Xerox 701P47301 Mapping the Ipds Output Bins to Physical Destinations, Creating Stacker Groups

Using Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server IPS Manager

Stacking, the system directs output to suitable bins as determined by an internal selection mechanism.

If Unload While Run is supported by the printer, Printer Specified Stacking allows you to unload one bin while the printer continues to deliver sheets to another bin.

Mapping the IPDS Output Bins to Physical Destinations

The print server sends a list of available IPDS bins to the host. The maximum number of virtual bins permitted is equal to the number of physical stackers in the system. The IPS Manager allows you to select which of the existing physical stackers map to which of the specific virtual bins. This mapping is included in the Job Profile.

Many print engines have a number of output locations that may be used during the course of a job. In addition to stackers, output locations may be top trays, DFA devices, bypass transports, etc. Stacker mapping allows the host application to direct pages to specific output locations on a sheet-by-sheet basis by associating virtual bins recognized by the host with particular output locations on the print engine.

To map the bins to stackers:

1.Open [IPS Manager] Stacker Mappings tab.

2.For each virtual Bin used by the host application, select the pull-down menu on the Output Location column entry for the bin, and select the appropriate Stacker or Group.

3.Select [Host Specified Stacking] from the pull-down menu.

4.Select [Save & Apply] to save your settings and apply them immediately or select [Save] or [Save As] to store your changes in an existing or new Job Profile for future use.

Creating Stacker Groups

Xerox FreeFlow® Print Server allows the user to define stacker groups by name so that they can be referenced both from the Queue Manager / Job Manager GUI, as well as from the IPS Manager GUI.

Stacker Groups allow multiple destinations to be assigned to a virtual bin. This allows the job to switch between the different assigned destinations improving throughput and allowing the operator to unload the stacker while the job continues to be delivered to another destination. This is similar to Printer Specified Stacking but the difference is that the system will only switch among the stackers in the group rather than among all enabled stackers.

Stacker Groups are created in the print server Printer Manager, under Stacking. Select [Create Stacker Group] to create a new group or right click on a group and select [Properties] to change the stackers within an existing group. After a stacker group is