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

The Indirect method creates XES control commands from spool file 

attributes.
When an OS/400 application program or print utility opens a printer file for 

output, a spool file is created. The attributes of that spool file are created 

from the printer file parameters.
Before the spool file is released to the printer writer, XDPE/400 processes 

the spool file and creates XES control commands.
Table 13-2 shows the printer file parameters that map to the XDPE/400 

XES features.

NOTE: To prevent conflicts with the printer writer, which also 

processes spool file attributes, XDPE/400 converts the spool file 

attributes to their default values. The spool file is then released to the 

printer writer.

Table 13-2.

Printer file parameters mapped to XDPE/400 XES 

features

FORMFEED

Predrilled paper shift

JOB

Job name

FRONTOVL

Forms Invocation

BACKOVL

Forms invocation

DUPLEX

Duplex mode selection

COPIES

Number of copies (for 4235)

OUTPUT PRIORITY

Job priority (for 4235)

DRAWER

Paper tray selection

FONT (identifier)

Generic XES packet

MULTIUP

Multi-up printing 

PAGRTT

Multi-up printing

FRONTMGN

Margin setting

BACKMGN

Margin setting