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Using InfoPrint Job Ticketer, Using a Windows gateway printer, Printer Wizard

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the progress of those jobs. A job ticket contains all the specifications for a job (including layout and finishing options), as well as the files that are associated with that job. The job ticket refers to the customer's job data and pulls them together in a job bundle. InfoPrint Submit Express allows client users to make use of all the data stream transforms (PCL, PostScript, TIFF, GIF, and JPEG) that are available from the InfoPrint Manager for Windows server. Finally, the InfoPrint Submit Express user can submit jobs to destinations controlled by InfoPrint Manager for Windows. Using InfoPrint Job Ticketer InfoPrint Job Ticketer is a Web application that you can use to create, lay out, store, and retrieve print jobs, and to submit the jobs for printing. The InfoPrint Job Ticketer application is installed on the InfoPrint Manager for Windows server. Users can access InfoPrint Job Ticketer in their Web browser on a client workstation running Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP, or Macintosh 10.3.5. Installation instructions are provided with the InfoPrint Manager for AIX: Print-on-Demand Feature. When InfoPrint Job Ticketer is installed on the InfoPrint Manager server, users provide input on the user interface to create and submit print jobs to the server. They can also import print jobs or job tickets that were created with InfoPrint Submit, InfoPrint Submit Express, InfoPrint Job Ticket Composer, or any JDF job ticket to create an InfoPrint Job Ticketer print job. A print job contains all of the specifications for a job (including layout and finishing options), along with the print files that are associated with the job. InfoPrint Job Ticketer clients can make use of all the data stream transforms (PCL, PostScript, TIFF, GIF, and JPEG) that are available from the InfoPrint Manager for Windows server and submit jobs to destinations controlled by InfoPrint Manager for Windows. Using a Windows gateway printer With the Windows gateway printer, you do not have to install any software on the client system; you perform the majority of the configuration work at the server. First, you create InfoPrint destinations (logical or actual) using the InfoPrint Manager Administration GUI. Then, you use the Management Console to create a Windows gateway printer that points to one of those destinations. Note: When you create a destination using the InfoPrint Manager Administration GUI, you have the option of creating an associated Windows gateway printer at the same time. Once the Windows gateway printer is created, users simply use the Windows Add Printer Wizard to add a printer managed by a remote printer server to their desktops, just as they would to access any shared network printer. The only information they need is the name of the InfoPrint Manager server system and the shared name of the gateway printer. The Windows gateway printer provides the InfoPrint Manager administrator with straightforward control over which destinations are accessible to applications. This, coupled with its ease of deployment, makes the Windows gateway printer an attractive choice. This feature does not provide detailed event notification from InfoPrint Manager, but users can receive detailed notification if they install InfoPrint Manager Notifications on their workstations. Chapter 5. Planning to share printers 31

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the progress of those jobs. A job ticket contains all the specifications for a job
(including layout and finishing options), as well as the files that are associated
with that job. The job ticket refers to the customer’s job data and pulls them
together in a job bundle. InfoPrint Submit Express allows client users to make use
of all the data stream transforms (PCL, PostScript, TIFF, GIF, and JPEG) that are
available from the InfoPrint Manager for Windows server. Finally, the InfoPrint
Submit Express user can submit jobs to destinations controlled by InfoPrint
Manager for Windows.
Using InfoPrint Job Ticketer
InfoPrint Job Ticketer is a Web application that you can use to create, lay out, store,
and retrieve print jobs, and to submit the jobs for printing. The InfoPrint Job
Ticketer application is installed on the InfoPrint Manager for Windows server.
Users can access InfoPrint Job Ticketer in their Web browser on a client
workstation running Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP, or Macintosh
10.3.5. Installation instructions are provided with the InfoPrint Manager for AIX:
Print-on-Demand Feature.
When InfoPrint Job Ticketer is installed on the InfoPrint Manager server, users
provide input on the user interface to create and submit print jobs to the server.
They can also import print jobs or job tickets that were created with InfoPrint
Submit, InfoPrint Submit Express, InfoPrint Job Ticket Composer, or any JDF job
ticket to create an InfoPrint Job Ticketer print job. A print job contains all of the
specifications for a job (including layout and finishing options), along with the
print files that are associated with the job. InfoPrint Job Ticketer clients can make
use of all the data stream transforms (PCL, PostScript, TIFF, GIF, and JPEG) that
are available from the InfoPrint Manager for Windows server and submit jobs to
destinations controlled by InfoPrint Manager for Windows.
Using a Windows gateway printer
With the Windows gateway printer, you do not have to install any software on the
client system; you perform the majority of the configuration work at the server.
First, you create InfoPrint destinations (logical or actual) using the InfoPrint
Manager Administration GUI. Then, you use the Management Console to create a
Windows gateway printer that points to one of those destinations.
Note:
When you create a destination using the InfoPrint Manager Administration
GUI, you have the option of creating an associated Windows gateway printer at
the same time.
Once the Windows gateway printer is created, users simply use the Windows
Add
Printer Wizard
to add a printer managed by a remote printer server to their
desktops, just as they would to access any shared network printer. The only
information they need is the name of the InfoPrint Manager server system and the
shared name of the gateway printer.
The Windows gateway printer provides the InfoPrint Manager administrator with
straightforward control over which destinations are accessible to applications. This,
coupled with its ease of deployment, makes the Windows gateway printer an
attractive choice. This feature does not provide detailed event notification from
InfoPrint Manager, but users can receive detailed notification if they install
InfoPrint Manager Notifications on their workstations.
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