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Xerox 4890 Advanced Configuring

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    Xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system version 7.1 august 2000 721p89080

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    Xerox corporation printing systems documentation and education 701 south aviation boulevard, esm1-058 el segundo, ca 90245 ©1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 by xerox corporation. All rights reserved. Copyright protection claimed includes all forms and matters of copyrightable material and information now allo...

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    Xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system iii laser safety ! Warning: adjustments, use of controls, or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous light exposure. The xerox docuprint printers are certified to comply with the pe...

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    Iv xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system operation safety your xerox equipment and supplies have been designed and tested to meet strict safety requirements. They have been approved by safety agencies, and they comply with environmental standards. Please observe ...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system v table of contents laser safety iii ozone information iii operation safety iv introduction ix about this guide ix contents ix conventions x related publications xi 1. Introduction to the graphical user interface 1-1 the grap...

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    Table of contents vi xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system taking the ips offline 2-5 printer status 2-6 starting a print job 2-6 stopping the printer 2-6 resuming printing 2-7 automatic print job recovery 2-7 rebooting the printer controller 2-7 exiting power sa...

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    Table of contents xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system vii setting of the debug level 4-27 updating the software using a cd or a diskette 4-28 updating the software remotely 4-29 system options menu tasks 4-30 specifying the input configuration 4-31 example of a...

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    Table of contents viii xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system.

  • Page 9: Introduction

    Xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system ix introduction this xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system provides information on how to perform docuprint system administration tasks for the docuprint 4850 or 4890 ips. About this guide...

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    Introduction x xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system conventions this guide uses the following conventions: • all caps and angle brackets — within procedures, the names of keys are shown in all caps within angle brackets (for example, press ). • bold — within pro...

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    Introduction xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system xi related publications this document is part of the xerox docuprint ips publication set. Xerox documents following is a list of all xerox docuprint ips documents. For a complete list and description of available...

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    Introduction xii xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system.

  • Page 13: User Interface

    Xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 1-1 1. 1 introduction to the graphical user interface this chapter gives an overview of the graphical user interface (gui) and provides instructions on how to use it to interact with the system. With the user interface you pe...

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    Introduction to the graphical user interface 1-2 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system figure 1-1. Printer controller monitor with ips main window, ips console window, and ips print engine monitor window.

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    Introduction to the graphical user interface xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 1-3 using the user interface screens the graphical user interface screens contain various combinations of pull-down menus and dropdown lists, selection buttons, incremental spin bo...

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    Introduction to the graphical user interface 1-4 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system selecting from a pull-down menu there are two methods of accessing items from a pull-down menu: • click method: 1. Position the cursor over the menu box or oval and click the r...

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    Introduction to the graphical user interface xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 1-5 buttons a selection button displays as an oval or box (except for the stop and continue buttons) containing a function name, but no inverted triangle. Figure 1-6. Example of a ...

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    Introduction to the graphical user interface 1-6 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system moving a window or icon windows and icons may be moved and repositioned where you want them on the screen. You may need to do this when a window you display covers all or part ...

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    Introduction to the graphical user interface xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 1-7 entering text some windows contain lines on which you can enter text such as file names or numeric values. At the beginning of a text field, there is a small icon. This icon di...

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    Introduction to the graphical user interface 1-8 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system exiting a window you can exit most ips windows by clicking the left mouse button on a quit, done, or cancel button. Sometimes an apply button closes the window after applying w...

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    Introduction to the graphical user interface xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 1-9 ips main window to configure your system, use the ips main window to provide access to the configuration, diagnostics, administration, and system options menus, and to the inpu...

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    Introduction to the graphical user interface 1-10 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system menus the ips main window displays the following pull-down menus: • configuration • diagnostics • administration • system options. Note: clicking or pressing the right mouse b...

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    Introduction to the graphical user interface xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 1-11 the configuration pull-down menu contains the following items: • language — allows you to select the language in which gui messages will display. Note: the printer status and ...

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    Introduction to the graphical user interface 1-12 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system diagnostics menu use the diagnostics menu to print samples and specify trace mode options. (it is also used by your service representative to access system diagnostic function...

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    Introduction to the graphical user interface xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 1-13 administration menu use the administration pull-down menu to access windows for performing administrative tasks, such as billing reporting. Figure 1-13. Administration pull-do...

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    Introduction to the graphical user interface 1-14 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system system options menu use the system options pull-down menu to take the ips online and offline, and shut down the system. Figure 1-14. System options pull-down menu the system o...

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    Introduction to the graphical user interface xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 1-15 input configuration section the input configuration section of the main window provides access to the windows that enable you to configure the printer input trays to feed the ...

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    Introduction to the graphical user interface 1-16 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system • printer trays — graphically shows the stocks that should be loaded in the physical feeder trays for the current input configuration. The printer trays field consists of a ro...

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    Introduction to the graphical user interface xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 1-17 note: ipds bin 1 is coded in the software to be mapped to the sample tray. The ipds row 1 contains only a sample tray icon, which always displays bolded; there are no other pr...

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    Introduction to the graphical user interface 1-18 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system setup and status information the following system setup and status information is displayed in the right column of the ips main window: control unit configuration section disp...

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    Introduction to the graphical user interface xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 1-19 status section the following items appear in the status (middle) section of the right column on the main window. They indicate what the printer is doing. Figure 1-19. Status s...

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    Introduction to the graphical user interface 1-20 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system host job control section the host job control section, located in the lower-right corner of the ips main window contains three buttons: • stop • continue • cancel job. Figure ...

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    Introduction to the graphical user interface xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 1-21 subwindow buttons this section describes some of the buttons that appear on sub- windows accessed through the main window pull-down menus and the input and output configuratio...

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    Introduction to the graphical user interface 1-22 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system the figure below shows one of the windows that contain the quit and apply buttons. Figure 1-21. Window with quit and apply buttons reset on the create a new media type and edi...

  • Page 35: Starting And Stopping The

    Xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 2-1 2. 2 starting and stopping the system this chapter describes how to start and stop your printing system. It addresses the proper methods of powering the system on and off, starting and stopping print jobs, shutting down t...

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    Starting and stopping the system 2-2 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system powering on procedure power on the ips system in the following sequence: 1. Power on all peripherals, such as the optional tape drive and display monitor. 2. If your system is channel-atta...

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    Starting and stopping the system xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 2-3 powering off the ips system do not power off the system until it has stopped printing. Note: powering off the system at the end of the day is not necessary. However, doing so does not dama...

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    Starting and stopping the system 2-4 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system in routine operation when powering off the system, follow this sequence: 1. Make sure no print jobs are running. Take the ips offline from the host by selecting offline from the system opt...

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    Starting and stopping the system xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 2-5 after a power outage if an unexpected power failure occurs, switch off the printer and all components of the printer controller. Switch the components back on only after power is restored....

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    Starting and stopping the system 2-6 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system printer status the default printer status is online and ready to print. The current status is displayed in the control unit status field on the ips main window. The ips print engine monito...

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    Starting and stopping the system xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 2-7 resuming printing you must always resume printing an interrupted job in the same way you stopped it: • if you pressed the red stop button on the printer control console, you must use the c...

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    Starting and stopping the system 2-8 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system removing media from the processor this section explains how to eject a diskette from the diskette drive, and how to remove a cd from the cd-rom drive. Ejecting a diskette to eject a disket...

  • Page 43: Setting Up The Printer

    Xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 3-1 3. 3 setting up the printer controller this chapter describes the procedures that are required to set up your printer controller to receive and process the types of print jobs you will be running. Tasks requiring a contro...

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    Setting up the printer controller 3-2 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system selecting a language you can select the language in which the gui panel and labels will display. 1. From the configuration pull-down menu, select language. The language window displays. 2...

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    Setting up the printer controller xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 3-3 specifying the system interface this section describes the procedure for specifying the network or channel interface for your system. Your options are channel and tcp/ip. Note: you can ha...

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    Setting up the printer controller 3-4 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system selecting channel interface to specify your interface as a bus and tag channel (parallel channel interface), follow these steps: 1. Select channel from the interface window pull-down menu...

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    Setting up the printer controller xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 3-5 selecting tcp/ip interface note: when the system is sending a resource-intensive job using tcp/ip, the job will take considerably longer to load via the network. To specify the tcp/ip por...

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    Setting up the printer controller 3-6 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system enabling or disabling the modem your service representative may install a modem in your system for diagnostic purposes. This modem is used for dial-in servicing and diagnostics when neede...

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    Setting up the printer controller xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 3-7 allocating memory for resources the resource limits option allows you to specify additional memory to be used for resources such as fonts and overlays. Note: whatever memory you add to yo...

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    Setting up the printer controller 3-8 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system displaying and adding resident fonts you can display the resident fonts currently loaded on your system, or add resident fonts as needed. Displaying resident fonts to display the currentl...

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    Setting up the printer controller xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 3-9 adding resident fonts you can add resident fonts from various media including cd-rom, diskette (floppy), or your network. To add resident fonts to your system, follow these steps: 1. If t...

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    Setting up the printer controller 3-10 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 5. From the input media pull-down menu, select the medium you want to use as the source for the additional fonts. The fonts available on the selected medium display. Figure 3-9. Input me...

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    Setting up the printer controller xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 3-11 loading the ips software license text string when an ips system is purchased, the new owners must have a license authorizing them to use the ips operating system software. Your license i...

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    Setting up the printer controller 3-12 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system the ips authorization window displays. Figure 3-11. Ips authorization window 2. On the enter expiration date line, enter the license expiration date provided by your service representati...

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    Setting up the printer controller xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 3-13 switching modes (dual mode) the dual mode printing option lets you switch back and forth between ips and nps modes on your printer controller. This allows your printer to accept ipds, po...

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    Setting up the printer controller 3-14 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system.

  • Page 57: Setting The System

    Xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-1 4. 4 setting the system configuration this chapter describes the procedures for configuring your system. You access those procedures through the pull-down menus on the ips main window. The procedures are described in sequ...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-2 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system privilege modes the ips allows access to various functions based on a user’s privilege level. The following privilege modes are available: • user mode — this is the default and the lowest ...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-3 1. From the administration menu, select privilege mode, then change privilege mode. The change privilege mode window displays. 2. From the privilege mode pull-down list, select the privile...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-4 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system changing the password for a privilege mode to change the password for a privilege mode (operator or administrator): 1. From the administration menu, select privilege mode, then change oper...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-5 accessing configuration tasks from the ips main window, configure your system by selecting from the configuration, diagnostics, administration, and system options menus, and from the input...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-6 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system indicating the input resolution this section describes the procedure for communicating the resolution of the fonts used in the incoming job to the ips. The ips then reports this informatio...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-7 specifying the maximum simplex value this section describes the procedure for specifying the number of simplex pages that the system prints in duplex mode before clearing the paper path an...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-8 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system for jobs that contain such high frequency of plex changes, it is recommended that the maximum simplex value be set to 0. This allows the print engine to perform simulated simplex without c...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-9 extraction color window the extraction color window contains the following options: • color pull-down menu — lists the eight colors allowed by the ipds data stream, from which you select t...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-10 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system rules for extraction color here are some general rules for extraction highlight color on the ips: • the highlight color ink loaded in the printer always determines the final output color—...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-11 procedure to specify the extraction color: 1. From the configuration menu, select extraction color. The extraction color for highlight printing window displays. 2. From the color pull-dow...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-12 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system printing the ips color samples your ips has two sets of color palette trace files, stored in the /var/db directory on the printer controller. Each set contains one palette for each color ...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-13 4. From the trace mode pull-down menu, select execute trace. The default trace file name prompt window displays. 5. On the default trace file name window, enter the following path: /var/d...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-14 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system follow these steps: 1. Select continuous forms emulation from the configuration pull-down menu. 2. On the continuous form selection window, click enabled. Figure 4-6. Continuous form sele...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-15 specifying the media units this section describes the procedure for specifying the media units you want to use for weight and size. The specified units are used on the ips main window. To...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-16 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system setting optional processing parameters you can set processing parameters for your system as follows: 1. Select optional processing parameters from the configuration pull-down menu. 2. On ...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-17 figure 4-8. Optional processing parameters window 5. Reboot the system to put your settings into effect (except for “alternate markform,” which does not require a reboot.).

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    Setting the system configuration 4-18 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system diagnostics menu tasks the following procedures can be accessed from the diagnostics pull- down menu. • printing samples • capturing a trace • executing a captured trace • printing a trac...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-19 note: if your docuprint 4850/4890 ips has dfa, the sample prints window contains two additional fields: number of sets and finishing function. Figure 4-10. Sample prints window for the a ...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-20 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system note: the following screen shows a sampling of the files that are available. Your system may have different sample files, or you may choose to have some added or deleted. Figure 4-11. Por...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-21 • number of sheets — specifies the number of pages you want to print from the sample file. The range is 0 to 500 sheets. The default is 10 sheets. • number of sets (dfa systems only) — sp...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-22 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system manual pqa button when you click this button, the system prints a one-page sample. This initiates an automatic print quality adjustment if needed. While the pqa is in progress, a pqa stat...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-23 capturing and executing a trace this section describes the procedures you use to initiate a trace to perform system diagnostics and to execute a trace. In general, the service representat...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-24 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system the trace window contains the following options and field: • online — enables the interface after you execute the trace. • offline — disables the interface so that you can execute the tra...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-25 5. Enter a name for the trace file. You can enter the full directory path along with the file name to save the trace file directly to a desired location. If no file name or file path is s...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-26 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system printing a trace file you can print a trace file using the conprt utility as follows: 1. After capturing the trace and verifying its effects by using the “execute trace” option from the t...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-27 setting of the debug level you can set the level of debug messages to be stored in log message files. To set the debug level: 1. From the diagnostics menu, select debug level. The debug l...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-28 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system updating the software using a cd or a diskette you can update the printing system software using a cd or a diskette, provided by your service representative. To update the software: 1. In...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-29 updating the software remotely you can update the printing system software remotely as follows: 1. From the diagnostics menu, select install remote update. The install remote update windo...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-30 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system system options menu tasks from the system options pull-down window, you can access windows to place the ips online and offline, and shut down the system. Figure 4-16. System options pull-...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-31 specifying the input configuration this section describes the procedures for creating, changing, and deleting input tray configurations; selecting the feeder tray(s) for a job; and indica...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-32 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system example of an input configuration here is an example of a hypothetical input configuration you might create: you have an application in which only ipds trays 1 and 2 are called out, with ...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-33 • when tray 1 is empty, feeding will switch to tray 3, then tray 4, without any intervention from the operator. Printing will not stop until trays 1, 3, and 4 are empty. (these pages will...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-34 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system setting up margin values the ips software allows you to save multiple margin settings by making the margin values part of the attributes of the ipds trays. Also, each ipds tray can be def...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-35 3. From the modify margin settings window, select one or more ipds trays. Note: the current margin values for the first ipds tray selected displays. Figure 4-23. Modify margin settings wi...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-36 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system creating a media icon to create new icons for your media library, follow these steps: 1. In the input configuration section of the main window, using the default pull-down list, select th...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-37 figure 4-25. Media library window the media library window contains the following elements: • buttons — add — displays the create a new media type window, which enables you to add new med...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-38 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system figure 4-26. Media type window 4. On the media type window, make your selections in the following fields for the new media icon you are adding. Note: the icon display box at the bottom of...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-39 note: this list contains only standard stock sizes. You cannot create or specify paper sizes not contained in this list. If you have a job that requires a size of paper that is not on thi...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-40 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system note: after you complete all edits to your media icon, click apply, and close the create a new media icon window, your temporary form type will be deleted. If you want to save the tempora...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-41 changing a media icon to change or edit a media icon in your media library, follow these steps: 1. Access the media library window. For the procedure, refer to the “creating a media icon”...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-42 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 1. Access the media library window. For the procedure, refer to the “creating a media icon” section earlier in this chapter. 2. Click the edit defaults button on the media library window....

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-43 adding a new input configuration to create a new input configuration: 1. From the input configuration pull-down menu, select any name to use as the base for building the new configuration...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-44 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system figure 4-30. Input configuration window 3. If you need any stocks for which there are no icons in the media library, create media icons for them. (refer to the “setting up the media libra...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-45 figure 4-31. Tray cells section of a sample input configuration example: in the example shown above, the cells for printer trays 1, 2, 3, and 4 all contain media icons for 20-pound white ...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-46 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system • other tray cells: drag a media icon from any other ipds or printer tray cell on the ips input configuration window. • the create or edit media library windows: you can drag the icon dis...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-47 figure 4-32. Tray cells section of a sample input configuration example: in the example shown above, ipds trays 1, 2, 3, and 4 are all mapped to printer trays 1 and 2. Note that under eac...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-48 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system to set up the ipds tray cells: in each ipds tray cell,place the same media icon that is in the cell for the printer tray to which you want to map that ipds tray. Follow these steps for ea...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-49 changing an input configuration file to change an existing input configuration: 1. From the input configuration pull-down menu, select the input configuration you want to change. Figure 4...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-50 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system deleting an input configuration file to delete an input configuration: 1. From the ips main window input section, click the modify button. The ips input configuration window displays. 2. ...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-51 correcting a feeder tray mismatch error when a feeder tray is adjusted for a certain size paper, the system senses that adjustment. (other stock attributes, such as weight, color, and for...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-52 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system specifying the output configuration this section describes the procedures you use to specify output tray configurations for your system. (for an explanation of the buttons on these window...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-53 example of an output configuration in the output configuration section of the main window, the horizontal rows of icons represent the ipds bins specified in the job as the output destinat...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-54 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system creating a new output configuration to create a new output configuration: 1. From the output configuration pull-down menu on the ips main window, select any name to use as the base for th...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-55 2. Make any desired changes in the fields described below. • bin selection mode — specifies how the ips will determine the bin to which the job will be delivered. The option buttons are: ...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-56 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 3. (dfa systems only) from the dfa profile pull-down menu on the ips main window, select the dfa output personality profile you will use with this configuration. Figure 4-42. Dfa profile ...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-57 figure 4-43. Bins section of the output configuration window example: in the illustration, ipds bin row 2 has the stacker 1 button highlighted (selected). This shows that ipds bin 2 has b...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-58 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system specifying finishing attributes (for systems with dfa) to specify finishing attributes, follow these steps: 1. On the output configuration window, check the “finishing” box, then click th...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-59 — n to 1 — output sheets are delivered to the output bin in descending order (the last page is delivered first). Note: the size of the ordered set must fall within the specified maximum s...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-60 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system specifying stitching attributes (for systems with a stitcher) to specify stitching attributes, follow these steps: 1. On the output configuration window, check the “stitching” box, then c...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-61 3. Click quit to specify these stitching attributes for the present configuration file and return to the ips output configuration window. Changing an output configuration to change an out...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-62 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system adding a dfa profile the values you enter for a dfa profile are provided by the vendor of your finishing equipment, except the set media modification (smm) values for finishing functions ...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-63 3. On the output dfa profile window, specify the configuration settings for the new output dfa profile. Figure 4-50. Output dfa profile window you may make changes to the following fields...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-64 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system • minimum set time (ms) (p3b) — (available on some systems) specifies the minimum time required by the third party finishing device to process a set. • time to cycle up (ms) (p5) — specif...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-65 • statuses supported (p7) — specifies the status indicators that are supported by the third party finishing device. You can check all status indicators that apply. The selections are as f...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-66 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system changing a dfa profile to make changes to an existing dfa profile: 1. From the dfa profile pull-down menu on the ips main window (below the output configuration pull-down menu), select th...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-67 backing up and restoring configuration files the following configuration files can be backed up and restored between ips systems operating system software version 5.4 or higher: • input d...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-68 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system saving configuration files to diskette to copy your configuration files to a diskette for storage or transfer, follow this procedure: 1. Insert a pc formatted diskette into the drive. 2. ...

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    Setting the system configuration xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system 4-69 restoring configuration files from diskette to restore your configuration files from a diskette, follow this procedure: 1. Insert the diskette used for a backup of the configuration files...

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    Setting the system configuration 4-70 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system.

  • Page 127: Index

    Xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system index-1 index numerics 1.25 mb data streaming, 3-4 2.5 mb data streaming, 3-4 a add a new form type window, 4-39 add button, 1-22 add profile button, 1-22 administration pull-down menu, 1-14 administrator mode, 4-2 apply & up...

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    Index index-2 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system extraction color window, 4-9 extraction color, specifying, 1-12, 4-8–4-11 f feeder trays, current configuration, 1-16 file pull-down menus, 1-3 finishing attributes, 4-58 finishing field, 1-18 finishing function...

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    Xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system index-3 index null modem connection, 1-13 number of sets field, 4-21 number of sheets field, 4-21 o offline field, 4-24 offline, taking, 1-15, 2-5, 4-30 online field, 4-24 online, placing, 1-15, 2-5 operation safety, iv opera...

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    Index index-4 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system printing, 4-26 updating software from cd, 4-28 from diskette, 4-28 remotely, 4-29 processing parameters, setting, 4-16 publications, related, xi pull-down menus selecting click method, 1-4 drag method, 1-4 types...

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    Xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system index-5 index user mode, 4-2 w weight units, specifying, 4-15 windows add a new form type, 4-39 ask for file name, 1-22 backup configuration files, 4-68 channel options, 3-4 default trace file name, 4-24 edit the media defaul...

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    Index index-6 xerox docuprint 4850/4890 ips guide to configuring and managing the system.

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    Double-click on this text from any master page and edit the definition -1 ../../../ips & lps graphics/dpc0010a.Cgm iii ../../../ips & lps graphics/7192-mainplus.Tif @ 172 dpi 1-2 ../../../ips & lps graphics/slsysoptionsbutton.Tif @ 72 dpi 1-3 ../../../ips & lps graphics/70 -- outputdefault.Tif @ 72 ...

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    -2 double-click on this text from any master page and edit the definition ../../../ips & lps graphics/tracepullonline.Tif @ 144 dpi 4-23 ../../../ips & lps graphics/tracepulloffline.Tif @ 144 dpi 4-23 ../../../ips & lps graphics/tracemodename.Tif @ 144 dpi 4-24 ../../../ips & lps graphics/70 -- debu...