NetWare 4.1/9000 Print Services

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Setting Up Printers Attached to Workstations or Servers
Using Nprinter Daemon
The parameters are global, applying to all printers attached to NPRINTER.
All of the parameters except “Max_Wait_Packet_Time” and
“Status_Check_Interval” set initial values for the printer processes.
Max_Wait_Packet_Time
Specifies the maximum time NPRINTER waits to receive packets before
going on to other processes.
Status_Check_Interval
Specifies the basic interval that NPRINTER waits between doing status
checks on all printers. The NPRINTER daemon adds this parameter value to
the last time it did a status check to determine the time for the next status
check and then compares the next status check time to the current time. It
checks the status when the next status check time is equal to, or greater than,
the current time.
The NPRINTER daemon waits at least the specified interval between status
checks. The actual interval might be slightly longer. For example,
NPRINTER does not do a status check if the next status check time is
10:10:05 and the current time is 10:10:04. It waits and loops through the
program one more time. When NPRINTER returns to the status check
routine, the current time might be 10:10:06 or later.
Idle_Before_Job_End
Sets the threshold value for determining when a job ends if the printer does
not immediately receive another job. The value of this parameter is
multiplied by the “Status_Check_Interval” parameter to determine the actual
time.
If both parameters are at the default value, NPRINTER waits 10 seconds
after receiving the last packet of a job before signaling an end-of-job.
You should increase this parameter if NPRINTER incorrectly assumes a job
has ended when it hasn’t.
Idle_Before_Prt_Status
Sets the threshold value for determining when NPRINTER does a status
check on an idle printer and then notifies the print server if the status has
changed. The value of this parameter is multiplied by the
“Status_Check_Interval” to determine the actual time.