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Xerox Production Print Services Guide to Printing Using Xerox Pro duction Print Servi ces 701P4 0016 Ve r s i o n 3 . 7 March, 2 003[...]

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GUID E TO PRIN TING USIN G XD S iii T able of Contents 1. Introduction 1-1 Before y ou use th is guide 1-1 About XPPS 1-1 XDS 1-2 XDS Pl us 1-2 Xerox custom d river s 1-2 Thir d party d rivers a nd PPDs 1-2 Web Interfa ce 1-3 Command l ine client 1-3 About this guid e 1-3 Contents 1 -3 Conventi ons 1-4 Related do cument ation 1-5 Customer Support 1[...]

TABLE OF CONTENTS iv GUIDE TO PR INTING USING XDS Deleting a printer 2-8 Acces sing pr int er infor ma tion 2-9 Checking th e printer c onnections 2-9 3. Using the XDS Plus software 3-1 Prereq uisites 3-1 Access ing the X DS Plus software 3-2 Accessi ng XDS Plus from Wind ows 3-2 Acces sing XDS P lus from So laris 3-2 Accessi ng XDS Plus from the I[...]

TAB LE OF CO NTENT S GUID E TO PRIN TING USIN G XD S v Setting up stock s 4-9 Display ing the st ock window 4-9 Stock windo w compo nents 4-9 Selectin g a sto ck for the job 4-11 Creating a new stoc k 4-11 Specif ying the s ides imag ed 4-13 Specif ying a fi nishing option 4-14 Specif yi ng col la t io n 4-14 Specif yi ng sl ip sh eets 4-14 Setting[...]

TABLE OF CONTENTS vi GUIDE TO PR INTING USING XDS Viewin g proper ties 4-28 5. Xerox PPD s and PlugI ns 5-1 PPDs and PlugIns using a M acintos h 5-1 Guidel ines for s electing printin g requir ements 5-1 Selec ting the pr inting options 5-2 Using th e Xerox Plug In 5-2 Using d rag and dro p to print one or mor e jobs 5-3 PPDs and PlugI ns us ing Wi[...]

TAB LE OF CO NTENT S GUID E TO PRIN TING USIN G XD S vii Printing in print comm and mode 6-8 Command qu ick refer ence 6-9 7. The Xerox Custom PCL printer drivers 7- 1 Features 7 -1 Printing a document 7-2 Access ing the fea tures and op tions 7-2 Starting p rinting 7-3 8. The Xerox Custom PostScript printer drivers 8-1 Features 8 -1 Printing a doc[...]

TABLE OF CONTENTS viii GUIDE TO P RINTING USING XDS Speci fyi ng ex ce ptio n page s 9-20 Speci fyi ng full- colo r param eters 9-23 Setting highligh t color par ameters 9-27 Speci fyi ng pag e inse r ts 9-29 Speci fyi ng ch apte r sta rt s 9-31 Printi ng a docum ent 9-32 Selec ting a print queue 9-32 Selec ting a fil e to prin t 9-32 Reprinting a [...]

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TABLE OF CONTENTS x GUIDE TO PR INTING USING XDS[...]

1-1 1. Introduct ion Using a netwo rked workstat ion and the X erox Producti on Print Servic es software, do cuments that ha ve been cr eated u sing a publis hing ap plicat ion can b e printe d at a sup porte d Xerox printe r . Before y ou use this guide This guide is inte nded for user s of the following wo rkstations: • P Cs runnin g Wind ows 9[...]

Introduc tion Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction P rint Serv ices 1-2 XDS Xerox Docume nt Submission software appl ication (XDS) is a standa lone app lication th at is use d to enter job ticket in formatio n for an exis ting PD L fi le and subm i t the jo b to an avai lab l e pr i nte r running Do cuSP version 3.1 or high er software. This[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Services Introd uction 1-3 We b I n t e rf ac e With t he web i n terface you use a browser to a ccess windows that en ables you to sele ct a document fil e, set up a job ticket, and sub m it your pr int job to th e printe, all from th e internet. Command line client If you use the print, listjob , l[...]

Introduc tion Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction P rint Serv ices 1-4 • Chapter 6, “Using Command Line C lient,” The Xerox Docume nt Submi ssion Co mmand L ine sof tware enables you to set up and submit p r int j obs by entering commands in a DOS or Unix windo w , from a PC or Sun wor kstat ion. This chapter describes the procedu re [...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Services Introd uction 1-5 [Hold job]: The document is h eld at the printer ... [Cancel job ]: The docume nt is not pri nted... • N ote: N otes are hints tha t help you perfo rm a task or under stand t he text. N o tes are present ed in italics, in separa te parag raphs. E xample: NOTE: Y ou cannot[...]

Introduc tion Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction P rint Serv ices 1-6[...]

2-1 2. Using XDS This chap ter contains t he procedures for acce ssing the XDS software on a Xero x printing syste m from yo ur computer running Windo ws 95, W indows 9 8 , Windows NT 4 .0, Win dows 2000, Windows Mil lenn ium, XP , a Su n workst at ion that is runnin g Solaris 2.6 or 2.8 , or fr om a Mac into sh that is run ning O S X. T he Xerox D[...]

Usi n g XDS Guide t o Printi ng Using Xe rox Produ ction Pr int Servi ces 2-2 • K now how to save yo ur document as a PDL format file by using the print-to-f i le meth od; or know how to create a va lid TIFF , PDF , or ASCII file. Accessing XDS from Windows Follow the se steps to display the XDS software fro m Windows: 1. Log on to your netwo rk.[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Services Usi ng XDS 2-3 4. Se t up th e print job an d jo b tick et. The fol lowing setu p procedures are accesse d from the Print Setup win do w: • S pecifying the imaging and f inishing op tions. • In cluding the notes that contain info rmation about the job. • Def i ning the stocks to use du[...]

Usi n g XDS Guide t o Printi ng Using Xe rox Produ ction Pr int Servi ces 2-4 • P age range ([ T o] and [From]) • [Jo b T ype] • [Disposi tion] 8. Enter the job notes. 9. Define the stocks that you will use for the prin t job. 10. Select any special featu re s fo r the job, such as cove rs, blank inserts, or exce ption pages 1 1. Select [OK] [...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Services Usi ng XDS 2-5 3. When a ll jobs tha t have been d ropped on XDS have b een submit t ed or c ancell ed, XDS c loses au tomat i cally . Selecting a printer type and queue The Print er T ype pop-up menu gi ves you a list of the ava i labl e printe r type s that yo u can use to print your doc u[...]

Usi n g XDS Guide t o Printi ng Using Xe rox Produ ction Pr int Servi ces 2-6 2. Select the file tha t you want to print. The file must be in one o f the supp orted forma ts: PostScript, P DF , PCL, ASCII, o r TIFF , as sup ported by the pr inter . NOTE: Ensure that file name s are fairly small in len gth. Long file names are n o t displayed and a [...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Services Usi ng XDS 2-7 Adding a printer Y ou ca n set up a custom ized list of print e rs tha t you use regularly . T o start a printer list or add to an existing one, follow thes e steps : 1. Select [Connections] on the XD S windo w . The Pr inter Connections wind ow is displayed. 2. On the P rinte[...]

Usi n g XDS Guide t o Printi ng Using Xe rox Produ ction Pr int Servi ces 2-8 Modifying a print queue The XD S s oftwa re allows y o u to chan ge a prin t queu e name in the Co nnected P r inter s list b ox, or to reassign t he name to anot her p rint q ueue. 1. Select [Connect ions] from the XD S window . The Pr inter Connections wind ow is displa[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Services Usi ng XDS 2-9 Accessing printer information Y ou may access the follo win g information a bout any printer in the Conn ected Printers list b ox on the Printe r Connectio n s window: • P rinter mod el • Server typ e • Con nection type • Server • V irtual Printer Follow these s teps[...]

Usi n g XDS Guide t o Printi ng Using Xe rox Produ ction Pr int Servi ces 2-10 2. T o check one p rinter , select its name and select [Check Printe r]. Whi le the c on nectio n to the s electe d printe r is bein g checked , a window is display e d, showin g the st at us of the checking pro cess. T o che ck all of the prin ters, se le ct [Check Al l[...]

3-1 3. Using the XDS Plus software This chap ter contains t he procedures for acce ssing the XDS Plus sof tware on a X e rox printing system from your computer running Windows 95 , Window s 98, Wi ndows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Wind ows Millennium, XP , a Sun wo rkstation that i s running Solaris 2.6 or 2.8 , or fr om a Mac into sh that is run ning O [...]

Using the XDS Plu s software Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction P rint Servic es 3-2 Accessing the XDS Plus software The XDS P lus window gives you access to a ll job setup, p rinting, and job m anagement tasks that you can perform on your Windows or Sola ris or Macintosh client. Y ou can access the XDS Plus sof tware either fr om files on[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Se rvices Using the XDS Plus s oftware 3-3 4. W ait for the XDS Plus window to open. This may take several seconds. Access i ng XDS Plus fr om the Internet Y ou can open th e X DS Plu s wi ndo w on yo ur W in do ws or S ol ari s workst ation b y using t he XDS P l us Job Sub missi on Apple t from the[...]

Using the XDS Plu s software Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction P rint Servic es 3-4 XDS Plus printing process 1. Open th e XDS Plus win dow . Refer to “Accessin g the XDS P lus software,” i n the previous section. 2. Select a print q ueue. Refer to “Sele cting a prin ter and queue.” 3. On the Files tab window , perform t he follow[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Se rvices Using the XDS Plus s oftware 3-5 While th e jo b is print ing, you can check t he job st atus by selecti ng the [A dministratio n] button a nd view the inf ormation . Refer t o “Check ing job, pr inter , a nd queue st atus, ” later in th is chapter . Printer and queue setup NOTE: The p [...]

Using the XDS Plu s software Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction P rint Servic es 3-6 The columns in the Printers table d isplay the following prop erti es: – Name: The name th at was give n to the p rinter when it was installed a t your site – Ty p e : The type or brand of printe r , such as the X e rox DocuColo r 20 60 – Jobs: The n[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Se rvices Using the XDS Plus s oftware 3-7 Y ou ca n also ex pand ei ther s ection t o fill th e wo rk spac e of the Change Printer window by sele cting th e small , triang ular button s near t he left edg e of t he splitte r bar . Buttons The Ch ange Printe r window cont ain s the following b uttons[...]

Using the XDS Plu s software Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction P rint Servic es 3-8 2. In the [ Printers] or [Qu eues] section o n the Ch ange Printe r window , d ou ble- select th e name of t he print er or queue. Or , right- select on a printer or q ueue and select [Pro pertie s]. The re ad-o nly Pro pertie s windo w opens for the sele [...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Se rvices Using the XDS Plus s oftware 3-9 Prin te rs and their qu eues fo r XDS Plus p rinti ng are set up automatically wh en XDS Plus is installed and ru n. XD S Plus detects all printing systems wi th DocuSP controllers run ning DocuSP 3.X that a re conn ected to yo ur worksta tion. Y ou record t[...]

Using the XDS Plu s software Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction P rint Servic es 3-10 • [Queues]: The [Q ueues] sectio n lists the pri nt queue s that have been set up at the pri nte r con tro l ler for your sel ecte d printer . The colu mns in the Queues table display the following prop erti es: – Name: Name that was specif ied for t [...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Se rvices Using the XDS Plus s oftware 3-11 • [Set P rint Path] : Confirms you r queue sele ction and cl oses the Ch ange Pr inter window . This but ton is gr ayed out unl ess a queu e is selected. • [Refresh]: Upda tes and re display s the Pr inters a nd Queues lists. Vi ewing printer and queue [...]

Using the XDS Plu s software Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction P rint Servic es 3-12 Selecting a printer and queue Follo w these st eps to select a prin ter and print queue fo r your job: 1. On the XD S Plus window , select [C hange Printe r] to open the Change Pr inter windo w . 2. If the q ueue that you want is n ot displayed in the [Qu[...]

4-1 4. Printing a jo b using the Do cuSP web inte rfac e This chap ter contai ns the pr ocedures for printing us ing the DocuSP web inte rface on you r works tation a nd submitt ing a document file over the web for printing on a Xerox print i ng system using XPPS . W ith the web interface you u se a browser to access windows that en able you to sel[...]

Printi ng a job us ing the Do cuSP web interfac e Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction P rint Serv ices 4-2 7. Set up the remaining job ticket paramete rs in this section o f the Job Submission wi n dow as r eq uir ed . R ef er to “ Se tti ng up a pri nt jo b.” 8. Specify th e job paramet ers in the [Image Ad justment] se ction of the Jo[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xer ox Produc tion Print Services Printin g a job us ing the Doc uSP web interface 4-3 “a-z” “A-Z” “0- 9” “-” “_” “.” “!” “~” “*” “‘” “(“ “)” The follo wing sectio ns discuss the parame ters and pr int instructions th at you can specif y from the Job Submission window . Job [...]

Printi ng a job us ing the Do cuSP web interfac e Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction P rint Serv ices 4-4 • S elect [Print] to submit the job. • S ave the sp ecificat io ns as your de faul t job ticke t. Refer to “Modif ying the de fault job ti cket,” la ter in this chapter . Selecting printing or saving In the [ Print Options] fie[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xer ox Produc tion Print Services Printin g a job us ing the Doc uSP web interface 4-5 Selecting the type of page descri ption language The [PDL T ype] field, located in the section of the Job Submissi on windo w , displays the type o f page d escription langua ge, or PD L , in whic h t he selec t ed docum ent fil e was sav[...]

Printi ng a job us ing the Do cuSP web interfac e Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction P rint Serv ices 4-6 If you wan t to use th e default job t i cket that is stored on your workstation to print the job , follow the se steps: 1. Se lect th e queue an d the f ile to pri nt. 2. Select [Restore My Default T icket]. The following message is d[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xer ox Produc tion Print Services Printin g a job us ing the Doc uSP web interface 4-7 When [Printer De fault] is selecte d, the job is printed using the option that w as set in one of the categories that are shown in prio rity or der in the fol l owi ng figure. The figu re above il lustra tes that pa rameters t hat are sp [...]

Printi ng a job us ing the Do cuSP web interfac e Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction P rint Serv ices 4-8 Specifying a page range for printing T o specify a range of pag es that will be printe d, foll ow these steps: 1. On the Jo b Submission windo w , scroll until the [Quantity] field is visible. 2. Do on e of the foll owing: • S elect [...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xer ox Produc tion Print Services Printin g a job us ing the Doc uSP web interface 4-9 Y o u can also define a sto ck by selecting [New] from the Main Paper Stock windo w . 3. Add the stock that you wa nt to the Main Paper Sto ck pull- down me nu by sel ecting the [Favorites] ch eck box next to the name of the sto ck on th [...]

Printi ng a job us ing the Do cuSP web interfac e Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction P rint Serv ices 4-10 Stock properties Each section disp lays the following pr operties for each stock tha t it cont ains: • Name: The n ame of the stock. • Size : Stock size expressed in inches or millimeters, depen ding on what was selecte d on th e [...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xer ox Produc tion Print Services Printin g a job us ing the Doc uSP web interface 4-11 • [User Stock] : Displays the Custom window , which contains fields th at enable you to defi ne prop erties for a user stock. Refer to “Adding a user stock,” later in this cha pter , for the proc edure. • [Apply]: Imple m ents th[...]

Printi ng a job us ing the Do cuSP web interfac e Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction P rint Serv ices 4-12 1. On the Jo b Submission window , select [Stocks...]. 2. On the st ock window , select [User Stock...]. The User Stock dialo g wi ndow is displaye d. 3. On the U ser Sto ck window , make sp ecifications in the fields as desired, or s[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xer ox Produc tion Print Services Printin g a job us ing the Doc uSP web interface 4-13 • Sides Co ated: Select the nu mber o f sides th at are coated f rom the pull-d own menu. Se lect [Un coated] if the stock has no sp ecial coating. • Coating T ype: S elect a s urface coating from th e pull - down men u for one or bo[...]

Printi ng a job us ing the Do cuSP web interfac e Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction P rint Serv ices 4-14 Specifying a finishing option The [Fin ishing] fi eld allows you t o select how the job is finishe d. The av ailable fi nishing optio ns are depen dant on t he selected printer . Refer to the “Job ticket features by printer” chapt[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xer ox Produc tion Print Services Printin g a job us ing the Doc uSP web interface 4-15 Setting up advanced features As you s c roll down t he Job Su bmi ssion window , you a rrive at a section called “Advanced Featu res.” In this section, you can specify im age adjustment parameters, including color optimization pa ram[...]

Printi ng a job us ing the Do cuSP web interfac e Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction P rint Serv ices 4-16 – For side 2, a posit ive x value shifts th e image to t he left and a positive y value shifts the image down . NOTE: A ny shift th at you set using th e Image Shift option m a y interf ere wit h any of fset fo r bindin g tha t the [...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xer ox Produc tion Print Services Printin g a job us ing the Doc uSP web interface 4-17 • [T andem X and Y]: A horizo ntal an d vertical shif t that moves the i mages o n both side 1 and si de 2 in th e same directi on. 2. Set the amount of imag e shift in the x ( horizo ntal) an d y (verti cal) d irections for Side 1 and[...]

Printi ng a job us ing the Do cuSP web interfac e Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction P rint Serv ices 4-18 • Scan and Gathe r: The contro ller scans and also attemp ts to locate high- resolut ion files an d retrie ve them to t he inpu t spool disk prior t o decomposition. • Prin ter D efau lt: Default set fo r the system Specifying Hal[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xer ox Produc tion Print Services Printin g a job us ing the Doc uSP web interface 4-19 • [T rapping]: Compensates for misregistration occurring at the pri nter . When color pl anes ar e not regis tered exactl y with one an other , whi te gaps a nd regions o f shifted hue ca n appear at obj ect bou ndaries. When the [T ra[...]

Printi ng a job us ing the Do cuSP web interfac e Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction P rint Serv ices 4-20 Exampl e: If a co lor such as a paste l is below a thr eshold level, it may print as no colo r if a contrast value of 100 is specified. • [Saturation]: Speci fies the amount o f color th at is used to print the o u tput. – A value[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xer ox Produc tion Print Services Printin g a job us ing the Doc uSP web interface 4-21 • If you want to confirm your sele ctio ns without closing the Expert Color Se ttings window , select [Ap ply]. • S elect [OK] to con firm your selection s and close t he Expert Color Se ttings window . • T o close the window witho[...]

Printi ng a job us ing the Do cuSP web interfac e Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction P rint Serv ices 4-22 The pull-d ow n me nu contai n a list of the desti na ti on pr ofil es that ha ve been created at the co ntroller . Y ou may se lect a profile that applies to both th e front of th e page a nd the b ack. • [Rendering]: Render ing al[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xer ox Produc tion Print Services Printin g a job us ing the Doc uSP web interface 4-23 – [Automatic]: Selects allows the printer t o choose the best c hoice for r ender ing. (S electing [ Automatic] disables all othe r Rende ring Inte nt opt i o ns.) • [Press Color Emulation]: Lets yo u specify t he press standar d who[...]

Printi ng a job us ing the Do cuSP web interfac e Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction P rint Serv ices 4-24 •P e r i o d ( . ) • The spa ce char acte r NOTE: he first charac ter i n the accou nt field may not be a spac e c harac ter. • [Sender Name]: The na me of the user who is subm itting the job. I nit ially , th is field di spla y[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xer ox Produc tion Print Services Printin g a job us ing the Doc uSP web interface 4-25 • [Character Set]: Fr om the p ull-down menu, select t he font in w hi ch al l te xt on the we b in ter fa c e Jo b S ub missi on windows will be presented. • [Units]: Allows you t o select the un it of mea sure in which measur ement[...]

Printi ng a job us ing the Do cuSP web interfac e Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction P rint Serv ices 4-26 Selecting a file for printi ng T o select a file fo r printing, follow these ste ps: 1. On the st ationary printi ng section o f the Job Sub mission window , select the [Browse] bu tton tha t is located at th e rig ht of the [ File Na[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xer ox Produc tion Print Services Printin g a job us ing the Doc uSP web interface 4-27 Follo w these st eps to displa y the job an d queue status informa tion: 1. On the w eb int erface Jo b Submissi on windo w , select [Admi nistrat ion]. The Status and M essages fo r Queues and Jobs window disp lays. 2. Select one or mo [...]

Printi ng a job us ing the Do cuSP web interfac e Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction P rint Serv ices 4-28 Vi ewing messages Y ou can view message s of any job, qu eue, or printer th at is displa yed on t he Statu s and Me ssage s for Que ue s and Jo bs window . Messages allo w you to ch eck the curr ent condition of a print qu eue or a pr[...]

5-1 5. Xerox PPDs an d PlugIns If the Xe rox PlugIn is loa ded, the Ad obePS printer driver uses the PlugIn rather than the Xerox PPD files. Any job ticket sett i ngs overr ide th e PPD setti ngs. PPDs and PlugIns using a Macintosh This secti on explain s how to use the Ado bePS printe r driver wit h Xerox PPDs a nd Xerox Job Ticke t PlugIn to crea[...]

Xerox P PDs and PlugIn s Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pr oductio n Print Ser vices 5-2 • If you are submitt ing yo ur d ocu me nt to a service bu reau, any printi ng requ irements you sel e ct from the XDS dial og boxes are igno red. Y ou must ent er your requ irement s at the ser vice bureau , usin g a hardc opy job req uest fo rm. Selecting [...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Se rvices Xerox P PDs and P lugIns 5-3 Using drag and drop to print one or more jobs T o select on e or more jo bs using drag and drop, follow these steps: NOTE: This will not work on the Mac OS X because it do es not have desktop printe r s. 1. Select the icon for the j ob that you want to print. 2.[...]

Xerox P PDs and PlugIn s Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pr oductio n Print Ser vices 5-4 NOTE: Fo nt downloadin g and substitu tion may be d ifferen t betwee n PostSc ript an d PDF file s of the same job. In ad dition, font di f feren ces may be experi enced be tween v ersions of Wi ndows. Creating your document Plan how you wa nt your d ocument t[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Se rvices Xerox P PDs and P lugIns 5-5 Coll a te copi es Keep se lected (on) . Keep s elected (on). T a ble 5-2. Available sel ectio ns by printer driver in properties dialog Properti es dialo g selecti ons Native A dobe or Micr osoft PS driv er for Windows 95 with Xerox PPD files Microso ft PS drive[...]

Xerox P PDs and PlugIn s Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pr oductio n Print Ser vices 5-6 With hea d-to-toe pri n ting, also know n as “tu mble dupl ex,” bo th sides o f the pag e are pri nted; bu t the position o f the imag e is revers ed ( fr o m t op to bottom ) on ever y o the r pa ge, si mi l ar to th e layout of a calendar . Finish ing Al[...]

6-1 6. Using Co mmand Li ne Clie nt The Xerox D ocument Su bmission Command Line softw are enabl es you to se t up and submit pr int jobs b y enteri ng comman ds in a DOS or Unix windo w , f rom a PC or Sun workst ation. Th is chapte r describe s the pro cedure a nd synta x for enter ing the print an d job se tup co mm ands. T o view m ore of the w[...]

Using Com mand Line Client Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction P rint Servic es 6-2 1. Log on to your networ k. 2. Use the main applic ation ca lled P rint. T ype Print - <argu ment>. Additional inf ormation abou t using this application is in the following section . 3. W ait for the XDSCL> prom pt to ap pear on the w indow . Thi s[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Se rvices Usin g Command L ine Clien t 6-3 Syntax –he lp -? Exiting XDS Command Line: -exi t Exit s XDS Command Line . Syntax –e xit Listing the printe rs: -ListP Displa ys the director y paths and nam es of the ava ilable pri nters. The prin ter name, printe r status , output status, and printe[...]

Using Com mand Line Client Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction P rint Servic es 6-4 Syntax –f <file> Argument <file> Specifie s the directory p ath and n ame of the document file that will be p rinted. Setting the job ticket: -jt <job> Specifies the job ticket tha t will be u sed with the curre nt job. Th is parame te r [...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Se rvices Usin g Command L ine Clien t 6-5 Setting the finishing option Specifi es the fin i shing for the job. Syntax -finishing <option> Argument <option > Enter one of the fo llowi ng: • no-fini sh • staple-top-left • stap le-bo ttom- left • staple - top- right • stapl e-dual[...]

Using Com mand Line Client Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction P rint Servic es 6-6 Displays the inform ation in verbo se mode. All job infor mation will be dis played up t o 40 jobs. The num ber of record s displayed can be spec ified using the -n opti on. Use the -e optio n to display the ent i re da tabase. Argument -l or -L Displays the[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Se rvices Usin g Command L ine Clien t 6-7 Setting the printer: -p <printer> Specifies and sets the p rinter that will be u sed for pr int jobs. Th is parame te r is required for printing. Syntax –p <pr int er> Argument <printer> Specifie s the dir ectory p ath a nd na me o f the [...]

Using Com mand Line Client Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction P rint Servic es 6-8 Setting t he RegFileLoc For informatio n on creating and setting up the printer discovery file, refer to the Installation Guide. T o set the Printer Registrat i on File location, use this syna tax. Syntax RegFileLoc -<location> Argument <location>[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Se rvices Usin g Command L ine Clien t 6-9 2. The job i s submi tted when yo u execute the batch file. The sing le com mand mo de is o fte n used fo r batch operati on. T o do this , copy a nd paste t he c ommand line a nd cha nge th e parame ters. NOTE: D o not cha nge other pa rts of the batch file[...]

Using Com mand Line Client Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction P rint Servic es 6-10 –help Display list of a vailable comma nds –Listp Display list of printers -v or - V Displ ays printer n ame, statu s, type, ne twork addr ess, outp ut type, ou tput forma t and server prog ram -p or - P Displ ays printer sta tus of specif ied print er [...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Se rvices Usin g Command L ine Clien t 6-11 -p or -P <printer queue na me> Displa ys inf o rma tion for th e speci fied printe r queue. -RegFi leLoc Printer Registrati on File Location -set <locati on> The loc ation of the Pr inter Registr ation Fil e in URL form at -get D isplays curre n[...]

Using Com mand Line Client Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction P rint Servic es 6-12[...]

7-1 7. The Xerox Custom PCL pr inter driv ers This ch a pter de scribes how you ma y best u s e the Xero x PCL printer drivers when using a Windows or Solaris based system. The Xer ox Custom P C L pri nter dri vers are PC L driv ers that include Xerox valu e added user interface co ntrols to access the featur es specific to the supported Xe rox pri[...]

The Xerox Custom P CL printe r driver s Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction P rint Servic es 7-2 Printing a document This secti on ex plains ho w to select the options and f eatures of the Xer ox PCL p rinter drive rs for Wi ndows, o r Solari s applic ations. The pro cedure t o get to the user in terface window of the PCL driver varies f or[...]

Guide to Printi ng Using Xer ox Produc tion Print Services The Xer ox Custom PCL prin ter drivers 7-3 NOTE: If yo u are subm itti ng a job wit h a defi ned page range and the applicatio n supports defi ning a page r ange to print, set the page ra nge i n the appl icatio n rath er than in the X erox Job T icket. Se tting the p age range in t he appl[...]

The Xerox Custom P CL printe r driver s Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction P rint Servic es 7-4[...]

8-1 8. The Xerox Custom PostScr ipt printer dri vers This chapte r describes how you may b est use the Xe rox Custom PostSc ript pr inter dr ivers when using a Windows, Macintosh, or Solaris based syste m . The Xerox Custo m PostScript printer drivers include Xerox value added user interface co ntrols to access the featu res speci fic to the supp o[...]

The Xe rox Custom PostScri pt printe r driver s Gui de to Pri nting Using Xero x Product ion Pr int Servi ces 8-2 • A ccess to the printer job ticket items from within ap plication s • Fa ster processing in ma ny situat ions wh en compa red to t he Micros oft PostScr ipt pr inter driver , especial ly when grap hics are incl uded i n the do cume[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Services The Xerox Custom P ostScrip t printer drivers 8-3 5. Select [Option s] or [Prope rties]. The Job T icket setup window is displayed . NOTE: Fo r Wind ows NT and Wi ndows 2 000, selectin g [Optio ns] or [Properties] provides t he printe r properties. T o open th e properties fo r other operati[...]

The Xe rox Custom PostScri pt printe r driver s Gui de to Pri nting Using Xero x Product ion Pr int Servi ces 8-4[...]

9-1 9. Job ticket options This chap ter contai ns the pr ocedure s for printing a docum ent using the XD S and XD S Plus softw ar e on a X erox p rinti ng system from your comp uter ru nning Wind ows 95, Windows 98, Window s NT 4.0, Wind ows 2000, W indows Millenn ium, XP , or a Sun wo rkstation that is running So laris 2.6 or 2 .8. From a Macint o[...]

Job tick et opt ions Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction Print Ser vices 9-2 The Printer default option A Pri nter def ault select ion app ears in many of the job ticket fields . This op tion can be used t o print the jo b usin g the qu eue default, the queu e override, or th e option that was set u sing the Post Scri pt setpa gedevice comm[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Services J ob ticket o ptions 9-3 NOTE: Th e featur es that ap pear in the jo b ticket fiel ds and list boxe s on the S etup win dow vary depend i ng on whic h featur es are ava ilable from the j ob ticket se ttings that you select or are suppor ted by the printe r that you ar e using. Refer to the J[...]

Job tick et opt ions Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction Print Ser vices 9-4 3. If you wan t to use an existing jo b ticket as th e base for your new one, select the [O pen] button to the right of the [Jo b T icket] field, and browse to sel e ct the job ticke t th at you wan t to use. 4. Enter the rest of th e job informatio n on the Files [...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Services J ob ticket o ptions 9-5 The featu r es th at app ea r on the windows an d th e list boxes vary depend ing on which f eatures are a vailable fro m the job ti cket settings you select or for th e printer you are u sing as well as the platfo rm being used. Settin g s differ per plat form (Wind[...]

Job tick et opt ions Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction Print Ser vices 9-6 Specifying the job disposition (printing or saving) The Dis position menu enable s you to print, sa ve, or print and save your job, de p ending on your printer cap abilities. T o specify the jo b disposit ion (somet imes call ed “de stinati on”) f ollow these s[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Services J ob ticket o ptions 9-7 The follo wing secti ons descri be the op tions th at may be avail able on th e Job T icket dialo g box, de pending on your printe r . Selecting the document type The “do cument typ e” is the pag e description l anguage (P DL) format fo r the documen t. T o speci[...]

Job tick et opt ions Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction Print Ser vices 9-8 Custom finishing i s available for some of the Xe rox printers. For availability , refer to the guide ti tled, Job ticket fe atures guide.” If your connecte d printer supp orts a printer capability file, a pop u p button is available. When sel ected, th e availab[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Services J ob ticket o ptions 9-9 • [V ertical image s hift]: Moves the image vert ically on the portra it or lands cape pa ge. The up ar row shift s the imag e towards t he t op of t he pag e and the do wn ar row sh if ts the imag e towards the bottom of t he page. • [Independent sid e 2 image s[...]

Job tick et opt ions Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction Print Ser vices 9-10 • [T andem Y]: A vertical shift tha t moves the images on both side s in the same d irection. This l eaves the horizont al shift ind ependen t for both sid es. T andem is best us ed for head-to-t oe jobs. • [T andem Both]: A horizontal and vertical sh ift that[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Services J ob ticket o ptions 9-11 Spec ifying a n ti-alia sing The [Anti -aliasin g ] field allo ws you to alleviate any aliasing proble m that may occur in an ima ge. Aliasing means in accurate rendi tion of line w idth and position , a nd a j a gge d appearance on the edges o f imag es. If a nti-a[...]

Job tick et opt ions Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction Print Ser vices 9-12 DocuT ech 135 and DocuT ech/DocuPrint 9 0 restrictions: On these syste ms, the [Accou nt:] field must conta in a minimum of thre e characters. Y ou may u se only t he following characters in th e [Account ] field: – Uppercase letters A thro ugh Z – Nu m er als[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Services J ob ticket o ptions 9-13 Stock categories The XDS sof tware organizes the stocks that it detects in job tickets into the following categories: NOTE: This sectio n is specifical ly for M acintosh users. • Prin t er st ocks: Stocks th at are loaded on the printer . Properties for printe r s[...]

Job tick et opt ions Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction Print Ser vices 9-14 For example, if yo u plan to use five differe nt stocks for this job (possibly for the main stock plus covers, exception pages, and bl ank page inserts), you will need to p e rform the specification p rocedure five times, fo r stocks 1 throug h 5 for your current [...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Services J ob ticket o ptions 9-15 2. Make chang es to the specifica tions in the pr operty fields a s desired. Refer to “Specifying stock properties,” la ter in this chapter , for an e xplanat ion of these fields . 3. When f inished m aking chan ges, sele ct one of t he following buttons at the [...]

Job tick et opt ions Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction Print Ser vices 9-16 3. If ne cessary , select t he radio but ton for the desire d unit o f measur e for your stock size. Y our option s are [in. ] (in ches) or [mm] (millimeters) . Spec if ying the st ock color Follow the se steps to select the color of the stock: 1. From the C olor [...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Services J ob ticket o ptions 9-17 • [Custom]: A stock t ype th at is not on the T ype menu. The stock type name may have up to 30 chara cter s. Do not us e spac es when en teri ng the cu stom s t ock ty pe name. If you sel ect thi s option, a Custom Select ion dialog b ox opens. E nter a name for [...]

Job tick et opt ions Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction Print Ser vices 9-18 Specifying front cover or back cover only Y ou can add just a front cover or a back cover to the print jo b. Follo w these st eps to add one cover and to select the printing opti ons: 1. Select the [Covers...] icon on the Job T icket dialog bo x. The Covers d ialo[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Services J ob ticket o ptions 9-19 2. In the Cover s dialog box, select e ither [Fron t and Back Sam e] or [Fro nt and B ack Diffe rent] to add both a fro nt and a back cover to the job. D ependi ng on yo ur selecti on, either the [Front Co ver] and [Back Cove r] fields or th e [Both Covers ] fiel d [...]

Job tick et opt ions Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction Print Ser vices 9-20 Specifying exception pages The Except ion Pages di alog bo x enables yo u to select di ff erent paper stocks for a ny specified pag es or page ranges in the print job. Adding an exception page Y ou ca n a dd up to 250 exc eption pa ge rang es. Follo w these step s[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Services J ob ticket o ptions 9-21 • [Sides Imaged] : Select 1-sided , 2-sided , or hea d-to-toe printi ng from the pop - up menu in this fi eld. Y ou can al so select [Use Job Setting]. • [Rotation]: Select Printer Defau lt, None, or 180 to rotate an imag e. • [Image Shift]: If you want to shi[...]

Job tick et opt ions Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction Print Ser vices 9-22 4. On the E xception Pages dialog b ox, select [Ad d]. The excepti on page rang e is added to t he [Defined Ranges] list box. 5. Repea t steps 2 th rough 4 to program ad ditional excep tion pages if desire d. 6. Select [OK] to save the exception pag es and retur n[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Services J ob ticket o ptions 9-23 Specifying full-color param eters The [Co lor ...] icon open s a C ol o r dial og bo x, w hic h all ow s yo u t o specify jo b submission attri butes for optimal co lor print quali ty . Select to p rint the job in Grayscale o r Printer Defau lt. Settings in the Colo[...]

Job tick et opt ions Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction Print Ser vices 9-24 – A contr ast value of 100 causes the output colors to use either fu ll col o r or no col or f or cyan, yello w , magen ta, a nd black , depen ding on th e conten t of the original im age. Exampl e: If a co lor such as a paste l is below a thr eshold level, it m[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Services J ob ticket o ptions 9-25 The menu s cont ain profiles tha t ar e pr ovid ed b y Xerox, p l us any additiona l profiles that have been add ed by the system administrator a t the controller . These color sou rce p rofiles are de fined in the P rinter Capabi lities file that was select ed in t[...]

Job tick et opt ions Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction Print Ser vices 9-26 – [Same Rendering for All] check box: Causes the rendering int ent that you select from the Images menu to be use d for tex t and gr ap hics as well. (The Graph ics and T ext menus are d isabled when you select this check box.) – Images, T ext, and Graphic men[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Services J ob ticket o ptions 9-27 3. Select [OK] to save your cha nge s and to return to the Color dialo g b ox. If you wan t to return to the Colo r dialog box without saving any changes, select [Cancel]. Setting highlight color parameters On pr inters that s upport highlig h t color , the Highli g[...]

Job tick et opt ions Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction Print Ser vices 9-28 Extra ction colo r determines how the existi ng colo r of text, shading, or grap hics contained in a job will p rin t on your printer , and whi ch color will pr int in the solid highlight in k color . All colors other than th e highli ght ( pr inte r ink) co lor p[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Services J ob ticket o ptions 9-29 Specifying page inserts The [Inserts. ..] icon opens the Page Insert s dialog box on which you specify blank pages that will b e inserted into the current docume nt. Y ou may specif y the page num ber tha t the bl ank pages will follow , the numb er o f blank pages [...]

Job tick et opt ions Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction Print Ser vices 9-30 e. Sele c t [OK ] t o clos e the P aper St ock di alog bo x and return t o the Inserts di alog b ox. Y our ne w stock specific ations a re displayed in the [Pape r Stock] field o n the Inse rts dialog box. 6. Select [Ad d]. The or de r num b er , page number , qua[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Services J ob ticket o ptions 9-31 If you wan t to remove the changes that you made, select [Cancel]. Spec if ying ch apter st arts Use the [Ch apter Start] option to id entify a page as t he fir st pag e of a cha pter or sect ion of t he job. The chapter start page alwa ys prints on the first sid e [...]

Job tick et opt ions Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction Print Ser vices 9-32 Deleti ng a c hapter s tart page Follo w these st eps to delete a chapter start page. 1. On the Jo b T icket dial og box, select the [Chapter St arts...] icon. 2. In the [ Page] list bo x, select th e page n umber tha t you want to delete . 3. Select [Del et e]. T[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Services J ob ticket o ptions 9-33 • U se the Window Ex plorer to sele ct the fi le and drag and dr op the file on to the XDS application. The file is sent d i rectly to the pr inter . • Use the co mmand lin e. • S elect the file f rom the File menu, which displays the four most recently o pene[...]

Job tick et opt ions Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction Print Ser vices 9-34 Saved jobs ma y be reprinted in one of the following wa ys: • W ithout changin g any of th e saved j ob ticket param eters • C hangi ng one o r more saved job t icket par ameters NOTE: Differe nt network software modifie s the repr int job n ame to fit various[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Services J ob ticket o ptions 9-35 6. Sele ct [Print]. The job is sent to the printer for reprinting. Reprinting with different job ticket parameter s When a jo b is saved , its job t i cket is saved with it. The job may be rep rinted with di fferent j ob ticke t paramet ers as necessa ry . The saved[...]

Job tick et opt ions Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction Print Ser vices 9-36 Checking the status of a job T o check th e status of a job that ha s been sent to a Novell print queue, use the Novell NetW are PCO NSOLE ut ility . T o view the Novell print queue: 1. At the DOS prompt, enter PCONSOLE. 2. From the A vailab le Option s menu, sel [...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Services J ob ticket o ptions 9-37 If [Restore X D S when a file is dropped ] is not select ed, XDS r emains mi nimized when f iles are droppe d on it. • [Print com mand- line doc um ent fil es ]: Enable s XDS t o print f iles that are sp ec ified on the comma nd line. If [Prin t co mma nd-line do [...]

Job tick et opt ions Guide to Printin g Using X erox Pro duction Print Ser vices 9-38 • S tocks in the S tock Library (names a nd records) • Fo nts that have b een loade d • Desti nati on IC C pro f ile s • CMYK inte nsity transfer function s (TRC) • RGB source color profile • CMYK sou rce color profile • CMY so urce color profile •[...]

Guide to Printing Us ing Xerox Producti on Print Services J ob ticket o ptions 9-39 6. On the Sa ve Prin ter Capabilit ies File window , locate a nd open th e folder in which you want th e system to save the printer capa bilities file that it generates. In the [Fi le name] text field, enter a n a me for th e file. The n ame must have a .xcp exte ns[...]