About Destination Support Systems (DSSs)

The programs that the actual destination uses to send jobs to the output device are called the destination support system (DSS).

Distribution of destination support systems across platforms

DSSs supported on all platforms

Anyplace DSS

InfoPrint Manager uses the Anyplace DSS to securely pull print jobs from a printer. When requested at the printer console, the print job is processed by an Anyplace DSS before being handed off to Streamline NX. You must configure the actual destination on the processing logical destinations to gain control over the job flow. The Anyplace DSS print jobs take their attributes from the Anyplace logical destination and not from the processing logical destination. All Anyplace actual destinations have the same configuration, especially for attributes which are reflected in the datastream.

InfoPrint Manager transforms jobs submitted to Anyplace destinations to PCL before sending them to the Streamline NX.

With the Anyplace DSS, you can submit jobs to an InfoPrint Manager logical destination assigned to an Anyplace queue that would print the jobs to an Anyplace actual destination.

BSD DSS

The BSD DSS permits InfoPrint Manager to bridge to existing printing subsystems and to remote printers. InfoPrint Manager sends jobs submitted to BSD physical printers as separate print requests to a local or remote print queue.

For local printer devices, InfoPrint Manager for AIX can use the pioinfo back-end program, while InfoPrint Manager for Linux can use the piobe back-end program. More typically, InfoPrint Manager for AIX and InfoPrint Manager for Linux use the rembak program and InfoPrint Manager for Windows uses the lpr command to send jobs to a printer device or to another system. This can be any device or system that supports the lpd protocol and that connects to the network using TCP/IP.

For remote printer devices, you must set up a remote queue and configure the remote system. See the printer configuration documentation of the remote device or system for details on how to set up a remote queue.

DFE DSS

The DFE DSS lets InfoPrint Manager send jobs to Ricoh color engines through a DFE (Digital FrontEnd) print server, using its added performance and advanced workflow tools.

Email DSS

InfoPrint Manager uses the email DSS to communicate with electronic mailing systems.

IPP DSS

InfoPrint Manager uses the IPP DSS to communicate with destinations through the Internet Print Protocol (IPP). This DSS allows InfoPrint Manager to access a printer using a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) string.

PSF DSS

The PSF DSS permits InfoPrint Manager to bridge to the IBM Print Services Facility (PSF) printing subsystem. This DSS allows communication with output devices that have Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IPDS) functions. The PSF DSS is the most flexible DSS. It provides a single point of control and tracking for print jobs. InfoPrint Manager transforms jobs submitted to PSF destinations to IPDS or PCL before sending them to the output device.

The way in which InfoPrint Manager communicates with the output device depends on the type of actual destination. For PSF DSS actual destinations, it also depends on the attachment type. (See Understanding attachment types for PSF actual destinations.)

DSSs supported only by InfoPrint Manager for AIX

AIX DSS

The AIX DSS lets InfoPrint Manager for AIX to bridge to the AIX print-spooling subsystem. In standard AIX printing, users submit jobs to an AIX print queue. The AIX print-spooling subsystem schedules the jobs and passes them to a printer device by a back-end program, usually piobe, or if the queue is a remote queue, rembak.

In the AIX DSS, users submit jobs to a destination from which an InfoPrint Manager queue receives them. The InfoPrint physical printer submits jobs to the printer device using an AIX back-end program.

You should attach this type of printer device as specified by its documentation before creating its associated InfoPrint actual destination.

DSSs supported only by InfoPrint Manager for Linux

CUPS DSS

The CUPS DSS lets InfoPrint Manager for Linux to bridge to the Linux CUPS print spooling system. In standard Linux CUPS printing, users submit jobs to a CUPS printer. The CUPS print spooling system schedules the jobs and passes them to a printer device by a back-end program.

In the CUPS DSS, users submit jobs to an InfoPrint Manager destination from which a CUPS printer receives them. The CUPS printer submits jobs to the printer device using an associated back-end program, usually InfoPrint Managerpioinfo back end, InfoPrint Managerpiorpdm back end for Ricoh printers, or one of the CUPS-provided back ends ipp, ipps, socket, lpd, and so on.

When you create a CUPS DSS destination, InfoPrint Manager attaches for you its associated CUPS printer.

DSSs supported only by InfoPrint Manager for Windows

Passthrough DSS

The Passthrough DSS lets InfoPrint Manager for Windows to bridge to the Windows print-spooling subsystem. This DSS supports mono-IPDS (PostScript or PCL) printers by using standard Windows ports and port monitors.

You must attach this type of printer device as specified by its documentation before creating its associated InfoPrint Manager for Windows destination.