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June 2007
701P47301
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Xerox FreeFlow
Print Server
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IBM IPDS User Guide
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Table of Contents Introduction 1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-2 Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server Support for the IPDS Data Stream . . .1-2 Printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-2 Printer Model Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Table of Contents Defining a Logical Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-10 Verifying the Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-10 Printing a Trace Job Within IPS Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11 Printing a Test Job From the Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-12 Using Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPS Manager 3 IPS Manager Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Table of Contents Barcode Symbology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-22 Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPDS Network Connectivity Appendix A Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 Configuring IBM z/OS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 TCP/IP Configuration Overview - z/OS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 Channel Configu
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Table of Contents iv IPDS User Guide
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Introduction 1 Introduction The Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide describes the Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server Intelligent Printer Data Stream support. IPDS is a print data stream defined by IBM®. This guide describes Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server support for IBM’s IPDS including various system menus, setup routines, operator commands for running print jobs, system supported environments, font management, host connectivity, and diagnostic trace capabilities. NOTE: Xerox FreeF
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Introduction Features Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server Support for the IPDS Data Stream Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPDS supports IPDS resulting from processing of AFP (Advanced Function Presentation) resources such as print data sets, page definitions, form definitions, page segments, fonts, and overlays. There are several IBM® data architectures within the AFP environment that are fully supported by Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS: � MO: DCA-P: Mixed Object Document Content Architecture for
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Introduction Printer Model Selection The Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS support allows the print server to be defined to the host as one of the following IBM® Advanced Function Printers: 3812, 3825, 3827, or 3935. NOTE: In addition to the predefined values, the type-in field also supports any user-defined four digit value. Host Environments Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS supports the following environments: � InfoPrint® Manager with AIX 5L (TCP/IP connectivity only) � InfoPrint® Manager
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Introduction manage fonts, capture IPDS trace files, and restart the IPS gateway. 1-4 IPDS User Guide
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Installation and Setup 2 Installation and Setup The requirements and instructions for installing the Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPDS software and setting up the printing environment are described in this section. Review this entire chapter before proceeding with the installation. Some setup tasks are performed on the print server window and some are performed on the print server IPS Manager. The main installation and setup tasks are: � Licensing and configuring the software and features �
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Installation and Setup � Select Go Online and Go Offline. � Select Stop or Continue. � Restart IPS Gateway System Administrator: The system administrator requires a password and can perform the same functions as the Operator. Additionally, the system administrator can: � Capture or replay a Trace file. � Load, print, or delete resident fonts. Licensing Requirements The Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPDS feature must be licensed in order for it to function. Your local Xerox representative prov
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Installation and Setup Creating an IPDS Target Queue In the Queue Manager, select [New] from the Queue drop down menu, or from the short cut icon. Refer to the following properties to make selections for IPDS queue. Settings Although Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server supports spooling jobs, as well as streaming for other Printer Description Languages (PDLs), only streaming is supported for IPDS. This is because IPDS job recovery is controlled by the host, and depends upon the host receiving
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Installation and Setup Managing the Print Queue Using Queue Overrides The IPDS information processed by the IPDS gateway is sent to the Output queue selected in the IPS Manager. Use the Queue Manager to view and manage the queue properties applied to jobs. Under the PDL Settings tab, the IPDS FAB on the Queue Manager dialog may be used to set the resolution of the print data supplied to the print engine. Values of 300 or 600 dpi may be selected. While you may want to dedicate a queue to
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Installation and Setup NOTE: If an image shift is done at the IPDS queue level, then the banner page of the IPDS job will contain the image shift as well. Therefore, the data on the banner page may be shifted off the page. Queue Properties Following are selections relating to IPDS queues: Settings Select the Input / Format Feature Access Button (FAB). Under Input, select [Streaming]. Output The default setting for the Output Order is System Specified. For most products, this is N-1 (Descen
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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. 2-6 IPDS User Guide
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Installation and Setup Setting Up Media If tray mapping is used on the IPS Manager to provide for stock switching on a per sheet basis, ensure that the override locks for the stock attributes are NOT set for the queue Programming Stock Margins Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server supports Stock Margin adjustments that are recognized by IPDS interpreter software. Stock Margins are specified in relation to the print engine process direction. This is the direction a sheet of paper moves through the
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Installation and Setup process direction, back side process direction, back side cross-process direction. Figure 2-1. Margin adjustments Back Side Cross Process Direction Back Side Front Side Process Direction Process Direction Front Side Cross Process Direction For example, if the values: 100 0 0 600 are typed in the Stock Comments field, they represent: � front side process direction = 100 (1/6 inch or 4.23 mm) � front side cross-process direction = 0 � back side process direction = 0 �
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Installation and Setup NOTE: The AFP font collection product number has changed from 5648-113 to 5648-B45. Although Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPDS can still use the original CD supplied under 5648-113, IBM now ships two separate CDs under the 5648-B45 product number. The two CDs are Fonts for OS/400® (part number LK2T-9270-01) and Fonts for AIX®, OS/2®, Windows® NT, and Windows® 2000 (part number LK2T9269-01). Only the LK2T-9269-01 part number is supported by Xerox FreeFlow® Print S
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Installation and Setup i5/OS® (System i) Setup You must set several parameters for resident outline font support. If you do not set these parameters properly, jobs submitted from i5/OS® (System i) expecting resident outline fonts may fail or print blank pages. If your host is a System i running i5/OS® and you require resident outline font support, the recommended setup is: � On the i5/OS® host, set the Resident Font parameter in the PSF Configuration object to *YES. � In the IPS Manager, en
