User's Manual

701P41358

February 2004

XPPS 3.7.5x

Installing XDS Plus on Red Hat Linux

This section details the installation instructions for the Xerox Document Submission Plus (XDS Plus)

software in order to submit jobs to Xerox printers from a Red Hat Linux version 7.3 workstation.

Follow these steps to install the XDS Plus software, the XeroxJob Ticket Converter tool, XDS Command

Line, and the XDS Printer Registration tool on Linux.

1. To begin the installation process, perform one of the following:

?? Insert the Xerox Production Print Services (XPPS) version 3.X software CD ROM into the CD ROM

drive on your workstation.

a. Locate the CD ROM on your workstation, for example mnt/cdrom.

b. Access the Linux directory.

c. Locate the install file named xdsplus_install_linux.bin.

?? Download the XPPS version 3.X software from the Internet.

a. Access the web site www.xerox.com. and select the “Drivers” link.

b. In the [Search] text box labeled "Quick Search for Drivers and Downloads", enter XDS Plus and

select [Search].

c. On the search results list, select the item containing XPPS software version 3.x for Linux.

d. Download the install file named xdsplus_install_linux.bin to your home directory.

e. Give the user execute permissions for the file.

1. Select the file and right-click.

2. Select Show Properties.

3. Select the Permissions tab and select the Execute checkbox for all user groups.

3. To run the installation, double-click on the xdsplus_install_linux.bin file using the File Manager. If a

message appears stating the file is an executable text file, select Run. Follow the prompts to install

the XDS Plus software.

4. Specify the printers that you will use with XDS Plus using the XDS Printer Registration tool to edit the

printer discovery file. Refer to "Setting up the printer discovery (printer.disc) file" in the Installation

Guide for the procedure.