NetWare 4.1/9000 Concepts

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NetWare Glossary

If your printer or plotter does not function with one of the available print

device deﬁnitions, you can create your own set of control characters and

specify what forms your print device accepts. See “Working with Print

Device Deﬁnitions and Printer Forms” in Print Services.

Printer form

A print option designed to prevent print jobs from being printed on the

wrong paper.

NetWare print services allows you to send print jobs that will not print until

you make sure that the correct paper is in the printer.

For example, suppose your printer uses regular, letterhead, and bond paper.

For each type of paper, you can create a printer form. Each form has a

unique name and number (between 0 and 255).

If you specify this form in a print job conﬁguration or in NPRINT or

CAPTURE with the form option, the print job won’t print unless the

mounted form matches the number required by the print job.

After you check to make sure the proper paper is in the printer, you can

change the number of the currently mounted form at the print server console

or using the NetWare Administrator or PCONSOLE.

Printer forms are deﬁned using the NetWare Administrator or PRINTDEF.

Related utilities: “CAPTURE”; “NetWare Administrator”; “NPRINT”;

“PCONSOLE”; “PRINTDEF” (Utilities Reference).

Printer object

A leaf object that represents a physical printing device on the network.