HP Distributed Print Service Administration Guide

Chapter 6 123
Configuring Spoolers, Queues, and Logical Printers
Creating and Configuring Logical Printers
If the logical printer validation or all of the physical printer validations
fail, HPDPS rejects the job and the user receives an error message
informing him of which job or document attributes or attribute values
are not supported.
The values for job and document attributes are derived from the
following, in order of precedence:
1. Specific values assigned by the user with the pdpr command and the
-x flag.
2. The values contained in an initial-value-job object specified by the
initial-value-job job attribute or the values contained in an
initial-value-document object specified by the
initial-value-document document attribute. These values override
those specified by an initial-value-job or initial-value-document object
associated with a logical printer if both specify values for the same
attribute. Otherwise, the values are used in addition to those
specified by initial value objects associated with the logical printer to
which the job was submitted.
3. The values contained in an initial-value-job object specified by the
printer-initial-value-job logical printer attribute or the values
contained in an initial-value-document specified by the
printer-initial-value-document logical printer attribute.
4. Server defaults for certain attribute values not specified with any of
the previous methods.
The spooler validates jobs submitted to its logical printers and then, if
validation succeeds, places the jobs in the queue associated with the
logical printer. The spooler schedules the jobs in the queue and sends
them to a physical printer that has the capabilities required to print the
job.
Validation at the Logical Printer
The purpose of job validation at the logical printer is to restrict, control,
or limit job submission to associated physical printers. Based on the
logical printer attributes and its associated initial value object
attributes, you can:
• control physical printer selection and access
• restrict use of the capabilities or functions of a physical printer