Technical data

• initial-value-document, which contains document attributes with
default values
The default values reflect capabilities of the physical printer that is the
intended destination of a job. Therefore, you should first create the
physical printer and set the desired printer attributes before creating the
initial-value-job and initial-value-document objects.
Note that initial-value-job and initial-value-document objects
are spooler objects, so the associated spooler should already exist before you
can create the initial value objects.
6.4.1 Specifying Defaults for Jobs and Documents
You can create multiple initial-value-job and initial-value-
document objects to specify different defaults for the same physical
printer to account for the physical printer capabilities. How you apply the
initial-value-job and initial-value-document objects determines
which defaults the physical printer will use for the printed output.
To apply an initial-value-job or initial-value-document object,
you need to do one or both of the following:
• Administrators can apply the object settings to a logical
printer by setting the printer-initial-value-job and
printer-initial-value-document attributes for the logical printer.
• Users can apply the object settings by specifying initial-value-job
and initial-value-document attributes with the print request.
When you apply initial-value-job and initial-value-document
objects to both a logical printer and a job, the objects specified with the job
override the objects specified for the logical printer.
As the administrator, you determine how initial-value-job and
initial-value-document objects should be applied:
• If they are to be applied to logical printers, set the appropriate
logical printer attributes (printer-initial-value-job and
printer-initial-value-document).
• If they are to be applied with the job submission, set the appropriate job
attributes (initial-value-job and initial-value-document). It is
your responsibility to let the user community know of the availability of
initial-value-job and initial-value-document objects.
The following example might help you determine applicable
initial-value-job and initial-value-document objects for your site.
The initial-value-job object JobDefaults1 includes the job attribute
job-sheets=job-copy-start so that when the print system applies
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