Destinations
Complete the following steps to define destinations for printing to a socket server. Documents routed to this destination will be sent to the IP address and port specified.
From the Destinations tree, select the destination group (folder) where you want to add destinations. Right-click and select New Destination. The Add Destination dialog box displays.
In the Type list, select Socket.
Next to Add new devices enter the number of destinations you want to create. You can create a single socket destination or create multiple socket destinations and configure them simultaneously.
Click OK. The configuration tab pages that display are shown differently depending if you chose to create a single destination or multiple destinations.
Single destination configuration - Configuration options are listed on the tab pages.
Multiple destination configuration - Destinations are configured in grid format on each tab page. The destinations you chose to create are displayed as rows in the grids. The configuration options are listed as the column headings. You will need to configure the options for each destination row. To configure multiple destinations simultaneously, select the check boxes for the appropriate destination rows and make the necessary configuration changes. The changes will be applied to all selected rows. You can add and remove destinations by clicking Add and Remove below the grid. You can also select destinations and click Copy to create copies.
Configure the general settings. For multiple destination configuration, this is configured on the General tab.
Enter the destination Name.
In the Server list, click the Barr EOM server where the Barr EOM Output Service is located for this destination.
Enter any Comments or Location information for the destination.
If desired, you can change the large destination image that displays when configuring a single destination. To do so, click Select Image and choose the appropriate image file (.bmp, jpg, or png). The selected image will be compressed and scaled to 96x96 pixels. Changing this image will not change the smaller image that displays or the image that displays in the destination tree. To change the image back to the default, click Reset Image.
Configure the socket settings. For single destination configuration, use the Socket settings tab. For multiple destination configuration, use the Socket settings tab (Bulk Configuration).
You can configure a default value and a dynamic override value for most options. Default values are used to manage the documents as they are being sent to the destination. You can choose to dynamically override the default values using document properties. To enter an override value, right-click in the desired Dynamic cell and select Insert Document Property. A menu containing all of the available properties displays. You can select a property from the list or type the property name. If a property is selected and it contains a value, that value is processed instead of the default value.
Enter the IP address or equivalent host name of the print server where the documents will be sent.
Enter the Port number that enables IP packets to be sent to a particular process on a computer. The default number is 9100.
Configure the following configuration options. For single destination configuration, use the More settings tab. For multiple destination configuration, use the More settings tab (Bulk Configuration).
Select the printing cost per page for black and white and color documents.
Select the appropriate Printer family. Printer families are used to configure commands for print languages and map them to destinations based on their capabilities. You can select an existing printer family in the list or create one from the Printer Family Profile dialog box. To create a printer family during single destination configuration, click New. To create during multiple destination configuration, click the Browse button.
If you select a Printer family, you can configure Destination specific capabilities. This determines which print preferences/document properties are supported by the destination. To configure destination specific capabilities, click Configure. The Destination Capabilities dialog box is displayed. All of the document properties available to this destination are listed and grouped into categories. Expand the appropriate category by clicking the arrow next to the category name. Select the check boxes for properties you want to be available for configuration throughout Barr EOM. Clear the check boxes for properties you do not want to be available. If a property is configured by selecting from a list of options, those options will display beneath the property. Select and clear the check boxes to determine the choices that will be available when those properties are configured. Repeat this step until all properties are configured, and then click OK.
Select the appropriate Output process. Output processes can be created to impact documents as they are being sent to a destination. The processes contain a set of actions which could be used for search and replace, setting finishing options, editing PJL commands, inserting overlays, and so on. You can select an existing process in the list or create one using the Process Designer. To create a process during single destination configuration, click New. To create during multiple destination configuration, click the Browse button.
Determine if you want to override the output process assigned to the document and use the selected destination output process.
Select the appropriate Failover profile. Failover profiles specify what should happen to documents when they are sent to inaccessible destinations (they are not able to receive documents). You can select an existing profile in the list or create one from the Failover Profile dialog box. To create a profile during single destination configuration, click New. To create during multiple destination configuration, click the Browse button.
Determine if you want to override the failover profile assigned to the document and use the selected destination failover profile.
Configure the error handling options. For single destination configuration, use the Error handling tab. For multiple destination configuration, use the Error handling tab (Bulk Configuration).
Use the check boxes to determine which of the following conditions should disable the destination.
Destination does not respond
Destination rejects connection
Error occurs during document transfer
Choose if you want to activate the failover profile when the destination reports an SNMP Red status.
Choose the Default failover destination. This specifies what should happen to documents when they are sent to inaccessible destinations (they are not able to receive documents). You can choose to route the documents to a parent group or a specific destination or group. The parent group where the destination currently resides is selected by default.
Click OK.