NetWare 4.1/9000 Print Services

4-9
Sending Jobs to Network Printers Using CAPTURE and NPRINT
Using CAPTURE
Printing to a Network Printer
To print to a network printer from an application that is not designed to run
on a network, follow these steps.
Procedure
1 Type
CAPTURE P=printername TI=number LPT1
2 Enter your application.
3 Either open or create the files you want to print.
4 Print your data using the print keys for your application.
Your application sends the print job to the parallel ports. Before the print job
arrives at the port, CAPTURE sets flags that redirects the job to the appropriate
queue.
5 When you have finished printing the files you need, exit the application.
In most applications, printing begins immediately after you send the job.
• If “Autoendcap” (AU) is enabled, your job is queued when you exit the
Show SH Shows the current status of LPT (parallel) ports. Do not use
with other options.
Tabs T=number (1-
18)
Specifies the number of spaces to be substituted for each tab
in a print job (default=8). Specify NT (No tabs) for byte
stream print jobs.
Timeout TI=
number
(0-1000)
Specifies the number of seconds to wait after the last data is
received before closing the print job.
If your timeout is not long enough, you may have problems
printing some files, especially files with graphics. Increase
the timeout if only parts of files are being printed or if the
files do not print at all.
Default: TI=0 (TImeout disabled)
Table 4-2 CAPTURE Options
Option Syntax Description