Xerox 180 NPS manual Print server Pserver, Job parameters

DOCUPRINT NPS ON A NOVELL NETWORK

Print server (PSERVER)

A Novell print server (PSERVER) is a combination of hardware and software that takes ready-to-print jobs from the print queue and sends them to the printer. The print server software is the link between the print queue and the printer (either local or remote). Only one print server can be running on the file server. Each print server can service up to 16 printers. A print server can also run on a dedicated machine that is not running as a file server.

Note: Although Novell PSERVER can support multiple queues on multiple file servers, DocuPrint NPS PSERVER does not. It supports one queue on one file server only.

The print server software scans the print queues to which it is assigned looking for jobs that are ready to print. When it obtains a job from a queue, the print server sends the data to the DocuPrint NPS through an NCP/IPX connection. Once the job is sent to the printer, the job is deleted from the print queue, and the file removed from the queue directory.

Fileserver

Print queue

onharddisk Print server software

Client workstations sending print jobs toprint queue

Printer

Printer

Job parameters

The following job parameters are affected when the DocuPrint NPS is configured as a PSERVER:

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Job description is used as the document name

Copies is used to set the number of copies

Sender name is set from the user name

Message is sent to the user when the job finishes printing or is canceled, if you set the Notify flag

ElideHeaders is set to TRUE if you disable banner

Form name is used to specify the virtual printer.

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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