HP Distributed Print Service Administration Guide

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Introducing HP Distributed Print Service
Job and Document Attributes
Job and Document Attributes
Two additional HPDPS objects not mentioned earlier are called
initial-value-job and initial-value-document objects. Initial-value-job
objects are objects that represent default attribute values for a job.
Likewise, initial-value-document objects are objects that represent
default attribute values for a document.
You can use initial-value-job and initial-value-documentobjects to assign
values to attributes. Users can specify values for job and document
attributes when they submit jobs. Finally, the HPDPS spooler assigns
values to certain job and document attributes you or your users do not
specify.
The values forjob and document attributes will be determinedas follows,
by order of precedence:
1. By the user with the pdpr command and the -x flag to specify
individual attributes and values.
2. By the user with the pdpr command and the initial-value-job job
attribute or the initial-value-document document attribute. You
must have first created the initial-value-job and
initial-value-document objects for your users. See “Creating and
Configuring Initial-Value-Job and Initial-Value-Document Objects” in
Chapter 6 for details.
3. By you when you create an initial-value-job or initial-value-document
object with the pdcreate command and associate the objects with
HPDPS logical printers. You use the printer-initial-value-job
and printer-initial-value-document logical printer attributes to
make the associations. See “Creating an Initial Value Object” in
Chapter 6 for instructions on creating these HPDPS objects.
4. By HPDPS using server default values if neither your users nor you
have specified attributes and values.