Xerox 701P40211 Parts list manual

Xerox Document Services Platform Series
Common Controller
System Guide
701P40211
Version 3.7
April, 2003

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SYSTEM GUIDE i
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 1-1
About this guide 1-1
Contents 1-1
Conventions 1-2
Customer Support 1-2
2. Gateway Configuration 2-1
Internet Services (HTTP) Gateway Configuration 2-1
IPP Gateway Configuration 2-2
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Configuration 2-3
Configuration variables 2-4
Printer and job messages 2-5
SNMP MIB Support 2-5
NDS Setup 2-7
3. Backup and Restore 3-1
Backup 3-1
Restore 3-2
Xerox Backup and Restore (XBR) Utility for a DP100/115/135/180 EPS System3-
3
Backing up a System 3-3
Restoring a System 3-4
4. Security and Network Setup 4-1
Access and Security 4-1
Overview of Security 4-2
Changing the logon level 4-2
User Password changes 4-3
Roles and responsibilities 4-3
Xerox responsibility 4-3

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Security Setup 4-4
DocuSP 3.7 security changes 4-4
Using the High security setting 4-5
User and File-level changes 4-7
User level 4-7
Solaris file permissions secured 4-8
Network and name service changes 4-8
Disabling secure name service databases 4-8
Multicast routing disabled 4-8
OS and host information hidden 4-8
Sendmail daemon secured 4-8
Network parameters secured 4-9
Executable stacks disabled 4-9
NFS port monitor restricted 4-9
Remote CDE login disabled 4-9
DocuSP router capabilities disabled 4-9
Security warning banners 4-9
XDSS script components 4-10
The configure-xdss script 4-10
Disabling LP Anonymous Printing 4-10
DigiPath and Decomposition Services 4-10
Remote shell internet service 4-11
disable-security and enable-security scripts 4-11
enable-ftp and disable-ftp scripts 4-11
enable-remote-diagnostics/disable-remote-diagnostics scripts 4-11
User Account Management 4-11
Print command line client from remote systems 4-12
Other security tips 4-13
Configure for xrxusr 4-13
Document and backup 4-14
Online help for security 4-14
Sample of inetd.conf file 4-14

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Quick reference 4-19
5. Printing 5-1
First In/First Out (FIFO) Printing 5-1
Controller settings for limited FIFO scheduling/printing 5-1
Enable/Disable FIFO Job Scheduling 5-2
ASCII and PCL Printing Utility 5-4
Impact on DocuSP printers 5-4
setpclcontrol Utility 5-4
Set lp/lprcopycount utility 5-5
Socket Gateway Configuration Utility: setVPSoption 5-6
TIFF files 5-7
TIFF orientation 5-7
Performance considerations 5-7
Supported TIFF tags 5-8
MICR Enablement 5-9
Using VIPP 5-10
Paper Trays 5-10
Printing hints 5-11
6. Finishing 6-1
Subset Finishing 6-1
Creating jobs to use subset finishing 6-2
Subset Offset (Page Level Jog) 6-2
PCL Offset/Separator/Subset Finishing command 6-3
PCL Paper Source Command 6-4
Mixed Stacking 6-4
Additional finishing information 6-5
7. Fonts 7-1
How to choose fonts 7-1
Fonts 7-1
Font download option 7-2
Resident Fonts 7-2

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Non Resident Fonts 7-6
Font substitution 7-7
8. Accounting and Billing 8-1
Accounting 8-1
Auto exporting accounting log 8-1
Accounting exported values 8-1
Accounting file fields 8-2
Billing 8-9
Billable Events 8-9
Billing Meters 8-10
9. Troubleshooting 9-1
Calling for service 9-1
Declared faults 9-1
Printer fault 9-2
Job fault 9-2
Undeclared faults 9-2
Client problems 9-3
Windows problems 9-3
Macintosh problems 9-3
DigiPath problems 9-4
GUI problems 9-4
Print Quality problems 9-5
Font problems 9-5
Inoperable system problems 9-6
Job flow problems 9-6
Job Integrity problems 9-8
PDL problems 9-8
PostScript problems 9-8
TIFF problems 9-9
PDF problems 9-9
Restore password 9-10

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Restart DocuSP software without rebooting 9-11
Productivity and performance problems 9-11
Problems when saving a job 9-11
Printing system logs 9-12
all_jobs_log 9-12
system_log 9-12
status_log 9-12
ep_exception_log and ep_primary_log 9-13
Printing the system logs 9-13
Printing the accounting log 9-14
Rebooting and restarting 9-14
Loading XJDC/Unix 9-15
Configuring XJDC/Unix 9-16
XJDC Hints and Tips 9-16
Output files 9-17
Properly ejecting a diskette from the Diskette drive on a DocuSP workstation9-18
10. Hints and Tips 10-1
General 10-1
Disabling the Solaris 8 Screen Saver 10-1
Common Desktop Environment (CDE) Front Panel Removal and
Workaround 10-1
Color Systems 10-2
General Comments 10-2
Time used to generate the PDL 10-2
Time used to transfer PDL 10-2
Time required to RIP PDL 10-2
Time required to print PDL 10-3
Job submission hints 10-3
Number of images 10-3
Ethernet 10-3
Gateways 10-3
Job submission order 10-4
Job RIP Hints 10-4

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Variable data 10-4
Image Quality 10-5
Job Printing Hints 10-6
Skipped Pitches 10-6
PCI Channel Interface PWB Trace Capture Procedure 10-7
Perform a Trace 10-7
Export the trace file to floppy 10-8

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