NetWare 4.1/9000 Print Services

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Planning Your Printing Environment
Deciding on Your Configuration Method
Deciding on Your Configuration Method
NetWare Services provides two core utilities for configuring and managing
your network print services: NetWare Administrator and PCONSOLE.
NetWare Administrator is a graphical utility available on Windows
workstations and PCONSOLE is a NetWare menu utility available from the
DOS prompt. The utility you select depends primarily on your printing
environment needs and your own software preferences. In addition, several
supplemental utilities are provided for managing specific printing needs;
these are described in the following sections.
If you are most comfortable with Windows applications, you can use
NetWare Administrator on a Windows system. And, if you’re accustomed to
NetWare printing utilities, you may want to use the DOS utility
PCONSOLE.
The following table describes each utility and points you to the relevant
chapter in this book.
Table 1-1 NetWare Services Print Configuration Utilities
Utility/Location Tasks
NetWare Administrator/
Windows desktop
Creates, assigns, modifies, deletes, and monitors
print queues, print servers, and printers.
Monitors, inserts, modifies, pauses, and deletes
print jobs.
To use NetWare Administrator, go to chapter 2.
PCONSOLE/
DOS menu utility
Creates, assigns, modifies, deletes, and monitors
print queues, print servers, and printers. Sends,
monitors, inserts, modifies, pauses, resumes, and
deletes print jobs.
To use PCONSOLE, go to chapter 3.