About this Guide

The Advanced Printing Software User Guide provides information on submitting jobs to your printer using the command line interface (CLI) on your workstation.

Audience

This guide is intended for all users who need to submit and monitor print jobs using the Advanced Printing Software command line interface.

Related Software

Compaq Advanced Printing Software features PrintXchange technology developed and marketed by Xerox Corporation.

Organization

This manual consists of the following sections:

• Chapter 1 - an introduction to the manual and an overview of the Advanced Printing Software

• Chapter 2 - information on determining printer resources

• Chapter 3 - step-by-step instructions for submitting a print job

• Chapter 4 - guidelines for managing jobs that are waiting to print

• Appendix A - summaries of command attributes for jobs, documents, and printers

• Appendix B - a comparison of BSD print commands to Advanced Printing Software commands

Related Documentation

In addition to this guide, the following publications are available:

• Advanced Printing Software Command Reference Guide. A guide that provides information on using, maintaining and operating the print system using the CLI.

• Advanced Printing Software System Administration and Operations Guide. A guide explaining installation, configuration, and day-to-day management of the print system. It is primarily intended for administrator and operator use.

Conventions

This document uses the following typographical and symbol conventions:

%
$

A percent sign represents the C shell system prompt. A dollar sign represents the system prompt for the Bourne, Korn, and POSIX shells.

% cat

Boldface type in interactive examples indicates typed user input.

file

Italic (slanted) type indicates variable values, placeholders, and function argument names.

[ | ]
{ | }

In syntax definitions, brackets indicate items that are optional and braces indicate items that are required. Vertical bars separating items inside brackets or braces indicate that you choose one item from among those listed.

colored text

In syntax definitions, literal elements are colored green. Variable values, placeholders, and function argument names are colored red. No special colored text is used outside of syntax descriptions.

cat(1)

A cross-reference to a reference page includes the appropriate section number in parentheses. For example, cat(1) indicates that you can find information on the cat command in Section 1 of the reference pages.