NetWare 4.1/9000 Print Services

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Managing Print Services with PCONSOLE
Printer Options
The printer will remain idle until it receives a “Start printer” command.
• “Start printer” changes the status of this print job from “On hold” to
“Active,” which will start printing again if the correct form is mounted
and the printer is active.
• “Form feed” causes the printer to advance to the top of the next page.
• “Mark top of form” causes a line of asterisks (*) to be printed across the
page. This option is useful when you are trying to align the page on a
printer.
• “Abort print job” allows you to cancel this print job and immediately stop
printing.
• “Rewind printer” pauses the printer and sets the print job to start printing
at the beginning after you start the printer.
• “Service mode” determines how forms needed for print jobs affect the order
in which the print server processes those jobs. Selecting this field displays the
list of modes from which you can select.
Printer forms include information about the length and width of different
types of paper used in your printer. You can designate printer forms to
prevent your print jobs from printing on the wrong paper. The print server
operator is notified when a form change is needed. Printer forms are
configured in PRINTDEF.
When a print job requests a printer form other than the form currently
mounted in the printer, the print server does not service the job until a print
server operator reports that the new form is mounted. A print server operator
can use PCONSOLE, PSC, or NetWare Administrator to mount the new
form.
The following service mode options determine how often the print server
requires you to change printer forms:
• “Change forms as needed”
The priority of each print queue and the order of print jobs in the print
queue determine which print job to service next. You might have to
change forms often.
• “Minimize form changes within print queues”