Konica Minolta VMS User Manual

VMS® Interface for QMS® Crown Printers

1800208-001G

Trademarks

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Copyright Notice

This manual and the digitally encoded software included with the printer are Copyrighted 1997 by QMS, Inc., One Magnum Pass, Mobile, Alabama 36618. All Rights Reserved. This manual may not be copied in whole or in part, nor transferred to any other media or language, without the express written permission of QMS, Inc.

Manual Notice

QMS, Inc. reserves the right to make changes to this manual and to the software described herein without notice. Considerable effort has been made to ensure that this manual is free of inaccuracies and omissions. However, QMS, Inc. makes no warranty of any kind including, but not limited to, any implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose with regard to this manual. QMS, Inc. assumes no responsibility for, or liability for, errors contained in this manual or for incidental, special, or consequential damages arising out of the furnishing of this manual, or the use of this manual in operating the equipment, or in connection with the performance of the equipment when so operated.

Contents

1	Introduction
		License Agreement ............................................................	1-2
		QMS VMS Host Software Option ......................................	1-2
		The QMS DECnet Interface Option ...................................	1-3
		Included with the DECnet Option 1-4
		For Serial/Parallel Connected-Printers ............................	1-4
		Included with the Serial/Parallel Option 1-4
		LN03 Plus Printer Emulation .............................................	1-5
		Accessing Printer Features ..............................................	1-5
		About this Manual ..............................................................	1-6
		Typographic Conventions 1-7

2 DECnet Host Software

Installation

Introduction ........................................................................	2-2
Before You Begin ...............................................................	2-2
Setting Up the Printer ........................................................	2-4

Mode Option 2-4

Emulation Option 2-5

Min K Spool/Spooling Options 2-6

DECnet Address Option 2-6

DECnet HSL [Hot Status Listener] Option 2-8

Packet Size Option 2-8

Multicast Pkts [Packets] Option 2-8

PS [PostScript] Protocol Option 2-8

Def [Default] Job Prio [Priority] Option 2-12

If This is a Software Update ............................................	2-12
Updating from a Previous Version 2-12
Updating Using the Device Control Library
Update Procedure 2-12
Installing the DECnet Host Software ..............................	2-13
Phase IV and Phase V Installation 2-13
Entering the Printer Node Name and Address
2-16
Naming the Queues 2-18
Creating Generic Queues 2-19
After Installing the Host Software ..................................	2-20
HSL Network Application ................................................	2-21
Enabling the HSL 2-21
Verifying the HSL Application 2-22
PS Executive Series Utilities (Remote Console) ...........	2-23

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Navigating through PS Executive 2-23

Starting PS Executive for VMS 2-24

Printer Default Settings 2-24

Start Remote Console Session 2-24

Show Printer Counters 2-25

Identifying the Printer Location 2-25

Exit PS Executive 2-26

3 Serial/Parallel Host

Software Installation

Introduction ........................................................................	3-2
Before You Begin ...............................................................	3-2
If This is an Update 3-2
Terminal Characteristics ...................................................	3-3
Installing the DECnet Host Software ................................	3-3
Naming the Queues 3-7
Creating Generic Queues 3-7
Defining Queue Logicals for Serial/Parallel 3-9
After Installing Software ....................................................	3-9

4 Queues, /PARAMETERS, and

Logicals

Order of Precedence ..........................................................

4-2

Command Line Precedence 4-2

Queue Logical Precedence 4-3

Queue Names (Implied Data Type) Precedence

4-4

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Using Queues .....................................................................	4-6
Queue Characteristics 4-6
Creating Generic Queues 4-7
Execution and Generic Queues ........................................	4-8
Managing Queues ..............................................................	4-8
Merging Queues .................................................................	4-9
QMS VMS-Supported Parameters ....................................	4-9
Characteristic File ............................................................	4-19
Example 4-20
Summary of Logicals .......................................................	4-21
QMS$execution_queue_CONTROL 4-22
QMS$execution_queue_CHAR 4-23
QMS$any_queue_QUEUE 4-23
QMS$any_queue_NUP 4-24

5 Printing Your Files
Using Application Software ..............................................	5-2
Printing from VMS ..............................................................	5-2
Using Set-up Modules, Forms, and Characteristics .......	5-3
Accessing Printer Features 5-3
Set-up Modules 5-4
Forms ..................................................................................	5-5
Length 5-6
Margin 5-6

Page Setup 5-7

Setup 5-7

Truncate 5-8

Width 5-8

Wrap 5-8

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Feed 5-9

Device Control Libraries ...................................................

5-9

QMS Device Control Library Module

for DECnet Interface (QMS$RESET) 5-10 QMS Device Control Library Modules

for Serial/Parallel Interfaces (QMS$RESET_S) 5-10

QMS Device Control Library Module

for Serial/Parallel/DECnet Interfaces (QMS$HEADER) 5-12

Order of Data Sent to the QMS Printer 5-12

	Symbiont-Generated Special Pages ..............................	5-13
	prtpost: A PostScript Text Formatter .............................	5-14
	Options 5-16
6	Troubleshooting
	Error Messages ..................................................................	6-2
	Severity Identification 6-2
	Messages 6-2
	Troubleshooting Charts ....................................................	6-5
	Disabling a Printer Interface .............................................	6-8
	Dataproducts Printing .......................................................	6-8
	No HSL Messages from the Printer ..................................	6-9
A	QMS Customer Support
	Sources of Support ...........................................................	A-2
	Your QMS Vendor A-2
	Your Application Vendor A-2

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Q-FAX A-2

The QMS Corporate Bulletin Board System A-3

CompuServe A-3

Internet A-3

QMS Customer Response Center (CRC) A-4

QMS World-wide Offices ..................................................

A-5

Index

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1

Introduction

In This Chapter . . .

nInformation about the software licensing agreement

nIntroduction to the DECnet interface option

nIntroduction to the serial/parallel option

nIntroduction to the HSL application for DECnet

nIntroduction to PS Executive Series Utilities for DECnet

nDescriptions of the contents of each chapter of this manual

License

Agreement

License Agreement

The host software must be installed on all hosts that are to have access to the printer.

»Note: The terms of the licensing agreement that you accepted by opening the package containing the host software restrict the software installation to multiple computers at a single site without the right to distribute, rent, sub-license, or lease the software or documentation. A separate license agreement and fee are required for each site at which the software is used. Single site means the location of the target printer for which there are common multiple computer systems.

QMS VMS Host Software

Option

The QMS VMS host software is compatible with DECnet Phase IV and Phase V, Alpha AXP, and systems running VMS and OpenVMS.

This manual describes the installation of the host software, setting up queues, printing files, and troubleshooting for two separate VMS environments for QMS Crown printers:

nVMS using the DECnet protocol

nVMS using serial/parallel

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The QMS

DECnet

Interface

Option

The QMS DECnet Interface

Option

The DECnet interface option for QMS Crown printers provides a hardware and software connection to your DECnet network. See your printer user’s guide for installation instructions for your hardware interface. With the interface hardware properly installed in the printer and the accompanying host software loaded on the host, the QMS printer becomes a node on the network.

The host software

nCreates execution queues.

nCreates generic queues specific to printer-supported language and page layout types, if desired.

nPerforms an Installation Verification Program test upon installation, if desired.

nAdds a HELP file to your VMS on-line HELP facility.

nCreates a printer-specific characteristic file which identifies printer-supported /PARAMETER qualifiers.

nCreates a Remote Console capability as part of the QMS PS Executive Series Utilities to remotely configure and monitor printer status from anywhere on the network.

nIncludes a network application, Hot Status Listener, to receive printer error and backchannel messages from DECnetcon- nected printers.

nPerforms load balancing that automatically distributes print jobs equally to all printers on generic queues.

nInstalls QMS VMS Release Notes that document new features and may be viewed or printed.

Refer to chapter 2 for step-by-step instructions on installing the DECnet host software.

Introduction

1-3

For

Serial/Parallel

Connected-

Printers

Included with the DECnet Option

The DECnet interface option includes the following components:

nHost software provided on popular media types for DECnetand serial/parallel-connected printers.

nDECnet interface boards for either thin-wire, thick-wire, or 10BaseT Ethernet (to be installed by a QMS-authorized field engineer).

nLN03 Plus printer emulation and compatible fonts on a 3.5" disk and requires a hard drive or a cartridge. (and a downloadable image on the host software for printers which do not have a 3.5" disk drive).

nInstallation instruction sheet for the 3.5" disk version of the LN03 Plus emulation.

nLN03 Plus Emulation Guide for QMS Printers.

nQMS Crown Remote Console User's Guide.

nVMS Interface for QMS Crown Printers. (This manual)

For Serial/Parallel Connected-

Printers

The QMS VMS host software option for QMS Crown printers provides a software interface for serial/parallel-connected printers.

Refer to chapter 3 for instructions on installing the serial/parallel symbiont.

Included with the Serial/Parallel Option

The serial/parallel interface option includes the following components:

nHost software provided on popular media types for DECnetand serial/parallel-connected printers.

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LN03 Plus

Printer

Emulation

nLN03 Plus printer emulation and compatible fonts on a 3.5" disk (and a downloadable image on the host software for printers which do not have a 3.5" disk drive).

nInstallation instruction sheet for the 3.5" disk version of the LN03 Plus emulation.

nLN03 Plus Emulation Guide for QMS Printers.

nVMS Interface for QMS Crown Printers.

LN03 Plus Printer Emulation

The QMS-developed LN03 Plus emulation is made available in several formats.

nA download image for QMS Crown printers that have a hard disk. (Comes standard with the QMS VMS host software.)

nA 3.5" diskette for QMS Crown printers that have a floppy drive and hard disk. This can be purchased separately and is included with the QMS DECnet option.

nA RAM card for those QMS printers that have optional RAM slots.

Refer to the LN03 Plus Emulation Guide for QMS Printers for installation instructions.

Accessing Printer Features

QMS Crown printers have many advanced document handling features: multiple input bins, multiple output bins, duplexing, stapling, collated stacking, and more. Check your printer user’s guide to determine which options are available on your printer. Once the printer has been connected, all users may access these features by using qualifiers to the VMS PRINT command for both DECnet and serial/parallel printer installations.

Introduction

1-5

About this

Manual

Many printer manufacturers provide only one set of parameters that the system administrator must use for all print jobs. Using the standard VMS PRINT command qualifiers, however, you can customize the output for each job by temporarily changing the default configuration setting on the QMS Crown printer. This is accomplished through the QMS-provided characteristic file which contains the mapping of the PRINT qualifiers to appropriate Document Option Commands (DOC). Detailed information about using Document Option Commands and the PRINT command qualifiers is in chapter 4, “Queues, /Parameters, and Logicals.”

About this Manual

This manual covers the following topics:

1 Introduction

Presents an overview of the QMS VMS Host Software, the QMS DECnet interface option, and this manual.

2DECnet Host Software Installation

Provides detailed instructions for installing the QMS host software for DECnet (Ethernet)-connected printers.

3Serial/Parallel Host Software Installation

Provides detailed instructions for installing the QMS host software for host-, LAT-, or serial/parallelconnected printers.

4Queues,/PARAMETERS, and Logicals

Explains how to create, manage, and merge print queues.

5 Printing

Describes set-up and form modules as well as device control libraries for storing modules.

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About this Manual

6 Troubleshooting

Outlines common error and status messages related to the printer for host software installation. An installation troubleshooting flowchart is also included.

AQMS Customer Support

Provides product sales and support telephone numbers and describes how to communicate with QMS through the QMS Bulletin Board, CompuServe, Internet, and Q-FAX.

Index

Introduction

1-7

About this

Manual

Typographic Conventions

The following typographic conventions are used in this manual:

Mixed-Case	Text you type, and messages and information
Courier	displayed on the screen
Mixed-Case	Variable text you type; replace the italicized
Italic	word(s) with information specific to your printer
Courier	or computer
UPPERCASE	Information displayed in the printer message
COURIER	window
lowercase italic	Variable information in text and VMS
	commands
UPPERCASE	VMS commands and qualifies; file, module,
	and library names
	Press the Enter key (PC or VAX terminal) or
	Return key (Macintosh)
$	VMS system prompt
"	Continued command
_$	Continued command from the line above
[ ]	Optional
....	Items may be repeated

»Note: Notes contain tips, extra information, or important information that deserves emphasis or reiteration.

▲Caution: Cautions present information that you need to know to avoid equipment damage, process failure, or extreme annoyance.

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2

DECnet Host

Software

Installation

In This Chapter . . .

nDECnet options from the printer control panel

nPre-installation instructions

nInstalling DECnet host software

nThe Hot Status Listener application

nPS Executive Series Utilities

Introduction

Introduction

The QMS VMS host software is compatible with DECnet Phase IV (DECnet-VAX) and Phase V (DECnet-OSI), Alpha AXP, and systems running VMS and OpenVMS.

This chapter takes you step-by-step through the installation of the QMS DECnet print symbiont and associated software for DECnet (Ethernet)-connected printers.

Before You Begin

Phase IV (DECnet-VAX):

Before beginning the installation of host software on DECnet Phase IV, identify the NCP (Network Control Program) node name for your printer.

nNode name. The printer’s node name must be a unique identifier on your network. A valid name may have up to six characters (alpha or numeric) but must have at least one alpha character.

»Note: The node name is appended to the assigned queue name automatically. We recommend you choose both names at this time.

nNetwork address. You assign a unique address to the printer. The address consists of an area number (01 to 63) and a node number (0000 to 1023). The valid format for the network address is xx.xxxx.

In each case, the software installation prompts you for this unique network identifier. This will enable your printer to become a good network citizen.

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Before You

Begin

Phase V (DECnet-OSI):

Before beginning the installation on DECnet Phase V, create an NCL (Network Control Language) node entry for the printer. You need to add the printer to the local or DNS Register via

SYS$COMMON:[SYSMGR]DECNET DNS REGISTER.COM

or

SYS$COMMON:[SYSMGR]DECNET_LOC_REGISTER.COM

»Note: The command you use depends on the topology of your network. NCL, rather than NCP, verifies that you set up the network and node information necessary for proper printing. Due to limitations of the NCL command-line interface, the installation routine will not create a node and address for the printer you’re installing. You must use the decnet_loc_register.com for LAN (local name space configurations) or decnet_dns_register.com for WAN (distributed name space configurations) utility. The installation and release notes warn you to create a node prior to completing installation.

n Node name. The printer’s node name must be a unique identifier on your network. A valid name may have up to six alphabetic or numeric characters for LAN or up to 1024 alphabetic or numeric characters for WAN. In either case, a valid name requires at least one alphabetic character.

n Network address. You assign a unique address to the printer. The address consists of an area number (01 to 63) and a node number (0000 to 1023). The valid format for the network address is xx.xxxx.

In each case, the software installation prompts you for this unique network identifier. This will enable your printer to become a good network citizen.

»Note: The host software is supported for VMS system versions 5.0 through 6.0.

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Setting Up the

Printer

Setting Up the Printer

The DECnet interface option shares its configuration menu on the printer control panel with the TCP/IP interface option. Before beginning the software installation, use the following instructions to configure the DECnet-specific interface options (Administration/Emulations/ DECnet-TCP/IP menu). See your printer user's guide for instructions on how to use the printer control panel.

DECnet-Specific Configuration Options

nMode

nEmulation

nMin K Spool

nSpooling

nDECnet Address

nDECnet HSL

nPacket Size

nMulticast Pkts.

nPS Protocol

nDef Job Prio

Mode Option

The default setting for the DECnet-TCP/IP interface Mode option is Enabled (that is, the interface is ready to communicate with the host). If you must disable the interface at any time, use the Mode option in the DECnet-TCP/IP menu. See “Disabling a Printer Interface” in chapter 6, “Troubleshooting.”

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Setting Up the

Printer

Emulation Option

Use the Emulation option in the DECnet-TCP/IP menu to choose a default emulation for print jobs received over the DECnet-TCP/IP interface:

»Note: Not all emulations are supported on all QMS printers. Check your user's guide to determine which ones are supported on your printer.

n Select ESP for Emulation Sensing Processor. ESP mode is the printer default. In ESP mode, the printer examines all print jobs to interpret the emulation.

»Note: If you use generic queues that are set up for the individual emulations supported by the printer or if you include QMS Document Option Commands (DOC) to specify an emulation for the print job, your file bypasses ESP mode. The generic queues that the installation program creates implicitly define the emulation of the file by sending the appropriate DOCs in a prologue prepended to the beginning of the file.

nSelect PostScript if you send only PostScript files.

nSelect PCL x if you send only HP PCL (HP LaserJet emulation) files.

nSelect HPGL if you send only HP-GL (HP plotter emulation) files.

nSelect LN03+ if you send only DEC LN03 Plus laser printer emulation files.

nSelect QUIC if you send only QMS QUIC II files.

nSelect Lineprinter if you only send Lineprinter files.

nSelect CCITT if you send files that use CCITT Group 3 or 4 data compression (such as fax transmissions or stored image data).

nSelect Hexdump for a hex dump of all incoming print jobs on the DECnet-TCP/IP interface. A hex dump is useful for diagnosing printer-host communication problems. When set for hex dump, the printer prints the hexadecimal values of all bytes received through the interface.

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Setting Up the

Printer

Min K Spool/Spooling Options

The printer's memory (including a portion of the internal hard disk) is used for spooling print jobs from the host. All interfaces on the printer share the total number of kilobytes available in memory. By default, a minimum of 15 KB (the Min K Spool option in the DECnet-TCP/IP menu) is dedicated to spooling jobs received over the DECnet-TCP/ IP interface. (Each interface on the printer is guaranteed a minimum of 15 KB unless the default setting is changed at the printer control panel.) The maximum available space for job spooling depends on your printer's RAM and disk configuration. For most applications, the default spooling configuration is adequate.

The Spooling menu option controls whether jobs are spooled always, only when the printer is idle but may still be printing a job, or only when the printer is completely idle.

If you do not use the serial, parallel, or LocalTalk interfaces on the printer, you can disable them and transfer their 15 KB guaranteed space to an area normally reserved as a shared space. Disabling all of these interfaces adds 45 KB to the area that the DECnet-TCP/IP interface could use for spooling. Disabling these interfaces, however, prevents access to the printer from any of these connections. If you want to disable the serial, parallel, or LocalTalk interfaces, see your printer user's guide.

DECnet Address Option

Set the DECnet Address via the control panel to assign the printer's unique DECnet network address. The DECnet address of the printer must be a unique address on the network. (See “Before You Begin,” earlier in this chapter, for an explanation of the address format.)

»Note: The DECnet node number must be right justified. For instance, enter an address of 1.6 as 01.0006.

When the printer displays its address on the start-up and status pages, all leading zeros in the address are truncated. To use the previous example again, the address 01.0006 displays as 1.6.

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Setting Up the

Printer

1If the printer is on line, press the Online/Offline key to take the printer off line.

2Press the Menu key to enter the printer Configuration menu.

3Press the Next key until the message window displays ADMINISTEATION, and then press the Select key.

4Press the Next key until the message window displays COMMUNICATIONS, and then press the Select key.

5If your printer supports two optional interfaces, you will

NETWORK 1 and NETWORK 2 options.

n If you’re configuring an interface in port 1, select NETWORK 1. n If you’re configuring an interface in port 2, select NETWORK 2.

6Press the Next key until the message window displays DEC- net-TCP/IP and press the Select key.

7Press the Next key until the message window displays DECNET ADDRESS, and then press the Select key.

8Press the Next or Previous key until the value you want for the first digit displays, and then press the Select key.

9Repeat step 8 for the second digit of the address.

The first two digits of the address make up the area number. The area number can be any unique number from 01 to 63.

»Note: The DECnet node number must be right justified. For instance, enter an address of 1.6 as 01.0006.

10Press the Select key when the period in the address flashes.

The first digit of the next component of the address, the node number, begins flashing.

11Use the Next or Previous key until the value you want displays, and then press the Select key.

12Repeat step 11 for each remaining digit of the node number.

The node number can be any unique number from 0000 to 1023.

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Setting Up the

Printer

When you press the Select key after you’ve entered the last digit, the printer momentarily displays the address you selected and then returns to the DECNET-TCP/IP menu.

13Press the Online/Offline key to put the printer back on line.

The new DECnet address takes effect immediately after you turn the printer off and on again.

DECnet HSL [Hot Status Listener] Option

By default, this option is Disabled. When Enabled, this option allows the printer to send printer error and emulation-generated backchannel messages to the host system if the Hot Status Listener (HSL) application has been installed on the host.

Packet Size Option

This option is set to 558 bytes by default. It is the minimum packet size which will be sent by the printer to the host. This packet size is read only if the host sending data to the printer is not in the same area. This value can change based upon the type of router being used.

Multicast Pkts [Packets] Option

The default setting for this option is Enabled to allow the maintenance of a routing table. This routing table permits the printer to communicate through a router when necessary.

PS [PostScript] Protocol Option

QMS Crown printers support a new protocol for communication between the printer and a host computer over a serial, parallel, or optional interface connection. This new protocol is called PS protocol. This binary communications protocol (BCP) allows any 8-bit binary value (0-255) to be treated as data, while allowing a few of the values to function as special control characters. When communicating 8-bit binary data in binary, binary fixed, quoted binary, or quoted binary

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Setting Up the

Printer

fixed mode, the printer uses the quoting mechanism of the binary communications protocol to distinguish between the special control characters and print job binary data.

To differentiate data from the special control characters, any data that is the same as one of the following special control characters must be quoted:

ASCII	ASCII Name	ASCII Hex	Control Function
Keyboard
^A	SOH	0x01	Quote data character
^C	ETX	0x03	Abort job and flush to end of file
^D	EOT	0x04	End-of-file marker
^E	ENQ	0x05	(Reserved for future use)
^Q	DC1	0x11	XON in XON/XOFF flow control
^S	DC3	0x13	XOFF in XON/XOFF flow control
^T	DC4	0x14	Job status request
^\	FS	0x1C	(Reserved for future use)

A data byte is quoted by replacing it with a two-character sequence. The first character is a ^A (ASCII hex 0x01), and the second character is the character itself XORed with the ASCII value 0x40. For example, to send the value 0x14(^T) as data, send the two-character sequence 0x01 0x54 (^A T); ASCII “T” is the result of exclusive XORing ^T with 0x40.

This method of quoting guarantees that whenever the printer receives any of the eight control characters, the control function is intended regardless of whether the preceding character is a ^A. Any data byte not equal to one of the eight special control characters is transmitted by sending the data byte. For more information on BCP and quoting, see the PostScript Language Reference Manual (Adobe Systems, Inc., Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1990, ISBN 0-201-18127-4), the “Adobe Serial and Parallel Communications Protocols Specification” (in Adobe Developer Support. Adobe Systems, Inc., February 14, 1992), and the “PostScript Language Reference Manual” (in Supplement for Version 2011, Adobe Systems, Inc., January 24, 1992).

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Setting Up the

Printer

Options

The following options are available in the PS Protocol menu:

Menu Administration/Communications/Interface/PS Protocol

Choices Name and Description	Interfaces
Normal—Enables standard, ASCII hex	Parallel, Serial,
protocol. Data is sent and received in	Ethernet, Token-
ASCII format. This mode is	Ring, LocalTalk
recommended if you do not print
binary data. It was designed for data in
the printable ASCII range. Print jobs
can alter the PS protocol value through
PostScript operators.
Normal Fixed—Enables standard, ASCII	Parallel, serial,
hex protocol. Print jobs cannot alter	Ethernet, Token-
this value through PostScript	Ring, LocalTalk
operators.
Binary—Enables binary communications	Parallel, Serial,
protocol. Print jobs can alter this value	LocalTalk,
through PostScript operators. Data in	Ethernet, Token-
the printable ASCII range also prints).	Ring
Binary Fixed—Enables binary	Parallel, Serial,
communications protocol. Print jobs	LocalTalk,
can not alter this value through	Ethernet, Token-
PostScript operators. Data in the	Ring
printable ASCII range also prints.
QBinary (Quoted Binary)—Enables binary	Ethernet, Token-
communications protocol. Print jobs	Ring
can alter this value through PostScript
operators. Data in the printable ASCII
range also prints. Use the special
quoting mechanism for the special
characters and ^D (EOF).

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		Setting Up the
		Printer
Qbinary (Quoted Binary) Fixed—Enables		Ethernet, Token-
binary communications protocol. Print		Ring
jobs cannot alter this value through
PostScript operators. Data in the
printable ASCII range also prints. Use
the special quoting mechanism for the
special characters and ^D (EOF).
Default Normal

Notes A data stream sent through the serial or parallel interface using Binary is treated the same as a data stream sent through an optional network interface using QBinary. However, a data stream sent through an optional network interface using QBinary is not treated the same as a data stream sent through the same interface using Binary.

Advantages

The main advantage of using the Binary, Fixed Binary, Quoted Binary, and Quoted Fixed Binary PS Protocol modes when sending binary data is that these modes compress the data stream allowing your documents to be smaller so you can send smaller jobs to the printer. For example, some device drivers can format bitmap images as binary data instead of as ASCII hex data.

Implementation

To implement PS Protocol for sending binary data on your system you need a device driver available with some applications or operating systems, or you can alternatively use a program to read the data and write out the quoted characters. Contact your third-party software vendor for information on available application-specific device drivers.

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If This is a

Software

Update

Def [Default] Job Prio [Priority] Option

The Def Job Prio option allows you to specific which jobs are printed first, according to the interface through which they are received, when jobs are received simultaneously. In other words, you can give jobs received via the DECnet - TCP/IP interface priority over jobs received via the parallel and serial interfaces, or vice versa. Valid choices range from 001 to 099, with 001 meaning highest priority. The factory default is 001.

If This is a Software Update

There are currently two choices available to update the software.

Updating from a Previous Version

If you’re updating your host software from a previous version and you want to save predefined set-up files, move them from the old device control library QMS$DEVCTL20.TLB at this time. To do this, use the following commands:

$ library/extract=module_name - _$ SYS$LIBRARY:QMS$DEVCTL20.TLB - _$ /OUT=module_name.tmp

Updating Using the Device Control Library

Update Procedure

A Device Control Library update utility has been provided in the sys$common:[sysmgr] directory. To run this procedure, type

$ @sys$common:[sysexe]qms$update_lib

»Note: This procedure provides a user-friendly method of copying library modules from one Device Control Library to another. Additional information is displayed when this procedure is run.

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Installing the

DECnet Host

Software

Installing the DECnet Host

Software

The QMS host software for DECnet-connected printers checks for the presence of DECnet Phase IV or Phase V protocol and prompts your responses accordingly.

Phase IV and Phase V Installation

The following procedure describes the installation of DECnet Phase IV and Phase V host software. Any differences between the two installation procedures are noted.

1After mounting the host software media on the input device and logging in under the system account, begin the installation program by typing this command at the host:

$ @SYS$UPDATE:VMSINSTAL

2After the installation program banner, the following prompt displays:

* Are you satisfied with the backup of your system disk?

If you’re satisfied with your backup copy of the system disk, type Y or press Enter. Type N to exit the program if you have not made a backup copy.

If you answered Y to the prompt, the system notifies you that it is moving the Release Notes located on the SYS$UPDATE directory to the system help directory.

3The installation program prompts you for the name of the device where you have mounted the software tape:

* Where will the distribution volumes be mounted?

Type the device name and press Enter.

DECnet Host Software Installation

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Installing the

DECnet Host

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4The program next prompts you for the name of the save set:

*Enter the products to be processed from the first distribution volume set.

*Products:

Type the product name from the distribution software tape label. The name has the format QMSSMBPSExxx where xxx is the version of the software. For example, you would type

QMSSMBPSE031

if you’re installing Version 3.0.

5The next prompt asks for any options you want to use during installation of the software:

* Enter installation options you wish to use [NONE]:

If you don’t want to use any installation options, press Enter.

If you want to create a .LOG file on the host containing all prompts from the installation, type L and press Enter.

Other options you can use are documented with the VMSINSTAL program in your VMS manuals.

This message displays:

* The following products will be processed:

QMSSMBPSE V3.x

%VMSINSTAL-I-RESTORE, Restoring product save set A ...

%VMSINSTAL-I-REMOVED, The product's release notes have been successfully moved to SYS$HELP.

Refer to the Version 3.x Release Notes, located in the SYS$HELP directory, for information on configuring the host software for other/additional interfaces.

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