DocuColor 2060 NPS/IPS on a Novell network

Print queues

A print queue is a holding area on the file server where print jobs are stored until a printer is ready. A queue allows multiple users to send jobs to the same printer at the same time. The queue software accepts and tracks jobs to enable users to view, remove, and change values of jobs while they are in the queue.

Each queue has a directory on a hard disk. A print job sent to a queue is stored as a file within that directory. Once the job is printed, the file is removed from the queue directory.

The print queue software maintains a temporary record of information for every print job. The information includes such items as job number, job position in the queue, time the job entered the queue, print server designated to print the job, user ID of the person who submitted the job, and so on. The user can access this information or cancel a job, using PCONSOLE, for each queue.

Queue to printer relationships

Novell NetWare allows for flexibility in setting up different printing configurations. Multiple queues and printers can be associated in different ways to meet different needs, such as the following:

One queue to one printer

Multiple queues to one printer

One queue to many printers

Multiple queues to multiple printers.

PCONSOLE

PCONSOLE is the main Novell utility used for creating, viewing and managing print queues. When you create a queue with PCONSOLE, the Novell software sets up the queue directory and a bindery entry. The bindery is the database of all users, groups, and other defined entities on the NetWare file server.

NOTE: There is no PCONSOLE access at the DocuColor 2060

NPS/IPS printer controller.

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