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Xerox FreeFlow Accxes V12.0
Drivers & Client Software
November 2006
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Installation
Guide
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents................................................................................................. iii
Drivers ..................................................................................................................1
Installing Drivers on a Server.........................................................................1
HP-GL/2 Driver..................................................................................................1
Standard TCP/IP Port Installation..................................................................1
HP-GL/2 Driver Installation............................................................................2
Remote Drivers..............................................................................................3
Removal of HP-GL/2 Driver...........................................................................3
PostScript Driver ...............................................................................................4
Standard TCP/IP Port Installation..................................................................4
See the instructions that are on page 1.........................................................4
PostScript Driver Installation ..........................................................................4
Remote Drivers..............................................................................................5
Removal of the PostScript Driver...................................................................5
FreeFlow Accxes Client Tools (ACT), the Account Management Tool (AMT), and
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server ........................................................................... 6
Overview of ACT...............................................................................................6
Overview of the Account Management Tool......................................................6
Check your protocol before installing ACT, AMT, and/or Microsoft Windows
2003 Server:......................................................................................................7
Configure your network connections:................................................................7
Installation for Windows ....................................................................................8
From CD-ROM:..............................................................................................8
From the Internet:..........................................................................................8
Installation for Sun Solaris.................................................................................9
From CD-ROM:..............................................................................................9
From the Internet:........................................................................................10
Clean Installation.............................................................................................10
Uninstalling ACT & AMT..................................................................................11
Enabling Selection of Finisher Options...............................................................13
Configure the HP-GL/2 print driver to recognize the finisher: ......................14
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Drivers
You can find the driver installation files on the customer CD entitled “Accxes Print Drivers”, or
they can be downloaded from the
Format section select your printer group. Select the Drivers & Downloads link. Select the link of
the driver that you wish to install.)
Installing Drivers on a Server
A Windows 2000 or 2003 server system can have all of the drivers installed locally on it which all
of the workstations would require. Each workstation can then install the appropriate driver from
the server to make remote drivers.
HP-GL/2 Driver
These instructions describe how to install the HP-GL/2 printer driver locally on a workstation or
server.
To install a printer driver on a workstation from a server, see the section in this document entitled
“Remote Drivers”. The printer driver must be installed on the server locally first, according to the
following instructions.
Note: Prior to installing this driver, you must remove all previous versions by following the
removal instructions.
www.xerox.com website (Select Support & Drivers. In the Wide
The FreeFlow Accxes HP-GL/2 printer driver is delivered as a self-extracting zip file. Executing
this program will extract the files to a default directory or to a directory of the user’s choice (e.g.
c:\temp). Use Window’s Add Printer Wizard to add the printer, as described below.
Note: You must have administrator rights to install the driver and ports
You can install the HP-GL/2 driver on a standard TCP/IP port from one of the following
settings. If you are going to use the Standard TCP/IP Port, install it first, using the
directions in the following Standard TCP/IP Port Installation section. Then follow the
directions to install the HP-GL/2 driver. The control for Bi-directional is located on the
Device Options tab of the Printer Properties.
Standard TCP/IP Port Installation
1. Go to the Printers Folder.
For Windows 2000: Select Start > Settings > Printers
For Window 2003 or XP: Select Start > Control Panel > Printers and Faxes
2. Click on the File Menu.
3. Click on the Server Properties… menu item.
4. Select the Ports tab.
5. Click the Add Port… button.
6. Select Standard TCP/IP.
7. Click the New Port… button. Click Next.
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8. Using the keyboard, enter the Name or IP address assigned to the printer. Click Next.
9. Accept the Device Type=Standard Generic Network Card. Click Next.
10. Click Finish.
11. Click Close.
12. Click Close.
HP-GL/2 Driver Installation
1. Go to the Printers Folder
For Windows 2000: Select Start > Settings > Printers
For Window 2003 or XP: Select Start > Control Panel > Printers and Faxes
Double-click on Add Printer. Click Next.
2. Select Local printer. Uncheck “Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer.
Click Next.
3. From “Use the following port:” Choose the port you created for this printer. Click Next.
4. When asked for the printer manufacturer and model, select the Have Disk… button. Then
select the Browse… button and navigate to the directory where the driver has been
unzipped and select the .INF file that corresponds to your printer.
5. Select the printer you wish to install and follow the instructions.
6. If the “Use Existing Driver” screen appears, select “Replace Existing Driver” and click
Next.
7. If this is a server install, share the printer and give it a share name.
8. Reboot the system.
9. Enable or disable bi-directional support in Device options using the checkbox.
The control for bidirectional support is located on the Device Options tab of the Printer
Properties. If Enable bidirectional support is checked, the driver will automatically
communicate with the printer and set the installed media size, finisher type, and Accxes
firmware version. If Enable bidirectional support is not checked, the user must be aware of
those settings and make sure the driver settings match the printer settings.
(Refer to the Xerox Wide Format FreeFlow Accxes Driver Release Notes for file names and
directory structures of the installed driver.)
To change the display units, select the printer icon from the Printers Folder. Choose File >
Properties. Select the Device Options tab. Change the "Display Units" control to your
preference. The currently used Firmware Revision is also listed on the Device Options tab.
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Remote Drivers
1. In the Add Printer Wizard, select “A network printer, or a printer attached to another
computer.”
2. Choose the appropriate way to connect to the Wide Format printer.
3. Make your selection for whether or not to make this the default printer.
4.
Select the Finish button.
Removal of HP-GL/2 Driver
1. Go to the Printers Folder:
For Windows 2000: Select Start > Settings > Printers
For Window 2003 or XP: Select Start > Control Panel > Printers and Faxes
2. Click on the printer icon(s) in the Printers Folder you want to delete and choose File >
Delete.
3. From the Printers Folder, choose File > Server Properties.
4. Select the Drivers tab. Select all Accxes drivers in the list, and click the Remove button.
5. Reboot the system.
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PostScript Driver
These instructions describe how to install the PostScript printer driver locally on a workstation or
server.
To install a printer driver on a workstation from a server, see the section in this document entitled
“Remote Drivers”. The printer driver must be installed on the server locally first, according to the
following instructions.
The FreeFlow Accxes PostScript printer driver is delivered as a self-extracting zip file. Executing
this program will extract the files to a default directory or to a directory of the user’s choice.
Note: The FreeFlow Accxes PostScript feature needs to be installed on the controller
before the PostScript driver can be used.
A System Administrator needs to install the PostScript driver.
Standard TCP/IP Port Installation
See the instructions that are on page 1.
PostScript Driver Installation
1. Use Window’s Add Printer Wizard to add or upgrade the printer from a previous release:
For Windows 2000: Select Start > Settings > Printers
For Window 2003 or XP: Select Start > Control Panel > Printers and Faxes
2. Double-click on Add Printer. Click Next.
3. Select Local printer. Uncheck “Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer.
Click Next.
4. From “Use the following port:” Choose the port you created for this printer. Click Next.
5. When asked for the printer manufacturer and model, select the Have Disk … button.
Then, select the Browse… button and navigate to the directory where the driver has
been unzipped and select the .INF file that corresponds to your printer. Click Open.
Then click OK.
6. Select the printer model for your operating system and click Next.
7. If the “Use Existing Driver” screen appears, select “Replace Existing Driver” and click
Next.
8. Follow the instructions on the screen.
9. If this is a server install, share the printer and give it a share name.
10. Reboot the system after the Add Printer Wizard completes.
Refer to the Xerox Wide Format FreeFlow Accxes Driver Release Notes for file names and
directory structures of the installed driver.
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Remote Drivers
1. In the Add Printer Wizard, select “A network printer, or a printer attached to another
computer.”
2. Choose the appropriate way to connect to the Wide Format printer.
3. Make your selection for whether or not to make this the default printer.
4. Select the Finish button.
Removal of the PostScript Driver
1. Go to the Printers Folder:
2. For Windows 2000: Select Start > Settings > Printers
3. For Window 2003 or XP: Select Start > Control Panel > Printers and Faxes
4. Click on the printer icon(s) in the printer’s folder and choose File > Delete.
5. From the Printers Folder, choose File > Server Properties.
6. Select the Drivers tab. Select all Accxes PostScript drivers in the list, and click the
Remove button.
7. Reboot the system.
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FreeFlow Accxes Client Tools (ACT), the Account Management Tool (AMT), and Microsoft Windows 2003 Server
Overview of ACT
The ACT application runs on a PC or Solaris workstation. The tools enable a user to se nd print
jobs from a PC, to retrieve scanned files over the network, and to save images. Selections made
in the Client Tools will temporarily override the default settings of the FreeFlow Accxes Wide
Format printers and Scan Systems.
Document sets can be created and saved as a single document. The printer queue can be
viewed and submitted print jobs can be cancelled. Media usage data can be tracked, when job
accounting is enabled, by assigning a User ID and Account ID to the scanned and copied
documents. A Scan Directory is also specified before scanning documents. Each of the Client
Tools is on a separate tab: Document Submit, Printer Queue, Accounting, Document Retrieve,
and Device Manager tabs.
NOTE: The Accounting Tab is functional only for versions up to 6.0. It has been replaced
by an External Print Server, such as the FreeFlow Accxes Account Management Tool.
The Client Tools and the Account Management Tool (AMT) are installed using the Install
Anywhere software. The AMT should be installed on a dedicated workstation without other
applications being present.
After installation, go to the Overview and Quick Start help files to get started using this
software.
Go to the latest copy of Release Notes to see a description of the new ACT & AMT features. (The
ACT-AMT release notes come on the same “Accxes Client Tool & Account Management Tool”
CD, which has the ACT-AMT install on it. If you download the ACT-AMT software from the
www.xerox.com website, the Release Notes come with the downloaded install zip file.)
Overview of the Account Management Tool
The AMT application is used to retrieve job accounting data from multiple printers that use
FreeFlow Accxes firmware, version 7.0, or greater. The AMT Administrator will issue an AMT
command to each printer to retrieve a copy of the media usage data and scanner usage data,
which is in the job log file in the printer's controller. The data is defined by Printer ID, Account ID
and User ID. The AMT then sends a command to each printer to purge the original data. This
application replaces the Accounting Tab functionality of the Client Tools.
Warning: The AMT software should be loaded on only one workstation that is
password protected, with no other applications loaded on the same workstation.
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The AMT and the ACT software are installed during the same installation process. The
installation can be done from the www.xerox.com website, or from a CD.
For more information, refer to the AMT Administrators Guide.
Note: After installation, go to the Overview and Tutorial help file to help you get started
using the AMT.
Check your protocol before installing ACT, AMT, and/or Microsoft Windows 2003 Server:
Before installing the Client Tools software, you should make sure that you are using the TCP/IP
protocol at BOTH your workstation and the printer. (See NOTE below.) Check the protocols that
are currently enabled at your workstation.
Windows 2000/XP: Right mouse click on My Network Places. Select Properties. Right
mouse click on Local Area Connection. Select Properties.
If you will be changing protocols from an existing working setup, or setting up a new protocol, you
should refer to the instructions provided in the Xerox FreeFlow Accxes System & Web Printer
Manager Tool Setup Guide.
NOTE: External print servers (such as the Xerox External Print Server), that do not h ave bidirectional communications, are used for the submission of print jobs only. The other
Client Tool features, such as job accounting, the printer queue, and document retrieval will
not function. These print servers are recommended for support of non-TCP/IP networking
environments only.
Configure your network connections:
At the printer users interface, or Web Printer Manager Tool, check that the Subnet Mask, IP
Address, and Gateway settings are correct. These are needed so that your workstation will be
able to communicate with your FreeFlow Accxes compliant scanner and printer.
On the Web Printer Manager Tool: select Printer Defaults > Network > TCP/IP.
On the printer user interface: select Setup IO Ports > Ethernet TCP/IP > TCP/IP
Address, Gateway, and Mask
NOTE: If you are going to install the Client Tools on a network, be sure that the specific
drive is mapped (for example, G:\) to which you are going to install the software.
Otherwise ACT will be installed to the C drive where an Accxes folder will be created in the
Program Files.
It is recommended that ACT be loaded locally instead of on the network.
If more that one computer will be using the same Client Tools software, each computer
must be mapped to the same drive.
.
Both ACT and AMT can be installed from the same installation software. Both are
uninstalled at the same time.
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Installation for Windows
Warning: The AMT software should be loaded on only one workstation that is password protected,
with no other applications loaded on the same workstation.
NOTE: The following instructions should also be used for Microsoft Windows 2003
Server.
From CD-ROM:
1. Start Windows on your PC.
2. First uninstall any present version of the ACT and AMT software on your PC.
3. Insert the “Accxes Client Tool & Account Management Tool” CD into your CD-ROM drive.
Select setup.exe to begin the installation. The Install Anywhere software will load.
4. On the Client Tools screen, select your language.
Click OK.
5. If you wish to install the Client Tools only, just click NEXT on the Enter Password screen.
The password (AMTPASSWORD) is only needed to proceed with the Account
Management Tool installation, to which only the AMT manager should have access.
6. Read the Introduction, License Agreement, and information screens, clicking the Next
button to get to the next screen.
7. On the “Choose Install Folder” screen, click on the Choose button to select where you
want the software installed. The default is C:\Program Files\ Accxes. Click the Next
button.
8. On the “Choose Shortcut Location” screen, select On the Desktop, if you want a Client
Tools shortcut to show on your desktop. (Otherwise each time you want to use the
software you will need to select Start > Program Files > Accxes > Accxes Tools.) Click
the Next button.
9. On the “Choose Install Set” screen, select the Accxes Client Tools button to install just
the Client Tools, or select the Accxes Client Tools & Account Management Tool button to
install both softwares. Select the Next button.
10. On the Install Complete screen, click the Done button.
From the Internet:
1. First uninstall any present version of the software on your PC.
2. Download the Client Tools from the Xerox website as follows.
3. Go to http://www.xerox.com.
4. Choose Support & Drivers.
5. Go to the Wide Format section.
6. Select the hyperlink that refers to your printer type.
7. Under your type of printer, select the Drivers & Downloads link.
8. Select your Operating System and Language. Press the Go button.
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9. In the Utilities & Applications section, double click on the “Accxes Client Tools (ACT) &
Accxes Account Management Tool (AMT) hyperlink.”
10. Select the Open or Save button to start the zip file download, which may take an hour.
11. Double click on the downloaded zip file. Extract the files. Double click on the install.exe
to start the installation software.
12. Follow the instructions on the screens, as explained in the above section here, entitled
“From CD-ROM”.
Installation for Sun Solaris
The following installation procedure is for the Sun Solaris 2.8, 2.9, or 2.10 based environments.
Note: If you are using Solaris, you need to download the patches for JVM 1.4.2.06 from the
Internet for your version of Solaris.
From CD-ROM:
1. Start your Sun Solaris workstation and log on to your desktop.
2. Insert the Accxes Client Tool & Account Management Tool CD into your CD-ROM drive.
3. In a command window, type the following:
cd <cd-rom mount point>
./setup.bin
NOTE: In all cases <cd-rom mount point> is the directory where the CD-ROM is
mounted.
4. The Install Anywhere software will load.
5. Follow the directions on the screens.
6. On the “Choose Shortcut Location” screen, select where you want the shortcut to be
located. On Sun Solaris it cannot be located on the desktop. Click the Next button.
7. On the “Choose Install Set” screen, select the FreeFlow Accxes Client Tools button and
Next button. On the Install Complete screen, click the Done button.
8. Remove the Client Tools CD.
NOTES: ACT does not support a parallel port on Solaris; therefore it will not be listed on
the Device Manager tab.
When running the ACT under Solaris version 2.6 and 2.7, the arrow keys will function
using the arrow keys on the numeric key pad instead of the keyboard’s separate arrow
keys.
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From the Internet:
To install the application on a Solaris system using a web browser:
1. Start your Sun Solaris workstation and log on to your desktop.
2. Download the FreeFlow Accxes Client Tools from the Xerox website at
http://www.xerox.com. (See the instructions in the Windows section of this guide, entitled
“From the Internet”)
3. Choose the directory to where you want to download the file.
4. Cd to the directory where you downloaded.
5. In a command window, type ./install.bin
6. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation. The installer software
will display a banner screen and prompt for an installation directory for ACT and the
associated files.
7. To open ACT, go to the directory where it is installed and type AccxesTools.
Clean Installation
To perform a clean installation of the Client Tools or the Account Management Tool, the
applications must be uninstalled and the XES preferences folder must be manually removed.
The preferences directory was created while using the previously installed ACT and AMT. The
uninstaller does not remove it. The following table describes where the XES preferences directory
is located on various platforms.
Type of Platform Location of Act Preferences Directory
Windows 2000/XP C:\Documents and Settings\<User
Name>\XES\Act
Solaris 2.8-2.10 <home directory>/.XES/Act
NOTE: Removal of the directory will cause loss of all ACT user device settings.
WARNING: Uninstalling the Account Management Tool will leave the saved AMT data files.
However, if you manually delete files, create a backup copy of the saved AMT data files
first. It is important to do a manual backup of the AMT database files on a regular basis.
The names of the AMTdatabase files are: Accxesjadb.backup, Accxesjadb.data,
Accxesjadb.script, Accxesjadb.properties. In the Windows environment, the default
location of these data files is C:\Program Files\Accxes\AMTdatabase. For Sun Solaris, the
files are located inside the "AMTdatabase" folder that is found in the install directory (i.e.
usually the "AccXES" folder.) If you accidentally corrupt or delete the saved AMT data
files, they cannot be recovered. Your manually backed up files would then need to be
copied into the AMT database folder.
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Uninstalling ACT & AMT
Close the ACT software and AMT software before running the uninstall software. Always run the
uninstaller from outside the install directories. Uninstalling the ACT software will delete only
those files that were installed by the software. Files, images, data, user preferences, etc., that
are created by the user or application will remain. The Account Management Tool will also get
uninstalled if it is on your work station, but the database files will remain.
Windows
To uninstall the Client Tools software for Windows 2000/2003/XP:
1. Select Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.
2. In the software list, select Accxes. Click the Add/Remove button.
3. The InstallAnywhere Uninstaller screen will come up. Click the Uninstall button.
4. An “Uninstall Complete” message will appear when uninstall is complete. Click the Exit
button.
NOTE: Uninstaller deletes the current working directory, the Client Tools, and the Account
Management Tool software from your PC.
5. You may also want to delete the Act folder, where your files were stored, if you do not
need to access them anymore. (See the table in the “Clean Installation section of this
document.)
Sun Solaris
Always run the uninstaller from outside the install directories. If you run the Uninstall_Accxes
program within the Accxes/UninstallerData directory on your Sun Solaris, the current Accxes work
directory, and the subdirectory that you are in, will get deleted. Normal directory functions also
will not work (i.e., ls or cd).
To uninstall the Client Tools software:
1. In a command (shell) window, execute the following command:
cd <application install directory>/Uninstaller Data/ where <application
install directory> is the directory in which you originally placed the
ACT application.
2. Then type the command:
./Uninstall_Accxes
This will launch the uninstaller.
NOTE: Uninstaller deletes the current working directory, the Client Tools, and the Account
Management Tool software from your work station.
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You may also want to delete the Act folder where your files were stored if you do not need to
access them anymore (<Users Home Directory>/.XES/Act).
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Enabling Selection of Finisher Options
A .FIN file is only required when bi-directional communication does not exist to FreeFlow Accxes
Client and driver software.
NOTE: The printer, controller, and PC need to be on the same network and turned on. The
FreeFlow Accxes Client Tools need to be installed. The finisher must be connected to the
printer and on so that the executable file can access the folder to create the correct .FIN
file.
Creating a .FIN file for your FreeFlow Accxes Client Tools to connect to the finisher:
1. Go to http://www.xerox.com.
2. Choose Support & Drivers.
3. Go to the Wide Format section.
4. Select the hyperlink that refers to your printer type.
5. Under your type of driver, select Drivers & Downloads.
6. Select your Operating System and Language. Press the Go button.
7. In the Utilities & Applications section, choose the “Finisher File Creator”. Save the zip file
to your PC.
8. Open the downloaded .zip file and extract the xesfin.exe file. Save it in the same place
where your ACT files are installed.
9. On your PC, start a Command Prompt window by selecting Start > Run > cmd.
10. In the Command Prompt window, change the current directory to be the same as the
location of xesfin.exe. The following screen illustrates this (see the arrows).
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11. Enter the following command: xesfin.exe IP_Address folder.fin, replacing "IP_Address"
with the IP Address of your printer (in this example, 13.142.199.2). A “successfully
created” message will be displayed when the .FIN file is created.
12. Start the FreeFlow Accxes Client Tools.
13. Go to Document Submit Tab > Job Options button > Finishing Tab.
14. Select “Add Folder” in the Folder Type list.
15. On the “Select a Finisher” dialog, locate the .FIN file that you just created and click “OK”.
16. The folder will be added to the Folder Type list and can now be selected. The
appropriate folder methods for that folder type will be listed in the Folder Method drop
down menu.
NOTE: Only the last folder that has been added will remain in the Folder Type list between
sessions of using the Client Tools. It will also remain after you uninstall and install ACT.
Configure the HP-GL/2 print driver to recognize the finisher:
If you have a Xerox Wide Format HP-GL/2 printer driver installed on a standard TCP/IP port with
bi-directional disabled, you must follow the procedure below to configure the driver to recog nize
the finisher.
1. Go to the Printers Folder:
For Windows 2000: Select Start > Settings > Printers
For Window 2003 or XP: Select Start > Control Panel > Printers and Faxes
2. Select the icon for the Xerox Wide Format HP-GL/2 printer and right-click it.
3. Select “Properties”.
4. Select the “Device Options” tab.
5. In the “Finisher type” combo box, select “<add finisher>”.
6. In the “Open Finisher Description File” dialog, navigate to the location of the .FIN file
created above.
7. Select the .FIN file, and click “OK”.
8. Click “OK”.
Use the Finishing controls on the Job tab in Printer Preferences to configure the driver further.
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