Printing a trace job within IPS Gateway
Printing a test job from the host
IPS Gateway User's Guide (5/2002)
During the installation process, three sample IPDS trace jobs are
provided. These jobs can be used either to verify printer operability after
the IPS Gateway software is installed or for diagnostic purposes:
•
afptrace.let — prints a sample IPDS job formatted for US Letter paper
•
afptrace.a4 — prints a sample IPDS job formatted for A4 paper
•
scfont.trc — prints a sample IPDS job using resident outline fonts
formatted for either US Letter or A4 paper
In order for the trace scfont.trc to print correctly, the IBM AFP fonts must
be loaded on the printer and Enhanced Font Support must be enabled.
NOTE: These jobs test only IPS Gateway processing on the printer.
"Printing a test job from the
transmission.
These traces are set up to use the installation default parameters. However,
if you plan to run the A4 trace instead of the US Letter trace, change the
Media Definition for IPDS Tray 1 from US Letter to A4. In IPS Gateway, you
must map a medium to each IPDS tray specified in the IPDS data stream.
For the installation verification jobs, use US Letter or A4 media. See
Setup
tab" for instructions on mapping media to IPDS trays.
To run a trace job:
Step 1.
Ensure IPS Gateway is started and is reporting "IPDS Idle" status.
Step 2.
Select the Diagnostics tab on the IPS Gateway window.
Step 3.
In the Directory section, select the /var/db/samplejobs directory.
Step 4.
In the Files section, choose the desired trace file. and click Playback
Trace.
Step 5.
When the IPDS message "Ripping Trace Complete... Job Queued for
Printing" displays, click Tracing OFF.
To verify host-to-printer communications, perform these steps to print a
test job from the host:
Step 1.
Ensure IPS Gateway is running and is reporting "IPDS Idle" status.
Step 2.
Start the logical printer from the host and verify that it is active.
Step 3.
Send an IPDS print data stream from the host.
Installation and setup
host" describes how to test host-to-printer
"Media
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