Xerox Production Print Services Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services 701P40016 Version 3.
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Table of Contents 1. Introduction 1-1 Before you use this guide 1-1 About XPPS 1-1 XDS 1-2 XDS Plus 1-2 Xerox custom drivers 1-2 Third party drivers and PPDs 1-2 Web Interface 1-3 Command line client 1-3 About this guide 2.
TABLE OF CONTENTS 3. 4.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Setting up stocks Displaying the stock window 4-9 Stock window components 4-9 Selecting a stock for the job 4-11 Creating a new stock 4-11 Specifying the sides imaged 4-13 Specifying a finishing option 4-14 Specifying collation 4-14 Specifying slip sheets 4-14 Setting up advanced features Setup options in the Image Adjustment section 4-15 4-15 Specifying an image shift 4-15 Specifying Rotation 4-17 Selecting OPI 4-17 Selecting OPI Prescan 4-17 Specifying Halftone
TABLE OF CONTENTS Viewing properties 5. 4-28 Xerox PPDs and PlugIns 5-1 PPDs and PlugIns using a Macintosh 5-1 Guidelines for selecting printing requirements 5-1 Selecting the printing options 5-2 Using the Xerox PlugIn 5-2 Using drag and drop to print one or more jobs 5-3 PPDs and PlugIns using Windows 6.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Printing in print command mode Command quick reference 7. 8.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Specifying exception pages 9-20 Specifying full-color parameters 9-23 Setting highlight color parameters 9-27 Specifying page inserts 9-29 Specifying chapter starts 9-31 Printing a document 9-32 Selecting a print queue 9-32 Selecting a file to print 9-32 Reprinting a saved job viii 9-33 Reprinting without changing the job ticket parameters 9-34 Reprinting with different job ticket parameters 9-35 Checking the status of a job 9-36 Setting the XDS print options 9-3
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1. Introduction Using a networked workstation and the Xerox Production Print Services software, documents that have been created using a publishing application can be printed at a supported Xerox printer. Before you use this guide This guide is intended for users of the following workstations: • PCs running Windows 95, 98, Millennium, NT 4.0, 2000, or XP • Sun workstations running Solaris 2.
Introduction Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services XDS Xerox Document Submission software application (XDS) is a standalone application that is used to enter job ticket information for an existing PDL file and submit the job to an available printer running DocuSP version 3.1 or higher software. This software enables users of Xerox supported networks to take advantage of the many printing options that are offered by the supported Xerox printing systems.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Introduction Web Interface With the web interface you use a browser to access windows that enables you to select a document file, set up a job ticket, and submit your print job to the printe, all from the internet. Command line client If you use the print, listjob, listq or listp command for your workflow, it is recommended that you use the new XDS Command Line client included with the XDS Plus software.
Introduction Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services • Chapter 6, “Using Command Line Client,” The Xerox Document Submission Command Line software enables you to set up and submit print jobs by entering commands in a DOS or Unix window, from a PC or Sun workstation. This chapter describes the procedure and syntax for entering the print and job setup commands.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Introduction [Hold job]: The document is held at the printer... [Cancel job]: The document is not printed... • Note: Notes are hints that help you perform a task or understand the text. Notes are presented in italics, in separate paragraphs. Example: NOTE: You cannot submit a job unless the printer is connected to your workstation.
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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.
Using XDS Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services • 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. Accessing XDS from Windows Follow these steps to display the XDS software from Windows: 1. Log on to your network. 2. From your workstation Start menu, select [Programs], [Xerox Applications], and then [XDS]. The XDS window opens.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Using XDS 4. Set up the print job and job ticket. The following setup procedures are accessed from the Print Setup window: • Specifying the imaging and finishing options. • Including the notes that contain information about the job. • Defining the stocks to use during printing. • Selecting any special features of the job, such as covers, blank inserts, or exception pages. Refer to “Setting up a print job,” later in this chapter. 5.
Using XDS Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services • Page range ([To] and [From]) • [Job Type] • [Disposition] 8. Enter the job notes. 9. Define the stocks that you will use for the print job. 10. Select any special features for the job, such as covers, blank inserts, or exception pages 11. Select [OK] to send the document file to the printer.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Using XDS 3. When all jobs that have been dropped on XDS have been submitted or cancelled, XDS closes automatically. Selecting a printer type and queue The Printer Type pop-up menu gives you a list of the available printer types that you can use to print your document.
Using XDS Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services 2. Select the file that you want to print. The file must be in one of the supported formats: PostScript, PDF, PCL, ASCII, or TIFF, as supported by the printer. NOTE: Ensure that file names are fairly small in length. Long file names are not displayed and a system generated name is attached to the file. 3. Select [Select] or double-click the file name or icon to open the file.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Using XDS Adding a printer You can set up a customized list of printers that you use regularly. To start a printer list or add to an existing one, follow these steps: 1. Select [Connections] on the XDS window. The Printer Connections window is displayed. 2. On the Printer Connections window, select [Add New...]. The Add New Printer window is displayed. 3. On the Add New Printer window, select the appropriate network type for your environment.
Using XDS Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Modifying a print queue The XDS software allows you to change a print queue name in the Connected Printers list box, or to reassign the name to another print queue. 1. Select [Connections] from the XDS window. The Printer Connections window is displayed. 2. In the Printers list box, select the print queue that will be changed, and select [Modify...]. 3. Continue to follow the steps indicated by the Modify Printer wizard. 4.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Using XDS Accessing printer information You may access the following information about any printer in the Connected Printers list box on the Printer Connections window: • Printer model • Server type • Connection type • Server • Virtual Printer Follow these steps to display the printer information: 1. Select [Connections] on the XDS window. The Printers and Connections window is displayed. 2.
Using XDS Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services 2. To check one printer, select its name and select [Check Printer]. While the connection to the selected printer is being checked, a window is displayed, showing the status of the checking process. To check all of the printers, select [Check All]. While all of the printer connections are being checked, a window opens to show the percentage of checking that has been completed.
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.
Using the XDS Plus software Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Accessing the XDS Plus software The XDS Plus window gives you access to all job setup, printing, and job management tasks that you can perform on your Windows or Solaris or Macintosh client. You can access the XDS Plus software either from files on your workstation, or over the Internet using the XDS Plus Job Submission Applet.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Using the XDS Plus software 4. Wait for the XDS Plus window to open. This may take several seconds. Accessing XDS Plus from the Internet You can open the XDS Plus window on your Windows or Solaris workstation by using the XDS Plus Job Submission Applet from the Internet. The Applet opens the XDS Plus window and displays it with your Internet browser.
Using the XDS Plus software Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services XDS Plus printing process 1. Open the XDS Plus window. Refer to “Accessing the XDS Plus software,” in the previous section. 2. Select a print queue. Refer to “Selecting a printer and queue.” 3. On the Files tab window, perform the following: a. Select a document file to print. Refer to “Selecting a file to print.” b. Select a job ticket file, if you do not intend to create a new ticket for this job. c.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Using the XDS Plus software While the job is printing, you can check the job status by selecting the [Administration] button and view the information. Refer to “Checking job, printer, and queue status,” later in this chapter. Printer and queue setup NOTE: The printer discovery file must be set up on your workstation before setting up the printer and queue.
Using the XDS Plus software Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services The columns in the Printers table display the following properties: – Name: The name that was given to the printer when it was installed at your site – Type: The type or brand of printer, such as the Xerox DocuColor 2060 – Jobs: The number of jobs that have been submitted to the printer, based on the type of viewing filter that was most recently selected on the Print Monitor window.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Using the XDS Plus software You can also expand either section to fill the work space of the Change Printer window by selecting the small, triangular buttons near the left edge of the splitter bar. Buttons The Change Printer window contains the following buttons: • [Show All Printers]: Displays in the Printers section all the printers that have been specified in the printer discovery file (printer.disc) and are currently available.
Using the XDS Plus software Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services 2. In the [Printers] or [Queues] section on the Change Printer window, double-select the name of the printer or queue. Or, right-select on a printer or queue and select [Properties]. The read-only Properties window opens for the selected queue or printer. 3. When you are finished viewing the information, select [Close] to close the Properties window.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Using the XDS Plus software Printers and their queues for XDS Plus printing are set up automatically when XDS Plus is installed and run. XDS Plus detects all printing systems with DocuSP controllers running DocuSP 3.X that are connected to your workstation. You record the network addresses of these printers in a file called “printer.disc,” after you install XDS Plus on your workstation. When you select [Change Printer...
Using the XDS Plus software Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services • [Queues]: The [Queues] section lists the print queues that have been set up at the printer controller for your selected printer.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Using the XDS Plus software • [Set Print Path]: Confirms your queue selection and closes the Change Printer window. This button is grayed out unless a queue is selected. • [Refresh]: Updates and redisplays the Printers and Queues lists. Viewing printer and queue properties You can view information about printers and queues in the following ways: • Select the printer or queue name on the Change Printer window.
Using the XDS Plus software Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Selecting a printer and queue Follow these steps to select a printer and print queue for your job: 1. On the XDS Plus window, select [Change Printer] to open the Change Printer window. 2. If the queue that you want is not displayed in the [Queues] section, select [Show All Queues]. 3. In the [Queues] section, select the name of the queue to which you want to send the job.
4. Printing a job using the DocuSP web interface This chapter contains the procedures for printing using the DocuSP web interface on your workstation and submitting a document file over the web for printing on a Xerox printing system using XPPS. With the web interface you use a browser to access windows that enable you to select a document file, set up a job ticket, and submit your print job to the printer.
Printing a job using the DocuSP web interface Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services 7. Set up the remaining job ticket parameters in this section of the Job Submission window as required. Refer to “Setting up a print job.” 8. Specify the job parameters in the [Image Adjustment] section of the Job Submission window as needed. Refer to “Setting up advanced features.” 9. If desired, record job notes by entering them in the fields in the [Job Information] section.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Printing a job using the DocuSP web interface “a-z” “A-Z” “0-9” “-” “_” “.” “!” “~” “*” “‘” “(“ “)” The following sections discuss the parameters and print instructions that you can specify from the Job Submission window. Job tickets A job ticket is a set of specified printing options that the system will use for a job. On the Job Submission window, you can specify a wide range of parameters for the job that you are printing.
Printing a job using the DocuSP web interface Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services • Select [Print] to submit the job. • Save the specifications as your default job ticket. Refer to “Modifying the default job ticket,” later in this chapter. Selecting printing or saving In the [Print Options] field you can specify to print, save, or print and save your current job. You can also select the format in which the job will be saved.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Printing a job using the DocuSP web interface Selecting the type of page description language The [PDL Type] field, located in the section of the Job Submission window, displays the type of page description language, or PDL, in which the selected document file was saved. You can specify a different PDL type for the job by following these steps: 1. From the PDL Type menu, select the page description language for your document.
Printing a job using the DocuSP web interface Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services If you want to use the default job ticket that is stored on your workstation to print the job, follow these steps: 1. Select the queue and the file to print. 2. Select [Restore My Default Ticket]. The following message is displayed: Are you sure you want to restore the current settings to your default Job Ticket? 3. Select [OK].
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Printing a job using the DocuSP web interface When [Printer Default] is selected, the job is printed using the option that was set in one of the categories that are shown in priority order in the following figure. The figure above illustrates that parameters that are specified as queue overrides at your printing system controller are used as defaults first.
Printing a job using the DocuSP web interface Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Specifying a page range for printing To specify a range of pages that will be printed, follow these steps: 1. On the Job Submission window, scroll until the [Quantity] field is visible. 2. Do one of the following: • Select the [All] radio button if you want to print all the pages in the document. • Select the [From/To] radio button if you want to specify a range of pages to print.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Printing a job using the DocuSP web interface You can also define a stock by selecting [New] from the Main Paper Stock window. 3. Add the stock that you want to the Main Paper Stock pulldown menu by selecting the [Favorites] check box next to the name of the stock on the stock window. If your desired type of stock does not appear on the stocks window, you may add it as a user stock.
Printing a job using the DocuSP web interface Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Stock properties Each section displays the following properties for each stock that it contains: • Name: The name of the stock. • Size: Stock size expressed in inches or millimeters, depending on what was selected on the Preferences window. (Refer to “Setting user preferences,” later in this chapter, for information on setting the unit of measure.) • Color: The color of the stock.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Printing a job using the DocuSP web interface • [User Stock]: Displays the Custom window, which contains fields that enable you to define properties for a user stock. Refer to “Adding a user stock,” later in this chapter, for the procedure. • [Apply]: Implements the changes that you have made on the stock window without closing the window. • [OK]: Implements your changes and closes the stock window.
Printing a job using the DocuSP web interface Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services 1. On the Job Submission window, select [Stocks...]. 2. On the stock window, select [User Stock...]. The User Stock dialog window is displayed. 3. On the User Stock window, make specifications in the fields as desired, or select the [Printer Default] check box to specify the setting that was made at the printer controller.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Printing a job using the DocuSP web interface • Sides Coated: Select the number of sides that are coated from the pull-down menu. Select [Uncoated] if the stock has no special coating. • Coating Type: Select a surface coating from the pulldown menu for one or both sides of the stock.
Printing a job using the DocuSP web interface Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Specifying a finishing option The [Finishing] field allows you to select how the job is finished. The available finishing options are dependant on the selected printer. Refer to the “Job ticket features by printer” chapter for information on the finishing options that each printer supports. The icon at the left of the Finishing menu changes to reflect your selection.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Printing a job using the DocuSP web interface Setting up advanced features As you scroll down the Job Submission window, you arrive at a section called “Advanced Features.” In this section, you can specify image adjustment parameters, including color optimization parameters, and enter information about the job. The following sections describe the procedures for specifying parameters within the [Advanced Features] section of the Job Submission window.
Printing a job using the DocuSP web interface Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services – For side 2, a positive x value shifts the image to the left and a positive y value shifts the image down. NOTE: Any shift that you set using the Image Shift option may interfere with any offset for binding that the application sets in the document file. To shift the image on the printed page, follow these steps: 1. From the Image Shift pull-down menu, select one of the following image shift options.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services • Printing a job using the DocuSP web interface [Tandem X and Y]: A horizontal and vertical shift that moves the images on both side 1 and side 2 in the same direction. 2. Set the amount of image shift in the x (horizontal) and y (vertical) directions for Side 1 and Side 2 (if required). You can enter the amount in the text boxes or select the incremental arrow buttons until the desired amount of shift is displayed.
Printing a job using the DocuSP web interface Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services • Scan and Gather: The controller scans and also attempts to locate high-resolution files and retrieve them to the input spool disk prior to decomposition. • Printer Default: Default set for the system Specifying Halftone This feature provides the ability to specify the halftone screen that the job is to be rendered using. Select a halftone option that most closely represents the frequency you desire.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services • Printing a job using the DocuSP web interface [Trapping]: Compensates for misregistration occurring at the printer. When color planes are not registered exactly with one another, white gaps and regions of shifted hue can appear at object boundaries. When the [Trapping] check box is selected, registration problems are masked, resulting in better color print quality. Select the appropriate width for trapping.
Printing a job using the DocuSP web interface Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Example: If a color such as a pastel is below a threshold level, it may print as no color if a contrast value of 100 is specified. • [Saturation]: Specifies the amount of color that is used to print the output. – A value of -100 causes the output to appear grayscale. – A value of 100 prints the output to appear in all bright colors. – A value of 0 (zero) causes no change to the output.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Printing a job using the DocuSP web interface • If you want to confirm your selections without closing the Expert Color Settings window, select [Apply]. • Select [OK] to confirm your selections and close the Expert Color Settings window. • To close the window without making any changes, select [Cancel]. The following sections describe the parameters that are available on the Expert Color Settings window.
Printing a job using the DocuSP web interface Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services The pull-down menu contain a list of the destination profiles that have been created at the controller. You may select a profile that applies to both the front of the page and the back. • [Rendering]: Rendering allows the user to select desired rendering effect for all PDL objects.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Printing a job using the DocuSP web interface – [Automatic]: Selects allows the printer to choose the best choice for rendering. (Selecting [Automatic] disables all other Rendering Intent options.) • [Press Color Emulation]: Lets you specify the press standard whose color appearance will be emulated when the job is printed.
Printing a job using the DocuSP web interface Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services • Period (.) • The space character NOTE: he first character in the account field may not be a space character. • [Sender Name]: The name of the user who is submitting the job. Initially, this field displays the name of the owner of the desktop on the workstation from which the job is being sent. If desired, you may enter a different name up to 140 characters.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Printing a job using the DocuSP web interface • [Character Set]: From the pull-down menu, select the font in which all text on the web interface Job Submission windows will be presented. • [Units]: Allows you to select the unit of measure in which measurements will be expressed on the web interface Job Submission windows. Select the radio button next to [Inches] or [Metric].
Printing a job using the DocuSP web interface Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Selecting a file for printing To select a file for printing, follow these steps: 1. On the stationary printing section of the Job Submission window, select the [Browse] button that is located at the right of the [File Name] field. 2. On the Choose file window, browse to locate the file that you want to print, and select it. 3. Select [Open].
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Printing a job using the DocuSP web interface Follow these steps to display the job and queue status information: 1. On the web interface Job Submission window, select [Administration]. The Status and Messages for Queues and Jobs window displays. 2. Select one or more viewing options. The following selections are available: • [Show Jobs] and [Show Queues] check boxes: Select these check boxes to display the jobs list, queues list, or both.
Printing a job using the DocuSP web interface Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Viewing messages You can view messages of any job, queue, or printer that is displayed on the Status and Messages for Queues and Jobs window. Messages allow you to check the current condition of a print queue or a printer, as well as jobs that have been sent to a printer. View messages by following these steps: 1.
5. Xerox PPDs and PlugIns If the Xerox PlugIn is loaded, the AdobePS printer driver uses the PlugIn rather than the Xerox PPD files. Any job ticket settings override the PPD settings. PPDs and PlugIns using a Macintosh This section explains how to use the AdobePS printer driver with Xerox PPDs and Xerox Job Ticket PlugIn to create a document and submit it to a Xerox printer for printing when using a Macintosh system.
Xerox PPDs and PlugIns Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services • If you are submitting your document to a service bureau, any printing requirements you select from the XDS dialog boxes are ignored. You must enter your requirements at the service bureau, using a hardcopy job request form. Selecting the printing options To use the following procedure to select the printing options, you must have the AdobePS printer driver installed and set up. 1.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Xerox PPDs and PlugIns Using drag and drop to print one or more jobs To select one or more jobs using drag and drop, follow these steps: NOTE: This will not work on the Mac OS X because it does not have desktop printers. 1. Select the icon for the job that you want to print. 2. Drag and drop the job file icon on a desktop printer icon to print.
Xerox PPDs and PlugIns Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services NOTE: Font downloading and substitution may be different between PostScript and PDF files of the same job. In addition, font differences may be experienced between versions of Windows. Creating your document Plan how you want your document to look before you start. Set up the physical page and document attributes by selecting the appropriate features in the application layout, page setup, and other associated dialog boxes.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Xerox PPDs and PlugIns Table 5-1. Available selections by printer driver in print setup dialog Print setup dialog selections Native Adobe or Microsoft PS driver for Windows 95 with Xerox PPD files Microsoft PS driver for Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 with Xerox PPD files Collate copies Keep selected (on). Keep selected (on). Table 5-2.
Xerox PPDs and PlugIns Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Table 5-2. Available selections by printer driver in properties dialog (Continued) Native Adobe or Microsoft PS driver for Windows 95 with Xerox PPD files Microsoft PS driver for Windows NT 4.0 with Xerox PPD files Finishing All available finishing options are supported by the printer except [Custom]. All available finishing options are supported by the printer except [Custom].
6. Using Command Line Client The Xerox Document Submission Command Line software enables you to set up and submit print jobs by entering commands in a DOS or Unix window, from a PC or Sun workstation. This chapter describes the procedure and syntax for entering the print and job setup commands. To view more of the window or enable the scroll bars, right click on the title bar for the Command Prompt window and then select [Properties...]. Change the WIndow size to Width=100 and Height-100. Select [OK].
Using Command Line Client Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services 1. Log on to your network. 2. Use the main application called Print. Type Print . Additional information about using this application is in the following section. 3. Wait for the XDSCL> prompt to appear on the window. This may take several seconds. At the XDSCL> prompt, you are now using XDS Command Line in Multiple Command Mode and and may enter job setup and print commands on the command line at this prompt.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Syntax Using Command Line Client –help -\? Exiting XDS Command Line: -exit Exits XDS Command Line. Syntax –exit Listing the printers: -ListP Displays the directory paths and names of the available printers. The printer name, printer status, output status, and printer type for each available printer will display.
Using Command Line Client Syntax Argument Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services –f Specifies the directory path and name of the document file that will be printed. Setting the job ticket: -jt Specifies the job ticket that will be used with the current job. This parameter is required for printing. Syntax Argument –jt Specifies the directory path and name of the saved job ticket that will be used to print the job.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Using Command Line Client Setting the finishing option Specifies the finishing for the job. Syntax Argument -finishing
Using Command Line Client Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Displays the information in verbose mode. All job information will be displayed up to 40 jobs. The number of records displayed can be specified using the -n option. Use the -e option to display the entire database.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Using Command Line Client Setting the printer: -p Specifies and sets the printer that will be used for print jobs. This parameter is required for printing. Syntax Argument –p Specifies the directory path and name of the printer to which you want to send jobs. This path and name must be entered exactly the way it appears on the printer list that is generated by the – Listp command.
Using Command Line Client Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Setting the RegFileLoc For information on creating and setting up the printer discovery file, refer to the Installation Guide. To set the Printer Registration File location, use this synatax. Syntax Argument RegFileLoc - Specifies the location of the Printer Registration file in URL format. Argument RegFileLoc -get Displays the current location of the Printer Registration File.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Using Command Line Client 2. The job is submitted when you execute the batch file. The single command mode is often used for batch operation. To do this, copy and paste the command line and change the parameters. NOTE: Do not change other parts of the batch file. You must have one command line for each separate command to be executed. The following example displays a file with two print commands, each to a different printer. • com.xerox.jxds.
Using Command Line Client Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Table 6-1. Print command mode commands and parameters Parameter Function –help Display list of available commands –Listp Display list of printers -Listjob -listq 6-10 Displays status information for jobs sent to the Controller. Lists available queues and the status of queues.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Using Command Line Client Table 6-1. Print command mode commands and parameters Parameter -RegFileLoc Function Printer Registration File Location Arguments Argument definition -p or -P Displays information for the specified printer queue.
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7. The Xerox Custom PCL printer drivers This chapter describes how you may best use the Xerox PCL printer drivers when using a Windows or Solaris based system. The Xerox Custom PCL printer drivers are PCL drivers that include Xerox value added user interface controls to access the features specific to the supported Xerox printers. If the driver is not installed or you wish to install an additional printer driver, refer to the Installation Guide chapter for the installation procedure.
The Xerox Custom PCL printer drivers Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Printing a document This section explains how to select the options and features of the Xerox PCL printer drivers for Windows, or Solaris applications. The procedure to get to the user interface window of the PCL driver varies for different Windows applications. The most common procedure is included in this section.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services The Xerox Custom PCL printer drivers NOTE: If you are submitting a job with a defined page range and the application supports defining a page range to print, set the page range in the application rather than in the Xerox Job Ticket. Setting the page range in the application creates a smaller PDL file. For further information regarding job ticket options and selections, refer to the Job Ticket Options earlier in this document.
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8. The Xerox Custom PostScript printer drivers This chapter describes how you may best use the Xerox Custom PostScript printer drivers when using a Windows, Macintosh, or Solaris based system. The Xerox Custom PostScript printer drivers include Xerox value added user interface controls to access the features specific to the supported Xerox printers. If the driver is not installed or you wish to install an additional printer driver, refer to the Installation Guide for the installation procedure.
The Xerox Custom PostScript printer drivers Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services • Access to the printer job ticket items from within applications • Faster processing in many situations when compared to the Microsoft PostScript printer driver, especially when graphics are included in the document • Improved efficient generation of PostScript files compared to the Microsoft PostScript printer driver, and generally a smaller PostScript file size • PostScript Level 1, Level 2, and L
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services The Xerox Custom PostScript printer drivers 5. Select [Options] or [Properties]. The Job Ticket setup window is displayed. NOTE: For Windows NT and Windows 2000, selecting [Options] or [Properties] provides the printer properties. To open the properties for other operating systems, select the [Xerox Settings] tab to open the Job Ticket Setup window.
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9. Job ticket options This chapter contains the procedures for printing a document using the XDS and 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, or a Sun workstation that is running Solaris 2.6 or 2.8. From a Macintosh OS 8.6, 9.x, or OS in Classic Mode when running XDS. When running XDS Plus, a Macintosh using OS X Native mode must be used.
Job ticket options Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services The Printer default option A Printer default selection appears in many of the job ticket fields. This option can be used to print the job using the queue default, the queue override, or the option that was set using the PostScript setpagedevice command. When [Printer default] is selected, the job is printed using the option that was set in one of the categories that are shown in priority order in the following figure.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Job ticket options NOTE: The features that appear in the job ticket fields and list boxes on the Setup window vary depending on which features are available from the job ticket settings that you select or are supported by the printer that you are using. Refer to the Job ticket features guide to determine which features are supported by the printer that you selected.
Job ticket options Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services 3. If you want to use an existing job ticket as the base for your new one, select the [Open] button to the right of the [Job Ticket] field, and browse to select the job ticket that you want to use. 4. Enter the rest of the job information on the Files window. Refer to “Printing a job,” later in this chapter. 5. Select the other tabs as desired, to display additional windows and to specify other parameters for your job.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Job ticket options The features that appear on the windows and the list boxes vary depending on which features are available from the job ticket settings you select or for the printer you are using as well as the platform being used. Settings differ per platform (Windows, Macintosh, Solaris). Refer to the “Job ticket features by printer” guide to determine which features are supported by your printer.
Job ticket options Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Specifying the job disposition (printing or saving) The Disposition menu enables you to print, save, or print and save your job, depending on your printer capabilities. To specify the job disposition (sometimes called “destination”) follow these steps: 1. Select one of the following options from the Disposition menu: • [Print]: Prints the job file and does not save it. This is the default setting.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Job ticket options The following sections describe the options that may be available on the Job Ticket dialog box, depending on your printer. Selecting the document type The “document type” is the page description language (PDL) format for the document. To specify the document type, do the following: 1. From the Document Type pop-up menu, select one of the following available PDL options: [PostScript], [PDF], [ASCII Text], [TIFF], or [PCL]. 2.
Job ticket options Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Custom finishing is available for some of the Xerox printers. For availability, refer to the guide titled, Job ticket features guide.” If your connected printer supports a printer capability file, a pop up button is available. When selected, the available custom finishing devices will display.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Job ticket options • [Vertical image shift]: Moves the image vertically on the portrait or landscape page. The up arrow shifts the image towards the top of the page and the down arrow shifts the image towards the bottom of the page. • [Independent side 2 image shift]: Some printers support independent side two image shifting. If Sides Imaged is set to [2-sided] or [Head-To-Toe], the image shift values for X2 and Y2 may be available.
Job ticket options Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services • [Tandem Y]: A vertical shift that moves the images on both sides in the same direction. This leaves the horizontal shift independent for both sides. Tandem is best used for head-to-toe jobs. • [Tandem Both]: A horizontal and vertical shift that moves the images on both side 1 and side 2 in the same direction. • [Printer Default] 4. Select [OK] to close the Image Shift dialog box.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Job ticket options Specifying anti-aliasing The [Anti-aliasing] field allows you to alleviate any aliasing problem that may occur in an image. Aliasing means inaccurate rendition of line width and position, and a jagged appearance on the edges of images. If anti-aliasing is enabled, the system uses intermediate levels of imaging intensity to improve the accuracy of line width and reduce the jagged effect.
Job ticket options Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services DocuTech 135 and DocuTech/DocuPrint 90 restrictions: On these systems, the [Account:] field must contain a minimum of three characters. You may use only the following characters in the [Account] field: – Uppercase letters A through Z – Numerals 0 through 9 – The following punctuation marks: • Pound or number sign (#) • Plus sign (+) • Hyphen (-) • Slash (/) • Asterisk (*) • Period (.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Job ticket options Stock categories The XDS software organizes the stocks that it detects in job tickets into the following categories: NOTE: This section is specifically for Macintosh users. • Printer stocks: Stocks that are loaded on the printer. Properties for printer stocks are entered at the printer controller user interface screen.
Job ticket options Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services For example, if you plan to use five different stocks for this job (possibly for the main stock plus covers, exception pages, and blank page inserts), you will need to perform the specification procedure five times, for stocks 1 through 5 for your current job. 5. When finished specifying stocks, select [OK] to save your stock selections and to exit the Paper Stock dialog box.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Job ticket options 2. Make changes to the specifications in the property fields as desired. Refer to “Specifying stock properties,” later in this chapter, for an explanation of these fields. 3. When finished making changes, select one of the following buttons at the bottom of the dialog box to save the modifications: • [Save As User Stock]: Saves the modified stock as a new one. The system assigns it a new, unique ID number.
Job ticket options Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services 3. If necessary, select the radio button for the desired unit of measure for your stock size. Your options are [in.] (inches) or [mm] (millimeters). Specifying the stock color Follow these steps to select the color of the stock: 1. From the Color pop-up menu, select a stock color or [Custom]. 2. If you select [Custom], a Custom Selection dialog box opens.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services • Job ticket options [Custom]: A stock type that is not on the Type menu. The stock type name may have up to 30 characters. Do not use spaces when entering the custom stock type name. If you select this option, a Custom Selection dialog box opens. Enter a name for your custom stock type, then select [OK] to close the Custom Selection dialog box.
Job ticket options Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Specifying front cover or back cover only You can add just a front cover or a back cover to the print job. Follow these steps to add one cover and to select the printing options: 1. Select the [Covers...] icon on the Job Ticket dialog box. The Covers dialog box opens. 2. Select [Front Only] or [Back Only] from the Covers pop-up menu. The [Stock] and [Printing on] fields are displayed. 3.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Job ticket options 2. In the Covers dialog box, select either [Front and Back Same] or [Front and Back Different] to add both a front and a back cover to the job. Depending on your selection, either the [Front Cover] and [Back Cover] fields or the [Both Covers] field are displayed. • Select [Front and Back Same] if the paper stock and the sides printed will be the same for both the front and back covers.
Job ticket options Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Specifying exception pages The Exception Pages dialog box enables you to select different paper stocks for any specified pages or page ranges in the print job. Adding an exception page You can add up to 250 exception page ranges. Follow these steps to add exception pages: 1. In the Job Ticket dialog box, select the [Exception Pages...] icon. The Exception Pages dialog box opens. 2.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Job ticket options • [Sides Imaged]: Select 1-sided, 2-sided, or head-to-toe printing from the pop-up menu in this field. You can also select [Use Job Setting]. • [Rotation]: Select Printer Default, None, or 180 to rotate an image. • [Image Shift]: If you want to shift the page image on the range of exception pages, follow these steps: a. In the [Image Shift] field, deselect the [Use Current Values] check box to enable the [Image Shift] button.
Job ticket options Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services 4. On the Exception Pages dialog box, select [Add]. The exception page range is added to the [Defined Ranges] list box. 5. Repeat steps 2 through 4 to program additional exception pages if desired. 6. Select [OK] to save the exception pages and return to the Job Ticket dialog box. If you want to remove the changes you have made, select [Cancel].
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Job ticket options Specifying full-color parameters The [Color...] icon opens a Color dialog box, which allows you to specify job submission attributes for optimal color print quality. Select to print the job in Grayscale or Printer Default. Settings in the Color fields The Color dialog box contains several Color fields in which you can make a variety of changes to the way colored areas in the job are printed.
Job ticket options Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services – A contrast value of 100 causes the output colors to use either full color or no color for cyan, yellow, magenta, and black, depending on the content of the original image. Example: If a color such as a pastel is below a threshold level, it may print as no color if a contrast value of 100 is specified. • [Saturation]: A slider lets you specify the amount of color that is used to print the output.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Job ticket options The menus contain profiles that are provided by Xerox, plus any additional profiles that have been added by the system administrator at the controller. These color source profiles are defined in the Printer Capabilities file that was selected in the User Preferences dialog box.
Job ticket options Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services – [Same Rendering for All] check box: Causes the rendering intent that you select from the Images menu to be used for text and graphics as well. (The Graphics and Text menus are disabled when you select this check box.) – Images, Text, and Graphic menus: These three pop-up menus enable you to select a rendering effect for Images, Text, and Graphics.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Job ticket options 3. Select [OK] to save your changes and to return to the Color dialog box. If you want to return to the Color dialog box without saving any changes, select [Cancel].
Job ticket options Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Extraction color determines how the existing color of text, shading, or graphics contained in a job will print on your printer, and which color will print in the solid highlight ink color. All colors other than the highlight (printer ink) color print in a shade or tint of the color that is loaded in the printer.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Job ticket options Specifying page inserts The [Inserts...] icon opens the Page Inserts dialog box on which you specify blank pages that will be inserted into the current document. You may specify the page number that the blank pages will follow, the number of blank pages to insert, and the stock that will be used for the blank pages. Multiple sets of blank pages can be inserted in the print job.
Job ticket options Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services e. Select [OK] to close the Paper Stock dialog box and return to the Inserts dialog box. Your new stock specifications are displayed in the [Paper Stock] field on the Inserts dialog box. 6. Select [Add]. The order number, page number, quantity, and stock number of the new blank page insert range appears in the [Inserts] list box. 7. Select [OK] to save the blank page insert information and return to the Job Ticket dialog box.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Job ticket options If you want to remove the changes that you made, select [Cancel]. Specifying chapter starts Use the [Chapter Start] option to identify a page as the first page of a chapter or section of the job. The chapter start page always prints on the first side of a two-sided page.
Job ticket options Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Deleting a chapter start page Follow these steps to delete a chapter start page. 1. On the Job Ticket dialog box, select the [Chapter Starts...] icon. 2. In the [Page] list box, select the page number that you want to delete. 3. Select [Delete]. The selected chapter start page number is removed from the [Page] list box. 4. Select [OK] to confirm the deletion and to close the Chapter Starts dialog box.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Job ticket options • Use the Window Explorer to select the file and drag and drop the file onto the XDS application. The file is sent directly to the printer. • Use the command line. • Select the file from the File menu, which displays the four most recently opened files. Directory window 1. Select [Browse] in the [Document] area, or select [Open Document] from the File menu. A Directory window is displayed. 2.
Job ticket options Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Saved jobs may be reprinted in one of the following ways: • Without changing any of the saved job ticket parameters • Changing one or more saved job ticket parameters NOTE: Different network software modifies the reprint job name to fit various naming conventions. In most cases, in order to reprint a job from a DOS or Windows client, the Save Preferences on the DocuSP controller must have the File Server Type set to [PC].
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Job ticket options 6. Select [Print]. The job is sent to the printer for reprinting. Reprinting with different job ticket parameters When a job is saved, its job ticket is saved with it. The job may be reprinted with different job ticket parameters as necessary. The saved job ticket cannot be changed. The job may be submitted for reprinting with new parameters, but the new parameters do not affect the saved ticket.
Job ticket options Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Checking the status of a job To check the status of a job that has been sent to a Novell print queue, use the Novell NetWare PCONSOLE utility. To view the Novell print queue: 1. At the DOS prompt, enter PCONSOLE. 2. From the Available Options menu, select [Print Queue Information], and press . (You may not have access to some of the options in PCONSOLE.) 3.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Job ticket options If [Restore XDS when a file is dropped] is not selected, XDS remains minimized when files are dropped on it. • [Print command-line document files]: Enables XDS to print files that are specified on the command line. If [Print command-line document files] is not selected, the file becomes the currently selected document file.
Job ticket options Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services • Stocks in the Stock Library (names and records) • Fonts that have been loaded • Destination ICC profiles • CMYK intensity transfer functions (TRC) • RGB source color profile • CMYK source color profile • CMY source color profile • Gray source color profile Sources for the printer capabilities file for Windows You are not able to generate a printer capabilities file using XDS on your Windows system.
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services Job ticket options 6. On the Save Printer Capabilities File window, locate and open the folder in which you want the system to save the printer capabilities file that it generates. In the [File name] text field, enter a name for the file. The name must have a .xcp extension. 7. Select [Save]. The system saves the file in the selected location, and the Save Printer Capabilities File window closes. 8.