default-medium

Identifies the medium for document pages on which this document prints.

GUI label

Medium requested

DSS

AIX, CUPS, Passthrough, IPP, PSF

Type

Resettable, single-valued, per-document

Allowed Values

AIX, CUPS
You can enter a text string of up to 255 characters that contains one of the values listed for the medium-identifier attribute for the medium object or a name of a medium you have created. See the medium object medium-identifier attribute.
PSF
You can specify any text string that is listed as a supported medium.
Passthrough
The Passthrough DSS uses this attribute for job validation and scheduling only. It does not affect print output.

Default Value

No default value

Usage Guidelines

  • InfoPrint validates the document against the logical destination attribute media-supported and the actual destination attribute media-supported.
  • InfoPrint schedules the document against the actual destination attributes media-supported and media-ready.
  • For AIX and CUPS actual destinations, any medium selection in the data stream or form definition overrides the value you specify for this attribute.
  • For PSF actual destinations, the value you specify for this attribute overrides any medium selection in the data stream or form definition, with one exception. If you specify different values for this attribute for each document in a job, and also specify a value for the document form-definition attribute, InfoPrint ignores the different values and uses the medium selection in the form definition.
  • If this attribute and the default-input-tray attribute have conflicting values, InfoPrint uses the value of this attribute.
  • For CUPS, InfoPrint Manager maps the value to a medium using the corresponding driver option set in the printer model configuration file. For more information, see "Mapping Attributes and Values to PPD Options" in the RICOH InfoPrint Manager for Linux: Getting Started.