Xerox Paris, a document system Support & Software User Guide

Printer Type

The printer ‘Type’ refers to the physical printer to which the Spooler will direct
the formatted output file.

Printer Type in the PARIS Spooler control panel

The printer type is displayed in the Type column in the PARIS Spooler
control panel and is selected from the ‘Type’ drop-down list in the
View/Change Printers dialogue.

The printers available in the list vary according to the configuration of the PC
on which the Spooler is running. Usually the list is broken into three general
types differentiated by small graphic symbols as follows:

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, indicated by the BLUE HP symbol.

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, indicated by the RED stylized Adobe ‘A’

.

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, indicated by the Windows symbol

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Printer Type List

The printers displayed in the list are a result of two searches the software
performs:

1. The software checks the /PARIS/PRT directory to see what XPD (XLPrint

Printer Description) files are present.

2. The software queries Windows as to what printer (or device) drivers have

been loaded. This allows the Spooler to format for any Windows GDI
supported device, for example Fax drivers or PDF drivers.