Mackie manual Administrative tasks under Xprint, Configuring Xprint V7.0 objects

Introduction to administering Xprint V7.0 Administrative tasks under Xprint

5.3Administrative tasks under Xprint

Administering Xprint V7.0 involves a number of tasks which must be performed by the administrator. This section gives a general description of the different tasks and describes the basic procedures. For detailed information on adminis- tering the individual objects, see the next chapter.

5.3.1Configuring Xprint V7.0 objects

With the xpadd command you can add Xprint V7.0 objects to the database, thus making them known in the Xprint V7.0 system. Only print jobs (-job) are not entered in the database but are added to the print queue administered by the corresponding server. The xpadd command may be called for all Xprint V7.0 objects with the exception of the Xprint V7.0 system itself (-sys). For a detailed description of using this command for each object type see the “Xprint V7.0 - Reference Manual”.

When you add an object to the database with the xpadd command, the following rules apply:

–As an Xprint V7.0 administrator you can add any objects you choose and can define any administration hosts for them by specifying a host other than the local host with the -ahhost option (or, for printers and gateways, with the -hohost option). The object you add can then be administered by yourself as well as by the system administrator and the local Xprint V7.0 administrators of this host. As a system or local Xprint V7.0 administrator you can define objects only for your local host.

–Every Xprint V7.0 object needs a unique name in the Xprint V7.0 system. This name should enable users of this object to identify it. For Xprint V7.0- internal objects like servers and supervisors it makes sense to use the name of the host on which these objects are defined. For printers a unique name indicating their location is a good choice, and for job templates, forms and fonts it is advisable to use names indicating their purpose.

–To become available to users and administrators, some objects need to be activated after being added. This applies to the following object types: printers (-dev), servers (-srv), supervisors (-spv) and gateways (-gtw). For printers and gateways you can include in their definition that they are automatically activated on the corresponding host whenever Xprint V7.0 is started on this host in future (option -aa). Servers are automatically activated

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