122 GL-1010 Administrator’s Guide
User Benefits
nAll printers are discovered automatically, allowing users to
simply select the appropriate one.
nNDPS automatically downloads the correct printer driver to
the user’s machine.
nSupports customized print configurations.
nSupports drag and drop printing.
nSupplies real-time printer status.
Overview of the Toshiba’s NDPS Gateway
Because the GL-1010 is not a “NDPS-aware” printer, it requires a
“Gateway” in order to emulate the NDPS model. The Toshiba
Gateway mechanism employs several components, notably the
NDPS Manager, NDPS Broker, and NDPS Printer Agent. The
following figure illustrates the communication flow between
these objects.
1The NetWare printer can be discovered in two ways:
MThe printer is automatically discovered by the Toshiba
NDPS Gateway.
NOTE:
While this diagram
illustrates the NDPS
Gateway, Broker/Manager
and Printer Agent as
distinct objects, they are
actually all NLM
applications residing on the
NetWare file server.