Xerox DocuPrint 92C IPS Guide to Configuring and Managing the System Version 7.
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Table of contents Laser safety iii Ozone information iii Operation safety iv Introduction ix About this guide ix Contents ix Conventions x Related publications 1. xi Introduction to the graphical user interface The graphical user interface screen 1-1 Using the user interface screens 1-3 Pull-down menus 1-3 Buttons 1-5 Moving a window or icon 1-6 Reducing a window 1-6 Entering in text 1-7 Exiting a window 1-8 IPS main window 1-9 Menus 2.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Setting of the debug level 4-27 Updating the software using a CD or a diskette 4-28 Updating the software remotely 4-29 System Options menu tasks 4-30 Specifying the input configuration 4-31 Example of an input configuration 4-32 Selecting simplex or duplex printing 4-33 Setting up margin values 4-34 Setting up the Media Library 4-35 Creating a media icon 4-36 Changing a media icon 4-41 Deleting a media icon 4-41 Editing the media defaults 4-41 Adding a new input
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Introduction This Xerox DocuPrint 92C Guide to Configuring and Managing the System provides information on how to perform DocuPrint system administration tasks for the DocuPrint 92C IPS. About this guide This guide is intended for system administrators who are responsible for setting up and maintaining DocuPrint printers. Users should have an understanding of Printer Controller operations and be familiar with SunOS and basic UNIX commands.
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 ). • Bold — Within procedures, text and numbers that you enter are shown in bold (for example, enter cmd tool). • “Enter” — Within procedures, the two-step process of keying in data and pressing (for example, enter y).
INTRODUCTION Related publications This document is part of the Xerox DocuPrint IPS publication set. Xerox documents Following is a list of all Xerox DocuPrint IPS documents. For a complete list and description of available Xerox documentation, refer to the Xerox Customer Documentation Catalog (publication number 610P17517), or call your service representative.
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1. 1Introduction to the graphical user interface This chapter gives an overview of the graphical user interface (GUI) and provides instructions on how to use it to interact with the system. With the user interface you perform operator and system administration tasks through a dynamic set of windows. Either a mouse or certain keyboard combinations are used to move between windows and select options. You enter commands through windows on the display screen.
INTRODUCTION TO THE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE Figure 1-1.
INTRODUCTION TO THE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE Using the user interface screens The graphical user interface screens contain various combinations of pull-down menus and dropdown lists, selection buttons, incremental spin boxes, and text fields by which you can interact with the system. The following describes how to use these screen features. Pull-down menus A pull-down menu or list is indicated by an inverted triangle within the menu title box or oval, to the right of the menu name. Figure 1-2.
INTRODUCTION TO THE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE Selecting from a pull-down menu There are two methods of accessing items from a pull-down menu: • Click method: 1. Position the cursor over the menu box or oval and click the right mouse button. The menu options display. 2. With either mouse button, click the option you want. The menu disappears and the screen for your selection is displayed. • Drag method: 1. Position the cursor over the menu box or oval and hold down the right mouse button.
INTRODUCTION TO THE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE Buttons A selection button displays as an oval or box (except for the Stop and Continue buttons) containing a function name, but no inverted triangle. Figure 1-6. Example of a selection button from the IPS main window Cancel Job To use a button: 1. With the cursor positioned over the button, click the left mouse button. 2.
INTRODUCTION TO THE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE Moving a window or icon Windows and icons may be moved and repositioned where you want them on the screen. You may need to do this when a window you display covers all or part of another window you also need to see. Drag and drop procedure To move an item on the screen: 1. Position the cursor on the icon or on the title bar of the window you want to move. 2. Hold down the left mouse button while moving the cursor to the desired location.
INTRODUCTION TO THE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE Entering in text Some windows contain lines on which you can enter text such as file names or numeric values. At the beginning of a text field, there is a small icon. This icon displays as a dark triangle when the cursor is positioned anywhere in the window containing the text field. When the cursor is outside the window, the icon on the line becomes a grayed-out diamond shape, and you cannot enter text in the field.
INTRODUCTION TO THE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE Exiting a window You can exit most IPS windows by clicking the left mouse button on a Quit, Done, or Cancel button. Sometimes an Apply button closes the window after applying what has been specified or selected. Pin buttons In addition, on certain windows, there is a small button in the shape of a push-pin in the upper-left corner on the title bar (illustrated in the following examples). • If the pin is “out:” Figure 1-8.
INTRODUCTION TO THE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE IPS main window To configure your system, use the IPS main window to provide access to the Configuration, Diagnostics, Administration, and System Options menus, and to the Input and Output Configuration subwindows. You return to this window from each of the subwindows after you have made your selections. Caution: When you are using the mouse on the IPS main window, it is possible to delete the window by selecting Quit from the pulldown menu on the title bar.
INTRODUCTION TO THE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE Menus The IPS main window displays the following pull-down menus: • • • • Configuration Diagnostics Administration System Options. Note: Clicking or pressing the right mouse button with the cursor on the title bar of a window displays a title bar pull-down menu. This menu contains options having to do with displaying the window (for example, the Refresh option redisplays or redraws the window).
INTRODUCTION TO THE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE The Configuration pull-down menu contains the following items: • Language — Allows you to select the language in which GUI messages will display. Note: The printer status and fault messages are not part of this feature. • Interface — Allows you to specify the current interface and the interface options you want to use. • Resolution — Allows you to specify the resolution of the fonts and other resources in the incoming job (240 or 300).
INTRODUCTION TO THE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE Diagnostics menu Use the Diagnostics menu to print samples and specify trace mode options. (It is also used by your service representative to access system diagnostic functions.) Figure 1-12. Diagnostics pull-down menu The Diagnostics pull-down menu contains the following items: • Sample Prints — Allows you to print sample files (test patterns), to exercise the print engine, and to perform a manual print quality adjustment (PQA).
INTRODUCTION TO THE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE Administration menu Use the Administration pull-down menu to access windows for performing administrative tasks, such as billing reporting. Figure 1-13. Administration pull-down menu The Administration pull-down menu contains the following items: • IPS Authorization — Enables entry of your IPS operating system software license text string, provided by Xerox, which authorizes you to use the IPS software.
INTRODUCTION TO THE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE System Options menu Use the System Options pull-down menu to take the IPS online and offline, and shut down the system. Figure 1-14. System Options pull-down menu The System Options pull-down menu contains the following items: • • • 1-14 Online — Places the system online. Offline — Takes the system offline. Shutdown System — Shuts down the system.
INTRODUCTION TO THE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE Input Configuration section The Input Configuration section of the main window provides access to the windows that enable you to configure the printer input trays to feed the stocks you want to be used in the print job. It also displays the current configuration of the feeder trays. Figure 1-15.
INTRODUCTION TO THE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE • Printer Trays — Graphically shows the stocks that should be loaded in the physical feeder trays for the current input configuration. The Printer Trays field consists of a row of tray cell boxes, each of which represents one of the printer’s feeder trays. (The number of cells in this field is the number of input trays your IPS printer supports.) Tray cells for feeder trays in which stocks will be loaded contain media icons representing those stocks.
INTRODUCTION TO THE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE Note: IPDS bin 1 is coded in the software to be mapped to the sample tray. The IPDS row 1 contains only a sample tray icon, which always displays bolded; there are no other printer bins available to select. You are not able to change this part of the output configuration. If “Allow Host Control” is selected, all parts of any print job in which the data stream calls for IPDS bin 1 are delivered to the sample tray.
INTRODUCTION TO THE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE Setup and status information The following system setup and status information is displayed in the right column of the IPS main window: Control Unit Configuration section Displays the current configuration of the system. Items that appear here include: Figure 1-18. Control Unit Configuration section of main window • Highlight Color — Displays the color dry ink installed in the printer.
INTRODUCTION TO THE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE Status section The following items appear in the Status (middle) section of the right column on the main window. They indicate what the printer is doing. Figure 1-19. Status section of main window • Control Unit — Indicates whether the system is Receiving, Processing, Printing, Idle, Stopped, or Not Ready, or has an error condition (Not Ready, Error, and Fault appear in red). In case of a Fault, reboot the system.
INTRODUCTION TO THE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE Host Job Control section The Host Job Control section, located in the lower-right corner of the IPS main window contains three buttons: • • • Stop Continue Cancel Job. Figure 1-20. Host Job Control section of main window Stop and Continue buttons Use the Stop and Continue buttons to perform the same functions as actual buttons on the printer: • Stop — Allows you to interrupt job processing.
INTRODUCTION TO THE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE Subwindow buttons This section describes some of the buttons that appear on subwindows accessed through the main window pull-down menus and the Input and Output Configuration section. Add Saves new input/output configurations and media icons you create, and displays the Ask for File Name window, where you are prompted to give the new file a name. On the Create and Edit a Media Icon windows, adds a new form type to the list.
INTRODUCTION TO THE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE The figure below shows one of the windows that contain the Quit and Apply buttons. Figure 1-21. Window with Quit and Apply buttons Reset On the Create a new Media Type and Edit a Media Type windows, restores the attribute settings displayed on the window to the system defaults. If selected after you have input changes to a previously saved media icon, restores the icon’s original saved attributes.
2. 2Starting and stopping the system This chapter describes how to start and stop your printing system. It addresses the proper methods of powering the system on and off, starting and stopping print jobs, shutting down the system, and dealing with power failures. Powering on the IPS system When you power on the IPS, it is important to perform all procedures in the correct order, including some tasks required before powering on.
STARTING AND STOPPING THE SYSTEM Powering on procedure Power on the IPS system in the following sequence: 1. Power on all peripherals, such as the optional tape drive and display monitor. 2. If your system is channel-attached, power on the Host Channel Unit (HCU). When the HCU is ready (offline) the code 2 displays in its LED window. You can now power on the remaining components. Note: The HCU displays a 2. When the Sun workstation is completely booted, the display shows 0.
STARTING AND STOPPING THE SYSTEM Powering off the IPS system Do not power off the system until it has stopped printing. Note: Powering off the system at the end of the day is not necessary. However, doing so does not damage the system.
STARTING AND STOPPING THE SYSTEM In routine operation When powering off the system, follow this sequence: 1. Make sure no print jobs are running. Take the IPS offline from the host by selecting Offline from the System Options menu on the IPS main window. 2. Use one of the two methods below to shut down the Printer Controller. Both methods immediately stop all processes running on the Printer Controller and on the printer, and return to the Boot prompt for the operating system.
STARTING AND STOPPING THE SYSTEM After a power outage If an unexpected power failure occurs, switch off the printer and all components of the Printer Controller. Switch the components back on only after power is restored. Take the printer offline as soon as possible. Caution: If you do not switch off all indicated components, a power surge may damage them when power is restored. If the power fails during printing, the print job is interrupted but not lost.
STARTING AND STOPPING THE SYSTEM Printer status The default printer status is online and ready to print. The current status is displayed in the Control Unit Status field on the IPS main window. The IPS Print Engine Monitor window displays messages on the condition of the printer. Starting a print job Once the channel or communications system is enabled, the paper is loaded, trays are selected, and the printer is ready, the IPS system can receive print jobs.
STARTING AND STOPPING THE SYSTEM Resuming printing You must always resume printing an interrupted job in the same way you stopped it: • If you pressed the red Stop button on the printer control console, you must use the Continue button on the printer control console. • If you clicked the red Stop button on the IPS main window, you must click the green Continue button on the IPS main window. Automatic print job recovery When a jam occurs, the Printer Controller performs a job recovery.
STARTING AND STOPPING THE SYSTEM Removing media from the processor This section explains how to eject a diskette from the diskette drive, and how to remove a CD from the CD-ROM drive. Ejecting a diskette To eject a diskette, follow these steps: 1. Place the cursor in the screen background area and press the right mouse button. The workspace menu displays. 2. Do one of the following: • • Removing a CD 2-8 Select Eject disk from the workspace menu, or Open a command tool and enter the eject command: a.
3. 3Setting up the Printer Controller This chapter describes the procedures that are required to set up your Printer Controller to receive and process the types of print jobs you will be running. Tasks requiring a Controller reboot Several of the tasks accessed from pull-down menus on the IPS main window require the Printer Controller to be rebooted to put the new settings into effect. (The procedure for rebooting the Printer Controller is in the “Starting and stopping the system” chapter.
SETTING UP THE PRINTER CONTROLLER Selecting a language You can select the language in which the GUI panel and labels will display. 1. From the Configuration pull-down menu, select Language. The Language window displays. 2. From the pull-down menu, select the language of your choice. Figure 3-1. Language window 3. After you have made the selection, reboot the system to put your selection into effect.
SETTING UP THE PRINTER CONTROLLER Specifying the system interface This section describes the procedure for specifying the network or channel interface for your system. Your options are Channel and TCP/IP. Note: You can have a bus and tag channel connection plus multiple TCP/IP connections (Token Ring and Ethernet) installed at the same time. Your TCP/IP selection is made at installation and enabled by your service representative.
SETTING UP THE PRINTER CONTROLLER Selecting channel interface To specify your interface as a bus and tag channel (parallel channel interface), follow these steps: 1. Select Channel from the Interface window pull-down menu. The Channel Options window displays. Figure 3-3. Channel Options window 2. On the Channel Address (HEX) keypad, click the alphanumeric characters to specify the last two digits of the hexadecimal channel address of your host. 3.
SETTING UP THE PRINTER CONTROLLER Selecting TCP/IP interface Note: When the system is sending a resource-intensive job using TCP/IP, the job will take considerably longer to load via the network. To specify the TCP/IP port number, follow these steps: 1. Select TCP/IP from the Interface window pull-down menu. The TCP/IP Interface window displays, displaying the default port number that PSF is already using for your system. Figure 3-4. TCP/IP interface window 2.
SETTING UP THE PRINTER CONTROLLER Enabling or disabling the modem Your service representative may install a modem in your system for diagnostic purposes. This modem is used for dial-in servicing and diagnostics when needed by your service representative. To enable or disable the modem, follow these steps: 1. Select Modem Enable/Disable from the Configuration pull-down menu. The Modem Enable/Disable window displays. Figure 3-5. Modem Enable/Disable window 2. Click Enabled or Disabled, as appropriate. 3.
SETTING UP THE PRINTER CONTROLLER Allocating memory for resources The Resource Limits option allows you to specify additional memory to be used for resources such as fonts and overlays. Note: Whatever memory you add to your resource allocation will no longer be available for system operation. If you wish to change the memory allocation to provide more memory for resources, follow these steps: 1. Select Resource Limits from the Configuration pull-down menu. The System Resource Limits window displays.
SETTING UP THE PRINTER CONTROLLER Displaying and adding resident fonts You can display the resident fonts currently loaded on your system, or add resident fonts as needed. Displaying resident fonts To display the currently loaded resident fonts, select Resident Fonts from the Configuration pull-down menu. The Resident Fonts User Interface window displays. Figure 3-7.
SETTING UP THE PRINTER CONTROLLER Adding resident fonts You can add resident fonts from various media including CD-ROM, diskette (floppy), or your network. To add resident fonts to your system, follow these steps: 1. If the fonts you want to add reside on a CD or a diskette, skip this step. Otherwise, copy the fonts to the following location: /var/db/fonts/input 2. Display the Resident Fonts User Interface window. (Refer to the section “Displaying resident fonts” above.) 3. Click Add.
SETTING UP THE PRINTER CONTROLLER 5. From the Input Media pull-down menu, select the medium you want to use as the source for the additional fonts. The fonts available on the selected medium display. Figure 3-9. Input Media pull-down menu 6. From the displayed list of fonts, either select individual fonts to add, or click Select All to select all listed fonts. 7. Click Apply. 8. When loading of the new fonts is completed (that is, the Apply button is no longer grayed out), click Quit. 9.
SETTING UP THE PRINTER CONTROLLER Loading the IPS software license text string When an IPS system is purchased, the new owners must have a license authorizing them to use the IPS operating system software. Your license is obtained for you by your Xerox service representative, and must be enabled on the Printer Controller for your IPS to receive data from the host.
SETTING UP THE PRINTER CONTROLLER The IPS Authorization window displays. Figure 3-11. IPS Authorization window 2. On the Enter Expiration Date line, enter the license expiration date provided by your service representative. Make sure to enter the date exactly the way your service representative gives it to you (same number of characters, same letters in lower case, etc.) Any differences will cause your entry to be rejected. 3.
SETTING UP THE PRINTER CONTROLLER Switching modes (Dual Mode) The Dual Mode printing option lets you switch back and forth between IPS and NPS modes on your Printer Controller. This allows your printer to accept IPDS, PostScript, and PCL data streams. When you are in IPS mode, you can spool PostScript and PCL data streams in the background; however, you can print these jobs only when you switch to NPS mode.
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4. 4Setting the system configuration This chapter describes the procedures for configuring your system. You access those procedures through the pull-down menus on the IPS main window. The procedures are described in sequence as they appear on each menu. Note: During an upgrade to the system, all data on the system disks is deleted.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Privilege Modes The IPS allows access to various functions based on a user’s privilege level. The following Privilege Modes are available: • User Mode — This is the default and the lowest privilege mode at which the IPS operates. In this mode, the Configuration menu, service-related options on the Diagnostics menu, as well as the Trace, Service, and Debug Level options on the Diagnostics menu are not accessible.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Changing the Privilege Mode Changing your current privilege level to an Operator Mode, Administrator Mode, or Service Mode requires a password. To change the Privilege Mode: 1. From the Administration menu, select Privilege Mode, then Change Privilege Mode. The Change Privilege Mode window displays. 2. From the Privilege Mode pull-down list, select the Privilege Mode of your choice. 3. In the Enter Password field, enter your password. 4. Click Apply.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Changing the password for a Privilege Mode To change the password for a Privilege Mode (Operator or Administrator): 1. From the Administration menu, select Privilege Mode, then Change Operator Password. The Change Operator Password window displays. 2. In the Old Password field, enter your old password. 3. In the New Password field, enter your new password. A password may consist of digits, letters, punctuation and special characters. It may not use control characters. 4.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Accessing configuration tasks From the IPS main window, configure your system by selecting from the Configuration, Diagnostics, Administration, and System Options menus, and from the input and output configuration subwindows. Return to the IPS main window from each of the submenus or subwindows after you have made your selections.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Indicating the input resolution This section describes the procedure for communicating the resolution of the fonts used in the incoming job to the IPS. The IPS then reports this information to PSF. Caution: The resolution you indicate on this window must match the font resolution in your host input data stream. Conflicts between the input font resolution and the IPS configuration may result in inability to print the job, or in blank output pages.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 7. Reboot the Printer Controller. 8. Restart the PSF printer session, or the Functional Sub System. Specifying the maximum simplex value This section describes the procedure for specifying the number of simplex pages that the system prints in duplex mode before clearing the paper path and switching to simplex mode. This capability allows you to switch between duplex and simplex mode within a single job, with less degradation to the throughput speed.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 2. Enter the value for the maximum number of simplex pages you want printed in duplex mode and press , or click the arrows to select the value. The range of values is 0 to 20 pages. The default is 10; the recommended value is 10. For jobs that contain such high frequency of plex changes, it is recommended that the Maximum Simplex value be set to 0. This allows the print engine to perform simulated simplex without charging for the blank pages.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Extraction Color window The Extraction Color window contains the following options: • • Color pull-down menu — Lists the eight colors allowed by the IPDS data stream, from which you select the extraction color. — The Printer Color option selects whatever color ink is loaded in the printer as the extraction color. — Executive Black selects black as the extraction color; that is, all colors specified in the job print as black or shades of black.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Rules for extraction color Here are some general rules for extraction highlight color on the IPS: • The highlight color ink loaded in the printer always determines the final output color—it is impossible, for example, to obtain red text from green ink. • • Executive Black prints all non-black colors as black. Colors in the job that are different from the extraction color print as black when Exact Color Only is specified.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Procedure To specify the extraction color: 1. From the Configuration menu, select Extraction Color. The Extraction Color for Highlight Printing window displays. 2. From the color pull-down menu, select your desired extraction color. Figure 4-5. Extraction Color window with color pull-down menu 3. Select Exact Color Only if you want only the extraction color to print in the solid color of the ink loaded in the printer. 4. Click Apply.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Printing the IPS color samples Your IPS has two sets of color palette trace files, stored in the /var/db directory on the Printer Controller. Each set contains one palette for each color of dry ink available for the IPS. Appendix B of your System Overview Guide contains samples of both sets of printed palettes for each color ink. Note: Each color file is applicable only to the corresponding color of dry ink that is installed in the printer.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 4. From the Trace Mode pull-down menu, select Execute Trace. The Default Trace File Name prompt window displays. 5. On the Default Trace File Name window, enter the following path: /var/db/palettename where palettename is the file name of the palette you want to print (such as royal2_palette.trace). 6. Click Apply. The system prints ten copies of the specified palette. 7. After printing has completed, select Normal Operation from the Trace Options window.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION For the page to print correctly in portrait orientation on the IPS cut sheets, its text origin must be rotated 90o, via the Continuous Forms Emulation window.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Follow these steps: 1. Select Continuous Forms Emulation from the Configuration pull-down menu. 2. On the Continuous Form Selection window, click Enabled. Figure 4-6. Continuous Form Selection window 3. Click Apply.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Specifying the media units This section describes the procedure for specifying the media units you want to use for weight and size. The specified units are used on the IPS main window. To specify the weight and/or size units: 1. From the Configuration menu, select Media Units. The Media Units window displays. Figure 4-7. Media Units window 2. For weight, select g/m2 or lb as the desired units. 3. For size, select mm or in as the desired units. 4. Click Apply.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Setting optional processing parameters You can set processing parameters for your system as follows: 1. Select Optional Processing Parameters from the Configuration pull-down menu. 2. On the Optional Processing Parameters screen (refer to the next page for an illustration), identify the parameters you want to set. • Number of imagers — Specifies how many imagers to run. An imager should be added for each CPU on the system.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Figure 4-8. Optional Processing Parameters window 5. Reboot the system to put your settings into effect (except for “Alternate markform,” which does not require a reboot.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Diagnostics menu tasks The following procedures can be accessed from the Diagnostics pulldown menu. • • • • • • • Printing samples Capturing a trace Executing a captured trace Printing a trace file Setting the debug level Updating the software using a diskette or a CD Updating the software remotely. Printing samples This section describes the procedure for setting up and printing sample files (test patterns). To set up and print sample files: 1.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Note: If your DocuPrint 92C IPS has DFA, the Sample Prints window contains two additional fields: Number of Sets and Finishing Function. Figure 4-10. Sample Prints window for the a system with DFA (shown is a DocuPrint 4635 IPS) • 4-20 Sample File — Specifies the sample file you want to print. When you select this field, the Testdocs menu displays, allowing you to click the file you want to print.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Note: The following screen shows a sampling of the files that are available. Your system may have different sample files, or you may choose to have some added or deleted. Figure 4-11.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION • Number of Sheets — Specifies the number of pages you want to print from the sample file. The range is 0 to 500 sheets. The default is 10 sheets. • Number of Sets (DFA systems only) — Specifies the number sets to create, each containing the number of sheets specified. • Finishing Function Option (DFA systems only) — Enables you to specify finishing functions 1 or 2 for a thirdparty finishing device, if desired.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Manual PQA button When you click this button, the system prints a one-page sample. This initiates an automatic print quality adjustment if needed. While the PQA is in progress, a PQA status window displays, giving status messages on the adjustment. When the PQA is complete, the window disappears. Figure 4-12.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Capturing and executing a trace This section describes the procedures you use to initiate a trace to perform system diagnostics and to execute a trace. In general, the service representative performs this function. However, you may be asked to perform this task in preparation for a service call. Your service representative will provide a password, because this function is password-protected. Capturing a trace To capture a trace in preparation for a service call: 1.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION The Trace window contains the following options and field: • • Online — Enables the interface after you execute the trace. • Trace Mode Options pull-down menu — Specifies how you want to perform the trace. You use the pull-down menu to specify the trace options you want to use. The selections are as follows: Offline — Disables the interface so that you can execute the trace. — Normal Operation — Specifies no trace options are in effect.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 5. Enter a name for the trace file. You can enter the full directory path along with the file name to save the trace file directly to a desired location. If no file name or file path is specified, the file is saved as Trace and stored in the /var/db directory. Note: It is recommended that the trace file name start with trace_, followed by the name of the trace, all in lower case characters.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Printing a trace file You can print a trace file using the conprt utility as follows: 1. After capturing the trace and verifying its effects by using the “Execute trace” option from the Trace Mode pull-down list, open a Unix command tool. 2. Change the working directory by entering: cd /var/db 3. Process the trace file using the ipdeb utility by entering: ipdeb trace > trace_debug (for uncompressed files) or ipdeb trace.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Setting of the debug level You can set the level of debug messages to be stored in log message files. To set the debug level: 1. From the Diagnostics menu, select Debug Level. The Debug Level window displays. 2. Select the debug level of your choice. 3. Click Apply. Note: Selecting a Debug Level other than 0 or selecting Save Pages to Disk For Viewing may degrade throughput speed.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Updating the software using a CD or a diskette You can update the printing system software using a CD or a diskette, provided by your service representative. To update the software: 1. Insert the CD or the diskette containing the software update into your diskette drive. 2. From the Diagnostics menu, select Update from CDROM or Update from Floppy. The Update from CD or the Update from Floppy window displays. 3. Enter the password provided by your service representative.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Updating the software remotely You can update the printing system software remotely as follows: 1. From the Diagnostics menu, select Install Remote Update. The Install Remote Update window displays. 2. Enter the password provided by your service representative. The software will automatically load onto your system.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION System Options menu tasks From the System Options pull-down window, you can access windows to place the IPS online and offline, and shut down the system. Figure 4-16. System Options pull-down menu • • • Online — Places the system online. Offline — Takes the system offline. Shutdown System — Shuts down the system. This option stops all processes running on the Printer Controller, stops the printer, and returns to the boot prompt of the operating system.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Specifying the input configuration This section describes the procedures for creating, changing, and deleting input tray configurations; selecting the feeder tray(s) for a job; and indicating the media (stock) that is loaded in each feeder tray. (For an explanation of the buttons on these windows, refer to the “Buttons” section in the “Introduction to the graphical user interface” chapter.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Example of an input configuration Here is an example of a hypothetical input configuration you might create: You have an application in which only IPDS trays 1 and 2 are called out, with most of the job calling for IPDS tray 1. The media you will be using are 20-pound white USLetter and 60-pound blue USLetter. You have a high-capacity feeder and would like to use all four available trays.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION • When tray 1 is empty, feeding will switch to tray 3, then tray 4, without any intervention from the operator. Printing will not stop until trays 1, 3, and 4 are empty. (These pages will continue to be printed on the 20-pound white paper.) • For those parts of the job in which IPDS tray 2 is specified, feeding switches to printer tray 2. Those pages will be printed on the 60-pound blue card stock.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Setting up margin values The IPS software allows you to save multiple margin settings by making the margin values part of the attributes of the IPDS trays. Also, each IPDS tray can be defined with different margin values. To set the margin values of an IPDS tray, follow these steps: 1. In the Input Configuration section of the main window, select the input configuration of your choice using the default pull-down menu. Figure 4-21.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 3. From the Modify Margin Settings window, select one or more IPDS trays. Note: The current margin values for the first IPDS tray selected displays. Figure 4-23. Modify Margin Settings window 4. Change the margins to the desired values. 5. Click Apply. 6. Repeat steps 3 through 4 until all trays contain the desired values. 7. Click Quit. 8. From the Input Configuration window, click Apply and Save. 9. From the Input Configuration window, click Quit.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Creating a media icon To create new icons for your Media Library, follow these steps: 1. In the Input Configuration section of the main window, using the default pull-down list, select the input configuration of your choice. The IPS Input Configuration window displays. Note: The first time you see this window, it displays your Default input tray configuration, which your Xerox representative set up for you at installation.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Figure 4-25. Media Library window The Media Library window contains the following elements: • • Buttons — Add — Displays the Create a New Media Type window, which enables you to add new media icons to the Library. — Edit — Displays the Edit a Media Type window, which allows you to change media icons in the Library. — Delete — Deletes a media icon from the Library.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Figure 4-26. Media Type window 4. On the Media Type window, make your selections in the following fields for the new media icon you are adding. Note: The icon display box at the bottom of this window shows the media icon with which you are currently working. Each time you make a selection or change in any of the fields on this window, that change is reflected in the display box.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Note: This list contains only standard stock sizes. You cannot create or specify paper sizes not contained in this list. If you have a job that requires a size of paper that is not on this size list, add it using the Tools icon on the printer control console. (Refer to the “Printers” chapter in the Xerox DocuPrint 92C IPS System Overview Guide.) However, the size must be within the length/width range supported by your IPS printer.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Note: After you complete all edits to your media icon, click Apply, and close the Create a new Media Icon window, your temporary form type will be deleted. If you want to save the temporary form type to the Form Type list, do the following before closing the window: 1. Click the Add button. The Add a New Form Type window displays with your temporary form name already displayed on the New Form Type Name line. 2. Click the Add button.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Changing a media icon To change or edit a media icon in your Media Library, follow these steps: 1. Access the Media Library window. For the procedure, refer to the “Creating a media icon” section earlier in this chapter. 2. On the Media Library window, do one of the following: • • Double-click the media icon you want to change, or Single-click the icon to be changed (a white box displays around the selected icon), then click the Edit button. 3.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 1. Access the Media Library window. For the procedure, refer to the “Creating a media icon” section earlier in this chapter. 2. Click the Edit Defaults button on the Media Library window. The Edit the Media Defaults window displays. Figure 4-28. Media Defaults window 3. Make changes to all desired fields. (For an explanation of these fields and the procedures for changing them, refer to the “Creating a media icon” section earlier in this chapter.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Adding a new input configuration To create a new input configuration: 1. From the Input Configuration pull-down menu, select any name to use as the base for building the new configuration. (You will rename the new file, so the existing file you selected to build from will not be changed.) Figure 4-29.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Figure 4-30. Input Configuration window 3. If you need any stocks for which there are no icons in the Media Library, create media icons for them. (Refer to the “Setting up the Media Library” section earlier in this chapter.) 4. In the Printer Trays field (second row of boxes) on the Input Configuration window, specify the media that has been or will be loaded in the printer feeder trays.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Figure 4-31. Tray cells section of a sample input configuration Example: In the example shown above, the cells for printer trays 1, 2, 3, and 4 all contain media icons for 20-pound white USLetter (8.5 by 11-inch) paper. Tray 5 is configured with 20pound green three-hole USLetter paper, and tray 6 has 110pound goldenrod USLetter card stock.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION • Other tray cells: Drag a media icon from any other IPDS or Printer Tray cell on the IPS Input Configuration window. • The Create or Edit Media Library windows: You can drag the icon displayed in the viewing box at the bottom of the window to any tray cell on the Input Configuration window. c. Repeat this procedure for all printer tray cells you want to fill. d. When finished, click the Dismiss button on the Media Library to close it. 5.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Figure 4-32. Tray cells section of a sample input configuration Example: In the example shown above, IPDS trays 1, 2, 3, and 4 are all mapped to printer trays 1 and 2. Note that under each of these four IPDS tray cells you see the printer tray numbers (1,2), to which the IPDS tray is mapped. This means that paper for all parts of the print job in which tray 1 is specified by the IPDS data stream will feed from feeder tray 1.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION To set up the IPDS tray cells: In each IPDS tray cell, place the same media icon that is in the cell for the printer tray to which you want to map that IPDS tray. Follow these steps for each IPDS tray you are mapping: a. On the Input Configuration screen, drag the media icon from the printer tray cell to the IPDS tray cell you want to map to it. The media icon is copied into the IPDS tray cell where you release the mouse button. b.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Changing an input configuration file To change an existing input configuration: 1. From the Input Configuration pull-down menu, select the input configuration you want to change. Figure 4-34. Input Configuration pull-down menu 2. Create or change any media icons you need in the Media Library. (Refer to the “Setting up the Media Library” section earlier in this chapter.) 3. Make the necessary changes to the media icons displayed in the IPDS and Printer Tray cells.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Deleting an input configuration file To delete an input configuration: 1. From the IPS main window Input section, click the Modify button. The IPS Input Configuration window displays. 2. From the Input Configuration pull-down menu, select the input configuration you want to delete. Figure 4-35. Input Configuration pull-down menu Note: The “Default” input configuration cannot be deleted. Attempts to do so produce an error message. 3. Click Delete.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Correcting a feeder tray mismatch error When a feeder tray is adjusted for a certain size paper, the system senses that adjustment. (Other stock attributes, such as weight, color, and form type, are not sensed.) The IPS also reads the input configuration, which informs it of what size paper should be loaded in any particular tray.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Specifying the output configuration This section describes the procedures you use to specify output tray configurations for your system. (For an explanation of the buttons on these windows, refer to the “Buttons” section in the “Introduction to the graphical user interface” section.) When you specify the output configuration, you specify one or more stacker trays for each IPDS output bin specified in a print job.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Example of an output configuration In the Output Configuration section of the main window, the horizontal rows of icons represent the IPDS bins specified in the job as the output destination. The vertical columns represent the actual printer bins to which output will be delivered. When a bin has been selected as part of the configuration, it displays bolded on the screen.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Creating a new output configuration To create a new output configuration: 1. From the Output Configuration pull-down menu on the IPS main window, select any name to use as the base for the new output configuration. Figure 4-39. Output Configuration pull-down menu (You will rename the new file, so the existing file you selected to build from will not be changed.) The Output Configuration window displays. Figure 4-40.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 2. Make any desired changes in the fields described below. • Bin Selection Mode — Specifies how the IPS will determine the bin to which the job will be delivered. The option buttons are: — Use Default Bin — Output will be delivered to the bin you designate from the Default Bin Number pull-down menu. — Allow Host Control — The host handles bin selection, and the system uses the bin you selected to correspond to the IPDS Bin number.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 3. (DFA systems only) From the DFA Profile pull-down menu on the IPS main window, select the DFA output personality profile you will use with this configuration. Figure 4-42. DFA Profile pull-down menu If you want to create a new DFA output profile at this time, refer to the “Adding a DFA output personality profile” section later in this chapter. If you do not want to make changes to the displayed profile, click Quit on the Output DFA Profile window to close it.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Figure 4-43. Bins section of the Output Configuration window Example: In the illustration, IPDS bin row 2 has the Stacker 1 button highlighted (selected). This shows that IPDS bin 2 has been mapped to printer output bin (stacker tray) 1. Therefore, all parts of the job for which IPDS bin 2 is called out will be delivered to stacker tray 1. When stacker 1 is full, printing will stop until it is emptied. The row for IPDS bin 3 contains a highlighted bin button for Stacker 2.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Specifying finishing attributes (for systems with DFA) To specify finishing attributes, follow these steps: 1. On the Output Configuration window, check the “Finishing” box, then click the Finishing Attributes button. The Finishing Attributes window displays. Figure 4-45. Finishing Attributes window (systems with DFA) 2. On the Finishing Attributes window, make selections or enter values in the fields described below.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION — N to 1 — Output sheets are delivered to the output bin in descending order (the last page is delivered first). Note: The size of the ordered set must fall within the specified maximum set size. • • End of Set Criteria — Specifies the criterion that marks the end of a set for your system. — Offset Stacker — A JOG (offset) command in the job indicates the end of a set. — MarkForm — A MARKFORM command in the job indicates the end of a set.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Specifying stitching attributes (for systems with a stitcher) To specify stitching attributes, follow these steps: 1. On the Output Configuration window, check the “Stitching” box, then click the Stitching Attributes button. The Stitching Attributes window displays. Figure 4-46. Stitching Attributes window 2. On the Stitching Attributes window, make selections or enter values in the fields described below.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 3. Click Quit to specify these stitching attributes for the present configuration file and return to the IPS Output Configuration window. Changing an output configuration To change an output configuration: 1. On the Output section of the IPS main window, click the Modify button. The IPS Output Configuration window displays. 2. From the Output Group Name pull-down menu, select the configuration file you want to change. 3.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Deleting an output configuration To delete an output configuration file for the system: 1. On the Output section of the IPS main window, click the Modify button. The IPS Output Configuration window displays. 2. From the Output Configuration pull-down menu, select the configuration you want to delete. Note: You cannot delete the Default output configuration. Figure 4-47. Output Configuration pull-down menu 3. Click Delete to delete the selected output configuration.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 2. From the DFA Profile pull-down menu, select any name to use as a base for the new profile. (You will rename the new file, so the existing file you selected to build from will not be changed.) Figure 4-49. DFA Profile Name pull-down menu 3. On the Output DFA Profile window, specify the configuration settings for the new output DFA profile. Figure 4-50.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION You may make changes to the following fields: • Time Between Sheets (ms) (p1) — Specifies the time required by the third party finishing device from the top of the sheet to the bottom of the sheet. The printer inserts skips to enforce this timing. You can specify from 0 to 32767 milliseconds.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION This is set within a FORMDEF via the PROCESSING keyword in the PPFA. The range is a hexadecimal value from 0000 to FFFF. You will need to obtain these values from the job or the applications programmer. • Statuses Supported (p7) — Specifies the status indicators that are supported by the third party finishing device. You can check all status indicators that apply.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 8. If you want to put the new profile into effect immediately, click Apply & Save. 9. Click Quit to return to the IPS main window. Changing a DFA profile To make changes to an existing DFA profile: 1. From the DFA Profile pull-down menu on the IPS main window (below the Output Configuration pull-down menu), select the name of the profile you want to change. 2. On the Output DFA Profile window, make changes to the parameters as desired.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Backing up and restoring configuration files The following configuration files can be backed up and restored between IPS systems operating system software version 5.4 or higher: • • • • • • Input DFA profiles (for DFA systems only) Output DFA profiles (for DFA systems only) Input tray groups Output tray groups System configuration files Media library files. Note: Configuration files created with software versions lower than 5.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Saving configuration files to diskette To copy your configuration files to a diskette for storage or transfer, follow this procedure: 1. Insert a PC formatted diskette into the drive. 2. From the Administration pull-down menu, select Backup Configuration Files. Figure 4-52. Backup Configuration Files window 3. On the Backup Configuration Files window, select the desired file(s) to backup, either individually or click Select All to select all files. 4. Click Backup. 5.
SETTING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Restoring configuration files from diskette To restore your configuration files from a diskette, follow this procedure: 1. Insert the diskette used for a backup of the configuration files into the drive. 2. From the Administration pull-down menu, select Restore Configuration Files. 3. On the Restore Configuration Files window, select the desired file(s) to restore, either individually or click Select All to select all files. 4. Click Restore. 5. Click Quit. 6.
Index Numerics 1.25 MB Data Streaming, 3-4 2.
INDEX extraction color samples, 4-10 Extraction Color window, 4-9 extraction color, specifying, 1-11, 4-8–4-11 F feeder trays, current configuration, 1-15 file pull-down menus, 1-3 finishing attributes, 4-58 Finishing field, 1-17 Finishing Function field, 4-64 Finishing Function Option field, 4-21 fonts, resident, 1-11 adding, 3-9 displaying, 3-8 menus, 1-10–1-14 setup and status information, 1-18–1-19 using, 1-9 IPS mode, switching, 3-13 IPS Output Configuration window, 4-54 IPS Print Engine Monitor wind
INDEX N NPS mode, switching, 3-13 null modem connection, 1-12 Number of Sets field, 4-21 Number of Sheets field, 4-21 O Offline field, 4-24 offline, taking, 1-14, 2-5, 4-30 Online field, 4-24 online, placing, 1-14, 2-5 operation safety, iv Operator Mode, 4-2 optional processing parameters setting, 1-11 Optional Processing Parameters window, 4-17 output configuration changing, 4-61 creating, 4-54–4-57 deleting, 4-62 DFA profile adding, 4-62–4-66 changing, 4-66 deleting, 4-66 example, 4-56 specifying, 4-52–4
INDEX single-tag interlock mode, 3-4 size units, specifying, 4-15 slumber mode timer, 1-11 SMM Value for Finishing Function field, 4-64 software license text string, loading, 3-11–3-12 software updates from CD, 1-12, 4-28 from diskette, 1-12, 4-28 remotely, 1-12, 4-29 stacker trays, configuring, 1-16 status information, 1-18–1-19 Status section, 1-19 Statuses Supported field, 4-65 stitching attributes, 4-60 Stop button, 1-20 system changing settings, 1-21 current configuration, displaying, 1-18 interface,
INDEX updates, software from CD, 1-12, 4-28 from diskette, 1-12, 4-28 remotely, 1-12, 4-29 updating configuration files, 1-21 User Mode, 4-2 W weight units, specifying, 4-15 windows Add a New Form Type, 4-39 Ask for File Name, 1-21 Backup Configuration Files, 4-68 Channel Options, 3-4 Default Trace File Name, 4-24 Edit the Media Defaults, 4-42 exiting, 1-6 Extraction Color, 4-9 IPS Engine Monitor, 1-1 IPS main, 1-9 IPS main, described, 1-1 IPS Output Configuration, 4-54 IPS Print Engine Monitor, 2-6 IPS Pr
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