Xerox AccXES User Manual
XEROX WIDE FORMAT
AccXES Firmware 10.0 b140
Release Notes
Table of Contents
1 Introduction 4
1.1 FEATURE KEYS: 4
1.1.1 Feature Key Descriptions 4
2 Release Deliverables 6
2.1 Xerox 8825, 8830 Print Systems 6
2.2 Xerox 8850, 510dp Print Systems 6
2.3 Xerox Print System 721p 7
2.4 Xerox Print System X2 TECH 7
2.5 Xerox 6030/6050 Wide Format Solution 7
3 Recommended Configurations 8
4 Release Installation 9
5 New Features of 10.0 b 140 10
5.1 Support for 6030/6050 printer 10
5.2 Force PP = 0 10
6 New Features of 9.5 b 111 11
6.1 Single Page Job 11
6.2 New “Normal” functionality added for SCAN and COPY 11
6.3 Vector Minimum Line width 11
6.4 Moveable Scanner Feature Key Support 11
7 Release Notes 13
7.1 Controller 13
7.1.1 HFT and KLF Controller on the Xerox Wide Format Print System X2 TECH
Rebooting procedure 13
7.1.2 Firmware Installation of a Device Failed 13
7.1.3 AccXES firmware 7.5 or earlier 13
7.1.4 Stamp does not appear 13
7.1.5 Scaling interaction with “ANY” 13
7.2 Xerox Wide Format 721P Printer only 14
7.2.1 Job Cancel from the 721p Control Panel 14
7.3 Xerox 6030/6050 Wide Format Solution 14
7.3.1 Long Plotting 14
7.4 Scanner 14
7.4.1 Clear Last Image 14
7.4.2 Invert Feature and Recall Last Job 14
7.4.3 Upgrade Test Print 15
7.4.4 Scan-to-Print and Margins 15
7.4.5 Directory Naming 15
7.4.6 Width Detection Sensors and Finishing 15
7.4.7 Background Suppression 15
7.4.8 Low Contrast Documents and Background Suppression 15
7.4.9 Scanner Settings Recalling Sets 15
7.5 Manual Feed 15
7.5.1 Manual feed media source will be ignored when used with the AccXES Client Tools’
page composition feature. 16
7.5.2 Landscape vs. portrait when using manual feed – for 8825, 8830, 8850, 510dp only
16
7.5.3 Manual Feed and Y-Justification 16
7.5.4 Length and Orientation of Manually fed media for 721p 16
7.6 Web Print Manager Tool (Web PMT) 16
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Printer Queue – Main WebPMT Screen 16
7.6.1
7.6.2 Backlit-Film media type 17
7.6.3 Netscape 6.1 users only 17
7.6.4 Netscape 7.0 users only 17
7.6.5 German users only 17
7.6.6 Large Scaling Factors 17
7.6.7 Pen Palettes 18
7.6.8 HPGL Page – End of File 18
7.6.9 Updating the Network Settings Requires a Reboot of the Controller 18
7.6.10 Display of Media Usage 18
7.6.11 Saved Parameter Settings 18
7.6.12 Default PostScript Page Size 19
7.6.13 String value of “0” in Text Fields 19
7.6.14 “Printer has been updated” message 19
7.6.15 Pen Patterns 19
7.6.16 Printer Password 20
7.6.17 Print Job Priority 20
7.7 Netscape and Unix 20
8 Customer Issues Resolved 21
8.1 The following Customer issues were resolved in 10.0 b 140 21
9 Appendix 22
9.1 HFT Controller Installation for Xerox Wide Format Print System 8830 22
9.1.1 AccXES Client Tools 22
9.1.2 Web PMT 22
9.1.3 Unix 22
9.2 HFT Controller Installation for Xerox Wide Format Print System 8850 and 510dp
22
9.2.1 AccXES Client Tools 23
9.2.2 Web PMT 23
9.2.3 Unix 23
9.3 HFT Controller Installation for Xerox Wide Format Print System 721p 23
9.3.1 AccXES Client Tools 23
9.3.2 Web PMT 23
9.3.3 Unix 24
9.4 HFT Controller Installation for Xerox Wide Format Print System X2 TECH 24
9.4.1 AccXES Client Tools 24
9.4.2 Web PMT 24
9.4.3 Unix 24
9.5 HFT Controller Installation for Xerox 6030/6050 Wide Format Solution 24
9.5.1 AccXES Client Tools 25
9.5.2 Web PMT 25
9.5.3 Unix 25
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1 Introduction
The AccXES Controller Firmware Release 10.0 b 140 provides multinational software for the
Xerox Wide Format Print Systems 8825, 8830, 8850, 510dp, 721p, the Xerox Wide Format Print
System X2 TECH, the Xerox 6030/6050 Wide Format Solution, and for their Xerox Wide Format
scanners. The languages supported are English, Deutsch, Espanol, Francais, Italiano, and
Portugues.
This document presents the following information about the AccXES Controller Release 10.0
build 140.
• Release deliverables
• Recommended configurations
• Installation procedures
• Present supplemental information and known issues that are not mentioned in the published
customer user documentation.
• New features
WARNING: Regarding Job Accounting
feature of a version of AccXES firmware less than 7.5, you must save your printer’s data
first, or the data will be lost when you install this version of firmware. BEFORE installing
the 10.0 b 140 firmware, refer to the Account Management Tool Administrator's Guide
information on saving the pre 7.5 data and for how to import this data into the new Job
Accounting format that requires an external print system, like the Account Management Tool
(AMT).
: If you are currently using the legacy Job Accounting
for
1.1 FEATURE KEYS:
Feature keys from before version 9.0 B180 are no longer useable with version 10.0 b 140
firmware. New keys must be acquired from the Xerox website to use your system.
Downgrading below 9.0 B 180 will also require you to re-download your feature keys. This
applies to AccXES controller resident feature keys only: Postscript, Job Accounting, Scan to
Net, and Scan To Print.
1.1.1 Feature Key Descriptions
Print and Copy Feature Keys are standard with AccXES 10.0 build 140 firmware for all printers
except the Xerox 6030/6050 Wide Format. However, with the installation of AccXES 10.0 build
140 firmware in a new system, the following functions will be unavailable
appropriate feature key is loaded. See the Feature Key Instructions and Coupon Exchange
screens on the xerox.com website.
until the
• Job Accounting (enables tracking media usage data. AMT, or some other external
accounting tool, is used to assign User Id, Account Id, Printer Id associations, then
collects and tallies the stored data from the printers)
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• PostScript
• Xerox Wide Format Scanner Features:
Scan To Net (to create an electronic file from a scanned image)
Scan to Print (to scan, create a preview, and send to the scanned image to the printer
when Scan-to-Net is present)
Color Enablement – AccXES (Allows color scanning when scan to net license is preset)
Speed Enhancement Turbo II – AccXES (4 ips for 36” wide)
Speed Enhancement Turbo III – AccXES (HFT Controller only: 7.33 ips in Copy Mode)
• Xerox Wide Format Print System 510dp Only:
Speed Enhancement - IOT 7D/Minute (7 ANSI D per minute, long feed)
Speed Enhancement - IOT 10D/Minute (10 ANSI D per min., long feed, must have 7D
loaded)
Speed Enhancement Upgrade- IOT 5D to 10D/Minute (upgrade the 5D to the10 ANSI D
per minute)
Drawer Enablement - IOT 2 Drawer (drawer 2 gets installed then needs to be enabled)
Drawer Enablement - IOT 3 Drawer (drawer 3 gets installed then needs to be enabled)
Drawer Enablement Upgrade - IOT 1 to 3 Drawer (drawers 1,2,3 get installed then need
to be enabled)
• Xerox 6030/6050 Wide Format Printer:
Print Server enablement – Enables print and copy mode for remote printer.
HFT Controllers Only: The following Keys are now standard: Versatec Raster Formats, VCGL
Format, and CGM Format
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2 Release Deliverables
2.1 Xerox 8825, 8830 Print Systems
The following executables are provided for the Xerox Wide Format Print System 8825, 8830 and
support the Xerox Wide Format Scan System scanner.
NOTE: You must load version 9.0 before loading this Firmware
NOTE: If your release is below 6.0, you must upgrade to 5.99 then to 9.0 before loading this
Firmware.
HFT Controller – HFT_8830_10_0b140.disk.bin (file size = 7,570,724 bytes)
CNG Controller – CNG_8830_10_0b140.disk.bin (file size = 10,319,876 bytes)
EV4 Controller – EV4_8825_10_0b140.disk.bin (file size = 10,420,368 bytes)
N5T Controller – N5T_8830_10_0b140.disk.bin (file size = 10,319,876 bytes)
2.2 Xerox 8850, 510dp Print Systems
The following executables are provided for the Xerox Wide Format Print System 8850, 510dp
and support the Xerox Wide Format Scan System scanner.
CNG Controller – CNG_8850_10_0b140.disk.bin (file size = 10,319,876 bytes)
HFT Controller – HFT_8850_10_0b140.disk.bin (file size = 7,569,589 bytes)
HFT Controller – HFT_510dp_10_0b140.disk.bin (file size = 7,569,589 bytes)
.
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2.3 Xerox Print System 721p
The following executables are provided for the Xerox Wide Format Print System 721p and
support the Xerox Wide Format Scan System scanner.
HFT Controller – HFT_721p_10_0b140.disk.bin (file size = 7,526,470 bytes)
2.4 Xerox Print System X2 TECH
The following executables are provided for the Xerox Wide Format Print System X2 TECH
and support the Xerox Wide Format scanner.
KLF Controller – KLF_X2_10_0b140.disk.bin (file size = 16,611,333 bytes)
HFT Controller – HFT_X2_10_0b140.disk.bin (file size = 11,143,170 bytes)
2.5 Xerox 6030/6050 Wide Format Solution
The following executable is provided for the Xerox 6030/6050 Wide Format Solution and
supports the Xerox Wide Format scanner.
HFT Controller – HFT_6030_10_0b140.disk.bin (file size = 7,666,595 bytes)
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3 Recommended Configurations
Table 1: Minimum (Min.) and Recommended (Rec.) RAM Configurations (MB)
UP8 controller is no longer supported.
Monochrome Printer no PostScript/PDF
Monochrome Printer with PostScript/PDF
Monochrome
DIGITAL SOLUTION
- no PostScript/PDF
Monochrome
DIGITAL SOLUTION
- with PostScript/PDF
Monochrome Printer with PostScript/PDF
Monochrome
DIGITAL SOLUTION
- with PostScript/PDF
Monochrome
DIGITAL SOLUTION
- with PostScript/PDF,
and Color
Enablement
Color Printer - no
PostScript/PDF
Color Printer - with
PostScript/PDF
Color DIGITAL
SOLUTION - no
PostScript/PDF
Color DIGITAL
SOLUTION - with
PostScript/PDF
Color Digital Solution
- with PostScript/PDF
N5T, CNG
Controllers
Min. Rec. Min. Rec. Min. Rec. Min. Rec.
64 128 64 128 N/A N/A 128
64 128 64 128 N/A N/A 128
64 128 64 128 N/A N/A 128
64 128 64 128 N/A N/A 128
64 128 64 128 N/A N/A 128
64 128 64 128 N/A N/A 128
128 192 128 192 N/A N/A 128
N/A N/A N/A N/A 192 192 256 256
N/A N/A N/A N/A 192 192 256 256
N/A N/A N/A N/A 192 192 256 512
N/A N/A N/A N/A 192 192 256 512
N/A N/A N/A N/A 192 192 256 512
EV4 Controller KLF
Controllers
HFT Controller
(256 for
721P)
(256 for
721P)
(256 for
721P)
(256 for
721P)
(256 for
721P)
(256 for
721P)
(256 for
721P)
256
(512 for
721P)
256
(512 for
721P)
256
(512 for
721P)
256
(512 for
721P)
256
(512 for
721P)
256
(512 for
721P)
256
(512 for
721P)
(512 for
721P)
(512 for
721P)
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4 Release Installation
NOTES:
Feature keys from before version 9.0 B180 are no longer useable with version 10.0 firmware.
New keys must be acquired from the Xerox website to use your system. Downgrading below
9.0 B 180 will also require you to re-download your feature keys.
The AccXES Revision MUST be 9.0 or higher to upgrade to 10.0. If your current version is
lower than 9.0, you must install 9.0 or higher before upgrading to 10.0.
Regarding scanner firmware revisions
containing a Xerox Wide Format Scanner, you must also ensure that the scanner firmware is
upgraded, prior to upgrading the controller, to the following version:
Xerox Wide Format Scanner – version 2.2.4 or greater. Version 3.2.5 or greater
needed for full functionality.
Xerox 7356 and 7346 Scanners are no longer supported.
: If you are upgrading the firmware of a system
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