HP DECprint Supervisor (DCPS) for OpenVMS, Version 2.7 (SPD 44.15.20)

HP DECprint Supervisor (DCPS) for OpenVMS, SPD 44.15.20
Version 2.7
For DIGITAL PrintServer printers, whether using the
TCP/IP or DECnet protocol, PrintServer Software must
be installed on at least one system in your network.
Printing Features
• PostScript printing. The print symbiont passes
PostScript files directly to the printer. DECprint
Supervisor does not interpret or translate PostScript
files. Therefore, they must be created using standard
PostScript Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3 operators as
defined within the printer itself.
• ANSI (DEC PPL3) printing. DECprint Supervisor
translates ANSI files into PostScript for printing on
the output device. These ANSI files may contain
ASCII text, sixel graphics and other features of HP’s
ANSI-compliant Printing Protocol Level 3.
• Selection of input tray via INPUT_TRAY, MEDIA_
TYPE, PAGE_SIZE or SHEET_SIZE parameters and
output tray via OUTPUT_TRAY, within the limitations
of the printer and the tray-naming conventions to pro-
vide such features.
• Rotation of the page via the PAGE_ORIENTATION
parameter for non-PostScript files only.
• Selection of single-sided, double-sided, or tumble
printing when available on the printer, via the SIDES
parameter.
• Formatting of ANSI text files via the /HEADER,
/FORM, /SPACE and /FEED qualifiers and the TAB
parameter.
• Control of ANSI file margins, page setup and wrap or
truncate options as specified by the DEFINE/FORM
command.
• Status and error messages sent to the user’s termi-
nal, may be printed on the job trailer page or job log
page, written to a log file, or displayed on the opera-
tor’s console.
• Use of device control modules for basic data types
via the /SETUP qualifier. PostScript modules may
contain any PostScript operators supported by the
printer in the printing context.
• Collection of accounting information for each print job
as follows: sheets of paper printed, the number of
RMS Gets and the number of QIO Writes. All Com-
paq, DIGITAL and GENICOM printers support this
feature except where noted in the Other Hardware
Required section of the SPD. This feature may not
be available with other printers.
• Access to the PCL interpreter native to selected print-
ers. Printers for which the native PCL interpreter is
supported are listed in the Other Hardware Required
section of the SPD.
• Support for printers via network interface cards, print
servers and terminal servers that support bidirec-
tional Raw TCP/IP sockets or LPD.
• Support for printers via remote LPD queues on other
systems.
• Support for PrintServer printers on DECnet or TCP/IP
interconnects using CPAP protocol.
• Automatic data type detection and switching. The
software attempts to determine the data type of the
file. If successful, it will automatically translate, if
necessary, and print the file. If it cannot determine
the file data type, it will use the default data type
defined by DATA_TYPE=AUTOMATIC.
If the file is printed using the data type defined by
DATA_TYPE=AUTOMATIC, the symbiont will look for
a switch to PostScript command (%!) and continue
to process the rest of the file as PostScript. This
switch may occur only once per file. The switch to
PostScript feature is not available when DCPS uses
a printer’s native PCL interpreter to process the file.
• Printing non-PostScript data types on the PostScript
printer. Translators are provided to translate the fol-
lowing data types into PostScript for printing:
— DDIF (bitonal Image subset only; requires
DECwindows Motif software)
— PCL Level 4 (as implemented on the HP LaserJet
IID)
— IBM Proprinter XL24
— ReGIS (monochrome output only)
— Tektronix 4010/4014
— ASCII LIST translator that formats and numbers
ASCII files. This translator numbers each line of
text, creates alternating bars of gray and white in
the background and creates a running head of the
file name and page number.
• Printing two or more page images on a single side
of a sheet via the NUMBER_UP parameter.
• Specifying page layup features via the LAYUP_
DEFINITION parameter. Page layup features in-
clude Borders, Margins, Margin Alternation, Pages
Per Sheet, First Page, Page Order and Page Grid.
Layup definition options may be provided directly, as
arguments to the LAYUP_DEFINITION parameter, or
indirectly, as the contents of a file specified by that
parameter.
• Specifying a range of pages of the file to be printed
via the PAGE_LIMIT parameter.
• Printing jobs with finishing options with the PUNCH
and STAPLE parameters, on supported printers
equipped with such options.
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