry printing process using corona charged photoconductive surfaces to hold latent images that are developed with a dry toner and then tran...

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Page 407: ... Function Presentation 183 AFP 183 capabilities for transforming to 185 configuration file for 187 resources for graphic data 186 scenarios for using data 183 AFP data stream build 273 AFP Download Plus support 297 AFP resources identify 9 AFP resources search order 110 AFP Upload configuring the host server program 301 supported configuration parameters 302 ainupod1 106 ainupod2 106 ainupod3 106 ...

Page 408: ...lor toner saver 276 color toner saver supported 276 using 274 color email 54 color mapping table parts of 253 specific object types to map 254 color mapping table submitting source and output files for printing 257 color mapping table creating 255 color space value GOCA pattern fill 254 Highlight color 254 Standard Object Content Architecture OCA 254 color bits per plane 275 color bits per plane s...

Page 409: ...ue 302 dbblank exit program 174 default job 125 default notification profile 124 defining custom patch sets 31 InfoPrint servers to the halftone management system client 30 transform sequence 194 defining RIPs 180 defining the SMTP email server to InfoPrint 49 delete and retain 347 densitometer calibrating 29 densitometer measuring optical density with 33 DEPARTMENT 302 DESTINATION 302 destination...

Page 410: ...g log 101 Resource Access Table 227 sample file for RGB mapping 257 sampleJPEG ppml 181 samplePDF ppml 181 samplePS ppml 181 sampleTIFF ppml 181 sig txt 52 user map 225 UserInit 224 UserInit turnFontSubstitutionOn sample 225 finishing InfoPrint 45 319 InfoPrint 70 326 staple and punch options with ps2afp 162 fixed length files 172 font capture for fonts in a library 227 overview 227 font index fil...

Page 411: ...rint Select finishing 320 327 InfoPrint servers defining to the halftone management system 30 InfoPrint Submit finishing 327 InfoPrint Submit Express 251 finishing 320 InfoPrint Submit Express printing from 33 InfoPrint System Migration utility 145 INITAPI macro 309 input data user exit programs associating with actual destination 93 input data format PCL 193 PostScript 193 input file line data tr...

Page 412: ...sform 80 notification changing 126 message 119 actual destination 124 default job 124 job 124 logical destination 124 queue 124 server 124 messages getting help for 126 notification profile 119 default 124 139 modifying 139 Select 122 notify operator 127 O object types to map 254 OpenType fonts 109 capturing fonts in a library 227 limitations 229 non Latin typefaces 226 Resource Access Table file ...

Page 413: ... user exits sample programs accounting 58 accounting log 58 audit 58 header page 58 input data 58 output data 58 separator page 58 trailer page 58 PSF Physical Printer Properties Notebook using 252 PSF printer finishing 320 PSF printer input 217 PSFPATH 111 Q querying destination attributes 282 querying jobs 282 R receiving notifications with Select on Windows configuring 122 related publications ...

Page 414: ...AIX command line 257 submitting text files with a Korn shell script Korn shell script submitting email text files 53 supported operating environments 143 SYSPRINT DD statement including for 302 T tag image file format transform configuration files 165 customizing 165 target groups using 254 TASN 303 host server configuration parameters 303 TCP IP address 39 terminating transform 193 terminating tr...

Page 415: ...he InfoPrint Select client 54 Using the transform update utility 205 utilities pdinitports 3 V variable length files 172 verifying environment variables settings 136 W World Wide Web URLs http www infoprint com 282 write community SNMP 40 WRITER 302 wrong values in MVS JES spool 308 X XML 183 definition 183 scenarios for using transformed data 183 XML transforms 183 capabilities and limitations 18...

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