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Océ Power Print Controller Technical Reference Manual Océ-Technologies B.V. This manual reflects software release 5.1 of the Océ Power Print Controller. Trademarks All trademarks of third parties mentioned in this manual are the exclusive property of the respective parties and are hereby respected by Océ-Technologies B.V. Xionics Document Technologies, the Xionics logo and PhoenixPage are trademarks of Xionics. SoftNet Utilities™ is licensed by Puzzle Systems Corporation. Times Roman, Helvetica and Palatino are trademarks of Linotype AG and/or its subsidiaries. ITC Garamon, ITC Avant Garde, ITC Bookman, ITC Zapf Chancery and ITC Zapf Dingbats are trademarks of International Typeface Corporation. Century Schoolbook is a trademark of Kingsley-ATFType Corporation. IBM and AS 400 are trademarks of International Business Machines. The LZW algorithm of the PS option is published under US patent no. 4.558.302 and foreign counterparts. Copyright Océ-Technologies B.V. 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Edition 3.0 GB Contents Chapter 1 Introduction For whom is this Technical Reference Manual intended? 20 End users and Key Operators 20 Programmers 20 Structure of this Technical Reference Manual 21 Additional Océ documentation 23 Chapter 2 Océ Power Print Controller printer series Introduction 26 Basic engine configurations Océ 8400 Series 27 Common characteristics 27 Océ 8400 Series basic models 27 Configurations overview 28 Paper input options Océ 8400 Series 29 Paper trays 29 Paper input characteristics 30 Finishing options Océ 8400 Series 31 20-bin Sorter 31 Finisher 31 Output tray 32 Error output tray 32 User interface Océ 8400 Series 33 Engine user interface 33 Controller user interface 33 Job Control System 34 Service login 34 Chapter 3 Océ Power Print Controller Host environments Host environments 36 Printer Control Interfaces 37 Contents 3 Chapter 4 Generic Controller architecture Controller outline — BASIC version 40 Controller outline — JAC version 41 Job Automation Control 41 Upgrading from BASIC to JAC version 42 Input handling 43 Spool mechanism 44 JAC processing 45 The principle of JAC processing 45 Importance of JAC processing 45 PDL processing 46 PostScript level 2 46 PCL5e 47 FOL 47 TIFF 48 IPDS 48 AJC/FOL 49 Print context 50 Print context selection 51 Combining PDLs 52 Controller hardware 53 Memory 53 Storage devices 53 Chapter 5 Job Automation Control principles Job automation with the Océ Power Print Controller 56 The job ticket mechanism 57 Identification attributes 57 Processing attributes 58 Job separation 60 Job segmentation 62 Job and segment identification 63 Job and segment processing 64 JAC workflow diagram 69 Job recognition based on I/O channel attributes (1) 70 Job recognition based on the banner page (2) 70 Job recognition based on the job data (3) 70 Association Rules Table 70 Tickets from the Store (4) 71 Printing and processing (5) 71 4 Océ Power Print Controller Technical Reference Manual Integration using JEC 72 Any host can send a print job (print file) to the printer (1) 73 JEC (2) 73 Printing and processing (3) 73 JAC advantages 74 Any kind of print job automation 74 Flexibility in choosing where control takes place 74 JAC priority 75 Assigning identification attributes 75 Using identification attributes 76 Assigning processing attributes 77 Multiple job processing 79 Contradiction handling 80 Engine contradictions 80 JAC priority level contradictions 81 JAC encapsulation contradictions 82 Flagsheet handling 83 Limitations of the BASIC version 85 BASIC version functionality 85 Chapter 6 Fonts Introduction 90 Global overview fonts 91 Font types 91 Outlines delivered by Océ 92 Supported font types and metrics 93 FOL metrics compatibility 93 Installation and configuration aspects 94 Standard fonts 94 Optional fonts 94 Download fonts 96 Installed download fonts 96 Symbolsets 97 PCL5e symbolsets 97 FOL symbolsets 97 AJC/FOL symbolsets 98 Overview symbolsets 98 Overview Océ Supersets 101 Contents 5 Chapter 7 Centronics connection to the Océ Power Print Controller Applications of a Centronics connection with the Océ Power Print Controller 104 Centronics implementation in the Océ Power Print Controller 105 Cabling 105 Centronics parameters in KOS 107 Enabling/disabling a Centronics communication port 107 Queue state 107 Queue handling 108 The communication time-out 108 Enable/disable the use of status signal lines 108 Centronics connector pin layout 110 Centronics pin mapping to a CHAMP-type connector 110 Centronics pin mapping to a 25-pin D-sub connector 112 Centronics protocol 113 Signal function and naming 113 Advanced settings 115 Signal timing 115 Buffer size 116 Confirmation time-out mechanism 116 Centronics and JAC 118 Centronics job separation 118 Centronics identification attributes for JAC 118 Chapter 8 Ethernet connection to the Océ Power Print Controller Applications of an Ethernet connection with the Océ Power Print Controller 120 TCP/IP Protocol 121 Ethernet implementation in the Océ Power Print Controller 122 Diagnose the Ethernet connection 123 DHCP implementation 124 Enable/disable DHCP 124 Chapter 9 Token Ring connection to the Océ Power Print Controller Applications of a Token Ring connection with the Océ Power Print Controller 126 DHCP support 127 6 Océ Power Print Controller Technical Reference Manual Token Ring implementation for the Océ Power Print Controller 128 Token Ring speed 128 Chapter 10 FTP connection to the Océ Power Print Controller About this chapter 130 Structure of this chapter 130 Terminology 130 General description of the FTP host I/O channel 132 Architecture 132 Internet address 133 Unix and Océ-specific FTP server 133 User interaction 134 Using the FTP print service 135 Logging in 135 Selecting a function 138 Using the help function 138 Reading the status of the printer 140 Reading the console information 141 Reading the printer spool queue information 142 Using job tickets with FTP 143 Printing files with FTP 146 Standard procedure 146 FTP identification attributes for JAC 147 Example 147 Uploading files 151 Uploading printer log files 151 Uploading printer configuration files 153 Uploading JAC printer resources 154 Example Unix shell scripts for FTP users 158 Regular file printing 158 Printing using job tickets 158 Reading printer status 159 Uploading a log file 159 Directory structure of FTP print service 160 Supported FTP protocol commands 161 Access Control commands 161 Transfer Parameter commands 164 FTP Service commands 165 Contents 7 Chapter 11 LPD connection to the Océ Power Print Controller About this chapter 170 Structure of this chapter 170 Terminology 171 General description of the LP host I/O channel 172 LP architecture 172 Spooling 173 Using the LP print service 175 Preparing the host (BSD) 176 Preparing the host (System V) 177 Submitting print jobs to the Océ Power Print Controller 178 lp and lpr command line options 178 Printing multiple copies 180 Examples of print job submission (BSD style commands) 180 Priority in case of multiple print jobs 181 Printing flagsheets 182 Flagsheet principle 182 Default lpheader 183 Customised lpheader 184 Identification attributes for JAC 185 Reading printer status 187 Contents of the status information 187 Command line options to obtain a status reply 188 Example of a status reply (short format) 189 Example of a status reply (long format) 190 Empty queue 192 Limitations 192 Removing print jobs from the print queue 193 Authentication rules 193 Command line options 193 Examples 194 Disabling/enabling the LP interface 196 Chapter 12 NetWare connection to the Océ Power Print Controller About this chapter 198 Structure of this chapter 198 NetWare in the Océ Power Print Controller printer 199 NetWare architecture 199 Physical connection 200 Initial configuration of NetWare 201 8 Océ Power Print Controller Technical Reference Manual Configuration in PCONSOLE 201 Configuration in NWADMIN( 95/NT) 203 The initial File server configuration 204 Password-protected Print Queues 205 Configuration in KOS 206 Submitting print jobs 207 Print command options 207 Printing multiple copies 209 Reading printer status 210 Reading printer status with NetWare 3.x 210 Reading printer status with NetWare 4.x 211 NetWare identification attributes for JAC 212 Printing flagsheets 213 Flagsheet principle 213 Default nwheader 215 Customised nwheader 216 Diagnostics 217 Chapter 13 PrintLink connection to the Océ Power Print Controller Introduction 220 About PrintLink 220 About this chapter 221 Basic principles of Océ Power Print Controller PrintLink 222 The connection to the server 222 The data connection 223 The information connection 225 Enabling/disabling the PrintLink I/O channel 226 PrintLink I/O (data connection) 226 FTP I/O (information connection) 226 Specifying the TCP port 226 PrintLink and JAC 227 PrintLink identification attribute for JAC 227 Job separation 227 Chapter 14 The raw socket connection to the Océ Power Print Controller Raw socket interface specification 230 Basic