Xerox DocuPrint 4850 NPS, Configuration Manual

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DOCUPRINT NPS ON A NOVELL NETWORK
4-2 XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO CONFIGURING AND MANAGING THE SYSTEM
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With PSERVER, a DocuPrint NPS can receive jobs from only
one print queue on one File Server, but users can submit jobs to
different DocuPrint NPS virtual printers using Novell forms. The
administrator uses the PRINTDEF program to create forms with
the same name as DocuPrint NPS virtual printers. Users then
select a virtual printer by selecting a form with the same name
using the User Tools program in the NetWare Tools folder of
Windows, or the -F option in the DOS CAPTURE command.
With RPRINTER, the Print Server can direct jobs to different
virtual printers, from multiple queues, possibly on multiple file
servers.
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The PSERVER configuration allows the submitter to determine
when printing is complete. Jobs are retained in the Novell
queue until DocuPrint NPS completes printing them. This may
fill up the queue in some environments.
The RPRINTER configuration informs the submitter only when
the job has been submitted, even though it may print days later.
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PSERVER requires that unencrypted login is enabled on the
Novell File Server to which PSERVER connects. Regular Novell
clients will still use encrypted passwords.
RPRINTER does not require that unencrypted logins be
permitted.
The following table lists the differences between DocuPrint NPS as a
Print Server or as a Remote Printer.
Table 4-1. Print Server and Remote Printer
differences
DocuPrint NPS as a PSERVER DocuPrint NPS as an RPRINTER
1. Functions like a Novell print server. 1. Functions like a Novell remote
printer.
2. Connects to a Novell file server and
consumes a licensed connection. 2. Connects to a Novell print server
without consuming a licensed
connection.
3. Reads the Novell print queue
directly and obtains all the job
parameters. 3. Cannot read the Novell print
queue; receives only the job data,
not the data from the queue entry.
4. Not necessary for the user to disable
the print job banner. 4. User must disable the banner for
each print job. If not disabled, the
job prints incorrectly.
5. No unusual delays in output of print
jobs. 5. May be delays in output of print
jobs when jobs are not sent back-
to-back. The system views the
start of a print job as the end of a
previous job.
6. Services only one queue on one file
server. 6. May service multiple print queues
through the Novell print server.
7. Supports user notification of the end
of a print job (completion of printing). 7. Notifies user only when job
submission completes (does not
notify user of print completion).