User's Manual

Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services 2-1
2 Using XDS
This chapter contains the procedures for accessing the XDS
software on a Xerox printing system from your computer
running Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0,
Windows 2000, Windows Millennium, XP, a Sun workstation
that is running Solaris 2.6 or 2.8, or from a Macintosh that is
running OS X. The Xerox Document Submission (XDS)
software provides you with windows you use to select a
document file, to set up the job ticket, and to submit your print
job to the printer.
When you run the XDS software, you must make your printer
and document selections from the XDS window before
programming the job ticket.
NOTE: If you created your PDL file using the print to disk or
print to file option, and any of the Xerox printer drivers, do not
use the XDS software to submit the job. The job ticket
information included with the PDL file may conflict with the
job ticket information programmed in XDS. Use another
submission method to print the document.
Prerequisites
You must satisfy the following prerequisites before you use
the XDS software:
• Make sure that the Microsoft Windows, Sun Solaris, or
Macintosh software is installed on your workstation. If the
software is installed as a shared copy on your network
server, contact your system administrator.
• Know how to use the tools in Windows, Solaris, or
Macintosh to connect to the network disk drives or to
disconnect from the drives to which you are currently
connected.
• Make sure that the XDS Plus software is installed on your
workstation. Refer to the “Installation Guide” for the
procedures.