Mackie V7.0 Glossary Master host, Object, Option, Parasite host, PCL printer capability list

Glossary

Master host

A master host holds the master copy of the Xprint V7.0 database. When Xprint V7.0 is introduced in a network, the first computer on which Xprint V7.0 is installed and started assumes the role of the active master host. If Xprint V7.0 is terminated on the active master, the next potential master host in what is called the host hierarchy assumes its function as active master host.

Migrated files

These are files stored on a remote media in order to extend disk space using the remote storage facility from Windows 2000.

Object

This is a generic term for the individual components with which you work under Xprint V7.0 (e.g. printers, printer groups, print jobs, forms).

Option

These are special instructions used to govern command execution. All options are preceded by a minus sign (-). With most of the Xprint V7.0 commands you can specify several options (also simultaneously). The command line xpadd -drtext -deprinter -fm form1, for example, contains the options -dr, -deand -fmwhich are used to alter the function of the xpadd command.

Parasite host

A parasite host is a host which does not have a copy of the Xprint V7.0 database. It requires Xprint V7.0 to be running on a specific computer which is assigned to it as the database server if Xprint V7.0 is to be accessed from the parasite host.

PCL (printer capability list)

This is an object containing all the information Xprint V7.0 needs for controlling a printer. It describes how print options are to be converted into the corresponding control characters the printer needs. Furthermore, it contains information on the technical features of the printer (e.g. its connection protocol) and the conversion of common control characters (form feed, line feed, etc.) performed by the printer. It also describes how the dialog is to be conducted with the printer.

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