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 HP DECprint Supervisor (DCPS) for OpenVMS

DECprint Supervisor for OpenVMS (DCPS) is a layered product which offers powerful PostScript printing for HP OpenVMS Alpha and VAX systems and PC clients. It supports many applications and printers from a variety of print vendors. Print queues can use TCP/IP, LAT, or Appletalk over the network or a serial port to connect to the printer. Files in numerous formats can be printed, including PostScript, PCL, and ANSI, with DCPS translating files if necessary to PostScript. With the release of DCPS V2.0, customers with any OpenVMS license also have the 'right to use' DCPS at no charge. Media, Documentation, and Services will be available for purchase.

The DECprint Supervisor family consists of the following products:

• DECprint Supervisor for OpenVMS, Base DCPS--Base drives DIGITAL and selected HP PostScript printers, and supports files formatted in PostScript and ANSI-Compliant DIGITAL Printing Protocol Level 3 (DEC PPL3). It also supports these printers' special features, such as tray selection and two sided printing. DCPS--Base also allows files formatted in Hewlett-Packard PCL® 5 and PCL 5e Printer Languages (PCL 5/5e) to be printed on DIGITAL and selected HP PostScript printers that have a native (built-in) PCL 5 or PCL 5e interpreter. See the Other Hardware Required section of the SPD for specific models. The license rights to this product are included with the OpenVMS operating system.
• DECprint Supervisor for OpenVMS, Open DCPS--Open drives selected third party PostScript printers and supports files formatted in PostScript and ANSI (DEC PPL3). It also supports these printers' special features, such as tray selection and two sided printing. DCPS--Open allows files formatted in PCL 5 or PCL 5e to be printed on certain PostScript printers that have a native PCL 5 or PCL 5e interpreter. See the Other Hardware Required section of the SPD for specific models. You purchase the license rights for this product separately.
• DECprint Supervisor for OpenVMS, Plus DCPS--Plus includes value added features, such as number-up, layup, automatic data type detection and high speed image printing, plus the full range of translators for the most popular printer languages. You purchase the license rights for this product separately. In order to use these advanced printing features with third-party printers, you also need a DCPS--Open license.

  DECprint Supervisor software consists of the following components:

  • A print symbiont that processes print requests for the host on which it resides.
  • Software to transmit the request and associated data over the following protocols: Ethernet to a PrintServer printer via DECnet or TCP/IP using Common Printer Access Protocol (CPAP) Ethernet via TCP/IP to a printer with a network interface card (NIC) that supports the bidirectional raw TCP/IP socket protocol Ethernet via TCP/IP to a printer connected to a print server or a terminal server that supports the bidirectional raw TCP/IP socket protocol AppleTalk® over Ethernet or LocalTalk® Local Area Transport (LAT) Serial line
  • Translators to convert various non-PostScript files into the PostScript language for printing.
  • Page formatting capabilities such as the ability to print multiple page images on a single side of a sheet of paper and to specify borders, margins and page offsets.
  • A series of PostScript tools for application developers. These include a PostScript error handler and Font Encoding Vectors for the ISO Latin Alphabet Number 1 (ISO 8859/1) and DIGITAL Multinational Character Set for use with all the PostScript text fonts that are built into DIGITAL and selected HP PostScript printers.

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    Part#	Part Description	Loan-EMEA Only	SPD
    QA-09NAA-GZ	DCPS VMS DOC KIT			204
    QA-09NAB-H8	DCPS VMS CDRM KIT			328

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