Working With IPDS
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N-1 job hangs
N-1 job hangs if greater than IPDS throttling 160-page limit.
User Action: Restart IPDS Gateway from the IPS Manager GUI.
Avoidance: Select Print Job Unfinished (vs. Fault Job) for Overlimit Finishing or print 1-N when feasible. If N-1
printing and faulting over limit jobs is required, set the maximum set size for the finishing device to at least the size
of the largest jobs or sets that will be handled. Doing so forces the throttling limit to twice the maximum set size
and ensures that throttling will not cause a deadlock.
Offset and DFA
Only Offset at job or set boundary is supported with the third party inline DFA finishing devices. DFA devices do
not support single page offsetting specified within the IPDS job or set. Single page job or set will be offset.
Output order
IPDS jobs cannot be processed 1-N with N-1 finishing in Nuvera.
User Action: Resubmit the job after setting the finishing equipment for 1-N, if possible.
Avoidance: Set both queue and finishing for the same output order. If it is necessary to use N-1 for the finisher,
send individual sets as separate jobs, to ensure that the source job will not exceed the length of the IPDS
throttling limit.
Output Reposition
not supported
Output Reposition is not supported for IPDS jobs. As with Sample current job, this feature would also cause
incorrect page counts to be reported to the host. However, host operator commands can be used for forward and
backward space within a job.
In the IPDS environment, the host operator is expected to effect repositioning commands from the host platform
(for example, JES2 $f and $b commands for forward and backward spacing respectively). The FreeFlow Print
Server IPDS implementation manages this repositioning on the basis of the current set of IPDS counters returned
by the printer. Do not use the FreeFlow Print Server Reposition Output dialog with IPDS jobs.
Pause feature
The pause feature should not be used with IPDS as a way to continue RIPping while deferring printing. It is not
feasible to RIP a large print run ahead of printing for IPDS, since throttling will limit the number of committed
sheets in excess of the number of stacked sheets.
Printer status
messages
Specific printer status problems are not described with Intervention Required messages. Only a generic message
is sent.
User Action: Operator should ensure that their management process for this system does not depend on the
printer providing a specific description of what is wrong (e.g. Check the printer for the specific problem vs. relying
on the host message.)
Refresh to update
mappings
The IPS Manager is not automatically informed when physical tray contents are changed at the FreeFlow Print
Server. Instead, you must use the Refresh mechanism provided by the IPDS Tray/Bin Mappings dialog to display
the latest mapping information.
Remote Workflow
FreeFlow Print Server Remote Workflow (DRW) does not support the IPS Manager.
Sample Current Job
not supported
Sample current job is not supported for IPDS jobs. The IPDS host presumes full control over the job’s output, and
this feature would cause incorrect page counts to be reported to the host. The FreeFlow Print Server GUI currently
only supports this capability at the Printer Manager level, and is not able to set this capability for individual jobs or
queues. Therefore, the FreeFlow Print Server GUI does not prevent selecting Sample Current Job. However, the
request will not be honored for an IPDS job, and no warning message will be provided.
Slow performance
Performance may be slow for jobs requiring large amounts of image data, especially when printing at 600 dpi.
User Action: Schedule extra print time for jobs that require many large images, or reduce the size and number of
images required for an application.
Spooling mode not
supported
Spooling mode is not supported for IPDS jobs. Ensure IPDS queues are set up for Streaming input.
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