Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server version 6.0 - Manual (Page 40)

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Printing
ASCII and the PS or PCL decomposers
The Xerox Freeflow Print Server software automatically wraps
ASCII files with a predefined set of PostScript code and sends the
data through the PostScript decomposer. Unfortunately, this
predefined formatting does not always meet customer ASCII
printing needs and there are no “knobs” to change the formatting
within PostScript.
As an alternative, ASCII files can be identified as PCL and sent
through the PCL decomposer. The PCL decomposer does provide
some additional capabilities that can be used to modify ASCII files
as desired.
To force ASCII files to use the PCL decomposer, change the file
format in Job Manager. This can also be done by changing the
queue default document property from ASCII to PCL.
setpclcontrol utility
The setpclcontrol utility offers the following user controls:
• Set the site default for the PCL decomposer line termination.
Setting these options allows both native PCL files and ASCII
streams forced through the PCL decomposer to be
conditioned with various combinations of carriage returns
(CR), line feeds (LF), and form feeds (FF). Mainframe and
UNIX environments typically require some form of CR/LF/FF
adjustment.
• Set a custom paper size to map to the PCL escape sequence
<esc>&|101A (which denotes “print on custom stock size”).
HP printers generally respond to this command by imaging an
area of 11.7 x 17.7 inches and then printing the image,
centered, on whatever stock is supplied by the operator. The
setpclcontrol utility allows you to specify a single image and
paper size to correspond with this escape sequence.
NOTE: This utility is now covered on the Xerox FreeFlow Print
Server interface. Click the PCL tab and make selections to Line
Termination.
setlp/lprcopycount utility
The setlpcopycount utility allows the Xerox Freeflow Print Server
customer to modify how the lp/lpr gateway handles a copy count
of one. Beginning with DocuSP version 1.41.06, the default setting
ignores a copy count of one placed on the job by the lp/lpr