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1 DESCRIPTION

@HP DECprint Supervisor (DCPS) for OpenVMS is a layered software Gapplication that provides access to selected PostScript Level 1, Level D2 and Level 3 printers. DCPS runs on OpenVMS Alpha systems, OpenVMS EIndustry Standard 64 (I64) Integrity servers and OpenVMS VAX systems.

FDCPS drives selected PostScript printers and supports these printers' Aspecial features, such as tray and media selection and two-sided Dprinting. File formats supported include PostScript, ANSI-Compliant CDIGITAL Printing Protocol Level 3 (DEC PPL3) and HP PCL. DCPS also @includes features such as number-up, layup, automatic data type Gdetection and high speed image printing, plus translators for a number Gof printer languages. See the Other Hardware Required section 4of the SPD for the list of supported printer models.

BDECprint Supervisor software consists of the following components:

A print symbiont that processes print requests for the host on which it resides.E
Software to transmit the request and associated data over the following protocols:
- Ethernet via TCP/IP to a printer with a network interface card L (NIC) that supports the bidirectional Raw TCP/IP socket protocol or LPD protocolK
- Ethernet via TCP/IP to a printer connected to a print server or a F terminal server that supports the bidirectional Raw TCP/IP socket protocol or LPD protocolD
- Ethernet via TCP/IP to a remote LPD queue on another systemF
- Ethernet to a PrintServer printer via DECnet or TCP/IP using ) Common Printer Access Protocol (CPAP)#
- Local Area Transport (LAT)
- Serial line
D
Translators to convert various non-PostScript files into the # PostScript language for printing.J
Page formatting capabilities such as the ability to print multiple B page images on a single side of a sheet of paper and to specify $ borders, margins and page offsets.F
A series of PostScript tools for application developers. These G include a PostScript error handler and Font Encoding Vectors for the E ISO Latin Alphabet Number 1 (ISO 8859/1) and DIGITAL Multinational J Character Set for use with all the PostScript text fonts that are built 7 into DIGITAL and selected Compaq PostScript printers.

HInstall DECprint Supervisor software on each node that has print queues for PostScript printers.

AA system running DECprint Supervisor software can transmit print Grequests to printers on a TCP/IP, DECnet or LAT network. Note that not )all printers support all these protocols.

FTo communicate with a printer on a TCP/IP network, HP TCP/IP Services Gfor OpenVMS software, Process Software MultiNet for OpenVMS or Process GSoftware TCPware for OpenVMS software must be installed on your system.

EFor DIGITAL PrintServer printers, whether using the TCP/IP or DECnet Hprotocol, PrintServer Software must be installed on at least one system in your network.

+Printing Features

PostScript printing. The print symbiont passes PostScript files E directly to the printer. DECprint Supervisor does not interpret or D translate PostScript files. Therefore, they must be created using G standard PostScript Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3 operators as defined within the printer itself.E
ANSI (DEC PPL3) printing. DECprint Supervisor translates ANSI F files into PostScript for printing on the output device. These ANSI J files may contain ASCII text, sixel graphics and other features of HP's + ANSI-compliant Printing Protocol Level 3.H
Selection of input tray via INPUT_TRAY, MEDIA_TYPE, PAGE_SIZE or D SHEET_SIZE parameters and output tray via OUTPUT_TRAY, within the H limitations of the printer and the tray-naming conventions to provide such features.C
Rotation of the page via the PAGE_ORIENTATION parameter for non-PostScript files only.H
Selection of single-sided, double-sided, or tumble printing when 4 available on the printer, via the SIDES parameter.H
Formatting of ANSI text files via the /HEADER, /FORM, /SPACE and ) /FEED qualifiers and the TAB parameter.E
Control of ANSI file margins, page setup and wrap or truncate 2 options as specified by the DEFINE/FORM command.E
Status and error messages sent to the user's terminal, may be J printed on the job trailer page or job log page, written to a log file, ) or displayed on the operator's console.I
Use of device control modules for basic data types via the /SETUP E qualifier. PostScript modules may contain any PostScript operators 3 supported by the printer in the printing context.B
Collection of accounting information for each print job as J follows: sheets of paper printed, the number of RMS Gets and the number G of QIO Writes. All Compaq, DIGITAL and GENICOM printers support this E feature except where noted in the Other Hardware Required C section of the SPD. This feature may not be available with other printers.B
Access to the PCL interpreter native to selected printers. H Printers for which the native PCL interpreter is supported are listed = in the Other Hardware Required section of the SPD.G
Support for printers via network interface cards, print servers H and terminal servers that support bidirectional Raw TCP/IP sockets or LPD.C
Support for printers via remote LPD queues on other systems.J
Support for PrintServer printers on DECnet or TCP/IP interconnects using CPAP protocol.J
Automatic data type detection and switching. The software attempts A to determine the data type of the file. If successful, it will J automatically translate, if necessary, and print the file. If it cannot J determine the file data type, it will use the default data type defined E by DATA_TYPE=AUTOMATIC. If the file is printed using the data type I defined by DATA_TYPE=AUTOMATIC, the symbiont will look for a switch to J PostScript command (%!) and continue to process the rest of the file as F PostScript. This switch may occur only once per file. The switch to H PostScript feature is not available when DCPS uses a printer's native & PCL interpreter to process the file.E
Printing non-PostScript data types on the PostScript printer. F Translators are provided to translate the following 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 4010/4014J
- ASCII LIST translator that formats and numbers ASCII files. This K translator numbers each line of text, creates alternating bars of gray L and white in the background and creates a running head of the file name and page number.
H
Printing two or more page images on a single side of a sheet via the NUMBER_UP parameter.J
Specifying page layup features via the LAYUP_DEFINITION parameter. J Page layup features include Borders, Margins, Margin Alternation, Pages D Per Sheet, First Page, Page Order and Page Grid. Layup definition I options may be provided directly, as arguments to the LAYUP_DEFINITION H parameter, or indirectly, as the contents of a file specified by that parameter.E
Specifying a range of pages of the file to be printed via the PAGE_LIMIT parameter.F
Printing jobs with finishing options with the PUNCH and STAPLE ? parameters, on supported printers equipped with such options.J
Automatically scaling a page created for one paper size so that it C fits on a different paper size via use of both the PAGE_SIZE and 2 SHEET_SIZE parameters on the same print command.A
Printing multiple uncollated copies of each sheet via the SHEET_COUNT parameter.G
Use of device control modules for all data types via the /SETUP I qualifier. ANSI modules may include control sequences. PCL modules may include binary font data.E
Support for OpenVMS autostart queues, simplifying startup and - ensuring high availability of print queues.

3ANSI (DEC PPL3) Emulation

FPrinting of ANSI text and sixel graphics is compatible with DIGITAL's ANSI-compliant PPL3 printers.

FNote: PostScript printers differ in the amount of virtual memory they Ahave available for printing and font storage. Files that require Gdownloading of fonts may be printed differently, may print more slowly &or may fail to print on some printers.Z

2 INSTALLATION STATEMENT

HHP recommends that a customer's first purchase of this software product =include HP Installation Services. These services provide for Cinstallation of the software product by an experienced HP Software Specialist.

HFor subsequent purchases of this product, only customers with knowledge ?of OpenVMS generic and execution print queues in clustered and <non-clustered environments and, if operating in a DECserver ?environment, knowledge of DECserver management, should attempt Dinstallation of this software product. HP recommends that all other .customers purchase HP's Installation Services.

HThese services provide for the installation of the software product and ?HP PostScript Printer hardware by an experienced HP Specialist.

EBefore installation of the software by HP Installation Services, the customer must:

Obtain, install and demonstrate as operational any equipment and D facilities necessary to interface to HP's communication equipment.J
Make available for a reasonable period of time, as mutually agreed J upon by HP and the customer, all hardware, communication facilities and 4 terminals that are to be used during installation.I
For verification of installation and connectivity in a multi-node @ node network, designate and provide access to a host that has " previously been installed by HP.I
Assure that a valid OpenVMS operating system license is installed.

DDelays caused by any failure to meet these responsibilities will be ;charged at the then prevailing rate for time and materials.

AInstallation of DECprint Supervisor software will consist of the following:

Verification that all prerequisite software and hardware has been installed.C
Verification that a complete set of DCPS software media and " documentation has been received.F
Verification that all hardware and software prerequisites have , been met and the equipment is operational.3
Installation of DCPS software on one system.G
Verification that DCPS software has been correctly installed by 8 running the Installation Verification Procedure (IVP).G
Modification of the DECnet database or TCP/IP hosts file to add # printer node names and addresses.B
Modification of the OpenVMS start-up files to automate the start-up of print queues.

3 HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

%Processors Supported

HFor information about support processors, refer to the Software Product ?Description for the OpenVMS Operating System (SPD 25.01.xx and 82.35.xx).

(Other Hardware Required

,At least one PostScript printer, as follows:

Apple
LaserWriter IIg$
LaserWriter IIf ¹&
LaserWriter II NT ¹'
LaserWriter II NTR ¹'
LaserWriter II NTX ¹%
LaserWriter Plus ¹(
LaserWriter Pro 600 ¹(
LaserWriter Pro 630 ¹
Compaq
# Laser Printer LN16 ²
Laser Printer LN32(
Laser Printer LNC02 ³
Laser Printer LNM40
DIGITAL
% Colormate PS (LF01R) ¹F
Colorwriter LSR 2000 and 2000⁺ (LNC01) ¹/
DECcolorwriter 1000 (LF02) ¹*
DEClaser 1150 (LN07R) ¹*
DEClaser 1152 (LN07C) ¹*
DEClaser 2150 (LN05R) ¹*
DEClaser 2250 (LN06R) ¹*
DEClaser 3250 (LN08R) ¹)
DEClaser 3500 (LN14) ⁴)
DEClaser 5100 (LN09) ⁴'
Laser Printer LN15 ²(
Laser Printer LN15+ ²
Laser Printer LN17+ps'
Laser Printer LN20 ³'
Laser Printer LN40 ³(
Laser Printer LNC02 ³
LN17ps
PrintServer 17 (LPS17)
PrintServer 17/600+
PrintServer 20 (LPS20) ¹)
turbo PrintServer 20 ¹+
PrintServer 32 (LPS32) ¹
PrintServer 32 plus+
PrintServer 40 (LPS40) ¹(
PrintServer 40 Plus ¹*
ScriptPrinter (LN03R) ¹
GENICOM
Intelliprint cL160
Intelliprint mL260
Intelliprint mL402
Intelliprint mL450
LN21
LN28
LN45
LNM40#
microLaser 170 ²
microLaser 210
microLaser 280
microLaser 320
microLaser 401
HP
9085 MFP ⁵
Color LaserJet 2500
Color LaserJet 2550
Color LaserJet 3000
Color LaserJet 3700
Color LaserJet 3800
Color LaserJet 4500
Color LaserJet 4550
Color LaserJet 4600
Color LaserJet 4610
Color LaserJet 4650
Color LaserJet 4700
Color LaserJet 4730 MFP
Color LaserJet 5500
Color LaserJet 5550'
Color LaserJet 8500⁶'
Color LaserJet 8550⁶
Color LaserJet 9500
Color LaserJet 9500 MFPE
LaserJet III with PostScript (Level 1) cartridge ¹J
LaserJet III with PostScript-Plus (Level 2) cartridge ¹F
LaserJet IIID with PostScript (Level 1) cartridge ¹K
LaserJet IIID with PostScript-Plus (Level 2) cartridge ¹7
LaserJet IIISi with PostScript (Level 1) option7
LaserJet IIISi with PostScript (Level 2) option
LaserJet 4M
LaserJet 4M Plus
LaserJet 4ML
LaserJet 4MP
LaserJet 4SiMX
LaserJet 4MV
LaserJet 5SiMX(
LaserJet 5M (monochrome version)
LaserJet 1300
LaserJet 1320
LaserJet 2100
LaserJet 2200
LaserJet 2300
LaserJet 2410
LaserJet 2420
LaserJet 2430
LaserJet 4000
LaserJet 4050
LaserJet 4100
LaserJet 4100 MFP
LaserJet 4200
LaserJet 4240
LaserJet 4250
LaserJet 4300
LaserJet 4345 MFP
LaserJet 4350
LaserJet 5000
LaserJet 5100
LaserJet 5200
LaserJet 8000
LaserJet 8100
LaserJet 8150
LaserJet 9000
LaserJet 9000 MFP
LaserJet 9040 MFP
LaserJet 9050
LaserJet 9050 MFP
LaserJet 9055 MFP
LaserJet 9065 MFP#
PaintJet XL300 ¹
IBM
Infoprint 21
InfoPrint 32
InfoPrint 40
Lexmark
C720
C750
C910
Optra C710
Optra Rt+ ¹
Optra S 1250
Optra S 1255
Optra S 1620
Optra S 1625
Optra S 1650
Optra S 1855
Optra S 2420
Optra S 2450
Optra S 2455
Optra Se 3455
Optra T610
Optra T612
Optra T614
Optra T616
Optra W810
T520
T522
T620
T622
W820
Tektronix
Phaser 200e ¹
Phaser 200i ¹
Phaser 220e ¹
Phaser 740 ¹
Phaser 750 ¹
Phaser 780 ¹
Phaser 850 ¹
Xerox
DocuPrint N24
DocuPrint N32
DocuPrint N40
DocuPrint N2025
DocuPrint N2125
DocuPrint N2825
DocuPrint N3225
DocuPrint N4025
DocuPrint N4525
Phaser 4500⁶
Phaser 6250⁶
Phaser 7300⁶
Phaser 7750⁶
Phaser 8400⁶

GA supported printer must be equipped with one or more of the following supported interconnects:

Ethernet port or Network Interface Card (NIC) supporting CPAP, 6 LAT, bidirectional Raw TCP/IP socket or LPD protocol#
EIA-232 (RS-232) serial port#
EIA-422 (RS-422) serial portH
Bidirectional Centronics parallel port connected through a print server or terminal server

Note

ADCPS does not support the following types of printer connections:

A unidirectional connection (for example, a parallel or Raw TCP/IP port that is unidirectional),
The parallel port on an OpenVMS system!
The Telnet network protocol

=The following notes apply when using the above interconnects:

EIA-232 serial interfaces are optional with some printers and may " need to be purchased separately.B
EIA-422 serial interfaces, such as that employed on the HP ? PaintJet XL300, require an EIA-422/EIA-232 converter/adapter.H
The HP LaserJet 4SiMX is supported for serial communication when < equipped with the Extend Systems ESI-2633A interface card.A
Ethernet interfaces may require an adapter to connect the @ printer's Ethernet hardware to that of the local area network.F
Ethernet protocols supported for certain Desktop and Workgroup G printers (not including PrintServer printers) are Raw TCP/IP socket, LPD and LAT.I
Ethernet protocols supported for DIGITAL PrintServer printers are DECnet CPAP and TCP/IP CPAP.

>For TCP/IP configurations, the following are required

At least one printer (listed above)J
A NIC, print server or terminal server that provides bidirectional Raw TCP/IP sockets or LPD.

FA cable may also be required to connect the printer to a print server or terminal server.

CFor Serial Line configurations, the following are required

At least one printer (listed above)>
Serial interface and cable for EIA-232 or EIA-422 with converter/adapter9
One of the following serial interfaces or servers:
- CVAX serial interface (CXA16, CXB16, CX08, DZQ-11; 9600 baud)+
- DHV11 (9600 baud; serial interface)+
- DZQ11 (9600 baud; serial interface)+
- DLV11 (9600 baud; serial interface)+
- DHU11 (9600 baud; serial interface)+
- DMZ32 (4800 baud; serial interface)+
- DMF32 (9600 baud; serial interface)+
- DMB32 (9600 baud; serial interface)0
- DECserver 90L and 90L+ (38.4K baud; LAT)=
- DECserver 90M (57.6K baud; LAT and raw TCP/IP socket)>
- DECserver 90TL (57.6K baud; LAT and raw TCP/IP socket)&
- DECserver 100 (9600 baud; LAT)*
- DECserver 200/MC (19.2K baud; LAT)'
- DECserver 250 (19.2K baud; LAT)&
- DECserver 300 (19.2K baud; LAT&
- DECserver 500 (9600 baud; LAT)&
- DECserver 550 (9600 baud; LAT)E
- DECserver 700 series (115.2K baud; LAT and raw TCP/IP socket)E
- DECserver 900 series (115.2K baud; LAT and raw TCP/IP socket)'
- MUXserver 100 (19.2K baud; LAT)'
- MUXserver 300 (19.2K baud; LAT)'
- NetRider 90 - see DECserver 90M/
- NetRider 900 - see DECserver 900 series"
- LATprint (38.4K baud; LAT))
- RapidPrint 200 (115.2K baud; LAT)
I
A DECserver or NetRider configuration requires DECserver Network F Access Software (DNAS) V2.0 or later and a minimum of 4 Mbytes of J memory to support Raw TCP/IP sockets.
All of the interfaces above J support EIA-232 and some support EIA-422. The customer must select an H appropriate combination of host serial interface, cable and printer J serial interface. In some cases, an external adapter may be required. Also:G
The printer's communications interface must be set for 8-bit, no parity communication.H
The interface baud rate must be set to a value less than or equal = to the value specified above for the chosen host interface.J
Flow control should be set to XON/XOFF for PostScript-only printers @ or DTR/CTS (hardware handshake) for PostScript/PCL 5 printers.

EFor parallel port configurations, the following are required

At least one printer (listed above)6
Bidirectional Centronics parallel port interface)
One of the following print servers:
- DIGITAL RapidPrint 200 (LAT)?
- DIGITAL RapidPrint 500 (Raw TCP/IP socket, LPD and LAT)7
- GENICOM MPS100 (Raw TCP/IP socket, LPD and LAT)0
- HP JetDirect (Raw TCP/IP socket and LPD)

DA parallel cable may also be required to connect the printer to the print server.

)Disk Space Requirements:

qTable 1 shows the approximate disk space, in blocks, required by EDCPS on the system disk. Actual disk usage may vary depending on the Guser's system environment, system disk cluster size, configuration and software options.

d ( & &
Table 1 Disk Space Requirements
OpenVMS Alpha OpenVMS I64 OpenVMS VAX
During Installation 7,700 11,000 7,200
Permanent 7,200 10,500 6,700

**Table 1 Disk Space Requirements**
	OpenVMS Alpha	OpenVMS I64	OpenVMS VAX
During Installation	7,700	11,000	7,200
Permanent	7,200	10,500	6,700

N Note

¹ Printer does not have native PCL interpreter

² Supported only when the printer is in PostScript mode

³ Does not support DCPS accounting feature

⁴ Includes support for direct printing O to native PCL interpreter only when printer is in autosensing mode

⁵ Raw TCP only

⁶ LPD and AppleTalk only

4 SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

HDECprint Supervisor (DCPS) for OpenVMS Version 2.5 software runs on the 3following versions of the OpenVMS operating system:

OpenVMS Alpha V6.2, V7.3-2 and V8.2!
OpenVMS I64 V8.2 and V8.2-1'
OpenVMS VAX V5.5-2, V6.2 and V7.3

EHowever, only specific versions of networking software are supported Efor each version of the operating system. See the following sections for the supported versions.'

TCP/IP Configurations

@For TCP/IP configurations, you need one of the following TCP/IP products:

HP TCP/IP Services for HP OpenVMS+
Process Software MultiNet for OpenVMS*
Process Software TCPware for OpenVMS

gSee Table 2 for supported versions of HP software.

q " * ! &
Table 2 Supported Network Software Versions
OpenVMS TCP/IP Services DECnet DECnet-Plus
Alpha V6.2 V4.2 V6.2 V6.3
Alpha V7.3-2 V5.3, V5.4 V7.3-2 V7.3-2
I64 V8.2 V5.5 V8.2 V8.2
I64 V8.2-1 V5.5 V8.2-1 V8.2-1
VAX V5.5-2 V4.0 V5.5-2 -----
VAX V6.2 V4.2 V6.2 V6.3
VAX V7.3 V5.1, V5.3 V7.3 V7.3

OpenVMS	TCP/IP Services	DECnet	DECnet-Plus
Alpha V6.2	V4.2	V6.2	V6.3
Alpha V7.3-2	V5.3, V5.4	V7.3-2	V7.3-2
I64 V8.2	V5.5	V8.2	V8.2
I64 V8.2-1	V5.5	V8.2-1	V8.2-1
VAX V5.5-2	V4.0	V5.5-2	-----
VAX V6.2	V4.2	V6.2	V6.3
VAX V7.3	V5.1, V5.3	V7.3	V7.3

1 DESCRIPTION

2 INSTALLATION STATEMENT

3 HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

1 Printer does not have native PCL  interpreter

2 Supported only when the printer is  in PostScript mode

3 Does not support DCPS accounting  feature

4 Includes support for direct printing O to native PCL interpreter only when printer is in autosensing mode

5 Raw TCP only

6 LPD and AppleTalk only