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June 2007

701P47301

Xerox FreeFlow

Print Server

IBM

IPDS User Guide

Summary of Contents for 6100BD - Phaser Color Laser Printer

Page 1: ...June 2007 701P47301 Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IBM IPDS User Guide...

Page 2: ...company trademarks are acknowledged as follows IBM IPDS AFP MO DCA PTOCA IOCA GOCA BCOCA InfoPrint AIX OS 2 OS 400 PSF 400 and z OS are either registered trademarks or trademarks of International Bus...

Page 3: ...els 2 1 Licensing Requirements 2 2 Defining the Target Queue in the Print Server 2 2 Setting System Preferences 2 2 Creating an IPDS Target Queue 2 3 Settings 2 3 Setting External Finishers in the Pri...

Page 4: ...or Loaded Stock 3 9 Map Virtual Trays for Non Fusing Stock 3 10 Mapping Stock for Use in Fusing and Non Fusing Trays 3 11 For Non Printing Application Data Only 3 11 For Printing and Non Printing Appl...

Page 5: ...tion Overview z OS A 2 Reference Documents z OS A 3 Configuring IBM i5 OS A 3 Configuration Overview i5 OS A 3 Reference Documents i5 OS A 4 Configuring IBM Infoprint Manager for AIX A 4 Configuration...

Page 6: ...IPDS User Guide iv Table of Contents...

Page 7: ...omer Service Engineer CSE in order to obtain an Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS software license The primary audience for this document is the system administrator or the individual s responsible for...

Page 8: ...ollows the same object rule of containing delimited fields within the structure fields describing each object IPDS commands within the data stream enable the system to control the media handling capab...

Page 9: ...PrintNet T NOTE monochrome printers only Host Connectivity Options Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS can receive data from a host in one of two ways Through a channel card with bus and tag connectivit...

Page 10: ...1 4 IPDS User Guide Introduction manage fonts capture IPDS trace files and restart the IPS gateway...

Page 11: ...FreeFlow Print Server version 6 0 or higher If your Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS configuration requires a channel connection you will need an online channel board Contact your local Xerox represe...

Page 12: ...queues Refer to the Xerox FreeFlow Print Server on line help for details on creating a streaming queue Setting System Preferences The system behavior for jobs or sets that exceed the capacity of a fi...

Page 13: ...t select a streaming printer queue in the IPS Manager to be used for IPDS printing A streaming queue processes and prints pages as they are received which results in minimal delay between the time the...

Page 14: ...jobs Note that a number of print server queue properties can affect the attributes of the printed job In an IPDS environment the host is typically responsible for controlling the attributes of the pri...

Page 15: ...equired to perform set processing the Output Order should be changed to 1 N Ascending output order PDL Settings Select the IPDS FAB Use Resolution to determine the resolution of the output data sent t...

Page 16: ...2 6 IPDS User Guide Installation and Setup PostScript For instance if PostScript uses a default halftone of 106 lpi for 600 dpi the IPDS tool will use the same halftone value for Resolution of 600...

Page 17: ...may be used in the Stock Comments field but comments must not consist solely of numerical values NOTE Stock Margins settings take affect only after selecting Refresh of the current Job Profile in IPS...

Page 18: ...Stock Comment icon in the Stock Comment column If you hover the pointer over the icon the system will display the Stock Margins programmed for that stock Loading IBM AFP Resident Outline Fonts NOTE Lo...

Page 19: ...t be changed Enhanced font support can be enabled for host environments that expect resident outline font substitution for raster fonts Enhanced Font Support The Enhanced Font Support feature is an ex...

Page 20: ...ity the Internet Protocol IP address and port number of the printer must match the IP address and port number of the printer Valid values are 5001 through 65535 For channel connectivity the unit addre...

Page 21: ...e Job Within IPS Manager During the installation process six sample Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS trace jobs are provided These jobs can be used to either verify printer operability after the Xerox...

Page 22: ...or A4 media Refer to the IPS Manager on line help for the specific procedures Printing a Test Job From the Host To verify host to printer communications perform these steps to print a test job from t...

Page 23: ...e used to configure host connection parameters stop and continue IPDS processing define paper trays or output locations in the printer save job settings Logging Onto the IPS Manager Logging on as a sp...

Page 24: ...ted pages from the IPDS host stop printing Continue presents a ready condition and printing resumes System Configuration The following lists the features that control system configuration and affect h...

Page 25: ...ull color printers Shared Memory Space The Shared Memory Space setting indicates the size of the shared memory segment that will be used by internal Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS components Shared...

Page 26: ...the job will be interrupted and the host will either restart the job or continue the job from the last checkpoint which could result in duplicated pages This is expected behavior Unless the job must b...

Page 27: ...data stream The Xerox service representative performs trace functions but you may be asked to perform one or more of the trace functions in preparation for a service call System administrator access...

Page 28: ...Settings Tray Mappings and Stacker Mappings tabs are read only To change the values select Manage Job Profiles to open the Job Profile Editor Job Settings Functions The Job Settings tab provides acce...

Page 29: ...the printer In some cases the disabled option improves the appearance of 240 dpi shaded areas when printed on a 300 dpi printer The recommended setting should be enabled Enhanced Font Support If set...

Page 30: ...ager for mapping to the IPDS trays through the Tray Mappings tab The IBM host believes that it is dealing with a printer that has at least eight input trays or more if more physical trays are present...

Page 31: ...e to IPS Manager while an IPDS job is active the changes may result in an interruption and continuation of the job based on the last page checkpoint sent to the host To ensure changes are applied to t...

Page 32: ...r provides Tray Type columns in the Map IPDS Trays to Stock and Select Stock for Printer Trays panels in the Tray Mappings tab The Tray Type column in the Map IPDS Trays to Stock panel informs the use...

Page 33: ...e non printing pages e g inserts or slip sheets generated by the application Mapping Stock for Use in Fusing and Non Fusing Trays If an application requires the same stock to be fed from both fuser an...

Page 34: ...destinations on the printer If an IPDS job includes the commands individual sheets can be directed to specific output destinations as specified by the IPDS job This allows for greater control for outp...

Page 35: ...ers 1 Open IPS Manager Stacker Mappings tab 2 For each virtual Bin used by the host application select the pull down menu on the Output Location column entry for the bin and select the appropriate Sta...

Page 36: ...can then be retrieved and opened populating the IPS Manager tabs with the saved settings After making the necessary selections on the Job Settings Tray Mappings and Stacker Mappings tabs save the Job...

Page 37: ...PS Profile Editor Open a Job Profile This option opens saved Job Profiles so the profile selections can be viewed or modified To open a Job Profile 1 Select System IPS Manager The IPS Manager window a...

Page 38: ...an IPDS streaming job the IPDS job goes into the job pool and starts processing when the spooled job and any other previously scheduled jobs are done Only one streaming queue can be active on the prin...

Page 39: ...rver features are employed that cause a larger or smaller number of physical sheets to be printed than were actually sent by the host Protects the integrity of IPDS jobs even when pages are processed...

Page 40: ...ssing is likely to delay job processing or page reports for four minutes or more After printing a page Xerox FreeFlow Print Server will include the page in the count of stacked pages it provides to th...

Page 41: ...ll send the remainder of the job from its latest checkpoint based on the stacked page counts it has received from the printer Xerox FreeFlow Print Server is not able to automatically append this addit...

Page 42: ...nce the printer reports that a page is committed the host assumes that it cannot be discarded during a cancel operation The IPDS host uses page counts returned by the printer to determine when uncommi...

Page 43: ...fault message stating that it is too late to cancel the job In order to provide a way to clear a job that cannot continue the fault dialog will provide a Reset button as described above If the user at...

Page 44: ...t the second session and will make an appropriate response depending on the acknowledgement type required by the host The host application or operator can then retry creating a new session at some lat...

Page 45: ...IPDS User Guide 3 23 Using Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPS Manager or they can generate barcodes using fonts or graphics as may have been done in the past...

Page 46: ...3 24 IPDS User Guide Using Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPS Manager...

Page 47: ...vide tips pointers and references to more information Configuring IBM z OS This section discusses the parameters and procedures required to define a Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS printer to your Sy...

Page 48: ...th channel connectivity on the z OS system involves setting up 4 components 1 IPS Manager System Configuration Menu Refer to System Configuration NOTE The printer device address corresponds to the add...

Page 49: ...ts 1 IPS Manager System Configuration Menu Refer to System Configuration NOTE The printer IP Address is specified during the initial software load Set the TCP IP port number in the IPS Manager System...

Page 50: ...This section provides information on using TCP IP to attach a Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS printer to a System p series server using Infoprint Manager for AIX Configuration Overview AIX Configurin...

Page 51: ...are available on the IBM website Configuring IBM Infoprint Manager for Windows This section provides information on using TCP IP to attach a Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS printer to a Windows syst...

Page 52: ...nuals are available on the IBM website Testing the Printer Connection Test the printer by one of the following methods to ensure the system can make a connection with the Xerox FreeFlow Print Server I...

Page 53: ...the Current Bottleneck and alleviate it Then you repeat the process until the printer throughput is at the expected rate Ensure that both the PSF and TCP IP address spaces are receiving a high level...

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