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Xi-Text Introduction

Xi-Text Introduction. Taricon Technologies Inc. What is Xi-Text?. Print spooling Middleware between creators of print data and printers, etc. Printer management User and operator control, monitoring On-line print viewing Networked Print Management Backup and Recovery. Basic Concepts.

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Xi-Text Introduction

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  1. Xi-Text Introduction Taricon Technologies Inc.

  2. What is Xi-Text? • Print spooling • Middleware between creators of print data and printers, etc. • Printer management • User and operator control, monitoring • On-line print viewing • Networked Print Management • Backup and Recovery

  3. Basic Concepts • Xi-Text is UNIX/Linux oriented • Windows Clients • Other print servers via lpd/lpr • Network-enabled • Platform Independent Middleware • From Desktops to Mainframes • Highly configurable • Highly scalable • Proven, rock-solid architecture

  4. Major Benefits of Xi-Text • Common print management platform • Isolates applications from printing • Virtualizes network printing • Improves operations and control • Provides audit and chargeback • Extends ‘printing’ to other systems • E-mail, COLD, PDF, etc.

  5. Xi-Text Concepts • A print job is submitted via spr • Similar to lp, but more full-featured • Print data is spooled and queued • Can be viewed online • Printed to an available printer or held • Jobs have user and group ownership • Printed based on form type, printer class • User security via class codes, ownership

  6. Xi-Text Features • Automatic printer configuration • Based on form type and qualifiers • Automatic Deletion/Clean-up • Based on time in the queue • Prioritization • Manual or automatic • Multiple User Interfaces • Text, Graphical, Windows, Web-based

  7. Xi-Text Features • Forms alignment • Start, stop backspace print jobs • Automatic conversion via external filters • PostScript to PCL, for example • Local and Remote Printing • LAN, WAN, Terminal Servers • Easy archival and restore of files

  8. How Xi-Text Prints a Job • Checks for desired form type • Perform optional processing based on formtype suffixes • Examples: page orientation, font size, duplex handling, data conversion • Initiate printing • Notify operator if any errors • Notify user via e-mail when complete

  9. Operator Tasks • Mount forms on printers and notify Xi-Text • Perform forms alignment check • Release jobs previously marked held • Watch for printer error messages and correct as necessary • Mark printers ‘down’ as needed for maintenance

  10. User Benefits • Users can check on their own jobs • Files can be viewed online • Users can delete their own jobs • Users are isolated from printer details

  11. How Jobs are Submitted • Via ‘lp’ replacement on UNIX, Linux • Windows Clients • From command line using spr • Remote hosts via lpd/lpr • Applications via API

  12. Advanced Features • Configuration Options • Screens can be configured per user • Screen layouts are user-configurable • All legends, prompts, error messages, even command keywords • Full API for Custom Development • Print jobs can be dumped for backup

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