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Detailed Directions
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Capture Sample Data in Windows Host Using a Novell Print Server
This procedure describes how to capture data for a document you intend to execute using a Novell print
server.
To capture data on a Windows host that uses a Novell print server:
1. Start the NetWare Administrator.
2. In the NetWare Administrator window, double-click the print server in the list of printers. For the
purposes of this procedure, the print server is the optra1650s-nds.
The Print Server dialog box for that print server appears.
3. Click Status.
The Status dialog box appears.
4. Note the values of the Volume and ID fields and then click Close.You use these values later to navigate
to the print queue.
5. In the Print Server dialog box double-click the print queue for the print server. The print queue is the
file whose file name ends in the letters pq. For example, the print queue for the optra1650s-nds print
server is optra1650s-nds-pq.
The Print Queue dialog box for that print server appears.
6. Disable Allow service by current print server and click OK.
7. To verify the print server is paused, print a test page and verify the spool file remains in the print queue.
You can print a test page by clicking Print Test Page in the General tab of the print queue properties
dialog box for this print queue. You can then verify the file remains in the print queue by navigating to
the print queue in Windows Explorer and verifying there is a spool file for the test page. The spool file
has a .Q extension. You use the Volume and ID information you noted in step 4. to determine the path
of the print queue.
8. Send your input data to the print server.
9. Retrieve the spool file for the input data from the print queue.
In Windows Explorer, navigate to the print queue for the print server. Use the Volume and ID
information you noted in step 4. to determine the path of the print queue. The spool file has a .Q
extension.
10. Double-click the spool file to open it and verify the contents are what you expect.