User's Guide for MS-DOS Clients

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Using LAN Manager Basic
Managing a Shared Printer
job and other jobs from printing. For example, if you have a shared printer at-
tached to the LPT1 (or PRN) port on your workstation, link to the printer queue
(or to other shared printer queues) using LPT2 or another port ID.
• If you must use your printer locally, use the MS-DOS print command, or disable
the printer as a network resource and use it locally. For more information about
the MS-DOS print command, see your MS-DOS manual. For information on dis-
abling the printer, see “Disabling and Enabling the Printer,” later in this section.
Administrator’s Responsibilities
Your administrator is often responsible for connecting the shared printer to
your computer and ensuring that the appropriate LAN Manager Spooler
Agent software is automatically loaded on your workstation. LAN Manager
supports two workstation print spooling programs:
• The LAN Manager Print Station utility (the printsta command) shares a work-
station’s printer with one other workstation at a time, without involvement of a
server.
• The LAN Manager Clispool program (the clispool command) supports the print
spooler (the print command) that comes with MS-DOS. This program is only
available if you have a LAN Manager for UNIX Systems server on your net-
work.
• The LAN Manager Clipcach program (the clipcach command) supports the print
spooler that comes with LaserTools PrintCache version 2.4a. This program is
only available if you have a LAN Manager for UNIX Systems server on your net-
work.
NOTE: LaserTools PrintCache must be purchased separately.
The Clispool and Clipcach programs receive print jobs sent through the
server from workstations and pass them to the appropriate print spooling
program for printing. For more information about the clispool and clipcach
commands, see Chapter 5, “Enhanced Reference.” For more information
about the LaserTools PrintCache software, see the LaserTools PrintCache
manual.
With clispool and clipcach, your administrator is also responsible for
maintaining the printer queue (including such tasks as deleting jobs from
other users) and for setting printer parameters.