HP LaserJet 9000 User manual

HP Distributed Print Service

User’s Guide

HP 9000 Computers

B2355-90156

E1097

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Contents

1. What Is HP Distributed Print Service?

What Are the Advantages of Using HPDPS?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

You Will Not Have to Start from Scratch to Learn How to Print Jobs .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

You Can Access Many Kinds of Printers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Your Print Jobs Are Validated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

You Receive Notiﬁcation of Job Progress or Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

You Can Receive Improved Administrative Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

What Functionality Does HPDPS Provide? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

HPDPS Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

2. Basic Printing Tasks

Using LP Spooler Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Getting Help for HPDPS Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Deﬁning a Default Logical Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Submitting Jobs to an HPDPS Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Printing to a Default Logical Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Printing to a Speciﬁc Logical Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Specifying Attributes for HPDPS Print Jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Specifying the Number of Copies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Specifying Two-Sided Print Jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Specifying the Page Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Specifying the Document Format for a Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Specifying Number of Images on a Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Printing Multiple Documents in a Single Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Using the pdpr Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Using a Reference File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Specifying a Medium for a Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Specifying the Number of Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

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Determining the Status of Your Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Requesting Status Information When Submitting a Job . . . . . . . . . . 30

Requesting Status Information after Submitting the Job . . . . . . . . . 31

Determining Which Printer Device Printed the Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Deleting HPDPS Print Jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

3. Command Reference

HPDPS Object Classes vs. Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Naming of HPDPS Objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

HPDPS Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Command Syntax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Using the -x Flag with Attribute Value Pairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Using Command Flags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Combining Attribute Value Pairs and Command Flags . . . . . . . . . 42

Rules for Command Flags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Examples Using Command Flags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Command-Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Object-Attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Using Arguments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Setting Object-Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Setting Attributes When an Object is Created . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Setting Attributes After an Object is Created . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Attributes That Cannot be Speciﬁed or Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Default Values for Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Syntax for Attribute Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Single-Value Attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Multiple-Value Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Complex Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Complex Attributes Using Braces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Complex Attributes Using Colons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

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Time Attribute Values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Attribute Values for Range and Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Requesting Attribute Values from Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Values for requested-attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Formatting the Display of Attribute Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Headings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

Using Initial Value Objects (IVOs) to Specify Attribute Values . . . . .70

Using an Attributes File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Reading in the Attributes File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Job and Document Identiﬁers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

Speciﬁc Documents within Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

Authorization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Environment Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76

Additional Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Global Character (Wildcard) Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Abbreviations for Attributes and Values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Redirecting Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

A. Command Summary

HPDPS Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

B. LP Spooler Commands Translated to HPDPS Commands

LP Spooler Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

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Conventions Used in this Manual

This manual uses the following typographic conventions:

User input Text that must be entered at the command line exactly

as shown, such as

pdpr -x “page-count=50” File3

Computer Indicates commands or command segments, ﬂags,

attributes, ﬁles, directories, and other items whose

names are predeﬁned by the system, such as pdls and

notification-delivery-method.

Also shows text that is displayed as output on your

screen or is included within a particular ﬁle, such as

# This is a line in my attributes file

Italics Indicates a parameter or argument that you must

replace with the actual value, such as ServerName.

Also indicates a manpage reference.

Bold Indicates words deﬁned for the ﬁrst time.

Also indicates a default value for a ﬂag.

Syntax Notation Command syntax notation uses symbols to indicate speciﬁc conditions.

When issuing an HPDPS command, do not actually enter the following

symbols at the command line, unless speciﬁcally instructed to do so:

Brackets [ ]

Braces { }

Bar |

Ellipsis …

These symbols have the following meanings, as illustrated using the

following sample syntax statement:

pdmod [Flags]{LocalJobId …|GlobalJobId …}

• Brackets, [ ], around values indicate that they are optional. Here,

they mean that you do not have to enter any of the available pdmod

ﬂags with the pdmod command.

• Braces, { }, around values indicate required items that you must

supply with the command. Here, they mean that you must enter

either a LocalJobId or a GlobalJobId with the pdmod command.

Braces are also used within the notification-profile attribute.

• A vertical bar, |, between values indicates that you can only enter one

of the values with the command. Here, it means that when you issue

the pdmod command, you can specify either a LocalJobId or a

GlobalJobId, but not both.

• An ellipsis, …, indicates that you can supply more than one

occurrence of a particular type of value with the command. Here, it

means that you can supply more than one local job identiﬁer value or

more than one global job identiﬁer value with the pdmod command.

Special Characters in

Syntax Some special characters are included in commands. When colons, dashes,

the equals sign, double quotation marks, single quotation marks, and

braces are shown in command syntax notation, include them when you

issue the command. These special characters have the following

meanings:

• A colon, :, separates related values. For example:

pdmod -x "sides=2" Spool12:1011230045

Spool12:1011230045 is a global job identiﬁer on the Spool12

server.

• A dash, -, always precedes a ﬂag. For example, -x.

• The equals sign, =, separates attribute and value pairs. For example:

pdmod -x "sides=2" Spool12:1011230045

means that 2is the value assigned to the sides attribute.

• Double quotation marks, " ", surround multiple attribute and value

pairs, such as:

-x "sides=2 content-orientation=portrait"

For consistency, double quotation marks also are shown around single

attribute and value pairs in all examples, although they are not

required.

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