System overviewInstallation Planning Guide 1-3Xerox-suppliedprinter interfaceThe printer interface cables provide high-speed data transportand communication between the printer controller and theprinter.Xerox-suppliedDocuPrint printerThe printer accepts data from the printer controller and prints thedocument according to the print options specified by the user.The printer also provides optional paper stitching and stacking.Connectivity configurationsThe NPS/IPS can process network PDL and IPDS jobsconcurrently.To support the submission of jobs from a variety of hosts,configuration possibilities include:• The same Token Ring or Ethernet connection can be used forboth IPDS and Postscript/PCL.• Both a Token Ring card and an Ethernet card can reside inthe Sun workstation controller, with one being used for IPDSand the other for PostScript/PCL.• Bus and tag attachment through the channel interface can beused for IPDS jobs from a channel-attached host; Token Ringor Ethernet connection can be used for jobs submitted overthe network.NPS/IPS concurrent printingThe Xerox NPS/IPS can receive a variety of data streamsincluding IPDS, PostScript Levels 1 and 2, PCL 5c, PCL 5e, TIFF,and ASCII. The system automatically senses the type of job andprocesses it appropriately.When your system is printing IPDS jobs, it can accept networkPDL data streams in the background. When network PDL jobsare printing, only one IPDS job can be queued.
