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XEROX DOCUPRINT 4850/4890 IPS INSTALLATION PLANNING GUIDE 8-3
Defining the IPS printer to the host
Prior to installation of your IPS printer, your host system must be
configured to communicate with and print on the IPS. This requires
defining several printer parameters to your host. The required
information and configuration procedures differ according to your
connectivity type (channel or TCP/IP), and your host and PSF
environment. You will need to provide these parameters to your
Xerox representative on installation day.
There are two appendices in this guide which provide printer
configuration procedures and the parameters you must define in
order to configure PSF to make a connection with your IPS. One
appendix discusses channel-attached environments; the other
appendix provides information for environments in which the IPS
uses TCP/IP to communicate via Ethernet or Token Ring.
Parameters are given for MVS mainframes, AS/400, RS/6000
running AIX, and PS/2 or other personal computers running OS/2.
Software licensing
When an IPS printer is purchased, the owner needs to receive a
license to use the operating system software. Once a user calls in
with a host ID, (Sun Ultra 2/Ultra host ID), the user receives a license
string. Refer to the “Setting up the printer controller” chapter in the
Guide to Configuring and Managing the System (section titled
“Loading the IPS software license text stream”).
This license is enabled by entering a 20-character authorization text
string at the printer controller keyboard. Your Xerox service
representative obtains this license text string for you and enters it
when your IPS is installed.
Until this license string is entered, your IPS cannot receive data from
the host to print. You can power on and boot the system, and perform
all offline tasks such as setting up input and output configurations,
but the IPS remains in Disabled mode and cannot print.
Although your service representative usually does this for you, you
also can enter your license string, by selecting IPS Authorization
Enablement from the Administration pulldown menu on the IPS main
window. Refer to your IPS Guide to Configuring and Managing the
System, “Setting up the printer controller” chapter, for the procedure.
Note: If your system will be operating in Dual Mode, it requires two
license strings: one for IPS and one for NPS.