Epson C823572 (Ethernet) User's Guide

PShop™Users GuidePShop enables the highest-quality PostScriptand image printing for avariety of color andmonochrome printers.For version 5.1

Chapter 1:Before You Beginx - PShop User’s GuideIf your platform is not listed above, you can contact Vividata, Inc. to see if yourplatform has been a

Appendix F:Software Look Up Tables74 - PShop User’s GuideThe heading is case insensitive and is followed by lines with a single data valueper line. Th

Appendix F:Software Look Up TablesPShop User’s Guide - 75If the swlut command line option is not specified, the input data are passed to theprinter un

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PShop User’s Guide - 77Appendix G: GlossaryGlossary term Term definitionADF Automatic document feederASCII An acronym for American Standard Code for I

Appendix G:Glossary78 - PShop User’s Guidemonospaced font Any font in which all characters have the same width. For example, in Courier New (a monospa

Appendix G:GlossaryPShop User’s Guide - 79text file A file containing information in text form; its contents are interpreted as characters encoded usi

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PShop User’s Guide - 81IndexSymbols"Install Printer" xviii.results file 13, 53/dev/bpp0 xviii, 55, 57/dev/cam 55/dev/ecpp0 xviii, 55, 57/dev

82 - PShop User’s GuideEPSI 5Epson 60Epson Ethernet/EtherTalk interface card 49Ethernet 48exit codes 54Extended Systems 49Ffileswap 78text 79fontmonos

83 - PShop User’s GuideKodak printerscommand line options, PTF files 42Tablemaker 42Kodak XL-7700/XLT-7720 specific controls 31Kodak XLS-8600/8650 con

Chapter 1:Before You BeginPShop User’s Guide - xiExamples: Customer SupportYou can reach the Vividata, Inc. technical support staff by:• Online email

PShop User’s Guide - 84RFC 1179. See network printingRGB file format for SGI. See SGI RGBRIP 1, 4RISC 1RTEL 50Sscaling 27ScanSoft iiiSCSI 6, 57conflic

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PShop User’s Guide - xiiiChapter 2: Software andHardware InstallationOverviewThis section describes the installation procedures for PShop, including t

Chapter 2:Software and Hardware Installationxiv - PShop User’s GuideSCSI Cable LengthsIf you have a SCSI bus with SCSI-1 and SCSI-2 devices that do no

Chapter 2:Software and Hardware InstallationPShop User’s Guide - xvInstalling PShopInstalling PShop on your system consists of a few simple steps. You

Chapter 2:Software and Hardware Installationxvi - PShop User’s Guide# sh vvkey.shThe filename of the script may vary.The license key will be installed

Chapter 2:Software and Hardware InstallationPShop User’s Guide - xviiConfiguring Your PrinterPShop includes a printer installation and configuration t

Chapter 2:Software and Hardware Installationxviii - PShop User’s GuidePShop Installation DirectoryThis field specifies the location of the PShop insta

Chapter 2:Software and Hardware InstallationPShop User’s Guide - xixalready be installed and configured on your system. Vividata's website hasadd

Chapter 2:Software and Hardware Installationxx - PShop User’s Guidemay need to handle jobs with sizes in the sixty-plus megabytes (Please refer tothe

Chapter 2:Software and Hardware InstallationPShop User’s Guide - xxiFigure 2-2 ps_install Remote Print Queues GUIIf a remote queue you want to connec

Chapter 2:Software and Hardware Installationxxii - PShop User’s Guideof a temporary file used to cache the rasterized image for transport to the remot

Chapter 2:Software and Hardware InstallationPShop User’s Guide - xxiiiinclude them.Edit Printer Configuration File: Pops up a text editor with the pri

Chapter 2:Software and Hardware Installationxxiv - PShop User’s GuideConfiguring the EnvironmentEnvironment VariablesA number of environment variables

Chapter 2:Software and Hardware InstallationPShop User’s Guide - xxvYou can also add the name of the directory that contains PShop to the PATHenvironm

Chapter 2:Software and Hardware Installationxxvi - PShop User’s GuideEnvironment Variables used within the Printer Interface ScriptA number of environ

PShop User’s Guide - 1Chapter 3: IntroductionOverviewThe growth in the popularity of UNIX for business, scientific, web-based andother specialized app

Chapter 3:Introduction2 - PShop User’s GuidePostScript-capable CPU’s built into printers. Also, RIP operation is interleavedwith the action of the pri

Chapter 3:IntroductionPShop User’s Guide - 3PShop ComponentsThe PShop package is made up of various components that fit together tocomprise a whole sy

PShop User’s Guide - iiiCopyright NoticesCopyright © 1992 - 2003 Vividata, Inc. All Rights Reserved Worldwide.This manual, as well as the software des

Chapter 3:Introduction4 - PShop User’s GuideOn System 5 based systems, PShop’s set up and operation is more complex.When lpsched detects a new entry i

Chapter 3:IntroductionPShop User’s Guide - 5PShop HighlightsPShop adds many valuable enhancements to the UNIX printing environment.PShop can run on th

Chapter 3:Introduction6 - PShop User’s GuidePShop System DiagramsThe following diagrams illustrate schematically the flow of information withinand bet

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PShop User’s Guide - 9Chapter 4: Using PShopOverviewPShop supports various commands (i.e., PShop, vvlpr, print tools, lp, and lpr) forusing BSD style

Chapter 4:Using PShop10 - PShop User’s GuideUsing PShop on BSD Style Print Systems (SunOS 4.x, Linux and Digital UNIX)When you have completed the PSho

Chapter 4:Using PShopPShop User’s Guide - 11Using PShop on System 5 Style Print Systems (Solaris 2.x, HP-UX, IRIX, and AIX)When you have completed the

Chapter 4:Using PShop12 - PShop User’s GuideInstallation on Solaris 2.x, HP-UX, AIX and IRIX• Make sure banner.ps is located in $VV_HOME/config.• Copy

Chapter 4:Using PShopPShop User’s Guide - 13or lpr/lp commands. Then they will be able to print to the PShop-supportedprinter.If the users on the remo

Copyright Noticesiv - PShop User’s GuideU.S. Government ProvisionIf this Software is acquired by or on behalf of a unit or agency of the United States

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PShop User’s Guide - 15Chapter 5: PShop GraphicalUser InterfaceOverviewWhile all printing to PShop printers can be done through lp/lpr or vvlpr, thePS

Chapter 5:PShop Graphical User Interface16 - PShop User’s GuideBasic OperationsTo launch the PShop GUI, go to the $VV_HOME/bin directory, or if it is

Chapter 5:PShop Graphical User InterfacePShop User’s Guide - 17User InterfaceThe user interface consists of a main panel that contains basic controls,

Chapter 5:PShop Graphical User Interface18 - PShop User’s Guidecommand will be substituted with the name of the printer that appears in thePrinter pul

Chapter 5:PShop Graphical User InterfacePShop User’s Guide - 19Image Size and Position PanelClicking on the triangle next to “Image Size and Position”

Chapter 5:PShop Graphical User Interface20 - PShop User’s GuideOrientationYou can choose to print your file in a portrait (no rotation) or landscape (

PShop User’s Guide - 21Appendix A: vvprint/vvlprCommands & Parameters

Appendix A:vvprint/vvlpr Commands & Parameters22 - PShop User’s GuideUsage Synopsisvvprint [options] filename [filename...] vvlpr [options] filena

Appendix A:vvprint/vvlpr Commands & ParametersPShop User’s Guide - 23• in the user's .vvprintrc file• in the printer’s ID file.IFS Files An I

Table of ContentsPShop User’s Guide - vTable of Contents Chapter 1: Before You Begin ...

Appendix A:vvprint/vvlpr Commands & Parameters24 - PShop User’s GuideUsing vvprint/vvlpr options from lpIn order to pass options on to vvprint fro

Appendix A:vvprint/vvlpr Commands & ParametersPShop User’s Guide - 25usually do not include such information. As a result, certain PShop parameter

Appendix A:vvprint/vvlpr Commands & Parameters26 - PShop User’s GuideParameter Table Parameter(precede each with a '-')Default ValueAcce

Appendix A:vvprint/vvlpr Commands & ParametersPShop User’s Guide - 27savepaper 0 0, 1Limit the printable area of the coordi-nate space to exclude

Appendix A:vvprint/vvlpr Commands & Parameters28 - PShop User’s Guideorientation - portrait, landscape, automaticSet image orientation. Default is

Appendix A:vvprint/vvlpr Commands & ParametersPShop User’s Guide - 29width=nlength=n - n > 0 Width and height of the image. The height=n defaul

Appendix A:vvprint/vvlpr Commands & Parameters30 - PShop User’s Guidehfont=text times font name Set the font used in headers and footers. Must be

Appendix A:vvprint/vvlpr Commands & ParametersPShop User’s Guide - 31Canon CJ-10 specific con-trolsbright=n 0 -50 to 50 Set the brightness of the

Appendix A:vvprint/vvlpr Commands & Parameters32 - PShop User’s Guideptf_file=path - path Load Kodak's standard Printer Table For-mat file (

Appendix A:vvprint/vvlpr Commands & ParametersPShop User’s Guide - 33bright=n 0 -9 to 9 Set the brightness of the image Higher values result in

Table of Contentsvi - PShop User’s Guide Chapter 5: PShop Graphical User Interface...15Overview...

Appendix A:vvprint/vvlpr Commands & Parameters34 - PShop User’s Guidecolormatch=n 0 0 to 3 Select the PG-4000’s internal color-match setting: 0n

Appendix A:vvprint/vvlpr Commands & ParametersPShop User’s Guide - 35redbal=n greenbal=n bluebal=n 0 -9 to 9 Set the color balance of a speci

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Appendix B:Device Driver ConfigurationPShop User’s Guide - 37Appendix B: Device Driver Configuration

Appendix B:Device Driver Configuration38 - PShop User’s GuideOverviewThe first part of this section describes the format of the ID files which are use

Appendix B:Device Driver ConfigurationPShop User’s Guide - 39Fax_port: nonePrinter_port: parallelPrint_queue: deskjetDevice_driver: cdj550

Appendix B:Device Driver Configuration40 - PShop User’s GuideFor a complete list of the default tags included with PShop, please check ourwebsite: htt

Appendix B:Device Driver ConfigurationPShop User’s Guide - 41ID File Field definitions Fields:Option Name ExplanationName The printer's name. Dis

Appendix B:Device Driver Configuration42 - PShop User’s GuideUsing Kodak Tablemaker Files with PShopYou can use custom color lookup tables created by

Appendix B:Device Driver ConfigurationPShop User’s Guide - 43Ghostscript ParametersParameter ExplanationGeneral Controls-r<res>-r<xres>x&l

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Appendix B:Device Driver Configuration44 - PShop User’s Guide-dSoftweave Enable software weaving.-sDithering=<name> Dithering algorithm. Use thi

Appendix B:Device Driver ConfigurationPShop User’s Guide - 45Using PostScript Printer Description (PPD) Files with PShopA PPD file contains sections o

Appendix B:Device Driver Configuration46 - PShop User’s GuidePaper_width: 10200Paper_height: 13200Left_margin: 300Right_margin: 300Top_margi

Appendix C:Accessing Network PrintersPShop User’s Guide - 47Appendix C: Accessing Network Printers

Appendix C:Accessing Network Printers48 - PShop User’s GuideBackgroundIn addition to printing to local printers on the parallel port or SCSI bus, PSho

Appendix C:Accessing Network PrintersPShop User’s Guide - 49 http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1179.htmlPrinters with the built-in TCP/IP pro

Appendix C:Accessing Network Printers50 - PShop User’s GuideThese local queue’s interface script differs from the normal interface scripts inthat inst

PShop User’s Guide - 51Appendix D: TroubleshootingOverviewThis chapter offers some troubleshooting hints as well as brief pointers tomaximize operatio

Appendix D:Troubleshooting52 - PShop User’s GuideIf you have never run Vividata software before, the license manager will not berunning. This is norm

Appendix D:TroubleshootingPShop User’s Guide - 53vvdrv.rcThe vvdrv.rc file located in the /tmp directory will display what SCSI devices oursoftware fo

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Appendix D:Troubleshooting54 - PShop User’s Guideparameters are being passed to GhostScript and whether the file sent to the printqueue is sent correc

Appendix D:TroubleshootingPShop User’s Guide - 55 SCSI DriversPShop may have installed Vividata’s SCSI drivers on your system if your system is not on

Appendix D:Troubleshooting56 - PShop User’s Guidedescribed in the following table:Problems and SolutionsThis section lists some common problems in con

Appendix D:TroubleshootingPShop User’s Guide - 57 $VV_HOME $VV_HOME/bin $VV_HOME/bin/vvprint

Appendix D:Troubleshooting58 - PShop User’s Guidehave the printer connected via a switch box, remove the box and make theconnection directly. If you a

Appendix D:TroubleshootingPShop User’s Guide - 59have a current version), or you can purchase a non-expiring key bycontacting Vividata.• PShop cannot

Appendix D:Troubleshooting60 - PShop User’s GuidePossible causes and solutions:• Your /tmp (the TMPDIR directory) does not have adequate free space. U

Appendix D:TroubleshootingPShop User’s Guide - 61Ghostscript) referenced in the printer's ID file (mainly only in the “alternate”ID files). This

Appendix D:Troubleshooting62 - PShop User’s Guide• You have more than 4 SCSI buses on your system and your scanner isconnected to a bus other than 0,

Appendix D:TroubleshootingPShop User’s Guide - 63PatchesIt is suggested that the operating system be maintained by installing the mostcurrent patches

PShop User’s Guide - ixChapter 1: Before You BeginType ConventionsDifferent kinds of typefaces used throughout this manual indicate text that willappe

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PShop User’s Guide - 65Appendix E: LicenseManager CommandsOverviewPublicly distributed versions of Vividata products use a proprietary licensemanager.

Appendix E:License Manager Commands66 - PShop User’s Guideproduct may be stored in one license key. License keys for more than oneVividata product ma

Appendix E:License Manager CommandsPShop User’s Guide - 67Windows NT ethernet addressPrograms: Administra-tive Tools (common): Windows NT Diag-nostics

Appendix E:License Manager Commands68 - PShop User’s GuideCommand ReferencevvlmstatNAMEvvlmstat – Displays the current status of the license manager.S

Appendix E:License Manager CommandsPShop User’s Guide - 69vvlmstopNAMEvvlmstop – Shuts down the license daemonSYNOPSISvvlmstopDESCRIPTIONvvlmstop shut

Appendix E:License Manager Commands70 - PShop User’s GuidevvlmhostidNAMEvvlmhostid – Prints the lmhostid of the systemSYNOPSISvvlmhostidDESCRIPTIONvvl

Appendix E:License Manager CommandsPShop User’s Guide - 71vvlmrereadNAMEvvlmreread – Forces the license daemon to reread the license fileSYNOPSISvvlmr

Appendix E:License Manager Commands72 - PShop User’s GuideKey Read programNAME<product>KeyRead – Utility that decodes the features from a licens

PShop User’s Guide - 73Appendix F: Software Look Up TablesOverviewNew in PShop version 5.1 is the facility for software look up tables for colormanag