User's Guide for MS-DOS Clients

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Using LAN Manager Basic

Managing a Shared Printer

For more information about the printsta command, see Chapter 7, “Basic

Reference.”

Your Responsibilities

You are responsible for the following tasks:

• Maintaining the printer’s link to the server

• Disabling the printer when necessary

When you use the LAN Manager Print Station utility, you are fully

responsible for the printer; print jobs come directly to your workstation and

not through an intermediary server.

The remainder of this section provides information for maintaining the

printer as a shared resource. Of course, the printer also requires the same

routine maintenance any printer requires, such as maintaining the paper

supply and replacing the ribbon or toner. For information about routine

printer maintenance, see the guide packaged with your printer.

Maintaining the Link to the Server for Clispool or Clipcach

When a user sends a print job to the shared printer connected to your

workstation, the server automatically establishes a link between itself and

your workstation. This link uses the drive ID speciﬁed by your

administrator. You do not need to establish this link yourself.

When you boot your workstation and automatically load the printing

programs, the drive ID used for shared printing is displayed, along with a

might disrupt a print job.

Disabling and Enabling the Printer

You can disable the printer by turning it off or by using the clispool or

clipcach command, depending on which print spooler you use. You may

need to turn your printer off if it needs to be serviced. You may want to

disable your printer using the clispool or clipcach command if you need

exclusive use of the printer or if you must use the printer locally. The printer

queue continues to accept jobs, but the jobs will not print until you re-enable

the printer.