Xerox DocuPrint 180, Configuration Manual

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XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO CONFIGURING AND MANAGING THE SYSTEM 4-1
4. 4 DocuPrint NPS on a Novell
network
This chapter describes how to prepare your system for use on a
Novell network, and identifies some of the things you must consider
before the service representative configures DocuPrint NPS for a
Novell network.
Before configuring DocuPrint NPS on a Novell network, first
determine whether you want the DocuPrint NPS to function as a Print
Server, a Remote Printer, or both.
Choosing a Print Server or Remote Printer configuration
The following contrasts the Print Server (PSERVER) configuration
with the Remote Printer (RPRINTER) configuration for your
DocuPrint NPS.
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The PSERVER configuration uses a licensed connection to a
File Server. The RPRINTER configuration connects to a Print
Server, and does not require a regular client connection.
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Using the PSERVER configuration, DocuPrint NPS can obtain
job attributes from the Novell queue.
The RPRINTER configuration can not do this, and this leads to
some irregularities such as no job and submitter names, as well
as an inability to select duplex through the submission interface.
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The setting of the Novell banner pages switch operates
successfully using PSERVER (this toggles the ElideHeader
attribute).
If Banner Page is requested with RPRINTER, DocuPrint NPS
prints a Novell-generated ASCII banner page as the first page
of a job, and will print the entire job as an ASCII file (500 pages
could be generated when requesting a banner page regardless
of the actual file contents.)
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With PSERVER, multiple copies are requested as a job
attribute; DocuPrint NPS receives only one copy and prints
multiple copies.
With RPRINTER, because most remote printers can not
understand a request for multiple copies, the Print Server will
send the job multiple times to print multiple copies, tying up
network and DocuPrint NPS resources as the file is processed.