Epson PP-100II - Development Guide for a Cooperative Application; Functions of a Cooperative Application

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Chapter 4 Development Guide for a Cooperative Application
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Development Guide for a Cooperative Application
This chapter describes necessary information on how to create a cooperative application.
Functions of a Cooperative Application
Incorporate the following functions to the cooperative application.
Functions Description
Creating a JDF file/Copying to the Monitoring
Folder
Used to print/write to discs. These are necessary functions.
Monitoring a JDF file (Changing extensions) You can monitor the job status.
This is not a necessary item since the same information is obtained from STF files.
Monitoring an STF file/Handling errors You can acquire information on such as job status/error code/the remaining of disc/ink level from
STF files. Create and display necessary messages using the information above.
Creating a JCF file/Copying to the Monitoring
Folder/Monitoring when cancelling a job
Used when cancelling a job in the middle. The status of cancelling can be judged with the file’s
extension.
These are recommended functions.
It is selectable whether to incorporate your cooperative application in your system side computer or the
computer connected to Discproducer. In each case, make sure to include all required functions in the
cooperative application to ensure proper operation.