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InfoPrint XT for AIX Installing and Using Introducing InfoPrint XT 1 Installing and configuring InfoPrint XT 2 Version 3.3.0.1 InfoPrint Manager configuration tasks 3 Ricoh ProcessDirector configuration tasks 4 Customizing InfoPrint XT 5 Copying and loading Xerox resources 6 Submitting Xerox jobs for data stream conversion 7 Transferring jobs with Download for z/OS 8 Troubleshooting InfoPrint XT 9 Conversion parameters for Xerox jobs 10 Messages 11 Return codes 12 InfoPrint XT Custom Color Collections 13 For information not in this manual, refer to the Help System in your product. Read this manual carefully and keep it handy for future reference. Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in the Notices section. Sixth Edition (March 2018) This edition applies to InfoPrint XT for AIX, Version 3.3.0.1, Program Number 5765-XTA, and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions. 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As specified in Federal Acquisition Regulation 12.212 in the case of civilian agencies and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 227.7202 in the case of military agencies, use, duplication and disclosure by agencies of the U.S. Government shall solely be in accordance with the accompanying Software License Agreement in case of software products and in accordance with the licensing terms specified in the product's documentation in the case of hardware products. 1 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface About this publication .......................................................................................................................10 Related Information ..........................................................................................................................12 1 Introducing InfoPrint XT InfoPrint XT overview............................................................................................................................13 Benefits of using AFP and InfoPrint XT ...............................................................................................13 Xerox resources and the InfoPrint XT load process ...............................................................................13 Printable Xerox resources .................................................................................................................14 Non-printable Xerox resources that InfoPrint XT uses ........................................................................14 Non-printable Xerox resources that InfoPrint XT does not use ...........................................................15 Copying Xerox resources from printers to tapes................................................................................15 Xerox data stream conversion and Dynamic Job Descriptor Entries ..................................................16 Methods of sending jobs to the AIX system and submitting them to InfoPrint XT.................................16 Highlight color processing ................................................................................................................17 Ink correlation table organization.....................................................................................................17 Xerox job restrictions ........................................................................................................................19 Other restrictions ..............................................................................................................................23 Double-byte character set (DBCS) support .......................................................................................23 Supported and unsupported Xerox DJDE and PDL commands..........................................................24 2 Installing and configuring InfoPrint XT Software requirements .........................................................................................................................27 Hardware requirements....................................................................................................................27 Optional printer driver software........................................................................................................28 Optional problem determination software ........................................................................................29 Optional compiler software ..............................................................................................................29 Installing InfoPrint XT ............................................................................................................................29 Installing InfoPrint XT in demo mode .................................................................................................30 Applying license keys and files to an InfoPrint XT installation ............................................................31 Adding the printq group to existing user names ...................................................................................35 Testing the InfoPrint XT installation........................................................................................................35 Testing with the pdxtloadres and pdxtx2afp commands ...................................................................36 To test the InfoPrint Manager and InfoPrint XT installation .................................................................36 To test the Ricoh ProcessDirector and InfoPrint XT installation............................................................37 Uninstalling InfoPrint XT........................................................................................................................41 Adding a new administrative user name ..............................................................................................42 3 Updating the .profile, .dtprofile, and .krsh files for the new user name ..............................................43 3 InfoPrint Manager configuration tasks Creating the InfoPrint XT configurable transform...................................................................................45 Usage notes .....................................................................................................................................45 Return codes from the pdxtcrtxform command ..................................................................................46 Using the pdxtsetdest command to update InfoPrint Manager actual destinations................................46 Usage notes .....................................................................................................................................47 Streams used by the pdxtsetdest command.......................................................................................48 Return codes from the pdxtsetdest command ....................................................................................48 4 Ricoh ProcessDirector configuration tasks 5 Customizing InfoPrint XT Terms used in this chapter ....................................................................................................................53 Setting environment variables ..............................................................................................................53 Controlling the working directory that InfoPrint XT uses for variable data (PDXTWORKDIR)..............54 Controlling the default arguments when you copy Xerox resources from tape (PDXTRTAPE_ ARGS)...........................................................................................................................................54 Controlling the default arguments when you process Xerox jobs from tape (PDXTJTAPE_ ARGS)...........................................................................................................................................55 Controlling the default arguments when you load resources (PDXTLOADRES_ARGS) ......................55 Controlling the default arguments when you process jobs (PDXTX2AFP_ARGS) ...............................56 Controlling the default arguments when you create and modify cluster database resources (PDXTCLUSTER_ARGS) ................................................................................................................56 Controlling the default arguments when you compile JSLs (PDXTPDL_ARGS)....................................57 Controlling resource-load messages for FILE DJDE jobs (PDXT_AIOLXDFE_TRACE) .........................57 Activating trace functions for the font converter (PDXT_XR2FAPI_TRACE) .........................................57 Activating trace functions for the image and logo converter (PDXT_XR2IAPI_TRACE).......................58 Activating trace functions for the form converter (PDXT_XR2RAPI_TRACE)........................................58 Controlling the default arguments when you process the ink correlation table (PDXTCOLOR_ ARGS) ..........................................................................................................................................58 Controlling the content of error messages (PDXT_INTMSGIDS)........................................................59