Configuring the spool to print to a Xerox printer

BARR/PRINT to EPS

To send LCDS Acronym for Line Condition Data Stream. or Metacode A Xerox-generated data stream that provides all-points addressability on Xerox centralized printers. data to Xerox DocuPrint Enterprise Printing Systems (EPS) or DocuTech 2000 Series Production Publishers, you must configure the Spool Window for routing documents to the spool printer. This is done by adding the Dest. Device column to the Spool Window, specifying the destination device for the spool printer, and setting the destination device for incoming documents.

Complete the following steps to configure the spool.

  1. Open the Spool Window.

  2. On the menu bar, select View | Format Columns. The Format Columns dialog box displays.

    Format Columns Dialog Box

  3. From the Available sections list, select the Data Set Header General Section.

  4. From the Available columns list, select the NDHGRMT Dest. Device field.

  5. Click the right arrow (>) to add the field to the Visible columns list.

  6. Arrange the column order by selecting a field in the Visible columns list and clicking Move Up and Move Down. The first column in the list displays as the leftmost column on the Spool Window. You can also rename the column heading by clicking Rename.

  7. When you have finished selecting and arranging columns, click OK.

  8. On the Spool Window, click the Dest. Device column for your printer. Enter the name of the queue defined on the Xerox printer.

  9. Use one of the following methods to set the document's Dest. Device to the name of the queue defined on the Xerox DocuPrint EPS. If the NDHGRMT field remains blank, the field will be set to QUEUE when data is sent.

  1. Right-click the printer, and select Ready.

  2. Right-click the document, and select Ready.

You can save your Spool Window column settings to a file by selecting View | Save Settings As on the menu bar.

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