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Contents
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1 DCPS Version 2.0 Information
1.1 DCPS Version 2.0 Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1
1.1.1 DCPS Licenses Eliminated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1
1.1.2 New Printers Supported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1
1.1.3 Installation Procedure Changed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
1.1.4 Tray Names Added . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
1.2 DCPS Version 2.0 Fixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
1.2.1 Output Trays Not Selectable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
1.2.2 PCL Translator Character Incorrect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
1.2.3 Help File Incomplete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
1.2.4 IVP Fails with ODS-5 Extended File Parsing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
2 DCPS Restrictions
2.1 Job Remains in Starting State for Raw TCP/IP Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1
2.2 Connection Terminations for Raw TCP/IP Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1
2.3 NOT_READY Warnings for Unavailable Raw TCP/IP Printer . . . . . . . . . . 2–2
2.4 Translators Do Not Generate Color PostScript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2
2.5 Job Trailer Page Jogs with PostScript Level 2 Printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2
2.6 Unable to Perform ANSI Tray Selection for Certain Printers . . . . . . . . . . 2–2
2.7 AppleTalk Queues Do Not Start or Jobs Remain in Starting State . . . . . . 2–3
2.8 Some Printers Do Not Send Status Messages to the Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3
2.9 Printer Name Is Not Always Printed Correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4
2.10 DDIF Printing Requires DECwindows Software or DECimage Application
Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4
2.11 Compatibility of NUMBER_UP and PostScript Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4
2.12 LIST Translator Ignores PAGE_SIZE Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4
2.13 Embedded PJL Commands Discarded; Avoid Binary Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4
2.14 Unreliable Communication After Errors on Some Printers . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4
2.15 Deleting Job When Using AppleTalk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5
2.16 Avoid STOP/QUEUE/RESET Usage for PrintServer Printer Which Is
Rejecting Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5
2.17 No Job Trailer Page on DELETE/ENTRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5
2.18 Problems with PostScript Files When Printing with /COPIES . . . . . . . . . 2–5
2.19 Problems Using PAGE_LIMIT with /JOB_COUNT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5
2.20 Printers with Auto-Sensing Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6
2.21 Setting I/O Buffers Too Small May Produce OPCOM Errors . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6
2.22 Cannot Start Queue for PrintServer Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6
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