HP LaserJet 9000 Instruction Manual

HP 9000 Computer Systems
HP Distributed Print Service
Administration Guide
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HP Part No. B2355-90113
Printed in U.S.A. 1996
First Edition
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Conventions Used in this Manual
This manual uses the following typographic conventions:
Italic Italic indicates a parameter or argument that you must replace
with the actual value, suchas ServerName .
Computer Computer indicates commands, attributes, les, directories,
and other items whose names are predened by the system,
suchas pdls and notification-delivery-method .
Bold Bold indicates words dened for the rst time.
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Syntax Notation
Syntax Notation
Command syntax notation uses symbols to indicate sp ecic conditions. Do
not enter the following symbols, unless sp ecically instructed to do so, when
actually issuing an HPDPS command:
Brackets []
Braces {}
Bar |
Ellipsis ...
These symbols have the following meanings.
Brackets, [] , around values indicate that they are optional. For example:
pdmod [ Flags ]{ LocalJobId ... | GlobalJobId ... }
means that you do not haveto enter any of the available pdmod ags with the
pdmod command.
Braces, {} , around values indicate required items that you must supply with
the command. For example:
pdmod [ Flags ]{ LocalJobId ... | GlobalJobId ... }
means that you must enter either a LocalJobId or a GlobalJobId with the
pdmod command. Braces are also used within the notification-profile
attribute.
Avertical bar, | ,between values indicates that you can only enter one of the
values with the command. For example:
pdmod [ Flags ]{ LocalJobId ... | GlobalJobId ... }
means that when you issue the pdmod command, you can sp ecify either a
LocalJobId or a GlobalJobId , but not b oth.
An ellipsis, . . . , indicates that you can supply more than one o ccurrence of
a particular type of value with the command. For example:
pdmod [ Flags ]{ LocalJobId ... | GlobalJobId ... }
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Syntax Notation
means that you can supply more than one lo cal job identier value or more
than one global job identier value with the pdmod command.
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Special Characters in Syntax
Special Characters in Syntax
Some sp ecial characters are included in commands. When colons, dashes,
the equals sign, double quotation marks, single quotation marks, and braces
are shown in command syntax notation, include them when you issue the
command. These special characters have the following meanings:
A colon, : , separate related values. For example:
pdmod -x "sides=2" Spool12:1011230045
1011230045 is a global job identier on the Spool12 server.
A dash, - , always precedes a ag. For example, -x .
The equals sign, = , separates attribute and value pairs. For example:
pdmod -x "sides=2" Spool12:1011230045
means that 2 is the value assigned to the sides attribute.
Double quotation marks, "" , surround multiple attribute and value pairs,
such as:
-x "sides=2 content-orientation=portrait"
For consistency, double quotation marks also are shown around single
attribute and value pairs in all examples, although they are not required.
Double quotation marks, "" , surround text strings that contain spaces, such
as:
-m "Down for maintenance"
Single quotation marks, '' , surround a text string that contains spaces
when the text string is imbedded in a statement already enclosed in double
quotation marks. An example is:
-x "sides=2 job-print-after='08:00:00 03/09/95'"
Braces, {} , surround a value within the notification-profile attribute.
An example is:
-x "notification-profile={delivery-method=electronic-mail}"
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Special Characters in Syntax
Double amp ersand, && , means \and" within a command. An example is:
pdls -U -f "user-name=*fljones && \
printer-name-requested==LogPrt1" Spool1:
Double vertical bar, || , means \or" within a command. An example is:
pdls -U -r brief,job-state-reasons -s column \
-f "current-job-state==retained \
|| current-job-state==timed-out" \
Spool2:
Astericks and equal signs are used to match strings. For example:
"job-owner=*Jones" initial string match
"job-owner=*=*one" any substring match
"job-owner*=nes" nal string match
For information on writing HPDPS commands, see HP Distributed Print
Service User's Guide .
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Using Abbreviations for Attribute Names and Values
Using Abbreviations for Attribute Names and Values
In many cases, you can abbreviate attribute names and values by using the
rst letter of eachword in the name or value. For example, you can use the
abbreviation s-m-s for the start-message-supported attribute, t for the
true value, and sp ecify the attribute and value pair as s-m-s=t .
However, in some cases specifying only the rst letter in eachword can be
ambiguous, as for the attributes job-owner and job-originator . In these
cases, specify enough of the name so that is unique, as in
j-ow and j-or . If the
values are ambiguous, HPDPS rejects the command and you receive an error
message. Use abbreviated attribute names and values as appropriate.
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Contents
1. Intro ducing HP Distributed Print Service
The Benets of HPDPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
The Minimum HPDPS Conguration . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
HPDPS Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
What is an HPDPS Physical Printer? . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
What Is an HPDPS Logical Printer? . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
What Is an HPDPS Queue? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
What Is an HPDPS Sp o oler? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
What Is an HPDPS Sup ervisor? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
The Distributed PrintEnvironment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
The DCE Extended Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
The Basic Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
What Are Ob jects and Attributes? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
How HPDPS Pro cesses Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Understanding Job and Do cument Defaulting . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Conguring HPDPS to Meet the Needs of Your Users . . . . . 1-10
Balancing the Use of Printer Devices . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Providing Secured Access to Printer Devices . . . . . . . . 1-12
Authorizing Access to Printer Functions . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Basic Environment Access to DCE Extended Environments . 1-14
Supporting LP Spo oler Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
HPDPS System ManagementInterfaces . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Using the Command Line Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Using the System Administration Manager (SAM) . . . . . 1-16
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2. Installing HP Distributed Print Service
Prerequisites for HPDPS Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Calculating the Memory and Disk Space Requirements . . . . 2-2
Disk Space Required for HPDPS Comp onents . . . . . . . 2-2
Disk Space Required for Spo oling . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Disk Space Required for Paging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Total Disk Space Required for a Distributed Print
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Installing Individual HPDPS Comp onents . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Conguring DCE Comp onents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Conguring DCE Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
3. Planning Your HPDPS Conguration
Planning Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Meeting Your Printing and Management Needs . . . . . . . . 3-2
Planning Your Physical Conguration . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Determining How Many Clients to Install . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Determining How Many Spo olers to Install . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Determining How Many Supervisors to Install . . . . . . . 3-4
Migrating Your Printers to Be Managed by HPDPS . . . . . 3-4
Planning Your Logical Conguration . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Spo oler Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Logical Printer Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Queue Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Supervisor Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Physical Printer Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
HPDPS Gateway Printer Considerations . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Selecting Logical Conguration Mo dels . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
The Desktop Conguration Mo del . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
The Printer Pool Conguration Mo del . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
The Funnel Conguration Mo del . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
The Hourglass Conguration Mo del . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Planning DCE Extended EnvironmentPersonnel Groups . . . . 3-13
Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Notication Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Planning User Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Planning Printer Operator Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Planning System Operator Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
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