Xerox 6180N FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide
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- Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 1
June 2007 701P47301 Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 2
®, Windows XP®, and Internet Explorer are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation; Microsoft® and MS-DOS® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All non-Xerox brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Changes are periodically made to - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 3
Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server Support for the IPDS Data Stream . . .1-2 Printers 1-2 Printer Model Selection 1-3 Host Environments 1-3 Host Connectivity Options 1-3 Xerox External Finishers in the Printer Manager 2-3 Managing the Outline Fonts 2-8 Enhanced Font Support 2-9 i5/OS® (System i) - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 4
Co nt en ts Defining a Logical Printer 2-10 Verifying the Installation 2-10 Printing a Trace Job Within IPS Manager 2-11 Printing a Test Job From the Host 2-12 Using Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPS Manager 3 IPS IPDS Jobs 3-20 IPDS Sessions 3-22 Background Forms 3-22 ii IPDS User Guide - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 5
b le o f Co n te nts Barcode Symbology 3-22 Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPDS Network Connectivity Appendix A Overview A-1 Configuring Windows A-5 Configuration Overview - Windows A-5 Reference Documents - Windows A-6 Testing the Printer Connection A-6 Performance Notes A-7 IPDS User Guide - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 6
Tab l e o f Co nt en ts iv IPDS User Guide - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 7
1 Introduction Introduction Overview The Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide describes the Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server Intelligent Printer Data Stream support. IPDS is a print data stream defined by IBM®. This guide describes Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server support for IBM's IPDS - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 8
is supported on a variety of Xerox production devices with Xerox FreeFlow Print Server, including light production, production monochrome, highlight color, and color printers. NOTE: Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS currently does not support continuous feed printing systems. 1-2 IPDS User Guide - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 9
® Manager for Windows® • Print Services Facility for i5/OS® (OS/400®) (TCP/IP connectivity only) • Print Services Facility for z/OS® (MVS) • Emtex VIP (NOTE: monochrome and highlight color printers only) • GMC PrintNet T (NOTE: monochrome printers only) Host Connectivity Options Xerox FreeFlow Print - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 10
Introduction manage fonts, capture IPDS trace files, and restart the IPS gateway. 1-4 IPDS User Guide - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 11
requirements and instructions for installing the Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPDS software and setting up the printing environment are described in this section. Review this entire chapter before proceeding with the installation. Some setup tasks are performed on the print server window and some - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 12
Xerox representative provides licenses prior to installation. The Xerox service . Refer to the Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server encountered, the printer informs the host that a printer fault is Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPDS does not support Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server Remote Workflow. 2-2 IPDS User - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 13
for IPDS queue. Settings Although Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server supports spooling jobs, as well as streaming for other Printer Description Languages (PDLs), only streaming is supported for IPDS. This is the external finisher, otherwise performance issues may be encountered. IPDS User Guide 2- 3 - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 14
data. Changing the attributes of the job could cause Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPDS data to print incorrectly. Setting attributes (Name, Size, Color, Type, Weight) • Output Location Virtual Printable Area Considerations Ordinarily an IPDS printer is expected to report exceptions IPDS User Guide - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 15
problem if set processing (staple or some other finishing operation) is not being performed. The problem (Ascending) output order. PDL Settings IPDS User Guide Select the IPDS FAB. Use Resolution to determine the supported monochrome, and highlight color products. In Advanced Settings window - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 16
Installation and Setup PostScript. For instance, if PostScript uses a default halftone of 106 lpi for 600 dpi, the IPDS tool will use the same halftone value for Resolution of 600. 2-6 IPDS User Guide - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 17
locks for the stock attributes are NOT set for the queue Programming Stock Margins Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server supports Stock Margin adjustments that are recognized by IPDS interpreter software. Stock Margins are -toright order: front side process direction, front side cross- IPDS User Guide 2- 7 - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 18
Fonts NOTE: Loading IBM® AFP fonts is optional. Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPDS provides the ability to load and use printer-resident AFP scalable outline fonts. These fonts are as Fonts for AIX®, OS/2®, Windows® NT and Window® 2000, with a part number of LK2T-9269-01. 2-8 IPDS User Guide - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 19
® NT, and Windows® 2000 (part number LK2T9269-01). Only the LK2T-9269-01 part number is supported by Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPDS. Ensure to specify the correct part number when ordering the font collection. Fonts are converted for use with IPDS jobs and stored on the printer when the fonts - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 20
your host is a System i running i5/OS® and you require resident outline font support, the recommended setup is: • On the i5/OS® host, set the Resident Font Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPDS software, and proper queue and printer setup: • Install the IPS Manager software. The Xerox Service User Guide - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 21
trace scfont.trc to print correctly, the IBM® AFP fonts must be loaded on the printer and Enhanced Font Support must be enabled. NOTE: These jobs test only Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPDS processing on the printer. The trace files are set up to use the installation default parameters. If you plan - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 22
or A4 media. Refer to the IPS Manager on-line help for the specific procedures. Printing a Test Job From the Host To verify host-to-printer communications, perform these steps to print a test job from the host: 1. Ensure Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPDS is running and is reporting a status of - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 23
Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPS Manager This chapter describes how to access the IPS Manager to set and manage the IPDS parameters. For more details and specific in the printer • save job settings. Logging Onto the IPS Manager Logging on as a specific user type allows window. IPDS User Guide 3- 1 - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 24
Using Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPS defaults to port number 5001 if the port is not changed in the printer definition. If you need to use something other than the default value, 9100 and 9400 are default values used by Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server gateways; DO NOT use either of these as your - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 25
Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPDS components. Shared memory space ranges from 16-1024 MB. The default value is 128 MB for monochrome printing systems, and 512 MB for color printing systems. • Job timeout: Job timeout is selectable from 1-60 seconds, with the default of 10 seconds. • Printer Model - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 26
Services Facility (PSF) 2.1, and OS2 with PSF 2 version 2.1, do not support object containers and report object container support as an error condition. These hosts will not communicate with Xerox is completed. To avoid problems, it is safest to drain the printer and go offline before deleting Guide - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 27
of diagnostic files provided with an outload file. NOTE: If you experience a problem with the IPS Manager, such as a channel connectivity problem, that you cannot correct, contact your local Xerox customer support representative for assistance. The IPS Manager diagnostic trace functions allow you to - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 28
support. It is the entry point to all other screens used in IPDS data stream management. The options in the IPS Manager "Manage Job Profiles" dialog allow you to enter the IPDS specific settings used by Xerox these values to process a specific IPDS data stream, make sure been easier to color in a PSF - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 29
Guide Using Xerox . If stapling or other finishing is supported by your print engine, and has resident are honored. The host downloads all other fonts. The default resident outline printer, which is a continuous form printer, and a Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPS Manager printer, which is a cut sheet printer - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 30
in significant performance gains, especially on full color printers. For optimum results, the Page Segments stock using the Printer Manager, assign each stock definition to a specific physical printer tray, and is used by IPS Manager. Refer to the Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server on-line help for Guide - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 31
IPDS User Guide Using Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPS Manager required by the virtual tray. The Sides Imaged selection indicates which sides imaged selections are supported by the virtual tray. • Select Stock for Printer Trays: Allows you to select a stock name for each of the physical trays based - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 32
allowing it to print. Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPDS is fully compliant with the standard IPDS model for support of non-fusing paper trays (installed and enabled in the printer). Before sending an IPDS job, ensure that the appropriate fuser or non-fuser stocks are assigned to the virtual Guide - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 33
Guide Using Xerox 5. Review and fuser and non-fusing trays, and the product supports this capability, configure the IPS Manager Tray Mappings, as described below. NOTE: Some products supported by Xerox fuser and non-fusing physical trays in the Printer Manager 2. Assign the stock to the desired fuser - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 34
Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPS Manager 3. Assign the stock to two different virtual trays. 4. Set the Tray Type for one virtual tray containing the stock to Inserter. 5. Set the Tray Type for the other Virtual Tray containing the stock to Fuser to a specific physical stacker on the printer, as - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 35
Guide Using Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPS Manager Stacking, the system directs output to suitable bins as determined by an internal selection mechanism. If Unload While Run is supported by the printer, Printer Specified Stacking allows you to unload one bin while the printer the specific virtual - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 36
Using Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPS Manager created in the Printer Manager, the modify and save an existing Job Profile: 1. Select [System: IPS Manager]. The IPS Manager window appears. 2. Select [Manage Job Profile]. 3. In the Current Profile pull-down menu, select use. 3-14 IPDS User Guide - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 37
Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPS Manager NOTE: Changing the loaded settings with Save & Apply or Save requires that the IPDS Gateway inform the host regarding the changes. This should be done while the printer System: IPS Manager]. The IPS Manager window appears. 2. Select [Manage Job Guide 3- 15 - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 38
the printer continues standard Xerox to the printer, the on the printer at a . The Xerox FreeFlow® Print Xerox FreeFlow® printer must report the paused status to the host and force the printer status on the host to enter a not ready state. The host will suspend data transmission until the printer - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 39
change the number of physical pages printed by the printer can affect the page counts reported to the host, causing IPDS recovery to fail, and causing other job management problems at the host console. IPDS page count reporting for Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server allows advanced features to function - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 40
IPS Manager the print server only supports these features for spooling jobs, and Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPDS can only time-out the printer, if a response is not received within a certain period of time. Therefore, the user should only use the Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server 3-18 IPDS User Guide - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 41
Guide Using Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPS Manager NOTE: The constraints are not applicable to multiple copies requested by the IPDS job. Copygroup and Copysubgroup processing is performed properly as per the IPDS specification the printer. Xerox FreeFlow® Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server supports - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 42
data for the job, and instructs the printer to discard any pages that are not yet committed for printing. Once the printer reports that a page is committed PDL are independent for most data streams, Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server Cancel behavior does not cause a problem for most PDLs, other than IPDS. - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 43
Guide Using Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPS Manager appropriate interactions with the host take place, rather than simply terminating the job. Because standard IPDS cancel processing differs from Xerox job when printer faults are active • Requesting to cancel a job more than once Xerox FreeFlow® - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 44
printer more flexible than if the printer had to be dedicated to a single host application. Background Forms Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPDS supports printed meet the symbology specification standard for the selected barcode. Applications can take advantage of the Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server's - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 45
Using Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPS Manager or they can generate barcodes using fonts or graphics as may have been done in the past. IPDS User Guide 3- 23 - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 46
Using Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPS Manager 3-24 IPDS User Guide - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 47
for AIX® • IBM Infoprint® Manager for Windows® The purpose of this appendix is to help the customer support staff through the system configuration process, and /IP Configuration Overview - z/OS IPDS User Guide Configuring the Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS printer with TCP/IP on the z/OS system - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 48
A. PSF procedure (Refer to the IBM Print Services Facilities for z/OS Customization manual) B. Infoprint Server procedure (Refer to the z/OS Tuning Guide and z/OS JES3 Initialization and Tuning Reference) Channel Configuration Overview - z/OS Configuring the Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS printer - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 49
SC33-7988 S544-5744 S544-5745 IBM z/OS manuals are available on the IBM website. Configuring IBM i5/OS This section describes the process of configuring an i5/OS system to communicate and print on a Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS printer using TCP/IP on a System i series server. Configuration - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 50
documents provide additional information on i5/OSto-IPDS printer connectivity. Table A-2. Reference Documents - i5/OS Title i5/OS Information Center (CD) System i Networking and TCP/IP Setup System i Networking and TCP/IP Troubleshooting iSeries Guide to Output System i Printing Basic printing IBM - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 51
Windows system using Infoprint Manager for Windows. Configuration Overview - Windows Configuring the Xerox FreeFlow Print Server IPDS printer with TCP/IP on the Windows system involves setting up 2 components: 1. IPS Manager System Configuration Menu (Refer to System Configuration). IPDS User Guide - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 52
provide additional information on WIndows-to-IPDS printer connectivity. Table A-4. Reference Documents - Windows Title Infoprint Manager for Windows: Introduction and Planning Guide Infoprint Manager for Windows: Getting Started IBM Infoprint Manager for Windows: Procedures IBM Infoprint Manager - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 53
spaces are receiving a high level of service. Should you notice any printer performance problems, such as throughput speed degradation, printer attached to the host system is slow, this could be a bottleneck. Review your network configuration diagrams for any potential bottlenecks. IPDS User Guide - Xerox 6180N | FreeFlow® Print Server IBM® IPDS User Guide - Page 54
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June 2007
701P47301
Xerox FreeFlow
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Print Server
IBM
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IPDS User Guide