NetWare 4.1/9000 Print Services

2-58
Managing Print Services with the NetWare Administrator Utility
Working with Print Device Definitions
Working with Print Device Definitions
If your application does not have the print driver for your printer, NetWare
supplies print device definitions for many common printers.
Purpose of Print Device Definitions
Print device definitions are sets of functions and modes found in files with
.PDF extensions that correspond to printers, plotters, and other peripherals.
The major functions of these definitions is to ensure that the job is printed
properly and that the printer is left in a known state after completing a print
job.
Printer functions (also referred to as control sequences, escape sequences or
printer commands) give instructions to the printer. Print device definitions
contain the necessary control sequences for such items as boldface type,
underlining, rest, and other printer controls.
To define a printer’s functions, you enter control sequences or printer
commands into the print device database. To do this, you need the technical
reference manual that came with your printer.
Print device definitions do not necessarily represent the full functionality of
the printer. A print device definition can be modified to change the functions
the machine will actually perform.
NOTE: Print device definitions are used by print job configurations. You must create and use
a print job configuration to specify a print device mode for print jobs. See “Working
with Print Job Configurations.”
Figure 2-18 shows a partial list of print device definitions included in
NetWare. New definitions are added periodically.