Using the Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPS Manager
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End of Set Criterion: The End of Set Criterion causes the print server to end the set at the location
indicated by the associated command. If stapling or other finishing is supported by your print
engine, and has been requested at the main print server screen, it will be applied on the selected
set boundary.
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Output queue: This option allows you to select the name of the printer queue to be used to
process IPDS jobs. The queue must be a streaming queue. The IPS Manager prevents the Xerox
FreeFlow® Print Server IPDS gateway from initiating a host connection until a valid streaming
queue is selected.
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Replicate & Trim: When enabled, this feature allows the printer to fill large shaded areas by
replicating a small section of the area, as sent by the host. When disabled, the host performs the
replicate and trim operations before sending the entire image area to the printer. In some cases,
the disabled option improves the appearance of 240 dpi shaded areas when printed on a 300 dpi
printer. The recommended setting should be enabled.
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Enhanced Font Support: If set to On, the system substitutes an equivalent available resident font
if the host requests a resident raster font. If the host requests a font for which there is no resident
outline font match or equivalent, the default resident outline font is used. If set to Off, no font
substitution is made. Requests for fonts that are resident are honored. The host downloads all
other fonts. The default resident outline font is used only when requested by the host.
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Emulate Continuous Forms: When On, the printer rotates the IPDS output as though it were to be
printed on a continuous form system. For long-edge fed paper, the rotation is 90 degrees in the
counter-clockwise direction. For short-edge fed paper, the rotation is 90 degrees in the clockwise
direction.
If the same application is printed on an IBM® 3800 printer, which is a continuous form printer,
and a Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPS Manager printer, which is a cut sheet printer, the output
may print in the wrong orientation or extend off the edge of the page. The page orientation of
the IBM® 3800 printer is different than most other cut sheet IPDS printers.
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For Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPS Manager printers and most other cut sheet printers, the
origin is at the top left corner of a portrait page.
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For IBM® 3800 printers, the origin is at the top left corner of the leading edge of the paper.
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Enable Image Thickening: When this option is enabled, images will be thickened by doubling
image pixels in the horizontal and vertical directions, giving the image a thicker/darker
appearance.
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Enable Image Scaling To Fill Presentation Area: When this option is enabled, images will be scaled
to completely fill the presentation area when position and trim is specified and the presentation
area is larger than the image size.
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Enable Image Origin Alignment: Enabling this option may remove unwanted white lines that
appear when a 300 dpi IPDS job is processed by a 600 dpi output queue. Generally this will only
make a difference for larger images that are composed of many tiny images where the higher
output resolution allow images to shift around. This shifting is a result of the host specifying
imprecise image origin coordinates.
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Enable Image Caching: When On, the printer server caches images included in either a Page
Segment or Overlay resource. As the Page Segments or Overlays are included by IPDS pages,
caching and reusing the image data makes processing more efficient and results in significant
performance gains, especially on full color printers. For optimum results, the Page Segments or
Overlays should all be included either at the start or end of each page. Also, if possible, the Page
Segments or Overlays should contain image data only. Image caching is applied to all IPDS jobs
when enabled.
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