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WARNING: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be requied to correct the interference at his own expense. Changes are periodically made to this document. Changes, technical inaccuracies, and typographic errors will be corrected in subsequent editions. This document was created on the Xerox 6085 Professional Computer System using VP software. The typeface is Optima. Related publications The Xerox 4635 Laser Printing System Operations Reference is part of the ten-manual reference set for your laser printing system. The entire reference set is listed in the table below. Several other related documents are also listed for your convenience. For a complete list and description of available Xerox documentation, refer to the Xerox Documentation Catalog (Publication number 610P17417) or call the Xerox Documentation and Software Services (XDSS) at 1-800-445-5554. 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Consult your Xerox sales representative or your operating system software program description for additional information. iv XEROX 4635 LPS OPERATIONS REFERENCE Table of contents Related publications iii Notice iv Introduction INTRO-1 About the reference set INTRO-1 4635 Laser Printing System document set INTRO-1 Who should use this manual INTRO-4 LPS system administrators, programmers, operators INTRO-4 4635 LPS INTRO-4 4635 system controller components INTRO-5 4635 tape and cartridge devices INTRO-6 4635 printer components INTRO-7 How to use this manual INTRO-8 If the LPS is new to you INTRO-8 Know the key terms and conventions INTRO-8 Use the table of contents, index, and INTRO-8 Refer to the related publications list INTRO-8 Key terms and conventions INTRO-8 Key terms INTRO-8 Syntax conventions INTRO-9 Masking conventions INTRO-9 Contents of this manual INTRO-10 Statement command summaries and appendices INTRO-11 1. Setting LPS parameters 1-1 Communicating with the LPS 1-1 Installation and system generation 1-2 PC UI 1-2 Terminal 1-3 Powering on and booting the LPS 1-3 User interface 1-3 PC UI 1-3 Terminal 1-3 Power loss 1-4 System verification messages 1-5 XEROX 4635 LPS OPERATIONS REFERENCE v TABLE OF CONTENTS Printer communication link 1-6 PSC (printer subsystem controller) 1-7 Configure a finishing or feeding device 1-8 Create the FCG.LIB file 1-8 FCG (display the profile labels) 1-12 FCG (configure a finishing or feeding device) 1-12 FCG SHOW (check finishing or feeding device settings) 1-13 FCG procedures 1-13 Verifying LPS status 1-14 Verifying system version and time 1-14 OCS (system version display) 1-14 Time and date displays 1-14 Verifying system status 1-15 PROBLEM 1-15 Setting LPS parameters 1-17 Setting system parameters 1-17 SETTIME (set time or date) 1-17 ALIGN (set page print alignment) 1-17 DISPLAY (set display format for messages) 1-19 ENERGY 1-19 MICR (set MICR mode) 1-20 BAR (set bar code reader state) 1-20 Setting parameters for print jobs 1-21 Reallocating space to the print file 1-21 REA (reallocate print file) 1-21 REA and disk management 1-23 REA and online report spooling 1-24 Setting job parameters 1-24 FONTS 1-24 FORMS 1-25 GRAPHIC 1-25 Adjusting print image darkness 1-25 DARKNESS 1-25 Lightening high-density images 1-26 EDGE 1-26 Finishing Exerciser Utility 1-26 FEX 1-26 Setting file access and task execution privileges 1-28 Protecting access to files 1-28 LOGON (restrict file access) 1-28 vi XEROX 4635 LPS OPERATIONS REFERENCE TABLE OF CONTENTS SECURE (restrict file access) 1-29 Secured files, access, and manipulation 1-29 Security breach 1-29 Limiting task execution privileges 1-30 RCU (restrict command usage) 1-30 2. Managing LPS resources 2-1 Maintaining optimal disk usage 2-1 Files on system disks 2-1 Operating on system files 2-1 Necessary free space on system disks 2-3 File biasing by disk configuration 2-4 Checking usage of disk space 2-5 FCHECK (file check) 2-5 Reorganizing usage of disk space 2-8 COMPRESS 2-8 PURGE 2-10 Backing up and copying system files 2-10 Setting default tape device 2-10 Identify current TAPE & CARTRIDGE device (SUB DEV) 2-10 SUBSTITUTE DEVICE (general information) 2-11 Assign a controller device to TAPE or CARTRIDGE (SUB DEV) 2-12 Know the Xerox tape and cartridge format 2-13 Prepare the tape or cartridge 2-14 TAPE [CARTRIDGE|TDn] VOLINIT 2-14 Copying files 2-14 COPY (disk to disk) 2-14 COPY (disk to labeled tape or cartridge) 2-15 COPY (disk to unlabeled tape) 2-16 COPY (labeled tape or cartridge to disk) 2-16 COPY (unlabeled tape to disk) 2-18 Manipulating files 2-19 DELETE 2-19 FID (build file list) 2-19 FILE (display file list 2-20 FIX (modify font or logo file) 2-22 REVIEW (review files) 2-22 RNAME (rename a file or directory) 2-23 TYPE 2-23 List tape or cartridge files 2-24 XEROX 4635 LPS OPERATIONS REFERENCE vii TABLE OF CONTENTS TAPE [CARTRIDGE|TDn] LIST 2-24 Locate tape or cartridge files 2-25 TAPE [CARTRIDGE|TDn] FIND (find file) 2-25 TAPE [CARTRIDGE|TDn] NEXT (move to next file) 2-26 TAPE [CARTRIDGE|TDn] SKIP (move to 1st or 2nd...file) 2-26 TAPE [CARTRIDGE|TDn] EOF or NOEOF or ENDFILE 2-26 Backing up system files to tape or cartridge 2-28 DSR (disk save and restore) 2-28 Starting DSR 2-29 File protection 2-30 Disk space for restore 2-31 Multivolume files 2-31 Device error handling 2-32 Aborting the save process 2-32 Incomplete restoration 2-32 Aborting the restore process 2-32 Special file handling 2-32 Copying a DSR file to the LPS 2-33 SFT (single file transfer utility) 2-33 Backing up disk files to PC UI 2-36 Know LPS disk file attributes 2-36 Convert the console log 2-36 Convert files with supported formats 2-36 Delete LPS or PC UI floppy files 2-37 Copy LPS or PC UI floppy files 2-37 List LPS or PC UI floppy files 2-37 Transfer files between the LPS and PC UI 2-37 Managing files on floppy disks 2-38 FLOPPY FORMAT 2-38 FLOPPY SAVE 2-38 FLOPPY DELETE 2-40 FLOPPY CLEAR 2-40 FLOPPY FILE 2-40 FLOPPY FCHECK 2-41 FLOPPY RESTORE 2-42 FLOPPY LIST 2-43 Copying the system software tape 2-43 SST (system software tape or cartridge) 2-43 viii XEROX 4635 LPS OPERATIONS REFERENCE TABLE OF CONTENTS 3. Tracking system activity 3-1 Accounting data in the status file 3-1 How the system adds data to the status file 3-1 Status file creation during sysgen 3-1 Backing up status file information 3-2 Status file data in the online accounting page 3-3 Status file data 3-4 DATE entry 3-4 DEPARTMENT entry 3-4 JOB ID entry 3-4 REPORT NO. entry 3-4 FILE ID entry 3-4 INPUT PROCESSING TIME entry 3-4 OUTPUT PROCESSING TIME entry 3-4 Report completion codes 3-4 PAGES TO BIN entry 3-6 PAGES TO TRAY entry 3-6 PAPER PATH HOLES entry 3-6 GRAPHIC PAGES PRINTED entry 3-6 LINES PRINTED entry 3-6 GRAPHIC EXCEPTION CODE entry 3-7 ONLINE IDLE (SEC) entry 3-7 TAPE MOUNTS entry 3-7 BLOCKS READ entry 3-7 BLOCKS SKIPPED entry 3-7 RECORDS READ entry 3-7 DJDE RECORDS READ entry 3-7 MAXIMUM COPY COUNT entry 3-7 OVERPRINTS entry 3-7 COLLATE entry 3-8 SF/MF entry 3-8 SIMPLEX/DUPLEX entry 3-8 JDE, JDL USED entry 3-8 ACCTINFO entry 3-8 INITIAL FONT LIST entry 3-8 INITIAL FORM LIST