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Managed IPDS Dialog support, Enabling MID support, Considerations to activate MID support

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Chapter 17. Managed IPDS Dialog support The Managed IPDS Dialog (MID) support enables additional sharing capabilities for specific printers. Current sharing of a print device is based on the setting of an inactivity timer. MID support overcomes these current limitations: v Release for sharing requires physical intervention to disconnect the print device, and the PSF host must re-acquire the TCP/IP connection to process additional print requests. When the original connection is released, all downloaded resources are generally lost. Furthermore, there is a possibility that another host might acquire the TCP/IP connection and prevent the current host from processing additional print requests. v Release of the print device is controlled by a specific time value. This causes the release of the printer even when there are no additional print requests pending. With MID support, the printer can request that the PSF host release its control of the print device (but not drop the TCP/IP connection), thus allowing the print engine to print non-IPDS data streams when IPDS activity is minimal. MID support also enables the sharing of the print mechanism with other non-IPDS data streams. This chapter includes the following sections: v "Enabling MID support" v "Considerations to activate MID support" Enabling MID support Set these parameters to enable MID support: 1. mid-support-enabled a. Right-click the actual destination in the InfoPrint Manager GUI and click Properties. b. Click Tuning. c. Enter Yes in the Enable MID Support field to activate MID. The default value is No. 2. mid-release-timer a. Right-click the actual destination in the InfoPrint Manager GUI and click Properties. b. Click Tuning. c. Specify a numeric value for MID Release Timer from 1 to 9999. The default value is 15. Note: The value for the MID-release-timer must be less than the value for the destination-release-timer-setting. The MID will never be enabled if the destination-release-timer-setting value is less than the MID-release-timer value. Considerations to activate MID support Consider these before you activate MID support for your print device: © Copyright InfoPrint Solutions Company 1998, 2010 207

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Chapter 17. Managed IPDS Dialog support
The Managed IPDS Dialog (MID) support enables additional sharing capabilities
for specific printers. Current sharing of a print device is based on the setting of an
inactivity timer. MID support overcomes these current limitations:
v
Release for sharing requires physical intervention to disconnect the print device,
and the PSF host must re-acquire the TCP/IP connection to process additional
print requests. When the original connection is released, all downloaded
resources are generally lost. Furthermore, there is a possibility that another host
might acquire the TCP/IP connection and prevent the current host from
processing additional print requests.
v
Release of the print device is controlled by a specific time value. This causes the
release of the printer even when there are no additional print requests pending.
With MID support, the printer can request that the PSF host release its control of
the print device (but not drop the TCP/IP connection), thus allowing the print
engine to print non-IPDS data streams when IPDS activity is minimal. MID
support also enables the sharing of the print mechanism with other non-IPDS data
streams.
This chapter includes the following sections:
v
“Enabling MID support”
v
“Considerations to activate MID support”
Enabling MID support
Set these parameters to enable MID support:
1.
mid-support-enabled
a.
Right-click the actual destination in the InfoPrint Manager GUI and click
Properties
.
b.
Click
Tuning
.
c.
Enter
Yes
in the
Enable MID Support
field to activate MID. The default
value is
No
.
2.
mid-release-timer
a.
Right-click the actual destination in the InfoPrint Manager GUI and click
Properties
.
b.
Click
Tuning
.
c.
Specify a numeric value for
MID Release Timer
from 1 to 9999. The default
value is
15
.
Note:
The value for the
MID-release-timer
must be less than the value for
the
destination-release-timer-setting
. The MID will never be enabled if the
destination-release-timer-setting
value is less than the
MID-release-timer
value.
Considerations to activate MID support
Consider these before you activate MID support for your print device:
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