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DocuSP IPS Gateway
User’s Guide

Version 1.0
May 2002
720P16890

Summary of Contents for DocuPrint 100MX

Page 1: ...DocuSP IPS Gateway User s Guide Version 1 0 May 2002 720P16890...

Page 2: ...displayed on the screen such as icons screen displays looks etc Produced in the United States of America XEROX The Document Company the digital X and the identifying product names and numbers herein...

Page 3: ...1 7 Banner pages 1 7 Offset stacking for unfinished jobs 1 7 Customer job accounting 1 8 Resolution and performance 1 8 Specifying margins 1 8 Gray scale printing 1 9 Printer error reporting 1 9 Speci...

Page 4: ...from DocuSP 3 1 IPS Gateway window elements 3 2 Operating IPS Gateway 3 3 System menu options 3 3 Logging on to IPS Gateway 3 3 Logging off IPS Gateway 3 4 Resetting IPDS 3 4 Exiting IPS Gateway 3 4 P...

Page 5: ...IPS Gateway User s Guide 5 2002 v Table of contents 4 Messages Fault messages 4 1 IPDS messages 4 4 Trace messages 4 7 Printer messages 4 8 Exception messages 4 9 G Glossary Index...

Page 6: ...IPS Gateway User s Guide 5 2002 vi Table of contents...

Page 7: ...y and for the system administrator responsible for system security and license information NOTE Clicking on the light blue text within the body of this PDF file takes you to the named section or featu...

Page 8: ...Workspace Menu right click on Programs File Manager to display the File Manager cdrom window If the File Manager window appears instead select the File menu on the File Manager window and then select...

Page 9: ...IPS Gateway operates in these IBM PSF operating system environments AIX OS 2 OS 390 OS 400 TCP IP connectivity only VM VSE NOTE Although PSF VSE does not support TCP IP directly a printing system with...

Page 10: ...in the structure fields describing each object Gateway communications Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP Gateway and TCP IP Socket Gateway connections are required for running IPS Gateway Each mu...

Page 11: ...p improve processing and print time for large jobs sent to a spooled queue IPS Gateway provides the Segmentation option which segments large jobs into multiple smaller jobs For normal job processing j...

Page 12: ...occur If there is an unexpected or catastrophic error such as a power failure operating system crash or unrecoverable software problem in either DocuSP or IPS Gateway IPDS job recovery depends on whet...

Page 13: ...f you segment a large job into multiple smaller jobs your output may be interleaved with jobs submitted to other queues on the printer If the segment order of the output for a segmented job appears to...

Page 14: ...change the log size Step 1 Select the Administration icon from the DocuSP window then select the Accounting tab Step 2 In the Accounting tab select Options to display the Accounting Options window Ste...

Page 15: ...from sending additional pages until the printer is operational again Specifying edge treatment The DocuSP Edge Treatment option lightens the leading edge of a sheet to prevent too much toner from bein...

Page 16: ...Getting started IPS Gateway User s Guide 5 2002 1 10...

Page 17: ...S Gateway software are also included Some setup tasks are performed on the DocuSP window and some are performed on the IPS Gateway window The main installation and setup tasks are Installing the softw...

Page 18: ...y in addition to that already installed on your DocuPrint printer If your IPDS configuration requires a channel connection you will need an online channel board Contact your local Xerox representative...

Page 19: ...nstallation program for the IPS Gateway software readme txt This text file contains a description of the files on the CD and instructions for printing the IPS Gateway User s Guide It also contains ins...

Page 20: ...r your CD ROM directory resides by entering this command cd cdrom cdrom0 Step 4 Enter this command to start the installation program install sh Step 5 You are asked if you want to continue with the in...

Page 21: ...inal window indicating that the installation of IPS Gateway is complete You are prompted to reboot your workstation Enter y for the installation program to reboot your workstation or n to end the inst...

Page 22: ...ree user levels available to access IPS Gateway each with its own level of feature access Walk Up User The Walk Up User has limited access rights to IPS Gateway This is the access level assigned when...

Page 23: ...software Licensing and enabling IPS Gateway When IPS Gateway is installed it is added to the DocuSP list of features available for licensing and use Until a valid license string and expiration date a...

Page 24: ...printer error condition such as the printer being out of paper The SNMP Gateway license feature must be valid and enabled in DocuSP for IPS Gateway to function Refer to the DocuSP System Guide for lic...

Page 25: ...Licensing and enabling IPS NPS You must restart DocuSP and start IPS Gateway before licensing and enabling the IPS NPS software Restart DocuSP by selecting Restart from the System menu on the DocuSP...

Page 26: ...e New Queue window Step 4 In the Queue area of the New Queue window enter the Queue Name to be used for IPS Gateway jobs Step 5 In the Input area choose Streaming or Spooling for the queue type See Sp...

Page 27: ...lect the Socket tab Step 4 Double click the first or second row to define the port to be used for IPS Gateway printing The Socket Properties window opens Step 5 In the Port Number drop down box specif...

Page 28: ...uctions on defining media in DocuSP Setting stock name preferences in DocuSP The DocuSP stock name preferences settings must be changed to Allow duplicate names for DocuSP to honor IPS Gateway media d...

Page 29: ...r fonts Enhanced font support The Enhanced Font Support feature is an extension of the printer resident outline font support in IPS Gateway Most hosts download required raster fonts This feature is mo...

Page 30: ...the IBM AFP font collection CD The CD should mount as cdrom cdrom0 Step 3 Enter this command on the command line of the terminal window opt XRXdocuprint ipds loadfont Or if the CD mount path is diffe...

Page 31: ...aris terminal window Step 2 On the command line of the terminal window enter this command opt XRXdocuprint ipds removefont The fonts are removed from the printer controller and Enhanced Font Support i...

Page 32: ...S Gateway software and proper queue and printer setup The IPS Gateway software resides in the opt XRXdocuprint directory on the printer controller A print queue is defined on DocuSP for your system Yo...

Page 33: ...ers However if you plan to run the A4 trace instead of the US Letter trace change the Media Definition for IPDS Tray 1 from US Letter to A4 In IPS Gateway you must map a medium to each IPDS tray speci...

Page 34: ...o run the uninstall program Step 1 Exit IPS Gateway if it is running see Exiting IPS Gateway for instructions Step 2 Log on as root Step 3 Place the IPS Gateway installation CD into the CD ROM drive S...

Page 35: ...completes a message appears informing you that the packages have been removed You are prompted to restart the printer controller Enter y for the uninstall program to reboot the printer controller or...

Page 36: ...Installation and setup IPS Gateway User s Guide 5 2002 2 20...

Page 37: ...Gateway from DocuSP IPS Gateway does not automatically start when powering up or rebooting your printer To start IPS Gateway select IPS Gateway from the System menu on the DocuSP window shown below N...

Page 38: ...ssages Messages pertaining to the operational status of the printer IPDS messages Informational messages pertaining to IPDS processing Fault messages IPS Gateway fault messages Place the mouse pointer...

Page 39: ...a specific user type allows you to access particular features that the Walk Up User cannot access Before you log on know your user access level and the password To log on to IPS Gateway Step 1 Select...

Page 40: ...on the IPS Gateway window A window opens asking for confirmation Step 2 Click Yes to terminate IPS Gateway One of these events occurs If IPS Gateway is not actively processing an IPDS data stream it t...

Page 41: ...eway software Enter or change your license if IPS Gateway is operating in a disabled mode no license is loaded or if your IPS Gateway and or IPS NPS software license has expired NOTE Sixty days prior...

Page 42: ...ption from the Setup menu to open the Security window Step 2 Select the user access level Trusted User or System Administrator for the password you want to change Step 3 In the Old Password field ente...

Page 43: ...DocuSP and SunOS release numbers This section provides instructions for displaying the DocuSP and SunOS Solaris software release numbers DocuSP To display the DocuSP software release number select He...

Page 44: ...uring shutdown and restores the settings the next time you start IPS Gateway The values that you specify remain in effect until you change them If you change these values to process a specific IPDS da...

Page 45: ...b Setup option Initial value Tab location IPDS Resolution 300 dpi IPDS Setup IPDS Connection channel or TCP IP TCP IP port 5001 Socket Gateway Connection TCP IP 9100 Enhanced Font Support Enabled if r...

Page 46: ...t resolution of the data and resources sent by the host To specify the input resolution Step 1 From the drop down box in the IPDS Resolution area select the dots per inch dpi resolution that matches y...

Page 47: ...with the TCP IP address assigned to the printer controller to send data to IPS Gateway from your host computer s NOTE PSF defaults to port number 5001 if the port number is not changed in the printer...

Page 48: ...er unit address in the Address hex field Step 3 In the Speed drop down box select one of these speeds Single tag High speed Data Streaming 1 5 Data Streaming 3 Data Streaming 4 5 NOTE Channel speeds a...

Page 49: ...ure is enabled It can be disabled if you need resident outline font support but do not need raster font substitution When enabled if the host requests a raster font IPS Gateway substitutes an equivale...

Page 50: ...ter To specify the output resolution Step 1 From the drop down box in the Output Resolution area select the dots per inch dpi resolution of the PostScript output to be printed NOTE Running at 600 dpi...

Page 51: ...ea select one of these stapling options None Indicates no stapling StackerOffset Staples when an IPDS XOA Alternate Offset Stacker command is received When printing multiple copies a job containing th...

Page 52: ...for more information Rotation Use the Rotation option when migrating continuous forms jobs to IPS Gateway Enabling this option tells IPS Gateway to print jobs that were designed for a continuous form...

Page 53: ...al printer tray and load the media in the trays These media definitions are communicated to IPS Gateway for mapping to IPDS trays through the IPS Gateway Media Setup tab In IPS Gateway you map a speci...

Page 54: ...ation currently defined for that IPDS tray to DocuSP which uses the stock specification to determine which physical tray to pull from For an IPS Gateway job if the requested IPDS tray is mapped to med...

Page 55: ...ta stream requests IPDS tray 3 and you want the job to print on legal paper then the Media Definition for IPDS Tray 3 should be US Legal 216 x 356 Plain White 75 Only media assigned to and loaded in p...

Page 56: ...blem that you are not able to correct contact your local Xerox representative for help in diagnosing and resolving the issue The IPS Gateway diagnostic trace functions allow you to capture or replay a...

Page 57: ...rienced a printing problem use this option to recreate the problem for further analysis by Xerox personnel To capture a trace Step 1 Drain the printer at the host to ensure that the trace includes inf...

Page 58: ...DS message area and Playback Trace appears in the trace message area If the playback trace is successful the message Ripping Trace Complete Job Queued for Printing appears in the IPDS message area If...

Page 59: ...on Exit and restart IPS Gateway If the problem persists contact Xerox technical support IPS Gateway communication fault Explanation IPS Gateway was not able to communicate with the required IPS Gatewa...

Page 60: ...establish a socket gateway connection for the IPDS job in progress System response IPS Gateway reattempts to make a socket gateway connection using the information in the IPDS Setup tab User action En...

Page 61: ...uption If a valid license is not entered IPS Gateway discontinues processing at midnight User action Contact your Xerox customer service representative for a new license Warning The IPS Gateway licens...

Page 62: ...ing number Explanation IPDS has the specified number of pages left to rip System response None User action None Starting IPDS Services Please Wait Explanation The IPDS services are being initiated Sys...

Page 63: ...The operator selected the resume IPDS button on the IPS Gateway window or IPS Gateway detected that the printer is ready System response IPS Gateway resumes IPDS processing User action None Checking...

Page 64: ...is playing back a trace file System response None User action None Ripping Trace Complete Job Queued for Printing Explanation IPS Gateway successfully completed the trace playback System response IPS...

Page 65: ...unctions are disabled until Tracing OFF is selected System response IPS Gateway disables UI functionality User action None Capture Trace trace_file_name Explanation IPS Gateway is writing trace inform...

Page 66: ...the operator selected Pause User action None Printer Printing Explanation A job is currently printing System response IPS Gateway detects that the printer is printing and resumes IPDS processing unles...

Page 67: ...ssage window shown below opens describing the error and the required user action The error dump that appears on the window is also written to the tipsGUI log file in the var log directory When reporti...

Page 68: ...Messages IPS Gateway User s Guide 5 2002 4 10...

Page 69: ...through a dedicated electrical connection to a DocuPrint printer dots per inch dpi The units of resolution of a resource or a page Ethernet A network standard consisting of a coaxial cable or twisted...

Page 70: ...Access Memory RAM Volatile memory used for temporary storage of data and software commands Used by programs for immediate task processing resident fonts The fonts that are loaded on the server at the...

Page 71: ...ions 1 3 host environments 1 3 I IBM AFP resident outline fonts 2 13 Image Shift 1 8 initial passwords 2 6 installation CD contents 2 3 requirements 2 2 verification 2 16 IPDS data stream AFP resource...

Page 72: ...omposer licensing and enabling 2 8 print queue management 2 10 printer emulation 1 3 printer error reporting 1 9 printer messages 4 8 processing considerations 1 5 R removing resident outline fonts 2...

Page 73: ...IPS Gateway User s Guide 5 2002 I 3 Index U user access levels 2 6 System Administrator 2 6 Trusted User 2 6 Walk Up User 2 6 V VPS option 2 9 VTAM printer support 2 9 W window elements 3 2...

Page 74: ...I 4 IPS Gateway User s Guide 5 2002 Index...

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