NetWare 4.1/9000 Print Services

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Managing Print Services with the NetWare Administrator Utility
Working with Printer Forms
Working with Printer Forms
Printer forms affect the order in which the print server processes print jobs.
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 or NetWare Administrator.
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 or NetWare Administrator to mount the new form. For
information on mounting a printer form, see “Mounting Printer Forms.”
Printer form names must begin with an alphabetic character and can have up
to 12 alpha-numeric characters. Numbers can range from 0 to 254. Length
can range from 1 to 255. Width can range from 1 to 999. These numbers are
for your reference only.
NOTE: Printer forms are stored in the Directory Services database. In bindery mode, printer
forms are stored in a file named PRINTDEF.DAT in SYS:PUBLIC.
Creating Printer Forms
1 From the browser’s “Object” menu, select a container object and then choose
“Details.”
2 At the “Object” dialog, press the “Printer Forms” page.
The “Printer Forms” page appears.
3 Choose “Create.”
The “Create New Form” dialog appears.
4 Enter a name for the form in the “Name” field.
The name must begin with a letter and must be unique. It can be up to 12
characters long. Spaces are converted to underscores (_).
5 Enter a number from 0 to 255 for the form in the “Number” field.