HP LaserJet 9000, Administration Manual

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Using Abbreviations for A ttribute Names and V alues
The HPDPS serv ers accept prin t requests from the clien t, p erform requested
op erations, and send resp onses bac k to the clien t.
HPDPS Architecture
Some of the ob jects that make up an HPDPS distributed prin t en vironmen t are
sho wn in Figure 1-2 .
Figure 1-2. Major HPDPS Objects
Figure 1-2 sho ws an HPDPS clien t with a sp o oler and a sup ervisor. The
serv ers con tain the ma jor ob jects in v olved with prin ting: jobs, do cumen ts,
logical prin ters, ph ysical prin ters, and queues. Eac h of these ob jects are
describ ed b elow.
1-4 Introducing HP Distributed Print Service