Xerox 701P21110 manual

October 2002 701P21110 Xerox Document Services Platform Tape client job submission guide[...]

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Tape Clien t Job Subm ission Guide iii T able of contents Safet y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Laser sa fety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Ozone info rmation: U. S . only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Table of co ntents iv Tape Client Jo b Sub mission Guide 2. Managing and printi ng jobs from the Tape Client . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Overview of the print ing process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Preparing to print a t ape job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 Importing reso[...]

Tape Cl ient Job S ubmissio n Guide v Safety Laser safe ty W ARNING Adjustments, use of con trols, or perf ormance of procedures other than those spec ified herein may result in hazar dous light exposure. The Xerox DocuPrint pr inters are cer tified to comply with the perform ance st andard s of the U .S . Depar tment of Health , Educati on, and W [...]

Safety vi Tape Client Job Sub mission Guide Ozone information : U . S. onl y This pr oduct pr oduces oz one during no rmal opera tion. The amoun t of oz on e produ ced de pends on cop y vol ume . Oz one is heavier than air . The environm e ntal pa rameters s pecifie d in the Xerox installation instructio n s ensure that concentration lev els are wi[...]

Tape Clien t Job Subm ission Guide vii Safety • Nev er use sup plies o r clea ning mat er ial s f or other than their intend ed pu r poses . K eep all m aterials out of the reach of chil dren . • Nev er operate the e qu ipmen t if you not ice unus ual no ises o r odors . Disconnect th e po wer cord from the electrical outlet and cal l service t[...]

Safety viii Tape Client Jo b Sub mission Guide Electrical supply This pr oduct s hall be o pera ted fr om the type of electrical su pply indicate d on t he prod uct’ s data pla te labe l. If y ou are not sur e that your ele ctr ical s upply me ets th e requi rem en ts, plea s e consul t your loca l power company for advic e. This pr oduct must b [...]

Tape Cl ient Job S ubmissio n Guide ix Safety Maintenance Any operator pro duct maintena nce proc edures will be descr ibed in the u s er docume ntati on sup plied wit h the pr oduct. Do not carry out an y mainten ance o n the product, which i s not described in the cu stomer document ation. Bef ore cl eaning y our pr oduct Bef o re clea ning this [...]

Safety x Tape Clie nt Job Submission Guide Radio and telecom m unications equipment d irective (Eur ope only) Certification to 1999/5 /EC Radi o Equipment and T elecomm unications T ermina l Equipment Directive: This Xer o x product has be en self -cer tified b y Xero x f or pan- Europ ean sing le terminal conn ection t o the ana log pub lic s witc[...]

Tape Cl ient Job S ubmissio n Guide xi Safety For fur ther information F or more in fo r mat ion on Enviro nmen t, Heal th and Saf ety i n relatio n to th is Xerox product and su pplies, pl ea se co nt act t he f ollowing customer help l ine s: Europ e:+44 17 07 35 3434 USA:1 800 828657 1 Canad a:1 800 82865 71[...]

Safety xii Tape Client Job Submission Guide[...]

Tape Cl ient Jo b Sub missio n Guide xii i Introduct ion The T ape Cl ient Job Submis sion G uide pro vides t he info rmati on you need to se t up and submit jo bs from ta pe, usin g the T ape Client sof twar e. This docum ent is inten ded for the pro gram mer or user wh o submit s jo bs to th e printer , an d for the ope rato r , who is respon sib[...]

Introductio n xiv Tape Client Jo b Submission Gu ide Conventions This guide us es the follo wing conve ntions : • All caps and angle bracket s: Wit hin proc edure s, th e names of keys are show n in all cap s within angl e bracket s (for exam ple, press <E NTER >). • Angle bracket s: V ari able infor matio n, or the position of a specifie[...]

Introd uction Tape Cl ient Jo b Sub mission Gu ide xv Documenta tion This section lists related publications and pr ovides informatio n on pr inting t he cu stome r docum entat ion. DocuPrint 2000 Series 10 0/1 15/135/15 5/180 EP S document ation The follo wing docum ent s cont ain info rmation on the Xe rox DocuPri nt 2000 Series 100/115/ 135/15 5[...]

Introductio n xvi Tape Client Job Submission Guide Printing customer document ation T o p rint th e latest version of t he cust omer d ocumentat ion: 1. Crea te a queue, spec ifyin g ASCII for input an d Duplex f or outpu t. 2. Insert the DOC CD into the CD drive. 3. Open a UNIX te rminal win dow on the g raphical use r interface. 4. Ente r: cd /cd[...]

Tape Cl ient Jo b Sub mission Gu ide 1-1 1. T a pe Clien t overvi ew This chap ter provide s an overvie w of the featu res and functi ons of the Xe rox Docu Prin t 2000 S eries E nterp rise Pri nting S ystem LCDS T ape Clie nt software . Features and cap abiliti es For offline op erations, the input medium to the system is magne tic t ape, which ma[...]

Tape Clie nt overview 1-2 Ta pe Client Jo b Submission Gu ide T ape Client cap abilitie s The T ape Cli ent provid es the follo wing capabilities: • Of fli ne pri nting of LCDS dat a stre am • Dat a trans mission via Socke t Gateway • Submi ssion of ta pe client j obs to other EPS that are ru nning the Soc ket Gat eway • Processi ng of LCDS[...]

Tape Clie nt overview Tape Cl ient Jo b Sub mission Gu ide 1-3 Supported tape format s The T ap e Clien t sup ports the foll owing t ape forma ts: •A N S I (HOST=IBMOS/IBMDOS/IBMDBS /IBM3200) • Xerox A NSI (HOST=ANSI /XEROX) • IBMDO S / 360 (HOST=IBMOS/IBMDOS/IBMDBS /IBM3200) •I B M O S / 3 6 0 (HOST=IBMOS/IBMDOS/IBMDBS /IBM3200) • UNIV A[...]

Tape Clie nt overview 1-4 Ta pe Client Jo b Submission Gu ide Functional overview The T ap e Clien t softw are ena bles tran smiss ion of data from a c a r t r i d g eo ro p e nr e e lt a p et ot h eD PE P Sc o n t r o l l e rv i at h e Socket Gatew ay . Y our Socket Gateway must be set up to interact wi th the T ape Cli ent software . (Refer to th[...]

Tape Clie nt overview Tape Cl ient Jo b Sub mission Gu ide 1-5 T ape job accounting The T ape Cl ient mai ntains a jo b log file , which contains accounti ng dat a for each job. Y ou can view and print this lo g. Info rmation is log ged in the acco unting f ile during pr oces sing at the followin g times: • At the end of each fi le, the fo llowin[...]

Tape Clie nt overview 1-6 Ta pe Client Jo b Submission Gu ide Job rec overy If a T ape Client crash occur s during t ape pro cessing, it re covers to its last known state at th e start of a fi le. The T ape Cl ient main ta ins a fil e that cont ain s all the info rmat ion nee ded to recover from a rollover . The job is a lways recovered to the st a[...]

Tape Clie nt overview Tape Cl ient Jo b Sub mission Gu ide 1-7 Input processing from t ape using Print Description Language Y ou use Xer ox Job Descrip tion Com piler (XJDC) commands to defin e parameters of tape jobs . Before sel ectin g the PDL commands that will d escribe a specific jo b tape, you need to under sta nd cert ain t ape stru cture c[...]

Tape Clie nt overview 1-8 Ta pe Client Jo b Submission Gu ide Record st ructur e A record is arbitrarily divided into two portions: operating system and us er . • The opera ting system p ortion of th e record cont ains infor mation that is suppli ed by the host oper ating or spo oling system. • The us er port ion of th e reco rd contai ns info [...]

Tape Cl ient Jo b Sub mission Gu ide 2-1 2. Managing an d printing jobs from t h eT a p eC l i e n t This chap ter describe s the proced ures for setti ng up an of flin e LCDS job a nd submitting it from the T ape Clie nt for print ing on the DocuP rint 20 00 Serie s EPS. Overview of the printing process This sectio n cont ain s an overview of the [...]

Managi ng and p rinting j obs fr om the Ta pe Client 2-2 Ta pe Client Jo b Submission Gu ide Figure 2-1. T ape Client window 5. From the D evice m enu in the Input Device grou p box , sel ect the name tha t is assign ed to the tape drive fro m which the job will be sent. 6. In the File R ange field, spe cify the files on the tape that will be print[...]

Manag ing and p rinting jo bs fro m the Tape Cli ent Tape Cl ient Jo b Sub mission Gu ide 2-3 7. Fro m the Print er pu lldown men u in the Outp ut Co ntr ol gro up box, select the EPS printer to which you are sending the job (for ins truct ions on setting up a p rinter a nd the S ocket Gate way , refer to the cha pter “Ma naging th e tape client?[...]

Managi ng and p rinting j obs fr om the Ta pe Client 2-4 Ta pe Client Jo b Submission Gu ide Saving a t ape client setup Y ou c an save a tape clie nt setup in cluding t he followi ng areas o f the T ape Cli ent wi ndow: • Inpu t Device • Out put C ontr ol • End of Job • Docum ent T o s ave a tape c lien t setup : • Click Save Setup i nt [...]

Manag ing and p rinting jo bs fro m the Tape Cli ent Tape Cl ient Jo b Sub mission Gu ide 2-5 3. On the Lcds Resources window , select from the Source pull- down me nu the med ium tha t cont ains t he files tha t you wan t to import for your job . After a few s econds, a list o f the director ies on the source m edium appe ars in the Directory fiel[...]

Managi ng and p rinting j obs fr om the Ta pe Client 2-6 Ta pe Client Jo b Submission Gu ide • T o select all the res ource fil es that are displ ayed, ri ght- click in the resou rce list section an d select Select All from the po p-up m enu. Figure 2-4. Lcds Res ources wi ndow displayi ng resour ce files on t ape[...]

Manag ing and p rinting jo bs fro m the Tape Cli ent Tape Cl ient Jo b Sub mission Gu ide 2-7 7. After you have sel ected all th e files th at you want, r ight -click in the resour ce list secti on again , and select Import from the pop-up me nu. Figure 2-5. Popup menu with Import selected A Question prompt window open s, advising you that the impo[...]

Managi ng and p rinting j obs fr om the Ta pe Client 2-8 Ta pe Client Jo b Submission Gu ide 4. If you selected Range ,e n t e ri nt h e Range text field the file number s that you wa nt to print, in th e order tha t you want them to be printed . • Ind icate a ra nge by en teri ng the fir st and last file numbe r , separated by a hyp hen (-). Num[...]

Manag ing and p rinting jo bs fro m the Tape Cli ent Tape Cl ient Jo b Sub mission Gu ide 2-9 1. O btain the i nitia l JDL, JDE , and ( if requ ired) f orm na mes if you do n ot al ready k now th em. These resourc e files must be stored in the “lcds” folde r on the printing system internal disk befor e they can be used f or a pr int jo b. If th[...]

Managi ng and p rinting j obs fr om the Ta pe Client 2-10 Tape Clie nt Job Sub mission Guide Figure 2-7. J ob Descriptor Library w indow 4. On the r esources list, c lick the name o f the JDL , JDE, o r form that you w ant to use for the job. Y our selecti on appe ars in th e read-o nly Selecti on field. 5. Click OK . The li brary window closes, an[...]

Manag ing and p rinting jo bs fro m the Tape Cli ent Tape Cl ient Jo b Sub mission Gu ide 2-11 Controlling input for tape jobs While a jo b tape is proce ssing, y ou can pe rform the fo llowing tasks to manag e the input flow . Ending a job T o e nd a job befo re it has com pleted pr inting, click End on th e T ape Cl ient wind ow . The following c[...]

Managi ng and p rinting j obs fr om the Ta pe Client 2-12 Tape Clie nt Job Sub mission Guide 1. In the Move fiel d on the T ape Cl ient wind ow , click Ta p e Mark... . The Mo ve T a pe Mar k windo w open s. Figure 2-9. Move T ape Mark window 2. On the M ove T ape Mark w indo w , enter the numbe r of t a pe marks (fil es) that you want to skip; or [...]

Manag ing and p rinting jo bs fro m the Tape Cli ent Tape Cl ient Jo b Sub mission Gu ide 2-13 Moving over blocks on a tape Y ou can position a jo b tape for ward or backwa rd to skip one or more of the blocks wi thin a file on th e tape. Y ou mu st ini tiate th e Move comma nd before you start the job ; you canno t move over bl ocks while the job [...]

Managi ng and p rinting j obs fr om the Ta pe Client 2-14 Tape Clie nt Job Sub mission Guide St arting and ending tape dump sessions T o p rint a dump o f an offline job th at you wish t o troublesh oot, follow these step s: 1. Specify the de sired J DE an d the DUMP JDL on th e T ape Client w indow at the con troller . (The DUMP JDL, which w as lo[...]

Tape Cl ient Jo b Sub mission Gu ide 3-1 3. Managing the T ape Client This chapte r describes the manag ement t asks that you may need to perform wh en using the T ape Clie nt. Accessing the T ape Client T o ac cess the wi ndows from which you c an opera te and man age the T ape Cli ent, f ollow t his pro cedu re: 1. O n the Pr int Servi ces win do[...]

Managi ng the Tape Client 3-2 Ta pe Client Jo b Submission Gu ide 3. Click Setup... . The Pr inter Set up window ope ns. Figure 3-1. Printer setup window 4. Click t he approp riate button t o initiate one o f the setup tasks that are expl ained i n the follow ing sec tions. Adding a printer T o add a printer to the lis t of printer s to which you c[...]

Mana ging the Tap e Client Tape Cl ient Jo b Sub mission Gu ide 3-3 Modifying a printer T o c hange p ropert ies of a pri nter tha t is on your printer list , follow these step s: 1. On the Prin ter Setup wind ow , select the name of the pr inter that you want to change . 2. Click Modify ... . The Mod ify Pr inter win dow ope ns. Figure 3-2. Modify[...]

Managi ng the Tape Client 3-4 Ta pe Client Jo b Submission Gu ide Managing the t ape dri ve In the Input De vice gro up box on the T ape Clie nt window , you can init iate the foll owing t asks to ma nage the t ape driv e from which you ar e sendi ng jobs . Renaming a tape drive If you h ave m ore tha n one tape drive conn ected t o your p rinter ,[...]

Mana ging the Tap e Client Tape Cl ient Jo b Sub mission Gu ide 3-5 Rewinding or unloading a ta pe In th e Input De vice gro up box, you may rewi nd or unlo ad the tap e in the tape drive. 1. From the Device m enu, select the name of the dr ive in which the tape i s loa ded. 2. Click Rewind or Unload . Managing the tape job accounting log The T ape[...]

Managi ng the Tape Client 3-6 Ta pe Client Jo b Submission Gu ide The follo wing f igure sho ws the Job Log w indo w with no jobs displayed. Figure 3-4. Job Log window From the Job Log wi ndow , you can per form the manag ement tasks that are describe d in the followin g section s. View ing the job log T o open the Job Log win dow to view the a cco[...]

Mana ging the Tap e Client Tape Cl ient Jo b Sub mission Gu ide 3-7 Clearing the job log When th e acco unting lo g has les s than 5 00 KB of space le ft, you a message win dow is di splayed, aski ng you to clear the log . If you do not cle ar the log at thi s time, the log i s cleare d automatically wh en it is full. T o clear the log, click Clear[...]

Managi ng the Tape Client 3-8 Ta pe Client Jo b Submission Gu ide[...]

Tape Clien t Job Subm ission Guide INDEX-1 Index A accessing the Tape Client 3-1 accounting 1- 5 accounti ng, t ape job 3-5 – 3-7 addi ng a printe r 3-2 B BLOCK and RECOR D comm ands 1- 7 block s moving over 2-13 BOT (beginn ing of tape ) 2-1 C CE m ark ix changi ng a printer See mod ifying a printer code, tape 1-7 convention s xiv D data transmi[...]

INDEX INDEX-2 Tape Client Job S ubmission Guide overvi ew printi ng from tape 2-1 – 2-3 ozon e produ ction informati on vi P prep aring t o print f rom tap e 2-4 – 2-10 Print Description Lan guage (PDL) 1-7 printe r addi ng 3-2 deleti ng 3-3 modifying setup for offline 3-1 – 3-2 printi ng job log 3-6 selecting files 2-7 setting up for offline[...]