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Xerox DocuPrint 4850/4890 IPS
Guide to Configuring and Managing
the System

Version 7.1
August 2000
721P89080

Summary of Contents for 4890 Advanced

Page 1: ...Xerox DocuPrint 4850 4890 IPS Guide to Configuring and Managing the System Version 7 1 August 2000 721P89080 ...

Page 2: ...nafter granted including without limitation material generated from the software programs which are displayed on the screen such as icons screen displays looks etc Printed in the United States of America Publication number 721P89080 Xerox and all Xerox products mentioned in this publication are trademarks of Xerox Corporation Products and trademarks of other companies are also acknowledged Changes...

Page 3: ...am is completely enclosed during all modes of customer operation The laser danger labels on the system are for Xerox service representatives and are on or near panels or shields that must be removed with a tool DO NOT REMOVE LABELED PANELS OR PANELS NEAR LABELS ONLY XEROX SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES HAVE ACCESS TO THESE PANELS Ozone information This product produces ozone during normal operation The a...

Page 4: ...r Xerox equipment Use of unsuitable materials may result in poor performance and may create a hazardous situation Never move either the printer or the Printer Controller without first contacting Xerox for approval Never attempt any maintenance that is not specifically described in this documentation Never remove any covers or guards that are fastened with screws There are no operator serviceable a...

Page 5: ...s 1 5 Moving a window or icon 1 7 Reducing a window 1 7 Entering text 1 8 Exiting a window 1 9 IPS main window 1 10 Menus 1 11 Configuration menu 1 11 Diagnostics menu 1 13 Administration menu 1 14 System Options menu 1 15 Input Configuration section 1 16 Output Configuration section 1 17 Setup and status information 1 19 Host Job Control section 1 21 Subwindow buttons 1 22 2 Starting and stopping...

Page 6: ... resident fonts 3 8 Displaying resident fonts 3 8 Adding resident fonts 3 9 Loading the IPS software license text string 3 11 Switching modes Dual Mode 3 13 4 Setting the system configuration 4 1 Privilege Modes 4 2 Changing the Privilege Mode 4 2 Changing the password for a Privilege Mode 4 4 Accessing configuration tasks 4 5 Configuration menu tasks 4 5 Indicating the input resolution 4 6 Specif...

Page 7: ...ia icon 4 41 Deleting a media icon 4 41 Editing the media defaults 4 41 Adding a new input configuration 4 43 Changing an input configuration file 4 49 Deleting an input configuration file 4 50 Correcting a feeder tray mismatch error 4 51 Specifying the output configuration 4 52 Example of an output configuration 4 53 Creating a new output configuration 4 54 Changing an output configuration 4 61 D...

Page 8: ...TABLE OF CONTENTS viii XEROX DOCUPRINT 4850 4890 IPS GUIDE TO CONFIGURING AND MANAGING THE SYSTEM ...

Page 9: ...o the other documents listed in the Related publications section Before using this guide become familiar with its contents and conventions Contents This section lists the contents of this guide Chapter 1 Introduction to the graphical user interface gives an overview of IPS windows and menus and provides instructions on interacting with the screens Chapter 2 Starting and stopping the system describ...

Page 10: ... library names are shown in italics for example the Xerox DocuPrint 4850 4890 IPS Guide to Configuring and Managing the System Capitalization of graphical user interface GUI window titles matches the titles as they appear on the screen In cases where a window does not have a title it is referenced using all lower case For example At the graphical user interface use the Output Configuration window ...

Page 11: ...Helpful Facts About Paper Installation Planning Guide Master Index Messages Guide Solutions Guide System Overview Guide Troubleshooting Guide Xerox Standard Font Library Font User Guide The documentation set also includes an electronic version the DocuPrint IPS Interactive Customer Documentation CD IBM documents Following are related IBM documents Contact your local IBM representative for ordering...

Page 12: ...INTRODUCTION xii XEROX DOCUPRINT 4850 4890 IPS GUIDE TO CONFIGURING AND MANAGING THE SYSTEM ...

Page 13: ...ow displays the current system setup the current system status and any jobs that are running This window also provides access to menus and subwindows from which you can configure and operate your system The IPS Console window displays messages that warn you of Printer Controller problems The window also indicates the host job name as it is started and received by the system This window initially d...

Page 14: ...E GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE 1 2 XEROX DOCUPRINT 4850 4890 IPS GUIDE TO CONFIGURING AND MANAGING THE SYSTEM Figure 1 1 Printer Controller monitor with IPS main window IPS Console window and IPS Print Engine Monitor window ...

Page 15: ...tle box or oval to the right of the menu name Figure 1 2 Example of a pull down menu title button from the IPS main window Types of pull down menus You will encounter two types of pull down menus on the IPS windows File pull down menus These menus contain options that are actually files When you select an option the system retrieves that file The top line of a file pull down menu displays the dire...

Page 16: ...you drag the cursor to the option you want 3 Release the mouse button when the cursor is on your selection The menu disappears and the screen for your selection is displayed Notes on pull down menus Here are a few things to remember about pull down menus Clicking a pull down menu with the left mouse button selects the first option on the menu list Clicking with the right button displays the entire...

Page 17: ...spin buttons An incremental spin button consists of a line displaying a numeric value with buttons next to it containing arrows Figure 1 7 Example of incremental spin buttons To select an item that has incremental spin buttons 1 Position the cursor on the triangle up arrow button to increase the value displayed or on the inverted triangle down arrow to decrease the value 2 Repeatedly click or hold...

Page 18: ...ered by other windows or icons you do not want to close If the title bar of the window you want is completely covered use the Front key on the keyboard or drag and drop the other windows away to expose enough of the title bar to click on Refer to Drag and drop procedure above Reducing a window There are two ways to shrink a window on the screen that is to get it out of your way without closing it ...

Page 19: ...s in front of the triangle To highlight or select text in a text field 1 Position the cursor at the beginning or the end of the text you are selecting 2 Holding down the left mouse button drag the cursor to the right or left until the desired text is highlighted 3 Release the mouse button To delete text in a text field do either of the following Position the cursor to the right of the text to be d...

Page 20: ...ws there is a small button in the shape of a push pin in the upper left corner on the title bar illustrated in the following examples If the pin is out Figure 1 8 Window with pin button out You can exit the window by double clicking the pin button The window automatically closes after you make a selection from it To change the pin to the in position single click the pin button If the pin is in Fig...

Page 21: ...ons menus and to the Input and Output Configuration subwindows You return to this window from each of the subwindows after you have made your selections Caution When you are using the mouse on the IPS main window it is possible to delete the window by selecting Quit from the pull down menu on the title bar Should this occur you must reboot the Sun workstation Refer to the Starting and stopping the...

Page 22: ...the Refresh option redisplays or redraws the window The title bar pull down menu is generated by the Windows system on your Sun workstation and does not apply to the IPS software You should not have occasion to use it Configuration menu Use the Configuration pull down menu on the IPS main window to set up various options in the Printer Controller The figure below illustrates the items available fr...

Page 23: ...stics when needed by your service representative Maximum Simplex For jobs containing both duplex and simplex pages the Maximum Simplex option allows you to specify the maximum number of simplex pages that will print in duplex mode before the system clears the paper path and switches to simplex mode Slumber Mode Timer Not supported on the 4850 4890 IPS MICR Mode Not supported on the 4850 4890 IPS E...

Page 24: ...able to Service privilege mode users only Debug Level Displays different levels of debug messages to be stored in log message files This function is available to Administrator and Service privilege mode users only Note Operating at a Debug Level other than 0 could reduce throughput speed Null Modem Connection Accessed by your service representative This function is available to Service privilege m...

Page 25: ...is enabled This is usually done by your service representative Billing Information Displays the meter readings for the system Privilege Mode Enables changing of The privilege mode The password for a selected privilege mode Operator or Administrator Backup Configuration Files Enables backing up of System configuration files Input group configuration files Input DFA Profiles Media library files Outp...

Page 26: ... IPS online and offline and shut down the system Figure 1 14 System Options pull down menu The System Options pull down menu contains the following items Online Places the system online Offline Takes the system offline Shutdown System Shuts down the system This option stops all processes running on the Printer Controller stops the printer and returns to the boot prompt of the operating system ...

Page 27: ...ns DFA personality profiles and media icons IPDS Trays Graphically shows the stocks that the current configuration has associated with the input trays that are called out in the job IPDS data stream This field consists of a row of eight boxes called tray cells each of which represents an input tray that a job might specify The number above each tray cell is the tray s identification number The num...

Page 28: ...e stacker trays Figure 1 16 Output Configuration section of IPS main window This section the lower part of the larger left column contains the following fields Output Configuration pull down menu Allows you to select an Output Configuration window Once you select an Output Configuration window you will be able to create or change Output Configurations and DFA personality profiles Printer Bins Grap...

Page 29: ...tching is selected from the Output Configuration window For information on specifying finishing attributes refer to the section Creating a new output configuration in the chapter Setting the system configuration If the system has no bypass transport or stitcher stacker this field is grayed out and displays Disabled Page Order Within Set Displays the current setting for the order in which pages are...

Page 30: ...on Shows the resolution in dpi of the fonts used in the current or most recent job sent to the IPS This field reflects the value entered on the Resolution window accessible through the Configuration pull down menu Rotation Indicates whether Continuous Forms Emulation is enabled Privilege Mode Indicates the current Privilege Mode Service Administrator Operator or User Note When a remote Shell is ac...

Page 31: ...ull down menu are activated and then canceled To display the correct status access the item s that were previously activated and canceled and select only the Cancel button Trace Indicates whether a trace is currently being captured or executed Pages Outstanding Displays the number of pages that have been received by the system but have not yet been printed Note N Up jobs are processed in logical p...

Page 32: ...click this button before you can click the Cancel Job button to cancel printing Continue Allows you to resume job processing Note If you use the screen Stop button to stop a job you must use the screen Continue button to resume printing You cannot use the printer buttons interchangeably with the screen buttons Cancel Job button Use the Cancel Job button to cancel the current print job and allow th...

Page 33: ...s the Ask for File Name window where you are prompted to give the new file a name Apply Update Saves changes you make to an input or output configuration file and puts the changed configuration into effect followed by confirmation prompt Delete Erases the file you select from one of the pull down menus followed by a confirmation prompt Quit and Apply buttons Use the Quit and Apply buttons on the I...

Page 34: ... the icon s original saved attributes Clear On the Output DFA windows signals the printer to disable the selected DFA profile name Resets all profile parameters in printer memory to zero You would use this button for example if you were going to remove or take offline your third party feeding or finishing equipment Save Saves changes you make to an existing file such as an output configuration Als...

Page 35: ...ot connected make sure the printer and Printer Controller are powered off Then connect the cable Caution Do not connect the printer cable to the Printer Controller when either the Printer Controller or the printer is powered on you could destroy the interface card in the Printer Controller Press the Power switch on the printer to the On position so that the printer powers on automatically when the...

Page 36: ...Configuration remains on the screen Either Wait for the printer to warm up and the message to disappear which takes a varying amount of time or Use the following procedure to reduce the amount of boot time a With the cursor on the blue screen background click the right mouse button to display the workspace pull down menu b Select Restart from the workspace menu then Confirm from the confirmation p...

Page 37: ...the system Always power off the system before you do any of the following Remove or install a processor part Remove or install an external drive unit or monitor Unplug the processor power cord Recover from a system that does not respond to the keyboard or the mouse Prepare for an expected power outage Physically relocate the system Note When a power outage occurs turn off the power switches on all...

Page 38: ...ground area of the screen not in a window or on an icon press the right mouse button On the workspace menu that displays select Shutdown With the pointer in the IPS main window select Shutdown System from the System Options menu 3 In the System Shutdown Confirmation window click Confirm Figure 2 1 System Shutdown Confirmation window Caution Shut down the Printer Controller only when no print jobs ...

Page 39: ...n the Powering on the IPS system section above Communicating with the host computer An IPS is either channel attached to a host computer or receiving data via TCP IP over Ethernet or Token Ring It receives data from the host in online mode Before data can be sent to the printer the host operator must issue commands to place the IPS online to the host Placing the IPS online The IPS is placed online...

Page 40: ...he print job 2 Make any changes necessary to the system configuration using the procedures contained in this chapter Jobs are printed in the order they are sent Note If you are printing samples you must exit the Sample Printing window before you can print from the host Stopping the printer At times you may need to stop the printer while it is printing for example to check output or cancel a job In...

Page 41: ...ing over a channel reboot the Sun workstation and the HCU Job recovery restarts and resumes at the last checkpoint held by the host Rebooting the Printer Controller To reboot your Printer Controller without powering it off follow these steps 1 With the pointer in the desktop background area of the monitor screen not in a window or on an icon press the right mouse button to display the workspace pu...

Page 42: ...e button The workspace menu displays 2 Do one of the following Select Eject disk from the workspace menu or Open a command tool and enter the eject command a Place the cursor on the blue background of the user interface screen and click or hold down the right mouse button to display the workspace menu b Select Command Tool from the workspace pull down menu A command tool window opens c Enter eject...

Page 43: ...S main window require the Printer Controller to be rebooted to put the new settings into effect The procedure for rebooting the Printer Controller is in the Starting and stopping the system chapter You will need to reboot after performing the tasks associated with these selections Note You can change one or more of these settings at a time before rebooting Configuration menu Language chapter 3 Res...

Page 44: ...You can select the language in which the GUI panel and labels will display 1 From the Configuration pull down menu select Language The Language window displays 2 From the pull down menu select the language of your choice Figure 3 1 Language window 3 After you have made the selection reboot the system to put your selection into effect ...

Page 45: ...ull down menu select Interface The Interface window displays 2 From the Select Interface pull down menu use the right mouse button to select the interface you want Your selection displays in the lower right corner of the window Figure 3 2 Interface window displaying the Select Interface pull down menu 3 Make the appropriate selections and entries on the Channel Options or the TCP IP Interface wind...

Page 46: ...e channel modes specify the operation of the channel signals determine the data speed and specify whether the channel interface mode is interlock or data stream Single Tag Single tag interlock mode This is the basic channel transfer mode It is the slowest method of data transfer Select this mode when no other transfer mode is available on the host High Speed High speed transfer mode Although it ma...

Page 47: ...mber follow these steps 1 Select TCP IP from the Interface window pull down menu The TCP IP Interface window displays displaying the default port number that PSF is already using for your system Figure 3 4 TCP IP interface window 2 Enter or use the incremental spin buttons to display the new port number Note This number must match the port number that your host uses to connect to the printer 5001 ...

Page 48: ...epresentative To enable or disable the modem follow these steps 1 Select Modem Enable Disable from the Configuration pull down menu The Modem Enable Disable window displays Figure 3 5 Modem Enable Disable window 2 Click Enabled or Disabled as appropriate 3 To allow Shell access to a service representative mark the Remote Shell Access checkbox 4 Click Apply The Modem Enable window displays promptin...

Page 49: ...e allocation will no longer be available for system operation If you wish to change the memory allocation to provide more memory for resources follow these steps 1 Select Resource Limits from the Configuration pull down menu The System Resource Limits window displays Figure 3 6 System Resource Limits window 2 Enter the amount of memory you want allocated to resources or click the arrows in the inc...

Page 50: ...dent fonts You can display the resident fonts currently loaded on your system or add resident fonts as needed Displaying resident fonts To display the currently loaded resident fonts select Resident Fonts from the Configuration pull down menu The Resident Fonts User Interface window displays Figure 3 7 Resident Fonts User Interface window ...

Page 51: ... you want to add reside on a CD or a diskette skip this step Otherwise copy the fonts to the following location var db fonts input 2 Display the Resident Fonts User Interface window Refer to the section Displaying resident fonts above 3 Click Add The Resident Outline Fonts User Interface window displays Figure 3 8 Resident Outline Fonts User Interface window 4 If using a CD ROM or a diskette flopp...

Page 52: ...is the Apply button is no longer grayed out click Quit 9 Optional Specify the default code page a Select a font to use as the default code page for Human Readable Information HRI then click the Default for HRI button on the top portion of the screen b Select a font to use as the default code page for Text then click the Default for Text button on the top portion of the screen 10 Optional Specify t...

Page 53: ...st ID on the Sun 1 Open a Unix command tool using this procedure a Click the right mouse button on the blue user interface screen background to display the workspace pull down menu b Select Command Tool from the workspace menu c When the command tool window opens click inside it with the left mouse button 2 Enter hostid to display your host ID 3 Contact Xerox with the host ID and follow further in...

Page 54: ...er case Here is an example of a license string CB1ED0F1D80EEE534335 4 Click Apply when finished Note If a message pops up indicating that an invalid license was entered your license string text entry was not accepted Repeat steps 1 through 4 making sure you are entering the string correctly all uppercase letters etc If your license string is rejected again consult your service representative If yo...

Page 55: ...the host this stops the host from sending jobs from the queue Follow procedures for your own host system 3 At the host take the printer offline 4 Place the pointer on the background area of the screen not in a window or on an icon and click the right mouse button 5 From the menu that displays select Start Network Printing After a few minutes the Printer Controller switches to NPS mode Caution Do n...

Page 56: ...SETTING UP THE PRINTER CONTROLLER 3 14 XEROX DOCUPRINT 4850 4890 IPS GUIDE TO CONFIGURING AND MANAGING THE SYSTEM ...

Page 57: ...edures are described in sequence as they appear on each menu Note During an upgrade to the system all data on the system disks is deleted Therefore it is important to save the following system configurations Channel settings Resolution Channel address Channel mode Printer firmware revision Pages between updates Customer profile file For information on saving system configurations refer to the sect...

Page 58: ... not accessible Operator Mode In this mode service related options on the Configuration and Diagnostic menus as well as the Trace and Debug Level options on the Diagnostics menu are not accessible Administrator Mode In this mode service related options on the Configuration and Diagnostic menus are not accessible Service Mode In this mode all functions are accessible A user s current Privilege Mode...

Page 59: ...ANAGING THE SYSTEM 4 3 1 From the Administration menu select Privilege Mode then Change Privilege Mode The Change Privilege Mode window displays 2 From the Privilege Mode pull down list select the Privilege Mode of your choice 3 In the Enter Password field enter your password 4 Click Apply ...

Page 60: ...rivilege Mode then Change Operator Password The Change Operator Password window displays 2 In the Old Password field enter your old password 3 In the New Password field enter your new password A password may consist of digits letters punctuation and special characters It may not use control characters 4 In the Confirm Password field reenter your new password 5 Click Apply Note If the old password ...

Page 61: ...d selections within a menu depend on the user s privilege level Refer to the section Privilege Modes for more information Caution When you are using the mouse on the IPS main window it is possible to delete the window by selecting Quit from the pull down menu on the title bar If this occurs reboot the Sun workstation refer to the Starting and stopping the system chapter for the rebooting procedure...

Page 62: ...ont resolution in your host input data stream Conflicts between the input font resolution and the IPS configuration may result in inability to print the job or in blank output pages To indicate the resolution of fonts and other input resources 1 From the Configuration menu select Resolution The Resolution window displays Figure 4 2 Resolution window 2 Click the resolution of the input resources 3 ...

Page 63: ...ges to simplex mode Until the number of simplex pages you specify is sent any simplex pages are printed in duplex mode with a blank page on the back thus providing the appearance of simplex Note When you print simulated simplex the blank back pages are counted as billable pages by the billing meter Note The print engine also performs simulated simplex independent of the IPS system controller Blank...

Page 64: ...r print in a shade or tint of the color loaded in the printer The IPDS data stream allows eight colors to be specified in a job 1 Red 2 Green 3 Blue 4 Cyan 5 Magenta 6 Yellow 7 Brown 8 Black However the DocuPrint 4850 4890 IPS printer has available a different set of ten highlight color inks plus black that can be selected for loading in the printer red green blue cyan magenta royal blue ruby card...

Page 65: ...hich you select the extraction color The Printer Color option selects whatever color ink is loaded in the printer as the extraction color Executive Black selects black as the extraction color that is all colors specified in the job print as black or shades of black Exact Color Only If you click this option only the extraction color prints as the solid or pure highlight color All other colors in th...

Page 66: ...roximately what shades tints and solids will be produced by the possible combinations of the printer inks the job specified colors and the extraction colors Caution These appendix pages show an approximation of the colors that your printer will produce they are included to give you an idea of what to expect However the actual printed colors can vary from printer to printer You should always run te...

Page 67: ...nfiguration menu select Extraction Color The Extraction Color for Highlight Printing window displays 2 From the color pull down menu select your desired extraction color Figure 4 5 Extraction Color window with color pull down menu 3 Select Exact Color Only if you want only the extraction color to print in the solid color of the ink loaded in the printer 4 Click Apply ...

Page 68: ...t_palette trace Shades and tints palettes The following palettes show the range of shades and tints that can be printed with each of the highlight color inks and gives the percentages of color black and or white that make up each one blue2_palette trace brown2_palette trace cardinal2_palette trace cyan2_palette trace green2_palette trace pink2_palette trace prints magenta red2_palette trace royal2...

Page 69: ...b that was designed for a continuous forms printer you can enable the job to print on the cut sheet IPS printer by rotating its page origin 90 degrees When you do this the IPS emulates a continuous forms printer while printing on cut sheets Example Suppose you wanted to print a continuous forms job designed for 17 by 11 inch or possibly A3 paper on your IPS which uses cut sheets The page or text o...

Page 70: ...4890 IPS GUIDE TO CONFIGURING AND MANAGING THE SYSTEM Follow these steps 1 Select Continuous Forms Emulation from the Configuration pull down menu 2 On the Continuous Form Selection window click Enabled Figure 4 6 Continuous Form Selection window 3 Click Apply ...

Page 71: ...nt to use for weight and size The specified units are used on the IPS main window To specify the weight and or size units 1 From the Configuration menu select Media Units The Media Units window displays Figure 4 7 Media Units window 2 For weight select g m2 or lb as the desired units 3 For size select mm or in as the desired units 4 Click Apply A confirmation window displays 5 Click OK to confirm ...

Page 72: ...ion removes large areas of black from IM images to save printer consumables Use replicate and trim Enables or disables the Replicate and Trim option This option is used to image large areas by using a small area pattern supplied by the host and replicate the pattern to fill the large area in a tiling manner Enabling this option reduces the transmission time for image data from PSF to the IPS print...

Page 73: ...X DOCUPRINT 4850 4890 IPS GUIDE TO CONFIGURING AND MANAGING THE SYSTEM 4 17 Figure 4 8 Optional Processing Parameters window 5 Reboot the system to put your settings into effect except for Alternate markform which does not require a reboot ...

Page 74: ...ace Printing a trace file Setting of the debug level Updating the software using a diskette or a CD Updating the software remotely Printing samples This section describes the procedure for setting up and printing sample files test patterns To set up and print sample files 1 From the Diagnostics menu select Sample Prints The Sample Prints window displays Figure 4 9 Sample Prints window 2 Specify th...

Page 75: ... has DFA the Sample Prints window contains two additional fields Number of Sets and Finishing Function Figure 4 10 Sample Prints window for the a system with DFA shown is a DocuPrint 4635 IPS Sample File Specifies the sample file you want to print When you select this field the Testdocs menu displays allowing you to click the file you want to print ...

Page 76: ... GUIDE TO CONFIGURING AND MANAGING THE SYSTEM Note The following screen shows a sampling of the files that are available Your system may have different sample files or you may choose to have some added or deleted Figure 4 11 Portion of Testdocs list of samples to print ...

Page 77: ...ired Mode Specifies whether the sample is printed in simplex or duplex mode Simplex is the default If you select duplex the same sample is printed on both sides of each sheet Printer Tray Specifies the input tray grouping from which paper will be fed Refer to the Specifying the input configuration section later in this chapter Bin Group Specifies the output bin grouping to which the printed sample...

Page 78: ...mple This initiates an automatic print quality adjustment if needed While the PQA is in progress a PQA status window displays giving status messages on the adjustment When the PQA is complete the window disappears Figure 4 12 PQA status window example Note Setting the extraction color to a color other than black will help the printer to initialize the adjusting color process during a PQA ...

Page 79: ...ord protected Capturing a trace To capture a trace in preparation for a service call 1 Drain the printer at the host Follow procedures for your host system 2 Restart the Printer Controller by selecting Restart from the Sun workstation background menu Refer to the Rebooting the Printer Controller section in the Starting and stopping the system chapter for this procedure 3 From the Diagnostics menu ...

Page 80: ...le Note This option displays only if Channel was selected from the Interface window Refer to the Setting up the Printer Controller chapter IPDS TCP IP Specifies that the trace will capture the TCP IP commands exchanged among the host and the printer and the IPDS data stream into the trace file Note This option displays only if TCP IP was selected from the Interface window Refer to the Setting up t...

Page 81: ...ct Normal Operation from the Trace Options pull down menu 10 Click Quit Executing a captured trace To execute a trace to assist with system diagnostics 1 Capture the trace following the steps described in the section Capturing a trace above 2 Select Trace Options from the Diagnostics pull down menu on the main window 3 Click Offline to disable the interface 4 From the Trace Mode pull down menu sel...

Page 82: ... default values for those parameters that are not supplied The defaults are Paper size USLetter 8 5 by 11 inch Resolution r 300 Directory current directory To print a file from a directory other than the current directory specify the directory as a separate field following the file name 4 To print the trace file on a DocuPrint 4850 4890 IPS in duplex enter conprt d trace_debug var db where var db ...

Page 83: ...ou can set the level of debug messages to be stored in log message files To set the debug level 1 From the Diagnostics menu select Debug Level The Debug Level window displays 2 Select the debug level of your choice 3 Click Apply Note Selecting a Debug Level other than 0 or selecting Save Pages to Disk For Viewing may degrade throughput speed ...

Page 84: ...ovided by your service representative To update the software 1 Insert the CD or the diskette containing the software update into your diskette drive 2 From the Diagnostics menu select Update from CDROM or Update from Floppy The Update from CD or the Update from Floppy window displays 3 Enter the password provided by your service representative The software will automatically load from the CD or fr...

Page 85: ...29 Updating the software remotely You can update the printing system software remotely as follows 1 From the Diagnostics menu select Install Remote Update The Install Remote Update window displays 2 Enter the password provided by your service representative The software will automatically load onto your system ...

Page 86: ...e 4 16 System Options pull down menu Online Places the system online Offline Takes the system offline Shutdown System Shuts down the system This option stops all processes running on the Printer Controller stops the printer and returns to the boot prompt of the operating system When selecting this option you are asked to confirm your selection as illustrated below Figure 4 17 Shutdown confirmation...

Page 87: ...rays specified for a given IPDS tray It stops and requests more paper only when all those trays are empty You can create input configurations by organizing the stocks you will use in a certain application or set of applications into unique groups with different paper trays This allows the host to access different paper stock from each tray Note When configuring feeder groups the printer feeds from...

Page 88: ...cify the 20 pound white stock in the IPDS Tray 1 cell and the 60 pound blue in the IPDS Tray 2 cell In the Printer Trays row specify the 20 pound white paper in the cells for Printer Trays 1 3 and 4 Specify the 60 pound blue paper in the Printer Tray 2 cell only because a relatively small amount of that stock will be required The following figure shows the configuration described above Figure 4 18...

Page 89: ...d to be printed from IPDS trays with duplex icons Jobs that need to print in simplex only such as label stock or transparencies should be printed from IPDS trays with simplex icons Refer to the section Creating a media icon later in this chapter for information on how to create simplex and duplex printing icons Note For the 4050 4090 4850 4890 and DP92C IPS the systerm must clear the paper path be...

Page 90: ...ttributes of the IPDS trays Also each IPDS tray can be defined with different margin values To set the margin values of an IPDS tray follow these steps 1 In the Input Configuration section of the main window select the input configuration of your choice using the default pull down menu Figure 4 21 default pull down menu The Input Configuration window displays Figure 4 22 Input Configuration window...

Page 91: ...stocks media that you have available for loading in your IPS feeder trays To create an input tray configuration you copy by dragging and dropping media icons from this Library to the tray cells on the Input Configuration window When you place icons for the same stock in an IPDS tray cell and a printer tray cell the IPDS and printer trays are automatically mapped together When your IPS is first ins...

Page 92: ...ut configuration of your choice The IPS Input Configuration window displays Note The first time you see this window it displays your Default input tray configuration which your Xerox representative set up for you at installation Subsequently when you open this window it displays the current input configuration Figure 4 24 IPS Input Configuration window 2 Click the Show Media Library button centere...

Page 93: ...o the Library Edit Displays the Edit a Media Type window which allows you to change media icons in the Library Delete Deletes a media icon from the Library Edit Defaults Displays the Edit the Media Defaults window which allows you to create or change the default media attributes except for media size Quit Closes the Media Library window Media icons Icons representing the different stocks that you ...

Page 94: ...the bottom of this window shows the media icon with which you are currently working Each time you make a selection or change in any of the fields on this window that change is reflected in the display box By watching this box you are able to continually monitor what you are creating without needing to apply or save your work first Size Lists all the standard sizes of stocks supported on your IPS p...

Page 95: ...it with the left mouse button You can create new stock types to add to this list by following these steps a Click the Add button located below the Form Type list box The following window displays Figure 4 27 Add a New Form Type window b With the cursor positioned on the Add a New Form Type window enter the name of the media type you want to add to the list such as 2 hole Reinforced etc c Click Add...

Page 96: ...s refer to the Specifying the media units section earlier in this chapter Color Specifies the color of the stock represented by the media icon you are creating There are two ways to do this Select a standard stock color by clicking one of the color boxes in this field Specify another color by entering its name on the Other Color line below the color boxes The text you enter also displays in the me...

Page 97: ...s the Media Library window For the procedure refer to the Creating a media icon section earlier in this chapter 2 On the Media Library window click the media icon you want to delete 3 Click the Delete button at the top of the window A confirmation window displays 4 Click OK The selected media icon is removed from the Media Library Editing the media defaults A set of default media attributes size w...

Page 98: ...on the Media Library window The Edit the Media Defaults window displays Figure 4 28 Media Defaults window 3 Make changes to all desired fields For an explanation of these fields and the procedures for changing them refer to the Creating a media icon section earlier in this chapter Note The Media Size field cannot be edited The default media size is always the current setting for physical feeder tr...

Page 99: ...the existing file you selected to build from will not be changed Figure 4 29 Input Configuration pull down menu If you wish you can use whatever input configuration was already displayed when you opened the window without selecting from the Input Configuration menu 2 To access media icons for the stocks you want for this configuration click the Show Media Library button to display the Media Librar...

Page 100: ...he Input Configuration window specify the media that has been or will be loaded in the printer feeder trays Printer Trays field This field consists of a row of boxes called tray cells each of which represents one of the printer s feeder trays The number above each tray cell is the tray s identification number The number of tray cells in this field is the number of input trays your IPS has Any prin...

Page 101: ...ps for each tray you are configuring a On the Media Library window position the cursor over the media icon you are selecting for that tray b Holding down the left mouse button drag the icon to the IPS Configuration window and to the printer tray cell where you want it then release the mouse button drag and drop If you drag an icon to an empty cell that icon is copied into that cell If you drag an ...

Page 102: ...d consists of a row of eight tray cells each of which represents an input tray that a job might specify Mapping IPDS input trays By placing copies of the same media icon in a printer tray cell and an IPDS tray cell you map that IPDS tray to that printer tray Then when the job calls out that IPDS tray paper feeds from the printer tray to which it is mapped The media icon in each IPDS tray cell repr...

Page 103: ...for parts of the job calling for IPDS tray 2 3 or 4 because all of them are also mapped to printer trays 1 and 2 for this configuration The paper that should be loaded in printer trays 1 and 2 is 20 pound white USLetter as indicated by the media icons in each printer tray cell This means that all parts of the job in which tray 1 2 3 or 4 is specified in the data stream will print on 20 pound white...

Page 104: ...job Note The display of eight IPDS tray cells means eight IPDS trays are reported to the host when the printer is started Any IPDS tray not containing a media icon is flagged to the host as disabled If a job calls out an IPDS tray marked disabled PSF on the host substitutes one of the available trays those containing media icons and displays an error message 6 Click Add The File Name Entry window ...

Page 105: ...s you need in the Media Library Refer to the Setting up the Media Library section earlier in this chapter 3 Make the necessary changes to the media icons displayed in the IPDS and Printer Tray cells For an explanation of these fields refer to the Adding a new input configuration section earlier in this chapter 4 Click Save to save your changes or Apply Save to set your selections and to put your u...

Page 106: ...the input configuration you want to delete Figure 4 35 Input Configuration pull down menu Note The Default input configuration cannot be deleted Attempts to do so produce an error message 3 Click Delete A Delete File confirmation prompt window displays Figure 4 36 Delete File confirmation prompt 4 In the confirmation prompt window click OK to delete the input configuration and return to the IPS In...

Page 107: ...in it and the size paper that was specified for it in its corresponding tray cell The Input Configuration window remains open and the configuration you are working on is not updated Figure 4 37 Feeder tray mismatch error message If a tray mismatch error occurs follow these steps 1 Click OK to close the message window and unlock the screen 2 On the Input Configuration window do one of the following...

Page 108: ...ut configuration you specify one or more stacker trays for each IPDS output bin specified in a print job The printer delivers the printed output to the trays specified for a given IPDS bin it stops and notifies you to unload output only when all those trays are full Note When configuring stacker groups the printer feeds from any of the stackers in the group with no particular order to follow In ot...

Page 109: ...er at the beginning of the row beside the same bolded icon you can see which IPDS bins have been mapped to which printer bins Following is an example of an output configuration Figure 4 38 Example of an output configuration displayed on the IPS main window In the illustration above IPDS bin row 2 has the stacker icon in the Printer Bin column 1 bolded This shows that IPDS bin 2 has been mapped to ...

Page 110: ...n 1 From the Output Configuration pull down menu on the IPS main window select any name to use as the base for the new output configuration Figure 4 39 Output Configuration pull down menu You will rename the new file so the existing file you selected to build from will not be changed The Output Configuration window displays Figure 4 40 Output Configuration window systems without DFA ...

Page 111: ...job on the host Note Output is delivered to the default bin if one of the following conditions applies Use Default Bin is selected as the Bin Selection Mode Allow Host Control is selected as the Bin Selection Mode but there is no OUTBIN statement for the host Allow Host Control is selected as the Bin Selection Mode but the OUTBIN specified is greater than the number of stackers Figure 4 41 Default...

Page 112: ...ch IPDS bin called out in the job to the stacker s that will receive the parts of the job in which that IPDS bin is specified IPDS Bins Each horizontal row of rectangular buttons represents an IPDS bin called out in the job Printer Bins Each vertical column of bin buttons represents one of your IPS printer s stacker bins trays To map IPDS bins to printer stacker bins In each IPDS bin row click the...

Page 113: ...r IPDS bin 3 contains a highlighted bin button for Stacker 2 This means that all parts of the printed job calling for IPDS bin 3 will go to stacker 2 When stacker 2 is full printing will stop until it is emptied 5 On the IPS Output Configuration window click Add The File Name Entry window displays Figure 4 44 File Name Entry window 6 Enter the name of the new configuration 7 Click OK to save the n...

Page 114: ...n The Finishing Attributes window displays Figure 4 45 Finishing Attributes window systems with DFA 2 On the Finishing Attributes window make selections or enter values in the fields described below Set Sheet Delivery Specifies whether sheets will be delivered Face Up or Face Down Page Order within Set Specifies the order in which pages in a set will be delivered to the output bin first to last or...

Page 115: ... sheets that can be in a set The range for DFA sets is 10 to 60 Maximum Set Size Exceeded Specifies the action to take if the maximum set size is exceeded Normal Pages print as if the Finishing Attributes were not specified that is the page order end of set and end of job criteria are not honored Split into Multiple Sets Pages are split into multiple sets each set up to 60 pages 1 to N Without Fin...

Page 116: ... or Face Down Page Order within Set Specifies the order in which pages in a set will be delivered to the output bin first to last or last to first 1 to N Output sheets are delivered to the output bin in ascending order the first page is delivered first N to 1 Output sheets are delivered to the output bin in descending order the last page is delivered first Note The size of the ordered set must fal...

Page 117: ...e or Apply Save if you want to put the changed configuration in effect immediately A confirmation window displays 5 On the confirmation window click Update to save the new settings 6 Click Quit to return to the IPS main window Deleting an output configuration To delete an output configuration file for the system 1 On the Output section of the IPS main window click the Modify button The IPS Output ...

Page 118: ...pecified in the job by your applications programmer To create a new DFA profile 1 Locate the DFA Profile pull down menu on the IPS main window below the Output Configuration pull down menu Figure 4 48 DFA Profile pull down menu Note The DFA Profile menu displays only if you have DFA enabled on your IPS 2 From the DFA Profile pull down menu select any name to use as a base for the new profile You w...

Page 119: ...ween Sheets ms p1 Specifies the time required by the third party finishing device from the top of the sheet to the bottom of the sheet The printer inserts skips to enforce this timing You can specify from 0 to 32767 milliseconds Time Between Sets ms p3 or p3a Specifies the time required by the third party finishing device from the top of the last sheet in a set to the bottom of the first sheet in ...

Page 120: ...fy from 0 to 13000 milliseconds Recovery Control Specifies the action to take in case of system recovery You can select one of the following Let DFA device select sheet or set recovery Override always use set recovery Finishing Function 1 Attributes p6 c6 Finishing Function 2 Attributes p6 c7 These are signals through which you can specify instructions to be sent to your third party finishing devi...

Page 121: ...very signal You can enter the value or set it with the incremental spin boxes This value corresponds to the width of the sheet You specify this value only when you select Trail Edge for the Delivery Signal Type The range is 30 to 110 milliseconds Sheet Exit to End of Set Time ms p11 Specifies the time required between the EndOfSet signal and the SheetExit signal You can enter the value or set it w...

Page 122: ...s chapter for explanations of the items in this window 3 Click Save to save the updated DFA profile 4 If you want to put the updated profile into effect immediately click Apply Save 5 Click Quit to return to the IPS main window Deleting a DFA profile To delete a DFA profile 1 From the DFA Profile pull down menu on the IPS main window below the Output Configuration pull down menu select the name of...

Page 123: ...A profiles for DFA systems only Input tray groups Output tray groups System configuration files Media library files Note Configuration files created with software versions lower than 5 4 cannot be saved or restored to a system running release 5 4 or higher Note DFA profiles can be backed up and restored between IPS systems with the same configuration and with operating system software version 5 1 ...

Page 124: ... diskette for storage or transfer follow this procedure 1 Insert a PC formatted diskette into the drive 2 From the Administration pull down menu select Backup Configuration Files Figure 4 52 Backup Configuration Files window 3 On the Backup Configuration Files window select the desired file s to backup either individually or click Select All to select all files 4 Click Backup 5 Click Quit ...

Page 125: ...his procedure 1 Insert the diskette used for a backup of the configuration files into the drive 2 From the Administration pull down menu select Restore Configuration Files 3 On the Restore Configuration Files window select the desired file s to restore either individually or click Select All to select all files 4 Click Restore 5 Click Quit 6 Reboot the system to insure that you are using the newly...

Page 126: ...SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 4 70 XEROX DOCUPRINT 4850 4890 IPS GUIDE TO CONFIGURING AND MANAGING THE SYSTEM ...

Page 127: ...olor pull down menu 4 9 communicating host computer 2 5 2 6 configuration changes requiring reboot 3 1 input specifying 4 31 4 50 output specifying 4 52 4 66 configuration files backing up 1 14 backing up and restoring 4 67 restoring 1 14 Configuration pull down menu 1 12 4 5 4 17 conprt utility 4 26 Continue button 1 21 continuous form emulation 1 12 Control Unit Configuration section 1 19 Contro...

Page 128: ...w 1 1 IPS main window buttons 1 22 1 23 components 1 10 1 23 described 1 1 Host Job Control section 1 21 menus 1 11 1 15 setup and status information 1 19 1 20 using 1 10 IPS mode switching 3 13 IPS Output Configuration window 4 54 IPS Print Engine Monitor window 2 6 IPS Print Service Console window 1 1 IPS software license text string loading 3 11 3 12 L labels danger iii language 1 12 laser safe...

Page 129: ...PDS bins mapping 1 17 resuming 2 7 stacker trays configuring 1 17 status 2 6 stopping 2 6 Printer Bins display field 1 17 Printer Controller rebooting 2 7 setting up 3 1 3 13 printer tray cells 4 45 Printer Tray field 4 21 Printer Trays field 1 17 4 44 printing pages remaining display 1 20 samples 4 18 4 22 test patterns 4 18 privilege mode 4 2 Administrator Mode 4 2 changing 1 14 4 2 4 4 display ...

Page 130: ... 15 slumber mode timer 1 12 SMM Value for Finishing Function field 4 64 software license text string loading 3 11 3 12 software updates from CD 1 13 4 28 from diskette 1 13 4 28 remotely 1 13 4 29 stacker trays configuring 1 17 status information 1 19 1 20 Status section 1 20 Statuses Supported field 4 65 stitching attributes 4 60 Stop button 1 21 system changing settings 1 22 current configuratio...

Page 131: ...exiting 1 7 Extraction Color 4 9 IPS Engine Monitor 1 1 IPS main 1 10 IPS main described 1 1 IPS Output Configuration 4 54 IPS Print Engine Monitor 2 6 IPS Print Service Console 1 1 Maximum Simplex 4 7 Media Library 4 36 Media Type 4 37 moving 1 7 Optional Processing Parameters 4 17 Output DFA Profile 4 63 PQA status 4 22 Resolution 4 6 Sample printing 4 18 System Resource Limits 3 7 System Shutdo...

Page 132: ...INDEX INDEX 6 XEROX DOCUPRINT 4850 4890 IPS GUIDE TO CONFIGURING AND MANAGING THE SYSTEM ...

Page 133: ...confirm TIF 112 dpi 2 4 IPS LPS Graphics sllanguage1 tif 144 dpi 3 2 IPS LPS Graphics slinterface1 tif 144 dpi 3 3 IPS LPS Graphics slchannel tif 144 dpi 3 4 IPS LPS Graphics sltcpip tif 144 dpi 3 5 IPS LPS Graphics 70 modem TIF 83 dpi 3 6 IPS LPS Graphics slresource tif 144 dpi 3 7 IPS LPS Graphics resfontdisplay tif 144 dpi 3 8 IPS LPS Graphics resfontaddNone tif 144 dpi 3 9 IPS LPS Graphics res...

Page 134: ...Graphics 7192 mediadef tif 108 dpi 4 42 IPS LPS Graphics ingrnam wmf 4 43 IPS LPS Graphics 70 inputconfigdefault TIF 118 dpi 4 44 IPS LPS Graphics 70 input2 TIF 118 dpi 4 45 IPS LPS Graphics 70 input2 TIF 118 dpi 4 47 IPS LPS Graphics slfilename tif 144 dpi 4 48 IPS LPS Graphics ingrnam wmf 4 49 IPS LPS Graphics ingrnam wmf 4 50 IPS LPS Graphics sldeleteconfirm1 tif 144 dpi 4 50 IPS LPS Graphics 7...

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