Owner`s manual

Print Services

Through the integration of Microsoft's LAN Manager, Version 2.0 with

DECnet as well as emulation of IBM's NETBIOS, remote printers appear

as a transparent extension of the client's facilities. This allows the

redirection of local printing to a server-based printer.

PATHWORKS for DOS software also allows one or more parallel printers

connected to a PC to be offered to the network as remote printers through

the use of the Local Area Terminal (LAT) protocol, Version 5.1. (The

PC must be configured within the limitations of the specific version

of DOS to utilize this feature.) This feature allows printing to oc-

cur in the background and does not prevent the user from running ap-

plications. PostScript(R) printers configured to use the parallel port

are not supported.

Note: Use of locally attached printers as remote networked printers is

not available in Token Ring configurations or with Ethernet config-

urations using PATHWORKS for OS/2 or SCO UNIX servers.

The Network Device Utility (NDU) (in conjunction with the NPDRV de-

vice driver) also permits assignment of a local printer device iden-

tifier to the default system printer of a remote DECnet system. The

user can direct output to the network printer device identifier, NPRN:,

causing the data to be sent to a file located at the remote node. This

is a limited facility and does not allow the use of print job switches

or the setting of printer characteristics.

Note: NDU will be discontinued concurrent with the next release of this

product.

Refer to the System Support Addendum (SSA 55.07.13-x) for a list of

supported printers.

Refer to PATHWORKS for VMS (SPD 30.50.xx), PATHWORKS for ULTRIX (SPD

32.44.xx), PATHWORKS for SCO UNIX (SPD 42.85.xx), or PATHWORKS for OS/2

server software (SPD 55.24.xx) for more information on remote printer

support.

Print Screen Support