Xerox XDPE/400 (also known as EOMS I-Services) Support & Software User Guide

XDPE/400 is a print management facility for use on an IBM AS/400. As 

such, XDPE/400 provides enhanced document formatting and printer 

control for many of your daily printing requirements. It uses standard 

OS/400 screens and procedures and does not require any changes to 

your application programs.
These are some of the tasks you can perform on a Xerox printer with 

XDPE/400:
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Merge data with an electronic form

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Print multiple copies of a job

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Print on both sides of the sheet of paper (duplex printing)

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Print multiple page images on a single sheet of paper (multi-up 

printing)

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Print in color

To print on an AS/400 system to a locally-attached printer, these elements 

are required:
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Application — A program that merges variable data with the 

information in the printer file to create a spool file.

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Printer file — An object containing parameters that determine how a 

print job should be created.

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Spool file — A file containing data that is ready for printing.

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Output queue — An object containing a list of spool files waiting to 

be processed.

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Printer writer — An AS/400 object that formats the spool file and 

sends it to a local print device.

Figure 1-1 illustrates these elements.