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DocuSP IPS Gateway
User's Guide
Version 1.0
May 2002
720P16890

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  • Page 1 DocuSP IPS Gateway User’s Guide Version 1.0 May 2002 720P16890...
  • Page 2 Xerox welcomes your suggestions and feedback on this document. You can contact us by e-mail or FAX at: E-mail: USA.3260.TechDoc@Orlando.so.xerox.com FAX: 407-869-2098 (Attention: Documentation) ©2002 by XEROX CORPORATION. All rights reserved. Copyright protection claimed includes all forms and matters of...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    IPDS job recovery... 1-6 Segmentation ... 1-7 Resolution and performance ... 1-8 Specifying margins ... 1-8 Gray scale printing... 1-9 Printer error reporting ... 1-9 Specifying edge treatment ... 1-9 2. Installation and setup Requirements ... 2-2 Installation requirements... 2-2 Licensing requirements ...
  • Page 4 OS/400 (iSeries) setup ... 2-14 Installing and setting up font support... 2-14 Removing resident outline fonts ... 2-15 Defining a logical printer... 2-16 Verifying the installation ... 2-16 Printing a trace job within IPS Gateway... 2-17 Printing a test job from the host ... 2-17 Uninstalling IPS Gateway ...
  • Page 5 4. Messages Fault messages... 4-1 IPDS messages ... 4-4 Trace messages... 4-7 Printer messages ... 4-8 Exception messages... 4-9 G. Glossary Index IPS Gateway User’s Guide (5/2002)
  • Page 6 Table of contents IPS Gateway User’s Guide (5/2002)

  • Page 7: Getting Started

    IPS Gateway User’s Guide (5/2002) IPS Gateway operates as a feature of the Document Services Printing (DocuSP) software. It enables Xerox DocuPrint 2000 Series 75 EPS and 90 EPS printers to print jobs received from IBM host computers that use IBM’s Print Services Facility (PSF) to convert Advanced Function...

  • Page 8: Printing The Ips Gateway User's Guide

    Select the Print option on the menu to open the Print window. On the Print window, enter the name of the queue you want to use in the Printer box and select Print. NOTE: Before selecting Print, check the Extended Options on the Queue Properties window for the specified queue.

  • Page 9: Ips Gateway Overview

    IPS Gateway is a feature of the Document Services Printing (DocuSP) system. IPS Gateway enables the Xerox DocuPrint printer to print jobs received from IBM host computers that use IBM’s PSF/AFP/IPDS. IPS Gateway receives IPDS data, formats it as a PostScript print job, and submits it to a print queue established on DocuSP.

  • Page 10: The Ipds Data Stream

    IPS Gateway User’s Guide (5/2002) All AFP resources (print data sets, page definitions, form definitions, page segments, fonts, and overlays) supported by the emulated printer are supported by IPS Gateway. Additionally, there are several IBM data architectures supported within the AFP environment that are fully supported by IPS Gateway, to the level supported by the emulated printer’s capabilities:...

  • Page 11: Processing Considerations

    For normal job processing, job segmentation should be disabled. However, Xerox recommends using job segmentation when using a spooled queue for any job over 500 pages. Although possible within the software setup, segmentation to a streaming queue is not necessary since pages are printed as soon as they are received.

  • Page 12: Ipds Job Recovery

    DocuSP queue are recoverable from the host, which typically resumes printing from the last checkpoint/restart page (see your PSF documentation for more information). Xerox recommends using a streaming queue without segmentation to optimize IPDS job recovery. IPS Gateway User’s Guide (5/2002)

  • Page 13: Segmentation

    Banner Page option; refer to the DocuSP System Guide for instructions. If you enable job segmentation and your printer is set up to use the Offset Stacking option for unfinished jobs, then the printer offsets the stack of pages each time a segment of a job is printed.

  • Page 14: Customer Job Accounting

    Gateway matches the resolution on the PostScript/PDF tab under the queue properties in DocuSP. Otherwise, performance may be impacted. When migrating applications from other Xerox or IBM IPDS devices, there may be small differences in page positioning due to differences in the imaging hardware.

  • Page 15: Gray Scale Printing

    The default setting for this option is On. If the IPDS job being printed requires data on the leading edge of the page, you may want to turn edge treatment off, provided the density of the output along that edge is not excessive.
  • Page 16 Getting started IPS Gateway User’s Guide (5/2002) 1-10...

  • Page 17: Installation And Setup

    Licensing and configuring the software and features • Defining the IPS Gateway queue • Setting the TCP/IP Socket Gateway port number in DocuSP • Setting up media • Loading IBM AFP resident outline fonts • Defining a logical printer • Verifying the installation...

  • Page 18: Requirements

    DocuPrint printer. If your IPDS configuration requires a channel connection, you will need an online channel board. Contact your local Xerox representative for more information. This feature must be licensed in IPS Gateway for IPS Gateway to function: •...

  • Page 19: Contents Of The Installation Cd

    IPS Gateway User’s Guide (5/2002) The installation CD contains the files identified in the table below. None of these files are copied to the printer controller disk as part of the installation; access the PDF files and readme.txt file from the CD.

  • Page 20: Installing The Software

    Installing the software Step 1. Step 2. Step 3. Step 4. Step 5. Step 6. Step 7. IPS Gateway User’s Guide (5/2002) This section provides instructions for installing IPS Gateway on a DocuPrint controller workstation. The installation program removes any previously installed version of this software before it installs the new version.
  • Page 21 Step 8. Step 9. Step 10. IPS Gateway User’s Guide (5/2002) After the IPS Gateway packages are successfully installed, you are asked to choose the language for the IPS Gateway user interface. Enter 1 for English, 2 for French, 3 for German, or 4 for Italian. NOTE: To change the language of the IPS Gateway user interface, reinstall the IPS Gateway software.

  • Page 22: Verifying Access And Establishing Passwords

    System Administrator: administ Passwords are case-sensitive. If the installation is being performed by a Xerox Customer Services Analyst or Engineer, ensure that your system administrator has access to IPS Gateway before the analyst or engineer leaves the site. Your system administrator should also change the initial passwords for security reasons;...

  • Page 23: Licensing And Configuring The Software And Features

    Licensing and configuring the software and features Licensing and enabling IPS Gateway Step 1. Step 2. Step 3. Step 4. Step 5. IPS Gateway User’s Guide (5/2002) This section provides instructions for licensing and configuring these features/functions: • IPS Gateway •...

  • Page 24: Licensing And Enabling The Postscript Decomposer

    System Guide for instructions. The SNMP Gateway provides the means to access available media selections as well as printer status reporting to the host. SNMP allows IPS Gateway to provide a status indication when the printer is not ready to receive data from the host due to a standard printer error condition, such as the printer being out of paper.

  • Page 25: Setting The Docusp Vps Option

    CAUTION: If you keep the default setting of VPS, you will experience problems with your print jobs. The VTAM Printer Support (VPS) option allows you to configure the ports of the TCP/IP Socket Gateway to either remove the echo commands (VPS) or leave the data unaltered (NONVPS).

  • Page 26: Defining The Ips Gateway Queue

    Managing the print queue IPS Gateway User’s Guide (5/2002) This section provides instructions on: • Naming a printer queue on DocuSP to receive the PostScript file generated by IPS Gateway • Defining the queue as either a spooling or a streaming queue To define the queue: On the DocuSP window, log on as Trusted User or System Administrator.

  • Page 27: Setting The Tcp/Ip Socket Gateway Port Number In Docusp

    Setting the TCP/IP Socket Gateway port number in DocuSP Step 1. Step 2. Step 3. Step 4. Step 5. Step 6. Step 7. Step 8. IPS Gateway User’s Guide (5/2002) A TCP/IP socket connection is required for IPS Gateway to submit print jobs to the DocuSP queue.

  • Page 28: Setting Up Media

    Step 4. Step 5. IPS Gateway User’s Guide (5/2002) In DocuSP, you must define the media using the Printer Manager, assign each media definition to a specific physical printer tray, and load the media in the trays. These media definitions are communicated to IPS Gateway for mapping to IPDS trays through the Media Setup tab.

  • Page 29: Loading Ibm Afp Resident Outline Fonts

    5648-113 to 5648-B45. IPS Gateway supports both of these product numbers (both CDs contain the correct set of fonts). Fonts are converted for use with IPDS jobs and stored on the printer when they are loaded. Although they reside on the printer, they cannot be viewed using the DocuSP Font Manager.

  • Page 30: Os/400 (Iseries) Setup

    /opt/XRXdocuprint/ipds/loadfont -c mount_path The fonts are loaded on the printer controller and converted for use by IPDS jobs. A message should appear verifying that the fonts have been loaded from the CD. If a message does not appear, verify the mount path of the CD.

  • Page 31: Removing Resident Outline Fonts

    On the command line of the terminal window, enter this command: /opt/XRXdocuprint/ipds/removefont The fonts are removed from the printer controller and Enhanced Font Support is not selectable on the IPDS Setup tab. Exit IPS Gateway by selecting Exit from the IPS Gateway System menu.

  • Page 32: Defining A Logical Printer

    IPS Gateway with these requirements: • For TCP/IP connectivity, the Internet Protocol (IP) address and port number of the logical printer must match the IP address and port number of the printer. • For channel connectivity, the unit address specified for the host printer definition must be a unique value and must match the unit address specified for IPS Gateway.

  • Page 33: Printing A Trace Job Within Ips Gateway

    To verify host-to-printer communications, perform these steps to print a test job from the host: Ensure IPS Gateway is running and is reporting “IPDS Idle” status. Start the logical printer from the host and verify that it is active. Send an IPDS print data stream from the host. “Media...

  • Page 34: Uninstalling Ips Gateway

    Use the uninstall program on the installation CD to remove all IPS Gateway files from the printer controller. These components are removed: • IPS Gateway license •...
  • Page 35 When the program successfully completes, a message appears informing you that the packages have been removed. You are prompted to restart the printer controller. Enter y for the uninstall program to reboot the printer controller or n to end the uninstall now.
  • Page 36 Installation and setup IPS Gateway User’s Guide (5/2002) 2-20...

  • Page 37: Ips Gateway Operation

    IPS Gateway does not automatically start when powering up or rebooting your printer. To start IPS Gateway, select IPS Gateway from the System menu on the DocuSP window, shown below. NOTE: Only one instance of IPS Gateway can run at a time. If you attempt to start IPS Gateway a second time, an error message displays on the console window.

  • Page 38: Fault Messages

    Provides access to the IPS Gateway menus (System, Setup, and Help), depending on your user access level. Pauses and resumes IPDS data stream processing. Messages pertaining to the operational status of the printer. Informational messages pertaining to IPDS processing. IPS Gateway fault messages. Place the mouse pointer over a displayed fault message for instructions on clearing that fault.

  • Page 39: Operating Ips Gateway

    Operating IPS Gateway System menu options Logging on to IPS Gateway Step 1. Step 2. Step 3. Step 4. IPS Gateway User’s Guide (5/2002) This section documents the operating functions available from these drop-down menus on the IPS Gateway menu bar: •...

  • Page 40: Logging Off Ips Gateway

    Logging off IPS Gateway Resetting IPDS Exiting IPS Gateway Step 1. Step 2. Pausing and resuming IPDS processing IPS Gateway User’s Guide (5/2002) Logging off IPS Gateway prevents other users from accessing and performing unauthorized functions. To log off IPS Gateway, select System>Logoff from the IPS Gateway menu bar.

  • Page 41: Setup Menu Options

    NOTE: Sixty days prior to your IPS/NPS software license expiring, a daily message displays in the IPS Gateway fault message area showing the number of days to expiration. Contact your local Xerox representative to obtain a valid license. Until a valid license string and expiration date are entered, IPS Gateway cannot receive IPDS data from the host.

  • Page 42: Changing Passwords

    Changing passwords Step 1. Step 2. Step 3. Step 4. Step 5. IPS Gateway User’s Guide (5/2002) The Security option allows you to change the password for the IPS Gateway Trusted User and System Administrator. If you make a mistake while changing a password and want to begin again, click Reset.

  • Page 43: Help Facility

    Help facility Displaying DocuSP and SunOS release numbers Step 1. Step 2. IPS Gateway User’s Guide (5/2002) IPS Gateway has a help facility to assist you when using the options provided. To access this facility, select Online Documentation from the Help menu, or select Help on the IPDS Setup, Output Setup, and Media Setup tabs.

  • Page 44: Setting Up And Managing Ips Gateway

    Output Setup — Provides options for controlling the generated PostScript output sent to the queue • Media Setup — Provides options for mapping IPDS trays to printer media • Diagnostics — Provides access to the trace and diagnostic functions The setup options allow you to enter the parameters used by IPS Gateway to compose the page specified by the IPDS data stream.

  • Page 45: Default Values

    Default values Setup option IPDS Resolution IPDS Connection (channel or TCP/IP) Socket Gateway Connection (TCP/IP) Enhanced Font Support Output Resolution Stapling Segmentation Rotation Media Definition(s) (all IPDS trays) IPS Gateway User’s Guide (5/2002) The default values listed in the table below are active in IPS Gateway upon installation.

  • Page 46: Ipds Setup Tab

    Valid values are 240, 300, and 600. Click Save to save your setting and reset IPDS as indicated; see “Important setup instructions” for more information. Drain and restart the printer at the host for the change to take effect. 3-10...

  • Page 47: Ipds Connection

    Valid values are 5001 through 65535. Click Save to save your settings and reset IPDS as indicated; see “Important setup instructions” for more information. Drain and restart the printer at the host for the changes to take effect. 3-11...
  • Page 48 Click Save to save your settings and reset IPDS as indicated; see “Important setup instructions” for more information. Drain and restart the printer at the host for the changes to take effect. 3-12...

  • Page 49: Socket Gateway Connection

    Click Save to save your setting and reset IPDS as indicated; see “Important setup instructions” for more information. Drain and restart the printer at the host for the change to take effect. queue.” fonts” for a complete description 3-13...

  • Page 50: Output Setup Tab

    These options control the generated PostScript output sent to the queue. The Output Resolution option allows you to specify the dots per inch (dpi) resolution of the PostScript output to be sent to the printer. To specify the output resolution: From the drop-down box in the Output Resolution area, select the dots per inch (dpi) resolution of the PostScript output to be printed.

  • Page 51: Stapling

    The Stapling option allows you to specify stapling for your print jobs. By selecting a stapling mode, all jobs between 2 and 50 pages are stapled. Not all IPDS finishing options may be available for your printer. In addition, it you use this option, DocuSP must also have stapling enabled.

  • Page 52: Segmentation

    Gateway, this option must be reset between jobs, or you can batch the jobs into separate print classes to be controlled by the operator. Refer to the Xerox manual Solutions Guide for IPDS Printing for details on continuous form to cut sheet conversion of print jobs for IPS/NPS applications.

  • Page 53: Media Setup Tab

    IPDS trays to the printer media. The Printer Manager in DocuSP is used to define media, assign each medium to a specific physical printer tray, and load the media in the trays. These media definitions are communicated to IPS Gateway for mapping to IPDS trays through the IPS Gateway Media Setup tab.

  • Page 54: Setting Up Media In Docusp

    IPDS Tray Selection Value in the IPDS data stream. Each specified IPS Gateway medium must already be defined correctly in the DocuSP Printer Manager and loaded in that tray. For IPS Gateway, there are eight possible IPDS Tray Selection Values (1 through 8).
  • Page 55 Once you specify the paper size for each IPDS tray, click Save to save your settings and reset IPDS as indicated; see instructions” for more information. Drain and restart the printer at the host for the changes to take effect. “Important setup 3-19...

  • Page 56: Diagnostics Tab

    NOTE: If you experience any problem with IPS Gateway, such as a channel connectivity problem, that you are not able to correct, contact your local Xerox representative for help in diagnosing and resolving the issue. The IPS Gateway diagnostic trace functions allow you to capture or replay...

  • Page 57: Capturing A Trace

    IPS Gateway has sent to the host. If you have an IPDS data stream that experienced a printing problem, use this option to recreate the problem for further analysis by Xerox personnel. To capture a trace: Drain the printer at the host to ensure that the trace includes information from when the printer is first started.

  • Page 58: Playing Back A Trace

    Playback Trace allows you to playback a trace file previously captured and print that trace as if it is being received from the host. This option is used during installation verification or by Xerox personnel when performing problem determination and resolution.

  • Page 59: Messages

    An unrecoverable error has occurred. IPS Gateway disables UI functions. Exit and restart IPS Gateway. If the problem persists, contact Xerox technical support. IPS Gateway was not able to communicate with the required IPS Gateway services.
  • Page 60 IPS Gateway reattempts to make a socket gateway connection using the information in the IPDS Setup tab. Ensure that the socket gateway is correctly defined and active on the printer. IPS Gateway could not establish a socket gateway connection for the IPDS job in progress.
  • Page 61 If a valid license is not entered, IPS Gateway discontinues processing at midnight. Contact your Xerox customer service representative for a new license. The IPS Gateway detected that the XRX_IPS_NPS license expires in the specified number of days.

  • Page 62: Ipds Messages

    IPDS messages IPDS Idle Explanation: System response: User action: IPDS Not Ready Explanation: System response: User action: Ripping Job... Explanation: System response: User action: Starting IPDS Services... Explanation: System response: User action: Ending IPDS Services... Explanation: System response: User action: Initializing IPDS...
  • Page 63 IPS Gateway disables UI functions while IPDS resets. None. The operator selected the pause IPDS button on the IPS Gateway window or IPS Gateway detected that the printer is not ready. IPS Gateway pauses IPDS processing. None. The operator selected the resume IPDS button on the IPS Gateway window or IPS Gateway detected that the printer is ready.
  • Page 64 Shutting Down IPS Gateway... Explanation: System response: User action: IPDS State Unknown Explanation: System response: User action: Ripping Trace... Explanation: System response: User action: Ripping Trace Complete... Explanation: System response: User action: Ripping of Trace Complete... Explanation: System response: User action: IPS Gateway User’s Guide (5/2002) Please Wait IPS Gateway services are being terminated.

  • Page 65: Trace Messages

    Trace messages Playback Trace: trace_file_name Explanation: System response: User action: Capture Trace: trace_file_name Explanation: System response: User action: IPS Gateway User’s Guide (5/2002) IPS Gateway is playing back the specified trace file. All other trace functions are disabled until Tracing OFF is selected. IPS Gateway disables UI functionality.

  • Page 66: Printer Messages

    IPS Gateway detects that the printer is idle and resumes IPDS processing, unless the operator selected Pause. None. The printer is not ready to receive jobs. IPS Gateway detects that the printer is not ready and pauses IPDS processing, unless the operator selected Pause. None. A job is currently printing.

  • Page 67: Exception Messages

    (shown below) opens describing the error and the required user action. The error dump that appears on the window is also written to the tipsGUI.log file in the /var/log directory. When reporting this error to your Xerox customer service representative, provide a copy of this log file for problem determination.
  • Page 68 Messages IPS Gateway User’s Guide (5/2002) 4-10...
  • Page 69 An IBM translation table that maps an EBCDIC code point to a character identifier. A Xerox hardware/software interface between client systems and the printer that accepts a document as a page description language file, converts the file to a bitmap image, and sends the data through a dedicated electrical connection to a DocuPrint printer.
  • Page 70 Print Services Facility (PSF) An IBM software product that controls all-points-addressable printers. Printer Control Language A printer description language defined by the Hewlett-Packard Company. PCL describes the input (type, format, and characteristics), performs the (PCL) processing functions (logical processing), and describes the output (type, format, font selection, accounting options) of a print job.
  • Page 71 Index AFP resident outline fonts, 2-13 banner page, 1-7 changing passwords, 3-6 channel connection, 3-12 considerations, processing, 1-5 customer job accounting, 1-8 default user access, 2-6 default values, 3-9 diagnostic trace functions, 3-20 display language, 1-4 edge treatment, 1-9 enhanced font support, 2-13, 3-13 exception handling messages, 4-9 exiting, 3-4 fault messages, 4-1...
  • Page 72 IPDS processing, 3-4 PostScript Decomposer licensing and enabling, 2-8 print queue management, 2-10 printer emulation, 1-3 printer error reporting, 1-9 printer messages, 4-8 processing considerations, 1-5 removing resident outline fonts, 2-15 resetting IPDS, 3-4 resident outline fonts, 2-13, 2-15...
  • Page 73 2-6 System Administrator, 2-6 Trusted User, 2-6 Walk Up User, 2-6 IPS Gateway User’s Guide (5/2002) VPS option, 2-9 VTAM printer support, 2-9 window elements, 3-2...
  • Page 74 Index IPS Gateway User’s Guide (5/2002)

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