Differences from Xprint V7.0/UNIX

Xprint V7.0 for Windows

Under Windows, the printer must be shared in a way that allows the operation Print for the account System of the Windows station where Xprint V7.0 runs.

Directly attached printers (serial or parallel connection)

Xprint V7.0 for Windows is able to print to devices connected to the local ports of the computer. The device address must be the path to the corresponding Windows reserved file. The reserved files for serial printing are COM1, COM2, … and for parallel printing LPT1, LPT2,... The following examples show how to define a parallel and a serial printer in Xprint V7.0:

xpadd -dev PCparallel -da LPT1 -coPARALLEL -pc HP-LASERJET xpadd -dev PCserial -da COM1 -coSERIAL -pc HP-LASERJET

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If a printer is defined in the native Windows Spooler on a port which is also used by an Xprint V7.0 printer, all the jobs printed with Xprint V7.0 are automatically redirected to the Windows Spooler. The Spooler manages the concurrence with its own jobs, so the jobs from Xprint V7.0 and the native Windows Spooler are properly serialized.

As already mentioned, it is not possible to retrieve the device status from directly attached printers, and the serial port driver on Windows also expects some initialization from the Spooler. It is therefore advised to always define the serially connected devices in both Xprint V7.0 and the native Spooler.

9.3.6Logging

On Windows, Xprint V7.0 records its logging information in the system event log. The logging messages can be retrieved with the Event Viewer (Start / Programs / Administrative Tools (Common) / Event Viewer). The messages can be found in the Application category (menu item Log / Application.)

The logged messages are the same as on UNIX.

9.3.7Interoperability with the BS2000 DPRINT system

It is possible to exchange print requests between Xprint V7.0 on Windows and the BS2000 DPRINT print system. The only requirement is to install the file transfer product "openFT" on the Windows machine where the LOCAL Xprint V7.0 gateway GIP2 is running.

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