Printing From Unix - Xerox DocuPrint 240A User Manual

Printing From UNIX

Take note of the following when printing from UNIX:
Print
• In the spool mode, up to 32 files can be printed by one command. Files that come after
the 32nd file will be ignored. An instruction with more than 32 files will be treated by the
printer as a print request of up to 32 files.
• In the spool mode, if the print data is bigger than the remaining capacity of the hard disk
or the memory at the point of receiving, the data will not be received by the printer.
Note
• Some client workstations may re-send immediately when the print data has exceeded the receiving
capacity. When this occurs, the client workstation appears as if it has crashed.
To rectify this situation, the client must be stopped from sending print data.
• In the non-spool mode, multiple files can be printed by issuing one command.
Furthermore, the number of files is not limited.
• In the non-spool mode, printing will commence once the data starts to be received by the
printer. Therefore, if the printer has accepted a print request from a client workstation, it
will not receive another print request from another client workstation.
• Options, such as -m option, not processed by the workstation which sends the print
instructions will not be valid.
• For PCL and DUMP, the specification for the number of copies is invalid.
Delete
• Print data which consists of multiple files sent in one print instruction, cannot be deleted
file by file. All the files will be deleted at one go.
• This command will become invalid if it is executed without options having been specified
or if there is no print data which matches the option.
• A workstation can only delete print data it has sent. It cannot delete print data sent by
other workstations.
• Print data which is in the process of printing may not be deleted.
Inquiry
• Long file names will be truncated.
• Up to 64 print instructions can be displayed.
• If two or more types of print languages/modes are set up on a single workstation, identical
job numbers may be displayed when an inquiry command is issued.
• In the non-spool mode, the client must be a Windows NT machine to use this option.
Others
• When the IP address or the computer name of a workstation is changed, the printer may
not process inquiries or deletions correctly. Make sure the printer is free of all spooled
data and switch off/on the printer.
Note
• The function to stop/eject print data spooled to the printer spool can be operated from the printer control
panel. Refer to the Setup and Quick Reference Guide for information on this operation.
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