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Chapter 5 Overview
Models
For every destination or queue, there is a pre-defined model as sociated with
it. The model defines how the print job will be pr ocessed as it passes through
to the printer. Models are a set of mini filters that can be used to modify the
print data stream. The functions available for each model are as follows:
1. Insert carriage return after line feed
2. Insert a banner page before or after each print job
3. Insert header strings to
•print using upper tray’s paper
•printer using lower tray's paper
•print in landscape mode
•print in portrait mode
4. Insert trailer strings to
•reset the printer once the print job completes
•force the end of the job
•perform a form feed at the end of the data
5. Log one or all of the following information as each print job pass es
through the model
•job ID and username
•user ID and three messages per job about the start and finish
•checksum value of the data transferred
•miscellaneous messages from the printer
•status of the printer based on the port interface signals
6. Load a specific printer configuration before processing a p rint job
•to specify a printer configuration to be associated with a pr int queue
•when a job is set to that print queue, the associated printer
configuration will be loaded before the job is processed .
•allows you to define up to four unique and independent printer
personalities in a single printer.
•allows you to effectively have four different printers in one.