Xerox 100 Reference Guide

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What is the Xerox DocuPrint 
Enterprise Printing System?
Your Xerox DocuPrint Enterprise Printing System is a high-
speed production printer with many features you can use to 
enhance your documents. You can set up your job to:
Use up to six different paper stocks in the same job 
(depending on the number of paper trays in your printer).
Use a wide variety of stock sizes, types, and weights:
From 8 x 10" / 203 x 254 mm to 11 x 17" / A3
7 x 10" / 178 x 254 mm with small paper kit installed
Ordered stock, preprinted stock, tab stock
Include different sizes and types of paper in the same job.
Take advantage of high-quality 600 dpi output with 
Enhanced Resolution Imaging, where even fonts as small 
as 3 points are sharp and crisp.
Print 1-sided, 2-sided, or head-to-toe 2-sided.
Use resident PostScript and PCL fonts as well as 
downloaded fonts.
Types of files you can print
The types of files you can submit from a workstation for 
printing on the Xerox DocuPrint Enterprise Printing System 
are:
PostScript 3.0
PCL 5e
TIFF
PDF
ASCII
How to create print files
Application files are not in a print format like PostScript or PCL 
5e, but are in the format of the creation application (for 
example, database or publishing software).  To print your job, 
your software must generate a file that the printer can 
process.  There are two ways to do this.
Create a print file, then submit it.  
From the application, use a PostScript or PCL driver to 
print to file; the result is referred to as a "print file."
Submit the print file, for example, with lpr or FreeFlow 
Print Manager.
Print directly from the application.
Print from the application using a driver that allows you to 
print to a Xerox DocuPrint Enterprise Printing System. 
This procedure transparently generates a print file and 
submits it to the Xerox DocuPrint Enterprise Printing 
System.
You might want to use a separate process to create a print file 
(instead of printing from your application) if you want to create 
a print file that you can submit repeatedly. Or you may need to 
give the print file to someone else for printing, and that person 
may not have the original application software. 
To create a print file and submit it to the printer, you must set 
up your workstation's printing facility. Consult your application 
documentation or system administrator.
Submitting a job
There are several methods for submitting a job, depending on 
the type of workstation you have.  Xerox provides customized 
print drivers for your specific printer.  This software is usually 
shipped with the printer.  
When you submit the job, you specify the way you want the job 
to print, for example, 50 copies, two-sided, on blue drilled 
paper. The set of parameters you specify is referred to as a 
“job ticket.” 
How do you know what paper is 
loaded?
If the type of paper you request for your job is not loaded in the 
printer when you send your job, the job will wait until that paper 
is available. The operator will check for jobs that are waiting 
for a particular stock. After the required stock is loaded, the job 
will print.
Using a queue
When you submit a job, you submit it to a particular queue.  
Your organization can use queues to manage jobs.  A queue 
can be used to:
Give operators control over when to accept jobs from the 
network.
Give operators control over when to release jobs to the 
printer.
Apply default parameters (like 1- or 2-sided printing).
Override parameters you specified for your job.
The queue override means that the property defined in the 
queue will be applied to your job, even if you specified a 
different value for the property.  For example, if the job has a 
property that specifies 1-sided printing, and the queue 
specifies 2-sided printing, and the override is enabled, then 
the job will print 2-sided. 
In short, the way a queue is defined can affect how and when 
the job prints.  You should be aware of what queues are 
available for your printer, and what parameters they use.  
What determines how your job 
prints?
There are several factors that can affect how your job prints. 
The method you use to create it, that is, the driver used to 
create the PostScript or PCL print file.
The way you send it, for example, if you use a driver or 
FreeFlow Print Manager.
The printing parameters you specify (type of paper, 
number of copies, and so on) when you submit the job.
The settings for the queue you send the job to, and 
whether or not overrides are used.
Whether the operator changes the job's properties.
Whether the type of paper defined for a particular tray is 
actually in that tray. Consider an example. You want your 
job to print on white paper and you specify that when you 
send the job. If there is a paper tray defined as having 
white paper, but there is really blue paper in the tray, the 
job will print on the blue paper because the system 
“thinks” it is white.
Saving a job
When you submit your job, you can request that the job be 
saved at the controller. This means that you or the operator 
may use the Print Services capability to print this job on 
demand. A saved job is held in print-ready format, and the 
initial job ticket is also saved for you to use as needed. You 
may also use a saved job as a form over which you may 
merge variable data. 
The procedure for saving the job depends on the job 
submission method you use. A queue can also be configured 
to save jobs sent to it.
Using a saved file 
Print Services allows you to reprint a job that has been saved 
to the controller. When the job is saved, its job ticket is saved 
as well. You may use the parameters in the job ticket, or 
change them as needed.