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Q.
How do I read ad-hoc files into BEPS?
A. Use
the PRINT UTILITY tool, available under the TOOLS menu. This
tool allows ad-hoc importing of a wide variety of different print file
formats on the MANUAL SPOOLING TAB. Simply click ADD, navigate
to and select your file, then tell Print Utility what type of file it
is. Selections include ASCII, ASCII with ASA, Barr/DOS, VBM, AFP,
BINARY, EPS and Custom print data types. The chosen file is
imported immediately and is then available to print or view in the
SPOOL Window.
Q.
How do I setup permanently polled
directories, into which I can just drop print files destined for BEPS?
A.
Once again use the Print Utility Tool, and configure input directories
on the AUTOMATIC SPOOLING TAB. Here you ADD LAN or LOCAL
directories which Print Utility will monitor. Note that each
input directory will accept one data type only. You may
therefore have to create and define several input directories, if you
will have multiple print data types, such as those mentioned above.
Each input directory has a number of
settings relating to it which allow you to tag files with different
values, i.e. All Metacode files coming in from
F:\META-IN may be placed on HOLD and
given a CLASS value of "M" and a PRIORITY of 2. Other settings
control how often the input directory is to be polled and whether
files from that particular directory are Retained after printing, or
Deleted.
Q.
How do I process Postscript and PCL files into BEPS via Print Utility?
A.
Postscript and PCL files are best handled by using the BINARY (NOT NJE
WRAPPED) option. This brings the files in exactly as read from
disk. The reverse is true when these files are printed; they
have to be sent in BINARY mode (to a Postscript or PCL printer) as
well. The BEPS Spool Printer's ADVANCED TAB has an option called
SPECIAL: PASS DATA TO PRINTER UNCHANGED which must be selected to
accomplish this.
Note that BINARY files can only be viewed
in HEX mode and must be reprinted in their entirety.
Q. Who is/are Atac?
A. Atac is the
Barr and Emtex Distributor for Australia, New Zealand and South-East
Asia. With over thirteen years experience in the market, we
support systems running 24x7x365 from Christchurch to Tokyo and Perth
to Mumbai, in most of the largest print shops in the region.
Our
customers include banks, print bureaux, financial institutions and
petro-chemical companies as well as printer and mainframe vendors.
Outsourcing organisations and facilities management companies make
extensive use of Atac's expertise.
Atac is privately owned, with an extensive technical background
stretching back over thirty seven years of continuously profitable
operation.
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