User's Guide for MS-DOS Clients

Using Shared Printers

Managing a Shared Printer

NOTE: Read this section only if a shared printer is attached to your workstation. If you have

a printer attached to your workstation, but are unsure if it is a shared printer, ask your

administrator.

If a shared printer is attached to your workstation, follow the guidelines in

the next section when using the printer. These guidelines not only ensure

that you get the most out of your printer but also ensure that it is accessible

to users at other workstations on the network. In addition to following these

guidelines, you and your administrator often share responsibility for

managing the shared printer.

This section describes the following:

Information on troubleshooting shared printers is provided in Appendix D,

“Troubleshooting.”

• Guidelines for using a shared printer attached to your workstation

• Your administrator’s responsibilities for managing a shared printer

• Your responsibilities for managing a shared printer

• Maintaining a link to the server

• Disabling and enabling the printer

Recommendations for Using a Shared Printer

Follow these recommendations when using your shared printer:

• Access your printer as a shared resource rather than a local resource. Accessing

the printer as a shared resource enables you to:

• Hold print jobs.

• Supply reset sequences for the printer.

• Print banner pages.

• Use the server as a personal print spooler, queueing jobs before printing.

• Always use an unused port ID when you link to the printer queue on the server.

Using the port ID that connects your printer to your workstation will prevent your