DOCUPRINT NPS ON A NOVELL NETWORK
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XEROX DOCUPRINT NETWORK PRINTER SERIES INSTALLATION PLANNING GUIDE FOR MODEL 92C NPS
Using Novell forms to specify virtual printers
Novell allows the user to specify a form that has a name, number,
length and width.
DocuPrint NPS uses Novell form names to specify virtual printers.
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If a Novell user wishes to access a given virtual printer, a form
with the same name as the virtual printer must be defined by
the NetWare administrator. The user must specify that form for
the job.
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The Novell system administrator must create form names to
match the names of DocuPrint NPS virtual printers.
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The form name can have a maximum of twelve characters, and
the first character must be alphabetic.
If a form name is not used, a virtual printer with the same name as
the queue is used.
Forms are defined on the Novell server using the Novell PRINTDEF
program. (Use a prefix such as “DP” to distinguish them from other
form names.)
Note:
DocuPrint NPS is not using a form in the Novell sense. It
reads the name field of the form specified, and interprets it as a
DocuPrint virtual printer. None of the form attributes other than
name
is read.
Remote printer (RPRINTER)
A Novell remote printer workstation (DocuPrint NPS Printer
Controller) is a vehicle for the print server to move print data to a
printer that is not directly connected to the print server. The remote
printer software runs on a workstation that connects to a remote
printer through a parallel or serial port.
The remote printer software communicates with a print server
running print server software. The print server services jobs from the
print queue and sends the data over the network through a SPX
connection to the RPRINTER. The RPRINTERSs are associated
with DocuPrint NPS virtual printers. There can be up to sixteen
RPRINTERs on the Novell file server. The RPRINTER does not have
access to the queue or the data for a job in the queue. The
RPRINTER configuration allows for multiple queues to provide
access to the attributes of the associated virtual printers.
Client Workstations
File/Print server
running
PSERVER
Remote
printer
Remote printer
workstation running
RPRINTER