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Printing from existing LAN applications It is extremely important in many networked environments to allow existing applications to submit print jobs. PC users expect to be able to select Print from the File menu when they want to produce printed output. There are several ways that users can submit print jobs to InfoPrint Manager for Windows destinations from their workstations. Select the one that best suits your environment. v Install InfoPrint Select on all Windows workstations v Install InfoPrint Job Ticketer on all Windows workstations v Install InfoPrint Submit Express on all Windows workstations v Create a Windows gateway printer on the InfoPrint Manager server and connect to it from client workstations v Enable the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) gateway on the InfoPrint Manager server and create IPP client printers on client workstations v Create an InfoPrint hot folder that automatically submits files that are stored in it to an InfoPrint Manager destination Using InfoPrint Select To use InfoPrint Select (available for Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP Professional ) to enable job submission from applications, you must install and configure InfoPrint Select on the workstation. During this configuration, you must make a destination controlled by InfoPrint Manager known to the client system. On Windows clients, you use the Windows Add Printer Wizard to add a local printer, load the appropriate driver, and assign a unique port to each InfoPrint Manager destination. The InfoPrint Select client is available on the InfoPrint Manager Common Clients CD-ROM, LCD4-5642. Installation instructions are included in the InfoPrint Manager for Windows: Getting Started. With InfoPrint Select in place, the user receives relevant event notifications generated by InfoPrint Manager. Typically, this notification simply informs the user that a job has completed successfully. If, however, an error occurs in the processing of a job, the event notifications include information to help you diagnose the problem. With InfoPrint Select, the user is also provided access to the InfoPrint Manager command-line interface, including the pdpr command. This provides client-application access to all the AFP print attributes that can control such jobs. Finally, the InfoPrint Select user can submit jobs to destinations controlled by either InfoPrint Manager for Windows or InfoPrint Manager for AIX. Your enhanced InfoPrint Select client lets you: v Specify InfoPrint job attributes when submitting a job to the server v Support the cancelling, holding, and releasing of jobs in a queue For more information about these specific enhancements, consult the help system. Using InfoPrint Submit Express To use InfoPrint Submit Express (available for Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP, and Mac 10.2.3 or higher), you must install and configure InfoPrint Submit Express on the workstation. The InfoPrint Submit Express clients and installation instructions are available with the InfoPrint Manager for Windows: Print-on-Demand Feature. With InfoPrint Submit Express in place, commercial print shops can create job tickets, submit print jobs to the InfoPrint Manager for Windows server, and track 30 InfoPrint Manager for Windows: Introduction and Planning Guide

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Printing from existing LAN applications
It is extremely important in many networked environments to allow existing
applications to submit print jobs. PC users expect to be able to select
Print
from
the
File
menu when they want to produce printed output. There are several ways
that users can submit print jobs to InfoPrint Manager for Windows destinations
from their workstations. Select the one that best suits your environment.
v
Install InfoPrint Select on all Windows workstations
v
Install InfoPrint Job Ticketer on all Windows workstations
v
Install InfoPrint Submit Express on all Windows workstations
v
Create a Windows gateway printer on the InfoPrint Manager server and connect
to it from client workstations
v
Enable the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) gateway on the InfoPrint Manager
server and create IPP client printers on client workstations
v
Create an InfoPrint hot folder that automatically submits files that are stored in
it to an InfoPrint Manager destination
Using InfoPrint Select
To use InfoPrint Select (available for Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP
Professional ) to enable job submission from applications, you must install and
configure InfoPrint Select on the workstation. During this configuration, you must
make a destination controlled by InfoPrint Manager known to the client system.
On Windows clients, you use the Windows
Add Printer Wizard
to add a local
printer, load the appropriate driver, and assign a unique port to each InfoPrint
Manager destination. The InfoPrint Select client is available on the
InfoPrint
Manager Common Clients
CD-ROM, LCD4-5642. Installation instructions are
included in the
InfoPrint Manager for Windows: Getting Started
.
With InfoPrint Select in place, the user receives relevant event notifications
generated by InfoPrint Manager. Typically, this notification simply informs the user
that a job has completed successfully. If, however, an error occurs in the processing
of a job, the event notifications include information to help you diagnose the
problem. With InfoPrint Select, the user is also provided access to the InfoPrint
Manager command-line interface, including the
pdpr
command. This provides
client-application access to all the AFP print attributes that can control such jobs.
Finally, the InfoPrint Select user can submit jobs to destinations controlled by either
InfoPrint Manager for Windows or InfoPrint Manager for AIX.
Your enhanced InfoPrint Select client lets you:
v
Specify InfoPrint job attributes when submitting a job to the server
v
Support the cancelling, holding, and releasing of jobs in a queue
For more information about these specific enhancements, consult the help system.
Using InfoPrint Submit Express
To use InfoPrint Submit Express (available for Windows 2000, Windows 2003,
Windows XP, and Mac 10.2.3 or higher), you must install and configure InfoPrint
Submit Express on the workstation. The InfoPrint Submit Express clients and
installation instructions are available with the InfoPrint Manager for Windows:
Print-on-Demand Feature.
With InfoPrint Submit Express in place, commercial print shops can create job
tickets, submit print jobs to the InfoPrint Manager for Windows server, and track
30
InfoPrint Manager for Windows: Introduction and Planning Guide