NetWare 4.1/9000 Print Services

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Sending Jobs to Network Printers Using CAPTURE and NPRINT
Using CAPTURE
fast utility, but performance slows considerably if it is searching all around the
network for objects and databases.
• For optimal performance, use the Q=queue option instead of the P=printer option.
If you specify the printer name, CAPTURE will still have to find the queue.
• Use the S=servername option only if you are going out of your current Directory
tree, not if you are capturing within your current tree. This option is intended
primarily for use with NetWare for UNIX 3™ (bindery) servers.
• If a print job is defined, CAPTURE will use all of the options in that job except
those in the command line. The command line options override all other
configuration options.
• Default options include a banner page, automatic endcap, one copy, no tabs, and
form feed. You can set options by specifying a print job configuration or options
at the command line.
• All options function with a preceding forward slash (“/”), but none require it
except /VER and /?. No options are needed if a default printer or print queue is
specified in a default print job configuration.
• Because CAPTURE settings must be reset each time you reboot your computer,
consider placing the command in the system or individual login scripts. See
“Login Script Commands and Variables,” in Chapter 3 of Supervising the
Network.
• NetWare Services allows you to specify the printer name instead of a print queue.
You can still capture to print queues.
• CAPTURE only sets up redirection from parallel (LPT) ports; you cannot specify
a serial (COM) port in CAPTURE.
• The NET.CFG file now includes a NETWORK PRINTERS=number option.
Replace number with the number of printers (logical ports) you would like to
capture at the same time (0-9). The default is 3.
For example, if you set
NETWORK PRINTERS=9
the CAPTURE command can be CAPTURE L=9 even though the physical port
doesn’t exist.
• If you specify a print job configuration that has a large printer mode, you may
need to increase the bytes (default 64, range 0 to 254) in the PRINTER
HEADER=number option. See Chapter 2, “NET.CFG Options Reference,” in
NetWare Client for DOS and MS Windows Technical Reference.