Xerox 701P40016 User manual

Xerox Production Print Services
Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services
701P40016
Version 3.7
March, 2003

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction 1-1
Before you use this guide 1-1
About XPPS 1-1
XDS 1-2
XDS Plus 1-2
Xerox custom drivers 1-2
Third party drivers and PPDs 1-2
Web Interface 1-3
Command line client 1-3
About this guide 1-3
Contents 1-3
Conventions 1-4
Related documentation 1-5
Customer Support 1-5
2. Using XDS 2-1
Prerequisites 2-1
Accessing XDS from Windows 2-2
Accessing XDS from Macintosh OS X 2-2
Overview of the printing process 2-2
Windows printing process 2-2
Macintosh printing process 2-3
Using drag and drop to print one or more jobs 2-4
Selecting a printer type and queue 2-5
Selecting a file for printing 2-5
Customizing the printer list 2-6
Adding a printer 2-7
Setting the default printer 2-7
Modifying a print queue 2-8

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Deleting a printer 2-8
Accessing printer information 2-9
Checking the printer connections 2-9
3. Using the XDS Plus software 3-1
Prerequisites 3-1
Accessing the XDS Plus software 3-2
Accessing XDS Plus from Windows 3-2
Accessing XDS Plus from Solaris 3-2
Accessing XDS Plus from the Internet 3-3
XDS Plus printing process 3-4
Printer and queue setup 3-5
Selecting a printer and queue 3-5
Change Printer window components 3-5
Viewing printer and queue properties 3-7
Selecting a printer and queue 3-8
Printer and queue setup 3-8
Selecting a printer and queue 3-9
Change Printer window components 3-9
Viewing printer and queue properties 3-11
Selecting a printer and queue 3-12
4. Printing a job using the DocuSP web interface 4-1
Overview of the web interface printing process 4-1
Setting up a print job 4-2
Job tickets 4-3
Specifying job ticket parameters for the current job 4-3
Selecting the queue default job ticket 4-5
Selecting the default job ticket 4-5
Modifying the default job ticket 4-6
Selecting the [Printer Default] option 4-6
Specifying the number of copies 4-7
Specifying a page range for printing 4-8
Specifying the main stock for the job 4-8

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Setting up stocks 4-9
Displaying the stock window 4-9
Stock window components 4-9
Selecting a stock for the job 4-11
Creating a new stock 4-11
Specifying the sides imaged 4-13
Specifying a finishing option 4-14
Specifying collation 4-14
Specifying slip sheets 4-14
Setting up advanced features 4-15
Setup options in the Image Adjustment section 4-15
Specifying an image shift 4-15
Specifying Rotation 4-17
Selecting OPI 4-17
Selecting OPI Prescan 4-17
Specifying Halftone 4-18
Specifying tone reproduction curves (TRCs) 4-18
Enabling anti-aliasing 4-18
Setting color features 4-18
Color Adjustments 4-19
Color Cast 4-20
Setting Expert Color parameters 4-20
Specifying source color profiles 4-21
Specifying output color parameters 4-21
Entering Job Information 4-23
Setting user preferences 4-24
Printing a document 4-25
Selecting a print queue 4-25
Selecting a file for printing 4-26
Submitting a job for printing 4-26
Checking job, printer, and queue status and messages 4-26
Viewing messages 4-28

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Viewing properties 4-28
5. Xerox PPDs and PlugIns 5-1
PPDs and PlugIns using a Macintosh 5-1
Guidelines for selecting printing requirements 5-1
Selecting the printing options 5-2
Using the Xerox PlugIn 5-2
Using drag and drop to print one or more jobs 5-3
PPDs and PlugIns using Windows 5-3
Creating your document 5-4
Printing options 5-4
6. Using Command Line Client 6-1
Accessing the XDS Command Line software 6-1
Accessing XDS Command Line from Windows 6-1
Accessing XDS Command Line from Solaris and Mac OS X 6-1
XDS Command Line operating modes 6-2
Using Print command mode 6-2
Print command mode parameters 6-2
Accessing XDS Command Line Help: -help and -\? 6-2
Exiting XDS Command Line: -exit 6-3
Listing the printers: -ListP 6-3
Listing printer status: -ListP <options> 6-3
Selecting a file for printing: -f <file> 6-3
Setting the job ticket: -jt <job> 6-4
Setting the number of copies: -copies <#> 6-4
Setting the number of sides 6-4
Setting the finishing option 6-5
Setting user name 6-5
Display job status: -ListJob 6-5
Setting the printer: -p <printer> 6-7
Print queue status: -ListQ <options> 6-7
Setting the RegFileLoc 6-8

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Printing in print command mode 6-8
Command quick reference 6-9
7. The Xerox Custom PCL printer drivers 7-1
Features 7-1
Printing a document 7-2
Accessing the features and options 7-2
Starting printing 7-3
8. The Xerox Custom PostScript printer drivers 8-1
Features 8-1
Printing a document 8-2
Accessing the features and options 8-2
Starting printing 8-3
9. Job ticket options 9-1
Setting up a print job 9-1
Printer Limitations window 9-1
The Printer default option 9-2
Setting job ticket options for XDS 9-2
Accessing the Setup window 9-3
Accessing job ticket features for XDS Plus 9-3
Creating a new job ticket 9-3
Setting up a job ticket 9-4
Specifying the number of copies 9-5
Specifying the page range 9-5
Selecting the job type 9-5
Specifying the job disposition (printing or saving) 9-6
Specifying job setup parameters 9-6
Entering Job Notes 9-11
Specifying stocks for the job 9-12
Specifying stock properties 9-15
Specifying covers 9-17

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Specifying exception pages 9-20
Specifying full-color parameters 9-23
Setting highlight color parameters 9-27
Specifying page inserts 9-29
Specifying chapter starts 9-31
Printing a document 9-32
Selecting a print queue 9-32
Selecting a file to print 9-32
Reprinting a saved job 9-33
Reprinting without changing the job ticket parameters 9-34
Reprinting with different job ticket parameters 9-35
Checking the status of a job 9-36
Setting the XDS print options 9-36
Setting up a printer capabilities file 9-37
File contents 9-37
Sources for the printer capabilities file for Windows 9-38
Generating a printer capabilities file on XDS Plus 9-38
Exiting the XDS software 9-39
Exiting the XDS Plus software 9-39

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