Database property names for printers
Messages about printers might refer to properties by their database names. Not all properties are applicable to all types of printers.
Some of the values that you see in drop-down lists in the user interface are not the same as the values that RICOH ProcessDirector uses internally. When you make some requests using Web services or set values using an overrides file, you must use the internal value. The Internal values column lists the internal values for those properties.
In the Editable column:
- Yes means that an authorized user can change the value after the printer has been created.
- No means that an authorized user cannot change the value.
Printer properties
| Database name | Notebook tab: field name | Brief description | Internal values | Editable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CustomPDFPrinter.ImportPrinter | General: Custom PDF Printer Server | Select the printer server where you want to define a Custom PDF printer device. | No | |
| CustomPDFPrinter.PrinterType | General: Custom printer type | Specifies the type of printer to define as a Custom PDF printer object. | Yes | |
| JdfDirectPrinter.VPName | General: Virtual printer name | Specifies the name of the virtual printer as defined on the Ricoh TotalFlow printer object. | Yes | |
| JdfOutputPrinter.PrinterType | General: Type of printer | Specifies the printer type. | The list of all printers that can be connected as Ricoh PDF printers. | Yes |
| JdfOutputPrinter.BannerPage.Tray | Banner Pages: Banner page input tray | Specifies the printer’s input tray that holds the paper for header and trailer pages. | Yes | |
| JdfOutputPrinter.JobStatusPolling | General: Job status polling interval | Defines how frequently the Ricoh PDF or Custom PDF printer requests updates about the status of a job. | Yes | |
| JdfOutputPrinter.MergeBanner | Banner Pages: Merge banner pages into PDF print file | Specifies whether or not header and trailer banner files are merged into the PDF print file or sent to the printer as separate files. |
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Yes |
| JdfOutputPrinter.Port | General: Printer port | Specifies the communications port for the printer. | Yes | |
| JdfOutputPrinter.URL | General: Printer URL | Specifies the host name or TCP/IP address that is used to communicate with the printer. | Yes | |
| PassThroughPrinter.CodePage | General: Code page | Specifies the code page that the printer uses to interpret the printer command. | Yes | |
| PassThroughPrinter.Command | General: Printer command | The command that is used to submit jobs to the printer. | Yes | |
| PassThroughPrinter. ControlFileTemplate | General: Control file template | Specifies the full path name of the control file template that maps job properties to printer command parameters. | Yes | |
| PassThroughPrinter.MergeBanner | Banner Pages: Merge banner pages into PDF print file | Specifies whether or not header and trailer banner files are merged into the PDF print file or sent to the printer as separate files. |
|
Yes |
| PassThroughPrinter.ValidRCs | General: Valid return codes | Contains a list of return code values that the printer command can issue to indicate that the job printed successfully. | Yes | |
| Printer.CommunityName | SNMP: Community name | Specifies the name of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) community to which the printer belongs. | Yes | |
| Printer.CurrentJobID | Status: Current job number | Specifies the job number of the job that is currently assigned to the printer. | No | |
| Printer.CurrentJobName | Status: Current job name | Specifies the name of the job that is currently assigned to the printer. | No | |
| Printer.CurrentJobPagesStacked | Status: Current job pages printed | Shows the number of pages that have been printed for the job that is currently assigned to the printer. | No | |
| Printer.CurrentJobProgress | Status: % Printed | Shows the current page that is printing for the job that is currently assigned to the printer, as a percentage of the total pages in the job. | No | |
| Printer.CurrentJobTotalPages | Status: Total pages in current job | Shows the total number of pages in the job that is currently assigned to the printer. | No | |
| Printer.CurrentStatus | Status: Last status message | If the printer status is Disconnected or Needs attention, contains the most recent error or warning message received about the printer. Otherwise, contains the most recent informational message received about the printer. | No | |
| Printer.CustomerName | Scheduling: Customer name | Specifies the customer name that is assigned to the printer. | Yes | |
| Printer.Description | General: Printer description | Contains text that describes the printer object. | Yes | |
| Printer.Enabled | Status: Enabled status | Specifies whether RICOH ProcessDirector can schedule jobs to the printer. | No | |
| Printer.EnhancePDFFilter | General: Action list | Specifies one or more actions that can be applied to a PDF file and JDF file before it is sent to the Ricoh PDF or Ricoh TotalFlow printer. | Yes | |
| Printer.FirstSegmentSize | General: PDF first segment size | Specifies the size, in pages, of the first PDF job segment that is sent to the printer. | No | |
| Printer.FoldCapable | Scheduling: Folding capable | Specifies whether the printer can fold pages in different ways depending on the job assigned. | Yes | |
| Printer.HeaderExit | Banner Pages: Enable header pages | Controls whether the printer prints a header page at the beginning of each job. |
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Yes |
| Printer.ID | Displayed in the properties notebook title: Printer name | Contains the name of the printer. | No | |
| Printer.Instance | General: Printer server | Specifies the name of the RICOH ProcessDirector server that sends jobs to this printer. | Yes | |
| Printer.JobSize | Scheduling: Job size supported | Specifies the size of the jobs in sheets that RICOH ProcessDirector can schedule to the printer. | Yes | |
| Printer.Language | General: Printer language | Indicates what language the printer driver component uses when it returns messages to RICOH ProcessDirector. | Yes | |
| Printer.LastModified | General: Last modified | The date and time that the printer was last changed. | No | |
| Printer.Locations | Scheduling: Printer location | Specifies the location of the printer. | Yes | |
| Printer.MaxConcurrentJobs | General: Maximum concurrent jobs | Specifies the maximum number of jobs that the printer driver component of RICOH ProcessDirector can control at the same time. | Yes | |
| Printer.Media | Scheduling: Media supported | Specifies the media that the printer supports. | Yes | |
| Printer.MediaCatalog | Media: Media to use | Specifies whether the media information sent to the printer for a job is system media or printer media. |
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Yes |
| Printer.Model | General: Printer paper type | Contains the type of the printer; for example, continuous-form or cut sheet. | Yes | |
| Printer.Model.Specific | General: Printer model | Contains the model number of the printer. | Yes | |
| Printer.ModifiedBy | General: Modified by user | Specifies the user name of the user who made the last change to this printer. | No | |
| Printer.OutputBin | Scheduling: Output bins available | Lists the output bins that can be installed on the printer. | Yes | |
| Printer.OutputFormat | Scheduling: Output format | Specifies whether the printer is set up to print the first page or the last page of a job first, usually based on finishing or other post-processing requirements. The value can also indicate that the job must be transformed to a different datastream before it can be printed. |
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Yes |
| Printer.PerfectBindingCapable | Scheduling: Perfect binding capable | Specifies whether the printer can glue a cover onto the binding edge of paper. | Yes | |
| Printer.PunchCapable | Scheduling: Punch capable | Specifies whether a finisher attached to the printer can punch holes in the output. | Yes | |
| Printer.Retry | Connection: Printer connection retry count | Specifies how many times RICOH ProcessDirector tries to connect to the printer if an earlier attempt failed. | Yes | |
| Printer.RetryInterval | Connection: Retry interval | Specifies how often RICOH ProcessDirector tries to connect to the printer if an earlier attempt failed. | Yes | |
| Printer.RingBindingCapable | Scheduling: Ring binding capable | Specifies whether the printer can insert rings along the binding edge of paper. | Yes | |
| Printer.S2VBarcode | AFP: Send blank pages after job | Specifies the number of blank pages to send to the printer after the last job that is queued to the printer prints. | Yes | |
| Printer.SegmentSize | General: PDF segment size | Specifies the size, in pages, of PDF job segments that are sent to the printer. | Yes | |
| Printer.SerialNumber | Status: Serial number | Contains the serial number of the printer. | No | |
| Printer.SNMPStatus | Status: SNMP status | Indicates whether SNMP is connected, disconnected, or disabled. | No | |
| Printer.StapleCapable | Scheduling: Staple capable | Specifies whether a finisher attached to the printer can staple the output. | Yes | |
| Printer.Status | Status: Printer status | Contains the current status of the printer. | No | |
| Printer.TCPIP.Address | General: Printer TCP/IP address or host name | Specifies either the network TCP/IP address or the fully qualified host name of the printer hardware. | Yes | |
| Printer.TrailerExit | Banner Pages: Enable trailer pages | Specifies whether the printer prints a trailer page at the end of each job. |
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Yes |
| Printer.UseSNMP | SNMP: Use SNMP | Specifies whether RICOH ProcessDirector uses SNMP to monitor the printer. | Yes | |
| Printer.UseSnmpUpdateMedia | SNMP: Get tray information from printer | Specifies whether RICOH ProcessDirector uses the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to update media. |
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Yes |
| Printer.Version | Status: Version | Contains the printer version returned by SNMP. | No |