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Xerox DocuPrint Network Printer Series
Guide to Submitting Jobs from the Client
Version 7.1
August 2000
721P87481
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Laser safety Warning: Adjustments, use of controls, or performance of ! procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous light exposure. The Xerox DocuPrint printers are certified to comply with the performance standards of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for Class 1 laser products. Class 1 laser products do not emit hazardous radiation. The DocuPrint printers do not emit hazardous radiation because the laser beam is completely enclosed during a
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Operation safety Your Xerox equipment and supplies have been designed and tested to meet strict safety requirements. They have been approved by safety agencies, and they comply with environmental standards. Please observe the following precautions to ensure your continued safety. Always connect equipment to a properly grounded electrical outlet. If in doubt, have the outlet checked by a qualified electrician. Warning: Improper connection of the equipment grounding ! conductor may resul
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Table of contents Laser safety iii Ozone information iii Operation safety iv Introduction xi About this guide xi Contents xii Conventions xiii Xerox DocuPrint Network Printer Series xiv 1. DocuPrint Network Printer Services client 1-1 Document attributes 1-2 Virtual printers 1-2 Submitting print jobs 1-3 Communicating with the network 1-4 Receiving job status feedback 1-5 2. Setting up workstations 2-1 Setting up PC-DOS workstations 2-1 Installing Xerox Client Software for DOS 2-2 Verifying your
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 3. Printing using Xerox utilities and lpr utilities (DOS and UNIX) 3-1 Printing using the Xerox utilities software 3-1 Print 3-2 Listjob 3-11 Listq 3-14 Printing using lpr utilities 3-15 lpr 3-16 lpq in DOS 3-25 lpq in UNIX 3-26 lprm 3-27 lpc (UNIX only) 3-29 4. Submitting print jobs using Macintosh drivers 4-1 Selecting a driver 4-2 Selecting a LaserWriter driver, version 7.x 4-2 Selecting a LaserWriter driver, version 8.x 4-4 Selecting an AdobePS driver, version 8.5.1 4-7 Sub
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Setting Xerox Job Ticket options 4-34 Monitoring and controlling printing 4-38 Highlight color printing 4-38 Image quality considerations 4-39 5. Submitting print jobs using Windows NT 4.0 drivers 5-1 Installing and configuring the system 5-1 Printing from Windows NT 4.0 5-7 Printing from your Windows application 5-8 Opening, saving, and resetting job tickets 5-10 Opening a job ticket 5-10 Saving a job ticket 5-12 Resetting a job ticket 5-14 Setting up a job ticket 5-15 Specify
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Printing negative or mirror images of your documents 5-29 Printing with printer fonts in place of TrueType fonts 5-30 Specifying halftoning options 5-31 Specifying printing resolution 5-31 Specifying the format for sending TrueType fonts to your printer 5-31 Setting the preferences 5-32 Redirecting printing to a Xerox network print queue 5-33 6. Submitting print jobs from Quick Print for Windows NT 4.0 6-1 Accessing Quick Print and selecting a printer 6-2 Opening, saving, and r
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Writing Account information when saving the job ticket 6-24 Specifying a generic job ticket 6-24 Specifying the unit of measurement for paper size 6-24 Specifying the unit of measurement for image shift units 6-24 Customizing or masking dialog box options 6-24 Customizing your printer queue list 6-25 Adding a new TCP/IP-attached printer to the print queue list 6-26 Adding a new Novell NetWare-attached printer to the print queue list 6-27 Setting the default printer 6-32 Removin
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TABLE OF CONTENTS x GUIDE TO SUBMITTING JOBS FROM THE CLIENT
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Introduction This Xerox DocuPrint Network Printer Series Guide to Submitting Jobs from the Client describes how to print documents from the platforms supported by this system. DocuPrint allows you to print documents written in the PostScript page description language (PDL) and Hewlett Packard printer control language (HP PCL). It also allows you to send ASCII files to the printer. About this guide This guide provides the information you need to submit documents to the Xerox DocuPrint Model
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INTRODUCTION Contents This section lists the contents of this guide: Chapter 1, “DocuPrint Network Printer Services client,” provides a brief overview of attributes and virtual printers. It also provides information on how client workstations interact with the entire DocuPrint Network Printing System. Chapter 2, “Setting up workstations,” describes how to prepare your DOS, Macintosh, and UNIX workstations to work with DocuPrint. It includes procedures for installing and removing Xerox
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INTRODUCTION Conventions This guide uses the following conventions: All caps and angle brackets—Within procedures, the names of keys are shown in all caps within angle brackets (for example, press ). Angle brackets—Variable information, or the position of a specified argument in the command syntax, appears in angle brackets (for example, List Fonts ). square brackets—Names of options you select are shown in square brackets (for example, [OK] and [Cancel]. Bold—Withi
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INTRODUCTION Xerox DocuPrint Network Printer Series The Xerox DocuPrint Network Printer Series includes the following documents: Decomposition Service and Tools Guide Guide to Configuring and Managing the System Guide to Managing Print Jobs Guide to Performing Routine Maintenance Guide to Submitting Jobs from the Client Guide to Using Page Description Language Installation Planning Guide Messages Guide System Overview Guide Troubleshooting Guide Glossary Master Index Customer Information Quick
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1. 1DocuPrint Network Printer Services client Print data originates with a document created by the user at a client workstation using an application software package, or at a mainframe or minicomputer. The application allows users to create and format a document according to their exact specifications. The application software provides the capability to print the document using a page description language (PDL). The application produces print data in one of the supported page description l
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DOCUPRINT NETWORK PRINTER SERVICES CLIENT Document attributes An attribute is a piece of information about a job, such as printing requirements. Examples of document attributes are number of copies or type of paper. Each job has an associated set of attributes, some of which are required, while others are optional. If a required attribute is missing for a given job, a system default setting is used. Attribute values can be assigned by: A job ticket from Xerox client software, set by an en
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DOCUPRINT NETWORK PRINTER SERVICES CLIENT Submitting print jobs You can send print data directly from the application to the printer, or you can create a PDL data (.prn) file on the workstation, then use a print job submission program to print. The method you choose depends on your workstation configuration and your job submission requirements. Printing directly from the application Printing directly from the application (or driver, also known as transparent printing) is easier than using a
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DOCUPRINT NETWORK PRINTER SERVICES CLIENT Communicating with the network After the print data has been prepared for printing and combined with print options data—either by the application software or by a print job submission utility—the data is sent over the network. DocuPrint supports TCP/IP, AppleTalk, and Novell NetWare network communications protocols. The following table lists the workstations supported by DocuPrint, and the networking options and job submission methods available for
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DOCUPRINT NETWORK PRINTER SERVICES CLIENT Receiving job status feedback Client workstations display fault messages and other information, such as the status of feeder trays and output bins. If properly configured, the workstations may be able to display job status, as described in the following list. To determine the status of jobs submitted using the lpr command, you must issue an lpq command at the command line. With some UNIX systems jobs can be submitted using the lp command and sta
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DOCUPRINT NETWORK PRINTER SERVICES CLIENT 1-6 GUIDE TO SUBMITTING JOBS FROM THE CLIENT
