Xerox XCounter Page Accounting Support & Software User Guide
XCOUNTER FOR NT USER REFERENCE MANUAL
Mar 2001
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Local Port Bindings
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RFC 1179 compliant - use this only if RFC 1179 compliance is required by
the remote LPD host. The local TCP port numbers are restricted to the
721-731 range. This could result in conflicts with other LPR ports since
only 11 local ports are available. Most devices do not require RFC 1179
compliance.
the remote LPD host. The local TCP port numbers are restricted to the
721-731 range. This could result in conflicts with other LPR ports since
only 11 local ports are available. Most devices do not require RFC 1179
compliance.
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Typical - uses local TCP ports 512-1023.
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Extended - uses local TCP ports 1024 and greater. This type of port binding will
minimize the local port conflicts between other LPR ports and applications.
minimize the local port conflicts between other LPR ports and applications.
Count partially sent/interrupted print jobs
Because of the protocol dependencies within LPR, an incomplete print jobs sent to a
printer directly that utilizes LPR will print even though it is incomplete. This is due to
the fact that the printer does not spool the data. Whereas, an incomplete print job sent
to a print spooler would most likely be discarded due to the incorrect byte count on
the data received. To enable or disable page counting for incomplete print jobs, a
configuration option can be set within the XCounter LPR port monitor.
printer directly that utilizes LPR will print even though it is incomplete. This is due to
the fact that the printer does not spool the data. Whereas, an incomplete print job sent
to a print spooler would most likely be discarded due to the incorrect byte count on
the data received. To enable or disable page counting for incomplete print jobs, a
configuration option can be set within the XCounter LPR port monitor.
XCounter Parallel Port
The XCounter parallel port monitor prints to local LPT ports. However, the XCounter
parallel port monitor cannot share an LPT port with the default NT Local Port monitor,
so ensure that no printers have been assigned to the LPT port that are required to
use with XCounter. If no ports are available, the error message “All parallel ports are
already in use” will be displayed.
parallel port monitor cannot share an LPT port with the default NT Local Port monitor,
so ensure that no printers have been assigned to the LPT port that are required to
use with XCounter. If no ports are available, the error message “All parallel ports are
already in use” will be displayed.
Note: All page counting is manual when using LPT ports.