SETTING UP THE PRINTER CONTROLLER3-12 XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/4635/180 IPS GUIDE TO CONFIGURING AND MANAGING THE SYSTEMLoading the IPS software license text stringWhen an IPS system is purchased, the new owners must have alicense authorizing them to use the IPS operating system software.Your license is obtained for you by your Xerox servicerepresentative, and must be enabled on the Printer Controller foryour IPS to receive data from the host.For you to obtain authorization to use the IPS software, a licensedtext string of 20 characters, provided by Xerox, must be entered atthe Printer Controller. Initially, your license may be for 90 days. At theend of this period, you receive a “permanent” license.To obtain the license string from Xerox, follow the steps below to findout the host ID on the Sun.1. Open a Unix command tool, using this procedure:a. Click the right mouse button on the blue user interfacescreen background to display the workspace pull-downmenu.b. Select Command Tool from the workspace menu.c. When the command tool window opens, click inside it withthe left mouse button.2. Enter hostid to display your host ID.3. Contact Xerox with the host ID, and follow further instructions.Note: The license string entry procedure is performed only once,unless you receive a new license string, or load a new version of theIPS software.Any time you start the system before your software license isenabled, the Printer Controller boots up in Disabled mode. Thismeans the IPS cannot receive data from the host and thereforecannot print. To enable printing, you must enter your license textstring via windows accessed from the Administration pull-downmenu.1. From the Administration pull-down menu, select IPSAuthorization.Figure 3-11. Administration pull-down menu
