Run Time Considerations; Interaction Between Streaming And Spooling Jobs; Ipds Jobs And Paused Systems - Xerox 6100BD - Phaser Color Laser Printer User Manual

Using Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPS Manager

Run Time Considerations

Interaction Between Streaming and Spooling Jobs

IPDS Jobs and Paused Systems

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This section describes the operation of the system when a job is
running.
In an IPDS environment, the Host IPDS client (e.g. PSF) performs
job scheduling. While an IPDS streaming job is active, the printer
continues to receive and spool other print data types (excluding
other streaming jobs). When an IPDS streaming job is finished, or
times out, spooled jobs are scheduled to print according to
standard Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server scheduling algorithms.
For example, if an IPDS streaming job is in progress, and an LPR
job or other spooling network job is sent to the printer, the system
recognizes it and spools it. This job stays in the spool until the
IPDS streaming job is done. When the IPDS job is done, IPDS
gives up the stream and allows other jobs to be scheduled. The
system can take in any number of spooling jobs from LPR or any
other network source and add them to the spool. When a spooling
job is printing and the system receives an IPDS streaming job, the
IPDS job goes into the job pool and starts processing when the
spooled job and any other previously scheduled jobs are done.
Only one streaming queue can be active on the printer at a given
time. If a user attempts to submit an IPDS job while another
streaming job is processing, the system tries to start the job at
periodic intervals. The retry attempts continue until the other job
completes. The Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server GUI does not
indicate that retries are in progress or that a new IPDS job is
waiting to print. If a non-IPDS spooling job is in progress when an
IPDS job is received, the IPDS job starts processing automatically
once all previously queued spooled jobs are complete.
It is important to be aware that submitting an IPDS job to a paused
Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server will cause it to stop after receiving
the first page. While other PDL types can RIP and wait for the
paused printer, this is not the case for IPDS and is normal
behavior for an IPDS job. Because IPDS is a streaming PDL, the
printer must report the paused status to the host and force the
printer status on the host to enter a not ready state. The host will
suspend data transmission until the printer is taken out of the
paused state.
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