HP Distributed Print Service User's Guide

Contents

1. What Is HP Distributed Print Service?

What Are the Advantages of Using HPDPS?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

You Will Not Have to Start from Scratch to Learn How to Print Jobs .

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You Can Access Many Kinds of Printers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Your Print Jobs Are Validated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

You Receive Notiﬁcation of Job Progress or Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

You Can Receive Improved Administrative Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

What Functionality Does HPDPS Provide? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

HPDPS Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

2. Basic Printing Tasks

Using LP Spooler Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Getting Help for HPDPS Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Deﬁning a Default Logical Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Submitting Jobs to an HPDPS Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Printing to a Default Logical Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Printing to a Speciﬁc Logical Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Specifying Attributes for HPDPS Print Jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Specifying the Number of Copies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Specifying Two-Sided Print Jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Specifying the Page Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Specifying the Document Format for a Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Specifying Number of Images on a Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Printing Multiple Documents in a Single Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Using the pdpr Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Using a Reference File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Specifying a Medium for a Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Specifying the Number of Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29