Software Product Description ___________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT NAME: PrintServer Software SPD 48.09.07 July, 1995 OVERVIEW PrintServer Software provides printing services across a wide range of operating environments to Digital's PrintServer printers. This Soft- ware Product Description (SPD) summarizes the functions of the soft- ware; however, the feature set for each platform may vary. These ex- ceptions are noted throughout the SPD. The platforms supported at the release of this document are: o HP-UX[R] o IBM[R]-AIX[R] o NetWare[R] o OpenVMS VAX and AXP o OSF/1[R] AXP (Digital UNIX) o Silicon Graphics[R] IRIX o Sun[R] Solaris o SunOS o ULTRIX o Windows NT[TM] This SPD documents PrintServer Software, V5.1, features for the HP- UX, IBM-AIX, NetWare, OpenVMS, OSF/1, Silicon Graphics IRIX, Sun So- laris, SunOS, Windows NT, and ULTRIX operating environments and PrintServer Software, V4.2, features for the SCO UNIX, SCO UNIX/DECadvantage, and AT&T Unison operating environments. Versions of PrintServer Software DIGITAL 14-June-1995 earlier than V5.1 may not support all currently shipping PrintServer printers. See the SPD for the software version that you plan to use for a list of supported printers. DESCRIPTION PrintServer Software is a layered product that enables one or both of the following: o Suitably configured systems to communicate in an Ethernet network to a PrintServer 17, PrintServer 17/600, PrintServer 20, turbo PrintServer 20, PrintServer 32, PrintServer 32 plus, or PrintServer 40 plus printer. Users in an Ethernet network can communicate with, print to, mon- itor, and gather accounting information from any of these PrintServer printers. These are called the supporting host services. o Suitably configured systems in an Ethernet local area network (LAN) to initialize (boot) and provide support functions for the PrintServer 17, PrintServer 17/600, PrintServer 20, turbo PrintServer 20, PrintServer 32, PrintServer 32 plus, and PrintServer 40 plus. Users in an Eth- ernet LAN can initialize (boot) and provide print client services to any of these PrintServer printers. In general, there are two primary components included in PrintServer Software: print client software and supporting host software. Print Client Software Print client software consists of the following components: o Print filters or interface programs to process requests from one or more printer queues. o Network software to transmit print requests and associated data over the Ethernet network to a remote PrintServer printer. OpenVMS, UL- TRIX, and Windows NT clients support both DECnet and TCP/IP pro- tocols. All other UNIX and NetWare clients support only TCP/IP. o Translators that automatically convert file formats into the PostScript[R] page description language. 2 o Event logging that captures error and status information and de- livers it to specified users and/or operators. o Print client and local accounting for tracking printer usage. o Online help or manual pages providing help for the user. o Installation scripts and/or instructions. The print client software must reside on each system or file server that prints directly or provides distributed printing services for other systems (remote spooling) to Digital's PrintServer printers. A sys- tem running the print client software can transmit print requests to any suitably configured PrintServer printer defined in the system's network database. The maximum number of print clients that can be connected to a PrintServer is as follows. o PrintServer 20 series - 16 simultaneous client connections o PrintServer 32 series - 16 simultaneous client connections o PrintServer 40 plus - 16 simultaneous client connections o PrintServer 17 series - depends on amount of memory in the printer Supporting Host Software Supporting host software consists of the following components: o PostScript and PCL interpreters. o Printer Status Manager (PRISM). o A primary boot system image file that is downloaded into the PrintServer printer when the printer is powered on or remotely triggered. o A management client that loads the secondary boot files and printer configuration files and provides for the capture and storage of cen- tralized accounting and event log information from the printer. 3 o A remote management utility that allows remote monitoring and man- aging of a PrintServer printer from a terminal, workstation, or PC on either a print client or supporting host system (except for Win- dows NT). o PrintServer system software that provides communications services, remote management services, and PostScript and PCL interpreters. The interpreters process PostScript and PCL commands and generate imaging data for the printer controller. If multiple PrintServer printers reside on the same LAN, one or more supporting hosts can be used to load and/or manage them. A single sup- porting host can service any number of PrintServer printers; conversely, a number of supporting hosts can service a single printer to provide a high degree of fault tolerance. Print Client Features The print client features described in this SPD are available for the following platforms: HP-UX, IBM-AIX, NetWare, OSF/1, SCO UNIX, SCO UNIX /DECadvantage, Silicon Graphics IRIX, Solaris, SunOS, ULTRIX, and Win- dows NT. In a NetWare operating environment, the print client requires bindery emulation to be enabled for all NetWare 4.nn servers that are to be used with this software. Bindery emulation is enabled by default in some 4.nn installations. In an OpenVMS operating environment, the print client software is pro- vided through DECprint Supervisor for OpenVMS. The media and documen- tation for DECprint Supervisor for OpenVMS are bundled with the PrintServer Software for OpenVMS (and available separately). Refer to the Soft- ware Product Description (SPD 44.15.nn) for more information on DECprint Supervisor for OpenVMS. In an ULTRIX operating environment, the print client software is pro- vided through the ULTRIX operating system. The license to use this soft- ware is bundled with the ULTRIX operating system. Printer Interface 4 PrintServer Software provides an interface to your operating system. The interface transmits print requests over the Ethernet network to the printer and relays system messages from the printer to the spool- ing system and/or requesting user. PrintServer Software allows users to print non-PostScript documents (with the exception of PCL5) by translating the text into PostScript. Translation can be requested explicitly on the command line or per- formed automatically when the document is printed. PCL5 files are sent directly to the PrintServer 17 family of printers, turbo PrintServer 20, and PrintServer 32 plus printers without translation. ASCII trans- lation is provided for all operating environments. ANSI translation is provided for the OpenVMS, OSF/1, and ULTRIX operating environments. In a Windows NT operating environment and in applications, transla- tion occurs automatically when your application submits a print job to the spooling system. The spooling system provides the printer with all the fonts required to print the job successfully. The NetWare operating environment provides a PrintServer-specific Printer Description File (PDF) containing modes and functions to select var- ious PrintServer features and options. Print drivers for Macintosh[TM] systems and Microsoft[R] Windows[TM] 3.1 are also provided. The drivers allow you to: o Print PostScript and PCL jobs faster o Use two or more paper trays, print duplex (two-sided), and incor- porate print enhancement technologies o Save PostScript and PCL files in a variety of portable formats o Maintain separate printer settings for each PostScript printer, mak- ing it easy to use two or more PostScript printers with the same computer o Use PostScript Level 1 and Level 2 5 In a SCO UNIX/DECadvantage operating environment, an interface pro- gram allows users to print images (CCITT Group 3 and Group 4) at near engine speed on the PostScript Level 1 versions of the following print- ers: PrintServer 17, turbo PrintServer 20, and PrintServer 32 print- ers. In an ULTRIX/VAX operating environment, ANSI, TEKTRONIX[R], and ReGIS translators are also provided. Refer to the Software Product Descrip- tion (SPD 26.40.nn) for more information. The following table illustrates the more popular print options pro- vided: ___________________________________________________________________ This Feature_____Selects________________________________________________ data The type of data in the print job. type input The printer input tray that supplies the paper or tray other media for this job. sides Simplex (one-sided) or duplex (two-sided) printing. number The number of page images to be printed per side of up paper. output The printer output tray. tray sheet The physical size of the sheets to be printed. This size option also selects the appropriate input tray. sheet The number of copies of each sheet to be printed. count______________________________________________________________ To print ASCII text in NetWare and UNIX environments, you can use the following features: 6 This_______________________________________________________________ Feature_______Does_the_Following___________________________________ tab width Expands tab characters to use spaces. The default tab width is 8 spaces. indent Selects the number of spaces to indent horizontally on each page. literal Prints the file exactly as it appears, including nonprinting characters imaged in a printable manner. cwidth Prints output using a page width of x column charac- ters. The default is an 80-column page width. rlength Prints job using a page length of x lines. The de- ______________fault_is_a_66-line_page_length.______________________ Many of the options above are supported through applications with na- tive support in some operating systems. In UNIX environments, the output can be directed not only to a print queue, but also to a file for printing later on a Digital PostScript printer. Supporting Host Features The supporting host features are described below: PostScript PostScript is a device-independent, page description language that de- scribes the appearance of text, images, and graphic material on the printed page. The PostScript language's page description capabilities include the following features, which can be used in any combination: o Arbitrary shapes constructed from straight lines, arcs, and cubic curves. Such shapes can self-intersect and contain disconnected sec- tions and holes. 7 o Painting primitives that permit a shape to be outlined with lines of any thickness, filled with any gray shade, or used as a clip- ping path to crop any other graphics. o Text fully integrated with graphics. Text characters are treated as graphical shapes that can be operated on by any PostScript graph- ics operator. o Sampled images derived from natural sources or generated synthet- ically. The PostScript graphics model allows sampled images at any resolution and with a variety of dynamic ranges, and it provides a number of facilities to control the rendering of images on the PrintServer printer. o A general coordinate system facility that supports all combinations of linear transformations including translation, scaling, rotation, reflection, and skewing. These transformations apply uniformly to all elements of a page description, including text, graphical shapes, and sampled images. o A rendering algorithm, DECimage Plus, that enhances the quality of natural (halftone) images when printed on laser printers. PostScript Level 2 extends the functional range of the PostScript lan- guage by adding new features designed to more conveniently and effi- ciently describe the appearance of the page. PostScript Level 2 fea- tures include: o Form and pattern caching, which drastically reduces print times where repetitive elements, such as corporate logos or accent bars, are printed on successive pages. o ATM font rendering, which provides higher quality and is notably faster than the rendering mechanism in PostScript Level 1. o Data-compression and decompression filters for several industry- standard formats (i.e. CCITT Group 3 and Group 4), which enable much faster data transmission times and reduces storage requirements for PostScript files. 8 o Improved printer-based memory management, which facilitates the print- ing of complex pages in less time. PostScript Level 2 is provided for the PrintServer 17 family of print- ers, turbo PrintServer 20 (with firmware version 3.7 and a minimum of 16 MB of memory), and PrintServer 32 plus printers. (PostScript Level 2 is provided for the turbo PrintServer 20 and the PrintServer 32 plus printers for those platforms that offer the V5.1 version of PrintServer software). PostScript Level 1 is provided for all other Digital PrintServer printers. PCL5 PCL5 interpretation is provided for the PrintServer 17 (with at least 12 MB memory), PrintServer 17/600, turbo PrintServer 20, and PrintServer 32 plus printers in HP-UX, IBM-AIX, NetWare, OpenVMS, OSF/1, Silicon Graphics IRIX, Solaris, SunOS, and Windows NT operating environments. [Note: PrintServer 17/600 PostScript Level 2 printers that use SNMP and PCL5 require 20 MB memory.] The PCL5 interpreter supports HP LaserJet IIIsi emulation as described in the HP PCL5 Printer Language Technical Reference Manual and as im- plemented in the HP LaserJet IIIsi printer. PCL5 files are passed di- rectly to the PCL5 interpreter in the printer and processed for print- ing (versus being translated on the host system). PCL5 supports in- terpretation and the printing of both 300 and 600 dpi files. PrintServer Software allows users to print PCL5 documents on PrintServer 17, PrintServer 17/600, turbo PrintServer 20, and PrintServer 32 plus printers. Interpretation is performed in the printer (versus being trans- lated on the host system) when the document is printed. Resident scaleable typefaces include: o Univers[R] Medium o Univers Medium Italic o Univers Bold o Univers Bold Italic 9 o Times[R] Medium o Times Medium Italic o Times Bold o Times Bold Italic o Univers Condensed[R] o Univers Condensed Italic o Univers Condensed Bold o Univers Condensed Bold Italic o ITC Zapf Dingbats[R] Bitmap font support includes: o Courier[R] 10 pitch 12 point (italic, bold) o Courier 12 pitch 10 point (italic, bold) o Line Printer 16.66 pitch 8.5 point (landscape, portrait) Image Printing An image PDL is provided for the turbo PrintServer 20 and PrintServer 32 printers in an OpenVMS operating environment and for the PrintServer 17, turbo PrintServer 20, and PrintServer 32 printers in the SCO UNIX /DECadvantage operating environment. (Image printing for PostScript Level 2 printers is handled by the PostScript Level 2 interpreter.) The image PDL greatly reduces the printing time on PostScript Level 1 printers for Digital Document Interchange Format (DDIF) compressed bitonal image files, such as those created by certain scanning devices. The use of the image PDL passes files directly to the image decompres- sion chip in the printer, bypassing and eliminating conversion to PostScript. The image PDL provides the following features: o Uses the printer's hardware decompression capability for faster print- ing 10 o Automatically rotates and crops images to fit paper size and ori- entation o Automatically scales 200 dpi A-size images to 300 dpi A-size im- ages o Supports CCITT compression standards: CCITT G42D, CCITT G31D, and CCITT G32D o Supports different media sizes, depending on the PrintServer printer Remote Management Services A management facility enables the remote management and monitoring of the PrintServer printers. There are two levels of command: o Unprivileged - Anyone may use these commands. o Privileged - You must enter a password to use these commands. Unprivileged commands include: ___________________________________________________________________ Command_______Function_____________________________________________ configuration Displays the PrintServer configuration exit Exits the utility help Provides help on commands jobs Shows the jobs printing to the printer netstat Shows the current status of the Internet subsystem permissions Shows the current network access control restric- tions privs Enters privileged mode showq Same function as "jobs" status Shows the status of PrintServer system components versions Displays the version numbers of each system compo- nent ? Displays a list of commands available in current ______________mode_________________________________________________ Privileged commands include: 11 ___________________________________________________________________ abort Aborts the specified job accept Enables job acceptance continuous Continuously prints jobs exit Exits privileged mode newfile Creates a new accounting or event log file or both next Causes the next job to print from single job mode reconfigure Causes the PrintServer printer to reload its config- uration parameters reject Disables job acceptance repeat Sets the repeat interval for the next command single Enables single job mode, causing the printer to pause between print jobs reboot________Remotely_reboots_the_PrintServer_printer_____________ The remote management facility is available in the following styles: o GUI interface for Motif platforms o A command-line interface for character-cell terminals o A Windows interface for PC platforms (monitoring only for PC plat- forms) The PrintServer 17, PrintServer 17/600, PrintServer 20, turbo PrintServer 20, PrintServer 32, and PrintServer 32 plus printers have front pan- els with a 2 x 24 character LCD display that provides system status information. Front panel status messages can be displayed in English, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, or Nor- wegian. (The remote console is not available for Windows NT.) PRISM The Printer Status Manager (PRISM) allows you to monitor all supported PrintServer printers on your network. PRISM displays the current sta- tus of the printers, such as printing, processing, out of paper, or jammed. This saves you from having to check the front panel of each printer or the remote console facility for printer status. PRISM en- ables you to: 12 o Select the printers you wish to monitor o Group the printers by floor, building, printer type, etc. o Identify problems at a glance using colors to indicate problem sever- ity o Determine printer status Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP allows network managers to integrate PrintServer printers into SNMP-based network management programs. PrintServer Software supports an SNMP agent for all PrintServer printers, except the PrintServer 40 series, PrintServer 20, and Printserver 17 with 8 MB of memory. The agent supports MIB-II. Centralized Event Logging PrintServer Software logs events ranging from successful completion of jobs to hardware errors. Events can be recorded in an event log file on a management client system. Management clients on multiple systems can simultaneously receive event logging data from a single PrintServer printer. These events are also displayed on remote management termi- nals and the PrintServer 40 local console. A subset of event messages is displayed on the remote console and front panel of the PrintServer 17, PrintServer 17/600, PrintServer 20, turbo PrintServer 20, PrintServer 32, and PrintServer 32 plus printers. The command to display logging information on the remote console is a privileged command in a Win- dows environment. Centralized Accounting Similar to event logging, accounting information is sent to any man- agement client that requests accounting data upon connecting to a PrintServer printer. PrintServer Software contains its own accounting utility, pro- viding the system manager with a convenient way to analyze and report printer usage or cross-charge users and departments for printer us- age. 13 The accounting utility prepares usage reports for a specific PrintServer printer on a per-user and per-host basis. Accounting information in- cludes user name, originating host, total number of sheets and sides printed, sheet size, and printer CPU time. The utility allows the sys- tem manager to assign cost to the number of sheets printed, the num- ber of sides printed, and/or CPU time used. The utility also allows for reporting to begin from a specific date. In addition, data is stored in a specific format to allow third-party applications to read and/or manipulate information. The accounting utility is not available in an AT&T Unison operating environment because the Unison operating system controls accounting. Controlled Access to a PrintServer Printer PrintServer Software provides a convenient way to control network ac- cess to a PrintServer printer. Access to the printer is specified in the printer configuration file by either "allowing" or "denying" ac- cess by a client host. The "allow" option allows specified DECnet area numbers or node addresses and Internet host addresses, networks, or subnetwork numbers to communicate with the PrintServer printer. The "deny" option prohibits nodes, areas, hosts, networks, and subnetworks from communicating with the printer. Downloading the PrintServer Image A PrintServer printer is booted in two phases: the primary boot and the secondary boot. During the primary boot, a supporting host down- loads the system image upon receipt of a MOP, bootp, or uniboot pro- tocol load request by the printer. If multiple supporting hosts are designated to boot the printer, the first system to respond to the printer load request provides the primary boot. Once the primary boot has been completed, a management client connects to the printer to perform the secondary boot. The secondary boot involves downloading configuration and setup files and system process image files. 14 PrintServer 40 plus printers require the MOP protocol to boot. MOP is available on Digital's ULTRIX and OpenVMS operating systems. All other PrintServer printers accept MOP or bootp. turbo PrintServer 20 printers require controller firmware V3.1 or higher when booted by HP-UX, IBM-AIX, SCO UNIX, SCO UNIX/DECadvantage, Sil- icon Graphics IRIX, and Solaris systems, or if the printer is booted by bootp and accessed by DECnet systems. PrintServer 20 printers must be booted by an OpenVMS, OSF/1, SunOS, or ULTRIX system. In a NetWare or Windows NT operating environment, turbo PrintServer 20 and PrintServer 32 series printers with PostScript Level 1 require boot firmware V3.6 or higher. PrintServer 17 printers require boot firmware V2.1 or higher. turbo PrintServer 20 and PrintServer 32 series print- ers with PostScript Level 2 and the memory option board require boot firmware V3.7. Firmware upgrade kits are available. PrintServer System and Imaging Components PrintServer Software and process image components are the software el- ements that are downloaded to, and run within, a PrintServer printer. This software consists of the following parts: o Communications software that accepts print and/or control data from Internet or DECnet client hosts and passes print data to the imag- ing software (PostScript or PCL5 interpreters). This software also passes system messages from the imaging software to the appropri- ate print client and/or management client and provides remote man- agement services. o Imaging software that interprets data from the communications soft- ware, builds the corresponding bitmaps, and sends those bitmaps to the print engine to be converted to printed output. The imaging software also passes any system messages from the print engine or interpreter to the communications software, which passes these messages to the appropriate print, remote management, and/or manage- ment clients running on client hosts. 15 The imaging software includes an interpreter based on the Adobe[R] PostScript Page Description Language and resident typefaces. The PostScript Level 1 interpreter includes 29 resident typefaces. The PostScript Level 2 interpreter includes either 29 or 43 resident typefaces, depending on the memory configuration of the printer. PostScript Level 2 support is provided for the PrintServer 17 family of printers, turbo PrintServer 20, and PrintServer 32 plus printers in HP-UX, IBM-AIX, NetWare, Win- dows NT, OpenVMS, OSF/1, Silicon Graphics IRIX, Solaris, SunOS, and ULTRIX operating environments at this time. The resident typefaces are documented below. Typefaces for PostScript Level 1 printers include: o Courier (regular, Bold, Oblique, Bold Oblique) o Helvetica[R] (regular, Bold, Oblique, Bold Oblique) o ITC Avant Garde Gothic[R] (Book, Book Oblique, Demi, Demi Oblique) o ITC Lubalin Graph[R] (Book, Book Oblique, Demi, Demi Oblique) o ITC Souvenir[R] (Demi, Demi Italic, Light, Light Italic) o New Century Schoolbook (Roman, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) o Times[R] (Roman, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) o Symbol The PrintServer 17 with 12 MB memory, the PrintServer 17/600 with 16 MB of memory, the turbo PrintServer 20 (with at least 16 MB of mem- ory), and the PrintServer 32 plus (with at least 16 MB of memory) also include the following PostScript Level 2 typefaces: o ITC Bookman[R] (Demi, Demi Italic, Light, Light Italic) o Helvetica Narrow (Regular, Bold, Oblique, Bold Oblique) o Palatino[R] (Roman, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) o ITC Zapf[R] Chancery Medium Italic o Zapf Dingbats 16 PostScript Compatibility Module At boot time, a PostScript compatibility module is automatically loaded into the PrintServer printer. This file allows the correct emulation and printing of PostScript extensions found in other PostScript de- vices (e.g. Apple[R] LaserWriter[R]). Feature Summary The tables on the following pages summarize the PrintServer Software features by computing platform. 17 ___________________________________________________________________ Table_1:_Summary_of_PrintServer_Software_Features__________________ Unison Feature______________OpenVMS____ULTRIX_____SunOS______OSF/1______(V.50) Access Restric- Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes tions Accounting Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ANSI translation Yes Yes No No No ASCII transla- Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[3] tion Auto Data Sens- Yes[5] Yes[1] Yes[1] Yes[1] Yes[1][3] ing Copies Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[3] Event Logging Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Form Length Yes[5] Yes Yes Yes No /Width Ctrl Green-Bar emula- Yes[5] No No No No tion Header/Banner Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[3] Page Image/DDIF Yes[5][6] No No No No Translation[7] Input Tray Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Failover[8] Input Tray Se- Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes lection Job Status Mes- Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes sages Layup Yes[5] Yes No No No Literal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[3] LPD Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Margins Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[3] /Indentation Number Up Yes[5] Yes Yes Yes No On-line Help Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Output Tray Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[3] Selection Page Limit Yes[5] Yes No No No Page Orientation Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[3] Page Size Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[3] PCL5[8] Yes No Yes Yes No PostScript Level Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[6] 1[6] PostScript Level Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 2[8] Printer Status Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Messages PRISM Yes Yes Yes Yes No ProPrinter emu- Yes[5] No No No No lation Remote Mgmt Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Console Resource Load- Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ing[2] Sheet Count Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[3] Sheet Size Yes[5] Yes Yes Yes Yes[3] Sides Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[3] SNMP-MIB2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Tab Width Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[3] ___________________________________________________________________ [1]Auto Data Sensing for ASCII, PCL5, and PostScript [2]Support for downloading of forms, signatures, letterhead, etc [3]Native support through the operating system [5]DECprint Supervisor for OpenVMS - PLUS License is required [6]turbo PrintServer 20 and PrintServer 32 only [7]Through PrintServer HW decompression chip [8]PrintServer 17 family only ___________________________________________________________________ 19 ___________________________________________________________________ Table_2:_Summary_of_PrintServer_Software_Features__________________ DECadvantage IBM- SCO UNIX Feature______________HP-UX______AIX________(V4.2)_________(V4.2)___ Netware NT Access Restric- Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes tions Accounting Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ANSI translation No No No No No No ASCII transla- Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes tion Auto Data Sens- Yes[1] Yes[1] Yes[1] Yes[1] Yes[1] Yes ing Copies Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Event Logging Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Form Length Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No /Width Ctrl Green-Bar emula- No No No No No No tion Header/Banner Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Page Image/DDIF No No No Yes No No Translation[4] Input Tray Yes Yes No No Yes No Failover[8] Input Tray Se- Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes lection Job Status Mes- Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes sages Layup No No No No No No Literal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No LPD Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Margin/Indentation Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Number Up Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No On-line Help Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Output Tray Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Selection 20 Page Limit No No No No No Yes Page Orientation Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Page Size Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[3] PCL5 Yes[8] Yes[8] No No Yes No PostScript Level Yes[6] Yes[6] Yes[6] Yes[6] Yes[6] Yes[6] 1 PostScript Level Yes[8] Yes[8] No No Yes Yes 2 Printer Status Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Messages PRISM Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes ProPrinter No No No No No No Remote Mgmt Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Console Resource Load- Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No ing[2] Sheet Count Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Sheet Size Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[3] Sides Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SNMP-MIB2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Tab Width Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No ___________________________________________________________________ [1]Auto Data Sensing for ASCII, PCL5, and PostScript [2]Support for downloading of forms, signatures, letterhead, etc [3]Native support through the operating system [4]Through PrintServer HW decompression chip [6]turbo PrintServer 20 and PrintServer 32 only [8]PrintServer 17 family only ___________________________________________________________________ 21 ___________________________________________________________________ Table_3:_Summary_of_PrintServer_Software_Features__________________ Feature______________Solaris____Silicon_Graphics___________________ Access Restric- Yes Yes tions Accounting Yes Yes ANSI translation No No ASCII transla- Yes Yes tion Auto Data Sens- Yes[1] Yes[1] ing Copies Yes Yes Event Logging Yes Yes Form Length Yes Yes /Width Ctrl Green-Bar emula- No No tion Header/Banner Yes Yes Page Image/DDIF No No Translation[4] Input Tray Yes Yes Failover[8] Input Tray Se- Yes Yes lection Job Status Mes- Yes Yes sages Layup No No Literal Yes Yes LPD Yes Yes Margin/Indentation Yes Yes Number Up Yes Yes On-line Help Yes Yes Output Tray Yes Yes Selection Page Limit No No Page Orientation Yes Yes Page Size Yes Yes PCL5[8] Yes Yes PostScript Level Yes[6] Yes[6] 1 PostScript Level Yes Yes 2[8] Printer Status Yes Yes Messages PRISM Yes Yes ProPrinter No No Remote Mgmt Yes Yes Console Resource Load- Yes Yes ing[2] Sheet Count Yes Yes Sheet Size Yes Yes Sides Yes Yes SNMP-MIB2 Yes Yes Tab Width Yes Yes ___________________________________________________________________ [1]Auto Data Sensing for ASCII, PCL5, and PostScript [2]Support for downloading of forms, signatures, letterhead, etc [4]Through PrintServer HW decompression chip [6]turbo PrintServer 20 and PrintServer 32 only [8]PrintServer 17 family only ___________________________________________________________________ INSTALLATION PrintServer Software is classified as customer installable. Soft- ware consulting services are available for those customers who desire installation, parroting, or any special customization of the software, or installation of the PrintServer printer. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS A. The following processors are supported in an HP-UX[R] operating environment: HP[R] 9000 Model 700 HP 9000 Model 800 B. The following processors are supported in an IBM[R] -AIX[R] operating environment: IBM RS6000 C. The following processors are supported in a NetWare operating environment: Intel[TM] 386/486 Intel X86 compatible D. The following processors are supported in the OpenVMS operating environment: 23 Alpha : DEC 2000 Model 300 AXP Workstation DEC 2000 Model 500 AXP Workstation DEC 3000 Model 300 AXP Worksta- tion DEC 3000 Model 300L AXP Workstation DEC 3000 Model 400 AXP Workstation DEC 3000 Model 400 AXP Server DEC 3000 Model 500 AXP Workstation DEC 3000 Model 500 AXP Server DEC 3000 Model 600 AXP Workstation DEC 3000 Model 600 AXP Server DEC 3000 Model 800 AXP Workstation DEC 3000 Model 800 AXP Server DEC 4000 Model 610 AXP System DEC 4000 Model 710 AXP System DEC 7000 Model 610 AXP System DEC 10000 Model 610 AXP System VAX: VAXft 3000 Model 110 VAXft 3000 Model 310 VAXft 3000 Model 410 VAXft 3000 Model 610 VAXft 3000 Model 612 VAX 4000 Model 100 VAX 4000 Model 200 VAX 4000 Model 300 VAX 4000 Model 500 VAX 4000 Model 600 VAX 4000 Model 700A 24 VAX 6000 Model 200 Series VAX 6000 Model 300 Series VAX 6000 Model 400 Series VAX 6000 Model 500 Series VAX 6000 Model 600 Series VAX 7000 Model 600 Series VAX 8200, VAX 8250, VAX 8300 VAX 8350, VAX 8530 VAX 8550, VAX 8600, VAX 8650 VAX 8700, VAX 8800, VAX 8810 VAX 8820, VAX 8830, VAX 8840 VAX 9000 Model 110 VAX 9000 Model 210 VAX 9000 Model 300 Series VAX 9000 Model 400 Series VAX-11/750, VAX-11/780 VAX-11/785 MicroVAX: MicroVAX II, MicroVAX 2000 MicroVAX 3100 Model 10/10E MicroVAX 3100 Model 20/20E MicroVAX 3100 Model 30 MicroVAX 3100 Model 40 MicroVAX 3100 Model 80 MicroVAX 3100 Model 90 MicroVAX 3300, MicroVAX 3400 MicroVAX 3500, MicroVAX 3600, MicroVAX 3800, MicroVAX 3900 25 VAXstation:VAXstation II VAXstation 2000 VAXstation 3100 Model 30 VAXstation 3100 Model 38 VAXstation 3100 Model 40 VAXstation 3100 Model 48 VAXstation 3100 Model 76 VAXstation 3200 VAXstation 3500 VAXstation 3520 VAXstation 3540 VAXstation 4000 Model 60 VAXstation 4000 Model 90 VAXstation 4000-VLC VAXserver: VAXserver 3100 VAXserver 3300 VAXserver 3400 VAXserver 3500 VAXserver 3600 VAXserver 3602 VAXserver 3800 VAXserver 3900 VAXserver 4000 Model 200 VAXserver 4000 Model 300 VAXserver 4000 Model 500 26 VAXserver 6000 Model 210 VAXserver 6000 Model 220 VAXserver 6000 Model 310 VAXserver 6000 Model 320 VAXserver 6000 Model 410 VAXserver 6000 Model 420 VAXserver 6000 Model 510 VAXserver 6000 Model 520 VAXserver 6000 Model 610 VAXserver 6000 Model 620 VAXserver 6000 Model 630 E. The following processors are supported in an OSF/1 operating environment: Alpha DEC 2000 Model 300 AXP Workstation AXP: DEC 3000 Model 300 AXP Server DEC 3000 Model 400 AXP Workstation DEC 3000 Model 400 AXP Server DEC 3000 Model 500 AXP Workstation DEC 3000 Model 500 AXP Server DEC 3000 Model 600 AXP Workstation DEC 3000 Model 600 AXP Server DEC 3000 Model 800 AXP Workstation DEC 3000 Model 800 AXP Server DEC 4000 Model 600 AXP System DEC 4000 Model 700 AXP System DEC 7000 Model 600 AXP System DEC 10000 Model 600 AXP System F. The following processors are supported in a SCO UNIX operating environment: Intel 386/486-based PCs 27 G. The following processors are supported in a SCO UNIX/DECadvantage operating environment: applicationDEC 400xP applicationDEC 433mP DECpc 425ST DECpc 450ST H. The following processors are supported in the Silicon Graphics IRIX operating environment: MIPS R4000 I. The following processors are supported in the Solaris operating environment: Sun SPARCstation[TM] Sun SPARCserver[TM] Intel-compatible PCs J. The following processors are supported in the SunOS operating environment: Sun-4[TM] systems Sun SPARCstation[TM] Sun SPARCserver[TM] K. The following processors are supported in the ULTRIX operating environment: VAX: VAX 6000 Model 200 Series VAX 6000 Model 300 Series VAX 6000 Model 400 Series VAX 6000 Model 500 Series VAX 8200, VAX 8250, VAX 8300 VAX 8350, VAX 8500, VAX 8530 VAX 8550, VAX 8600, VAX 8650 VAX 8700, VAX 8800, VAX 8810 VAX 8820, VAX 8830, VAX 8840 28 VAX 9000 Model 110 VAX 9000 Model 210 VAX 9000 Model 300 VAX 9000 Model 410 Series VAX 9000 Model 420 VAX-11/750, VAX-11/780 VAX-11/785 MicroVAX: MicroVAX II MicroVAX 2000 MicroVAX 3100 MicroVAX 3300 MicroVAX 3400 MicroVAX 3500 MicroVAX 3600 MicroVAX 3800 MicroVAX 3900 VAXserver: VAXserver 100 VAXserver 2000 VAXserver 3100 VAXserver 3300 VAXserver 3400 VAXserver 3500 VAXserver 3600 VAXserver 3602 VAXserver 3800 VAXserver 3900 29 VAXserver 6000 Model 210 VAXserver 6000 Model 220 VAXserver 6000 Model 310 VAXserver 6000 Model 320 VAXserver 6000 Model 410 VAXserver 6000 Model 420 VAXserver 6000 Model 510 VAXserver 6000 Model 520 DECstation: DECstation 3100s Personal DECstation 5000 Model 20/25 HX Personal DECstation 5000 Model 20/25 MX Personal DECstation 5000 Model 20/25 TX Personal DECstation 5000 Model 20/25 PXG+ Personal DECstation 5000 Model 20/25 PXG Turbo+ DECstation 5000 Model 120/125/133 CX DECstation 5000 Model 120/125/133 HX DECstation 5000 Model 120/125/133 MX DECstation 5000 Model 120/125/133 PX DECstation 5000 Model 120/125/133 TX DECstation 5000 Model 120/125/133 PXG DECstation 5000 Model 120/125/133 PXG+ DECstation 5000 Model 120/125/133 PXG Turbo DECstation 5000 Model 120/125/133 PXG Turbo+ 30 DECstation 5000 Model 200 CX DECstation 5000 Model 200 HX DECstation 5000 Model 200 MX DECstation 5000 Model 200 PX DECstation 5000 Model 200 TX DECstation 5000 Model 200 PXG DECstation 5000 Model 200 PXG+ DECstation 5000 Model 200 PXG Turbo DECstation 5000 Model 200 PXG Turbo+ DECstation 5000 Model 240 HX DECstation 5000 Model 240 MX DECstation 5000 Model 240 TX DECstation 5000 Model 240 PXG+ DECstation 5000 Model 240 PXG Turbo+ DECsystem: DECsystem 5000 Model 25 DECsystem 5000 Model 200 DECsystem 5000 Model 240 DECsystem 5100 DECsystem 5400 DECsystem 5500 DECsystem 5810 DECsystem 5820 DECsystem 5830 DECsystem 5840 L. The following processors are supported in the Unison operating environment (for PrintServer Software, V5.0): Sun-4 systems Sun SPARCstation Sun SPARCserver 31 M. Processors supported in a Windows NT operating environment in- clude all Windows NT supported processors except IBM Power PC. A list of supported Windows NT platforms is in the Microsoft Windows NT Hardware Compatibility List. PrintServer Software can be installed on those processors listed above that meet the following criteria: o Ethernet controller interface o TK50 or TK70 tape drive, CD-ROM drive, QIC cartridge tape drive, DAT tape drive, or 3.5" floppy drive o System disk The PrintServer Software requires a minimum of one PrintServer printer (PrintServer 17, PrintServer 17/600, PrintServer 20, turbo PrintServer 20, PrintServer 32, PrintServer 32 plus, or PrintServer 40 plus) to be connected to the Ethernet physical channel. PrintServer 20, turbo PrintServer 20, PrintServer 32, PrintServer 32 plus, and PrintServer 40 plus printers require a transceiver cable and an Ethernet transceiver (H4005), Local Network Intercon- nect (DELNI), or ThinWire Ethernet Station Adapter (DECXM-AA). PrintServer 17 and PrintServer 17/600 printers allow for direct connection to ThickWire and ThinWire Ethernet interfaces. With the optional communications card, the PrintServer 17 and PrintServer 17/600 printers can be connected directly to ThinWire or Twisted Pair (10baseT) Ethernet. Please note that although both Ethernet cards (Thick/ThinWire and Thin/Twisted Pair) have two interfaces, only one is active at a time. 32 Disk Space Requirements: ___________________________________________________________________ For Instal- Platform_____lation__________Permanent_Use_________________________ HP-UX 15.0 MB 15.0 MB IBM-AIX 15.0 MB 15.0 MB IRIX 15.0 MB 15.0 MB NetWare 12.0 MB 12.0 MB OpenVMS 11.5 MB[1] 11.0 MB[1] OSF/1 15.0 MB 15.0 MB SCO UNIX 8.0 MB 7.5 MB SCO UNIX 8.2 MB 7.4 MB /DECadvantage Solaris 15.0 MB 15.0 MB SunOS 15.0 MB 15.0 MB ULTRIX 15.0 MB[1] 15.0 MB[1] Unison 7.0 MB 7.0 MB Windows 15 MB 15 MB NT ___________________________________________________________________ [1]supporting_host_software_only___________________________________ These counts represent the maximum storage required; actual stor- age requirements vary depending on the local system environment, configuration, and software options selected. At least one Digital PrintServer printer must be installed. The following printers are supported by this software product: o PrintServer 17 o PrintServer 17/600 o PrintServer 20 o turbo PrintServer 20 o PrintServer 32 33 o PrintServer 32 plus o PrintServer 40 plus ___________________________________________________________________ Table_4:_Summary_of_Printer_Memory_Requirements_-_July_1995________ Image PostScript PostScript PCL5 SNMP- Print- Printer____________Memory______Level_1_____Level_2_____Fonts_______MIB2 ing LPD Comments PrintServer 17 8 MB No Yes No No No Yes Not full client con- nec- tions 12 MB No Yes Yes Yes No Yes 16 MB No Yes Yes Yes No Yes 20 MB No Yes Yes Yes No Yes 24 MB No Yes Yes Yes No Yes 32 MB No Yes Yes Yes No Yes PrintServer 16 MB No Yes Yes w Yes w No Yes Notfull 17/600 /out /out client SNMP PCL & con- fonts nec- tions 20 MB Yes Yes Yes No Yes Minimum mem- ory for A4 pa- per 24 MB Yes Yes Yes No Yes 32 MB Yes Yes Yes No Yes PrintServer 32 12 MB Yes No No Yes Yes Yes 34 Table_4_(Cont.):_Summary_of_Printer_Memory_Requirements_-_July_____ _________________1995______________________________________________ Image PostScript PostScript PCL5 SNMP- Print- Printer____________Memory______Level_1_____Level_2_____Fonts_______MIB2 ing LPD Comments 16 MB No Yes Yes Yes No Yes 20 MB No Yes Yes Yes No Yes 24 MB No Yes Yes Yes No Yes 32 MB No Yes Yes Yes No Yes PrintServer 20 12 MB Yes No No No No Yes turbo 12 MB Yes No No Yes Yes Yes PrintServer 20 16 MB No Yes Yes Yes No Yes 20 MB No Yes Yes Yes No Yes 24 MB No Yes Yes Yes No Yes 32 MB No Yes Yes Yes No Yes PrintServer 40 8 MB Yes No No No No Yes plus_______________________________________________________________ 35 SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS ___________________________________________________________________ Vendor__________Required_Software_&_Version________________________ AT&T Unison SunOS, V4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, and 4.1.3 Digital OpenVMS VAX, V5.5-2 and 6.0 OpenVMS AXP, V1.5 DECprint Supervisor for OpenVMS, V1.1[1] Digital OSF/1, V2.0, V2.1, V3.0, V3.2 Digital ULTRIX, V4.2 and higher print client subsets enabled in ULTRIX O/S HP HP-UX, V9.05 IBM IBM-AIX, V3.2 Microsoft[R] Windows NT, V3.1, V3.5, V3.51 Novell[R] NetWare, V3.11, 3.12, 4.0, V4.01, V4.02, V4.1 [Bindery Emulation Mode enabled for V4.nn] SCO SCO UNIX, V3.2.2 and 3.2.4 SCO TCP/IP SCO UNIX SCO UNIX, V3.2.4 /DECadvantage WIN/TCP for Streams, or WIN/TCP for ELP DECadvantage, V1.0 Silicon IRIX 5.2 Graphics Sun Solaris/SPARC 2.3, V2.4 Solaris/INTEL 2.4 Sun SunOS, V4.1.2, and 4.1.3 ___________________________________________________________________ [1]Some features described in this SPD require DCPS V1.1 for im- plementation_in_an_OpenVMS_operating_environment.__________________ 36 SOFTWARE LICENSING This software is furnished only under a license. For more infor- mation about Digital's licensing terms and policies, contact your local Digital office. Binary License A license to use the binary format of the PrintServer Software is included with each PrintServer printer. This license gives users the right to: o Use the print client and remote management facility on a single CPU and copy this software for use on any CPU on the LAN that requires access to a PrintServer printer. o Use the booting components of the supporting host software on a single CPU and copy this software on one additional CPU (for back-up purposes) on the LAN. Update License Non-service customers must purchase an update license prior to purchasing media and documentation for a new version of this soft- ware. The update license grants the rights to purchase, install, and execute this software. License Management Facility Non-Support PrintServer Software license applies to the PrintServer printer on which the software runs, not to service host node machines in the network. This product does not provide support for Digital's License Man- agement Facility. A Product Authorization Key (PAK) is not re- quired for installation or use of this version of the product. 37 OPTIONAL SOFTWARE Distributed Queueing Services (DQS) Certain versions of this product depend upon a specific version of the operating system. Please refer to the SPD of the product in question to determine which version you need. GROWTH CONSIDERATIONS The minimum hardware/software requirements for any future version of this product may be different from the requirements for the current version. DISTRIBUTION MEDIA Depending on your operating system, PrintServer Software may be available on the following media. CD-ROM DAT streaming tape QIC24 streaming tape TK50 streaming tape 720K 3.5" diskette 1.44 MB 3.5" diskette This product is also available as part of the OpenVMS Consolidated Software Distribution, OSF/1 Consolidated Software Distribution, ULTRIX Consolidated Software Distribution, and NAS 300 CD-ROMs. ORDERING INFORMATION A license for the PrintServer Software is included with each Digi- tal PrintServer printer. 38 ___________________________________________________________________ PrintServer SW License QL-0V9A9-AA PrintServer SW Update QL-0V9A9-RA License____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Media and Documentation___Format________Part_Number__________________________ HP-UX CD-ROM QA-0V9AD-H8 DAT QA-0V9AD-HP IBM-AIX QIC QA-0V9AE-HP 3.5" QA-0V9AE-HB Diskette IRIX CDROM QA-0V9AQ-H8 NetWare 3.5" QA-0V9AG-HC Diskette OpenVMS CD-ROM QA-0V9AA-H8 TK50 QA-0V9AA-H5 OSF/1 CD-ROM QA-0V9AJ-H8 SCO UNIX QIC QA-0V9AF-HP CD-ROM QA-0V9AF-H8 3.5" QA-0V9AF-HC Diskette SCO UNIX QIC QA-0V9AM-HP /DECadvantage Solaris CDROM QA-0V9AK-H8 QIC QA-0V9AK-HP SunOS CD-ROM QA-0V9AC-H8 QIC24 QA-0V9AC-HP ULTRIX TK50 QA-0V9AB-H5 Unison QIC24 QA-0V9AL-HP Windows_NT______CD-ROM________QA-0V9AH-H8__________________________ 39 ___________________________________________________________________ Documentation for HP-UX: QA-0V9AD-GZ Documentation for IBM- QA-0V9AE-GZ AIX: Documentation for IRIX: QA-0V9AQ-GZ Documentation for OSF/1: QA-0V9AJ-GZ Documentation for Open- QA-0V9AA-GZ VMS: Documentation for SCO QA-0V9AF-GZ UNIX: Documentation for SCO QA-0V9AM-GZ UNIX /DECadvantage: Documentation for So- QA-0V9AK-GZ laris: Documentation for SunOS: QA-0V9AC-GZ Documentation for ULTRIX: QA-0V9AB-GZ Documentation for Unison: QA-0V9AL-GZ Documentation for Windows QA-0V9AH-GZ NT:________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Service_Offering_____________Part_Number___________________________ PrintServer SW Product QT-0V9**-** Services___________________________________________________________ * Denotes variant fields. For additional information on available licenses and media, refer to the appropriate price book. SOFTWARE PRODUCT SERVICES A variety of consulting service options are available. For more information, please contact your local Digital office. 40 SOFTWARE WARRANTY Warranty for this software product is provided by Digital with the purchase of a license for the product as defined in the Software Warranty Addendum of this SPD. [R] Adobe and PostScript are registered trademarks of Adobe Sys- tems Inc. [R] AIX and IBM are registered trademarks of International Busi- ness Machines Corporation. [R] Apple and LaserWriter are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. [R] AT&T is a registered trademark of American Telephone and Telegraph Company. [R] Helvetica, Palatino, Times, Univers, and Univers Condensed are registered trademarks of Allied Corporation. [R] HP and HP-UX are registered trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company. [R] ITC Avant Garde Gothic, ITC Bookman, ITC Lubalin Graph, ITC Souvenir, ITC Zaph Chancery, and ITC Zaph Dingbats are regis- tered trademarks of International Typeface Corporation. [R] Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. [R] NetWare and Novell are registered trademarks of Novell, Inc. [R] OSF/1 is a registered trademark of Open Software Foundation, Inc. [R] TEKTRONIX is a registered trademark of Tektronix, Inc. [R] Silicon Graphics and IRIX are registered trademarks of Sili- con Graphics Inc. [R] Sun and SunOS are registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. [R] UNIX is a registered trademark of UNIX System Laboratories, Inc. a wholly-owned subsidiary of Novell, Inc. [TM] SCO is a trademark of Santa Cruz Operations, Inc. 41 [TM] Windows and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corpora- tion. [TM] The DIGITAL Logo, ALL-IN-1, AXP, DEC, DECadvantage, DECim- age, DEClaser, DECnet, DECprint, Digital, LN03, OpenVMS, PrintServer, ReGIS, ULTRIX, VAX, and WPS-PLUS are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation. ©1995 Digital Equipment Corporation. All Rights Reserved. 42