Installation and Setup
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For z/OS® (MVS), the printer must be defined as an AFP-type device.
TCP/IP and channel connectivity can be established in the IPS Manager System pull-down menu,
System Configuration dialog box.
Note
PSF defaults to port number 5001 if the port is not changed in the printer definition. If you
need to use something other than the default value, do not use port numbers in use by other print
server gateways. For example, 9100 and 9400 are default values used by Xerox FreeFlow® Print
Server gateways; DO NOT use either of these as your IPDS TCP/IP Port number.
Installing IPDS Software
The following steps should be completed for a successful installation of the Xerox FreeFlow® Print
Server IPDS software, and proper queue and printer setup:
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Install the FreeFlow® Print Server IPDS software. The Xerox Service Representative performs this
task
Note
A Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server restart is required.
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Ensure that the IPDS Interpreter license file has been loaded, and that IPDS is active and enabled
in the print server Feature Manager.
Note
A Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server restart is required.
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Ensure a streaming print queue is defined on the print server for your system. You can view this
queue by using the print server Queue Manager. This print queue initially has an Accept value of
Yes and a Release value of Yes.
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Ensure that no overrides are set on the queue for any of the properties defined earlier in this
section.
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Ensure the IPS Manager has the streaming queue selected as part of the active Job Profile.
To verify that the installation and initial setup are successful, print a host job, and either the US Letter
or the A4 sample job, see the
complete.
Note
It is important to be aware that you should never submit an IPDS job to a paused print
server. IPDS jobs will hang when they are submitted to a system in a paused state.This is normal
behavior for IPDS jobs; while all other PDL types can RIP and wait for the printer, IPDS jobs
cannot.
In addition, if you installed the IBM® AFP resident outline fonts, print the scfont.trc sample job to
verify that the fonts were loaded correctly.
Printing a Trace Job Within IPS Manager
During the installation process, six sample Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPDS trace jobs are provided.
These jobs can be used to either verify printer operability after the Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPDS
software is installed or for diagnostic purposes:
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afptrace.let—prints a sample IPDS job formatted for US Letter paper
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section. If both print successfully, installation verification is
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