Table Of Contents - HP 9000 User Manual

Contents
1. What Is HP Distributed Print Service?
What Are the Advantages of Using HPDPS?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
You Will Not Have to Start from Scratch to Learn How to Print Jobs .
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You Can Access Many Kinds of Printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Your Print Jobs Are Validated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
You Receive Notification of Job Progress or Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
You Can Receive Improved Administrative Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
What Functionality Does HPDPS Provide? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
HPDPS Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
2. Basic Printing Tasks
Using LP Spooler Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Getting Help for HPDPS Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Defining a Default Logical Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Submitting Jobs to an HPDPS Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Printing to a Default Logical Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Printing to a Specific Logical Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Specifying Attributes for HPDPS Print Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Specifying the Number of Copies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Specifying Two-Sided Print Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Specifying the Page Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Specifying the Document Format for a Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Specifying Number of Images on a Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Printing Multiple Documents in a Single Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Using the pdpr Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Using a Reference File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Specifying a Medium for a Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Specifying the Number of Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
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