Xerox 701P40211 User Manual

Xerox Document Services Platform SeriesCommon ControllerSystem Guide701P40211Version 3.7April, 2003

TABLE OF CONTENTSviii SYSTEM GUIDE

Hints and Tips System Guide10-2 Common ControllerColor SystemsGeneral CommentsThe time required to process a job can depend on various influences. The

System Guide Hints and TipsCommon Controller 10-3Time required to print PDLThis component is influenced by the media being used and the paper path thr

Hints and Tips System Guide10-4 Common ControllerJob submission orderJob submission order can impact performance. It is suggested that a job with many

System Guide Hints and TipsCommon Controller 10-5For cases where the background/underlay of the variable data job is composed of 2 or 3 relatively sta

Hints and Tips System Guide10-6 Common ControllerThe DC 2045/2060/6060 print engine will also perform IQ adjustments if a difficult job is being proce

System Guide Hints and TipsCommon Controller 10-72. The user could pause the printer (the green button on the DocuSP GUI) until a large number of page

Hints and Tips System Guide10-8 Common Controller10.If the file size is greater than 1.44 MB, type compress FileName.txt and press <Enter>. If t

SYSTEM GUIDE INDEX-1IndexNumerics3.7 security changes, 4-4AAccounting exported values, 8-1Accounting file fields, 8-2accounting log, 8-1, 9-14all_jobs

INDEXINDEX-2 SYSTEM GUIDEIInoperable system problems, 9-6IPP Gateway, 2-2JJob flow problems, 9-6Job Integrity problems, 9-8Job messages, 2-5Llogin lev

SYSTEM GUIDE INDEX-3INDEXsystem_log, 9-12TTIFF, 5-1orientation, 5-7performance considerations, 5-7supported tags, 5-8TIFF problems, 9-9UUser level, 4-

Common Controller 1-11. IntroductionThe System Guide provides the information needed to perform system administration tasks for configuring and mainta

INDEXINDEX-4 SYSTEM GUIDE

Introduction System Guide1-2 Common Controller• Hints and TipsConventionsThis guide includes the following conventions• Angle brackets - Variable info

Common Controller 2-12. Gateway ConfigurationSetting up the HTTP and SNMP gateways cannot be accomplished through the graphical user interface and mus

Gateway Configuration System Guide2-2 Common Controller8. When complete, close the Terminal window and select System, Restart on the DocuSP user inter

System Guide Gateway ConfigurationCommon Controller 2-310.When asked to accept the values and update the configuration, enter y for yes.The configurat

Gateway Configuration System Guide2-4 Common ControllerConfiguration variablesOf the many parameters that are available for SNMP configuration, only t

System Guide Gateway ConfigurationCommon Controller 2-5Printer and job messagesSNMP can broadcast messages about the printer and the jobs on the syste

Gateway Configuration System Guide2-6 Common Controller• 42jobmtc - XEROX-SIMPLE-JOB-MGMT-TC• 43jobman - XEROX-SIMPLE-JOB-MGMT-MIB• 50commtc - XEROX-C

System Guide Gateway ConfigurationCommon Controller 2-7– The Marker Colorant Group– The Media Path Group– The Interpreters Group– The Channels Group–

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Gateway Configuration System Guide2-8 Common Controller

Common Controller 3-13. Backup and RestoreSoftware configuration information and customer specific files should be backed up to a safe location, eithe

Backup and Restore System Guide3-2 Common Controller• Any soft fonts that have been loaded on the system• Contents of the hosts and hosts.equiv files•

System Guide Backup and RestoreCommon Controller 3-3Xerox Backup and Restore (XBR) Utility for a DP100/115/135/180 EPS SystemBacking up a SystemTo bac

Backup and Restore System Guide3-4 Common Controller12.After the backup is complete, restart the system by typing reboot and pressing Enter.Restoring

Common Controller 4-14. Security and Network SetupThis section provides you with information on security regarding the DocuSP controller and the Solar

Security and Network Setup System Guide4-2 Common ControllerOverview of SecurityThe purpose of the security section is to provide information on secur

System Guide Security and Network SetupCommon Controller 4-3User Password changesWhen the DocuSP software and system was installed, Xerox provided a d

Security and Network Setup System Guide4-4 Common ControllerXerox is constantly evaluating the security of the DocuSP controller and the Sun Solaris o

System Guide Security and Network SetupCommon Controller 4-5While the underlying XDSS content has not changed since its inception, its implementation

SYSTEM GUIDE iTable of Contents1. Introduction 1-1About this guide 1-1Contents 1-1Conventions 1-2Customer Support 1-22. Gateway Configuration 2-1Inte

Security and Network Setup System Guide4-6 Common Controller• chargen (Sends revolving pattern of ASCII characters)• time (Outdated time service)• nam

System Guide Security and Network SetupCommon Controller 4-7• S72autoinstall (Solaris JumpStart autoinstall scripts, not used by DocuSP controllers)•

Security and Network Setup System Guide4-8 Common ControllerSolaris file permissions securedThe fix-modes utility (from the Solaris Security Toolkit)

System Guide Security and Network SetupCommon Controller 4-9Network parameters securedSun's nddconfig security tool is run. For additional inform

Security and Network Setup System Guide4-10 Common ControllerXDSS script componentsFor a greater degree of flexibility, individual scripts in the /opt

System Guide Security and Network SetupCommon Controller 4-11Remote shell internet serviceIf you are using the legacy Xerox print command line client

Security and Network Setup System Guide4-12 Common Controller• root: has super user access to the workstation. The initial password for this account i

System Guide Security and Network SetupCommon Controller 4-13• An enabled password.• The same user identification (uid) as used for the clientworkstat

Security and Network Setup System Guide4-14 Common ControllerDocument and backupAlways document and backup all files that you modify in case some unfo

System Guide Security and Network SetupCommon Controller 4-15### Configuration file for inetd(1M).## To re-configure the running inetd process,edit th

TABLE OF CONTENTSii SYSTEM GUIDESecurity Setup 4-4DocuSP 3.7 security changes 4-4Using the High security setting 4-5User and File-level changes 4-7Us

Security and Network Setup System Guide4-16 Common Controller# Tftp service is provided primarily forbooting. Most sites run this# only on machines ac

System Guide Security and Network SetupCommon Controller 4-17or"stream" or "dgram".# For "stream" and "dgram"

Security and Network Setup System Guide4-18 Common Controller###walld/1 tli rpc/datagram_vwaitroot /usr/lib/netsvc/rwall/rpc.rwalldrpc.rwalld## Rstatd

System Guide Security and Network SetupCommon Controller 4-19dt/bin/dtspcd /usr/dt/bin/dtspcd xaudio stream tcp wait root /usr/openwin/bin/Xaserver Xa

Security and Network Setup System Guide4-20 Common ControllerDisable anonymous LP? Execute configure-xdss. Or, as root user for each queue and truste

Common Controller 5-15. PrintingThe following information will help you understand how to enable and print using FIFO printing. The various printing u

Printing System Guide5-2 Common Controller• If FIFO is desired dynamically, all jobs must be submitted from a single client to a single queue with a r

System Guide PrintingCommon Controller 5-3’You will need to Restart the DocuSP Software for changes to take effect’•If n for no is entered, the follow

Printing System Guide5-4 Common ControllerASCII and PCL Printing UtilityASCII printing within various environments results in output that is not alway

System Guide PrintingCommon Controller 5-5You may set the site default for the PCL decomposer line termination. Setting these options allows both nati

TABLE OF CONTENTSSYSTEM GUIDE iiiQuick reference 4-195. Printing 5-1First In/First Out (FIFO) Printing 5-1Controller settings for limited FIFO schedu

Printing System Guide5-6 Common ControllerSocket Gateway Configuration Utility: setVPSoptionOn the DocuSP gui, gateways can be configured using the Se

System Guide PrintingCommon Controller 5-7TIFF filesThis section discusses the TIFF tags supported by the DocuSP software and the guidelines for print

Printing System Guide5-8 Common Controller• Use a TIFF orientation tag value of 8 to eliminate the need to rotate the image.• Use single strip image d

System Guide PrintingCommon Controller 5-9– Default = none– DocuSP supports single and multiple strip images.NOTE: Strips and tiles cannot be intermi

Printing System Guide5-10 Common ControllerUsing VIPPTo specify a job as a VIPP job, a start string is required. The required start string can be auto

System Guide PrintingCommon Controller 5-11Printing hintsIf you compress the resolution of an embedded bitmap object at the application level, you can

Printing System Guide5-12 Common Controller

Common Controller 6-16. FinishingThe following section contains information about how to use subset finishing and mixed stacking on a printing job.The

Finishing System Guide6-2 Common ControllerCreating jobs to use subset finishingIt is important that jobs intended to be printed using subset finishin

System Guide FinishingCommon Controller 6-3• The DT/DP 75/90 allows subset offsets to the top tray. However, the 61xx is not mechanically capable of j

TABLE OF CONTENTSiv SYSTEM GUIDENon Resident Fonts 7-6Font substitution 7-78. Accounting and Billing 8-1Accounting 8-1Auto exporting accounting log 8-

Finishing System Guide6-4 Common Controller• All finishing limitations and restrictions at the printer will apply to a subset segment.PCL Paper Source

System Guide FinishingCommon Controller 6-5Additional finishing informationThe DocuSP is unable to dual staple 3-hole punched stock. If dual staple i

Finishing System Guide6-6 Common Controller

Common Controller 7-17. FontsThe following information explains how to use and choose fonts for a job. It also covers various resident and non-residen

Fonts System Guide7-2 Common ControllerDownloaded font When a font is downloaded with a document, all the font requirements are embedded in the actual

System Guide FontsCommon Controller 7-3Americana Americana, Extra BoldAvantGarde Book, Book Oblique, Demi, Demi ObliqueAdobeSans MMAdobeSerif MMAlbert

Fonts System Guide7-4 Common ControllerHelvetica Helvetica Black, Black Oblique, Bold, Bold Oblique, Oblique, Light, Light Oblique, Condensed, Condens

System Guide FontsCommon Controller 7-5PCL resident fontsThere are three types of PCL 5e resident fonts that are permanently loaded at the DocuSP cont

Fonts System Guide7-6 Common ControllerNon Resident FontsThere may be many fonts available in your application that are not resident at the DocuSP con

System Guide FontsCommon Controller 7-7If you expect to create a document using fonts that are available on your workstation but not available at the

TABLE OF CONTENTSSYSTEM GUIDE vRestart DocuSP software without rebooting 9-11Productivity and performance problems 9-11Problems when saving a job 9-11

Fonts System Guide7-8 Common ControllerPCL 5e fontsAnother type of substitution occurs for PCL fonts. If a requested PCL font is not available, the Do

Common Controller 8-18. Accounting and BillingThe following sections explain the various accounting log versions that are available. It also lists the

Accounting and Billing System Guide8-2 Common Controller• Version 3: This version will export all entries that are new and old and zero and non-zero

System Guide Accounting and BillingCommon Controller 8-3This is normally caused by the loss of marker data in the Accounting structure. For example, C

Accounting and Billing System Guide8-4 Common Controller• Held by user• Held by operator• Save completed• Save completed with warnings• Save completed

System Guide Accounting and BillingCommon Controller 8-5• Interpress•LCDS• PostScript•PostScript2• PostScript Query•TIFF•PDF•IPDS•HTML• DocuJob• Inter

Accounting and Billing System Guide8-6 Common ControllerNumber PagesRIPpedNumber of processed pages.Total PagesTrappedNumber of pages trapped.Total An

System Guide Accounting and BillingCommon Controller 8-7Pages to Tray Total pages delivered to tray for a job.Number 1-SidedSheets PrintedNumber of si

Accounting and Billing System Guide8-8 Common ControllerMedium X, Size Page size for medium (number X=1...10). Field will be size of the paper stock

System Guide Accounting and BillingCommon Controller 8-9BillingBillable EventsNOTE: For Continuous Feed (CF) printing systems, the DocuSP billing met

TABLE OF CONTENTSvi SYSTEM GUIDEVariable data 10-4Image Quality 10-5Job Printing Hints 10-6Skipped Pitches 10-6PCI Channel Interface PWB Trace Capture

Accounting and Billing System Guide8-10 Common ControllerBilling MetersTable 8-1. Market Region Billing Meters for RegionRegion 1 (USCO)Meter A: Total

Common Controller 9-19. TroubleshootingThis section covers the various faults that you may encounter. Declared faults are those that display a message

Troubleshooting System Guide9-2 Common ControllerPrinter faultAn indicator will appear on the DocuSP GUI when a printer fault occurs and the Printer F

System Guide TroubleshootingCommon Controller 9-3• Inoperable system: The inoperable system has experienced an unrecoverable software error due to a j

Troubleshooting System Guide9-4 Common ControllerIf the Macintosh client cannot view any printer queues from the Chooser, perform the following:1. Ver

System Guide TroubleshootingCommon Controller 9-5– en_US for U.S. English– in_UK for U.K. English– fr for French– es for Spanish– de for German– it fo

Troubleshooting System Guide9-6 Common Controller2. If the font is not being downloaded with the job, determine if the font is loaded on the server by

System Guide TroubleshootingCommon Controller 9-7• If the /var/spool/XRXnps/outQ partition is full, go to the DocuSP GUI. Open [Preferences] and then

Troubleshooting System Guide9-8 Common ControllerJob Integrity problemsIf the job does not print as expected (missing pages, missing data, incorrect p

System Guide TroubleshootingCommon Controller 9-9• Is the queue faulted, or is it accepting jobs?• Did this file or a similar file print on a previous

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Troubleshooting System Guide9-10 Common Controller• With the printer’s error pages turned on, does the printer produce a PostScript error page?• Has t

System Guide TroubleshootingCommon Controller 9-11Restart DocuSP software without rebootingIf [Exit] is accidentally selected from the Xerox software,

Troubleshooting System Guide9-12 Common Controller1. Ensure that the banner and error pages are enabled,2. Submit the job for printing.3. Check the er

System Guide TroubleshootingCommon Controller 9-13The attribute information found in this file is as follows (the sequence and attributes displayed va

Troubleshooting System Guide9-14 Common ControllerPrinting the accounting logPrint the accounting log to gather information and recover from various a

System Guide TroubleshootingCommon Controller 9-15If there are problems starting the software, check the console window for messages.Loading XJDC/Unix

Troubleshooting System Guide9-16 Common ControllerConfiguring XJDC/UnixThe configuration file, CONFIG.TXT found in the directory /opt/XRXnps/bin/, con

System Guide TroubleshootingCommon Controller 9-17• JSL source files can be edited using the textedit command or UNIX vi command. The textedit utility

Troubleshooting System Guide9-18 Common ControllerProperly ejecting a diskette from the Diskette drive on a DocuSP workstationSeveral problems can ari

Common Controller 10-110. Hints and TipsGeneralDisabling the Solaris 8 Screen SaverTo disable the Solaris 8 Screen Saver:1. Open a Terminal window.2.