User's Manual

Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services 3-1
3 Using the XDS Plus
software
This chapter contains the procedures for accessing the XDS
Plus 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 Plus (XDS
Plus) 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.
Prerequisites
You must satisfy the following prerequisites before you use
the XDS Plus 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. The XDS Plus
software runs correctly only when installed on your
workstation.
• 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.
• Know how to save your document as a PDL format file by
using the print-to-file method; or know how to create a
valid TIFF, PDF, or ASCII file.