DEL MAR COLLEGE
CIS 306 - Managing NOVELL® Networks

Instructor: Michael P. Harris
NETWARE BASICS
Part 9 - Netware 3.12 Printing

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Printing from a network workstation is similar to printing from a standalone workstation. When you send a print job to a network printer, however, the job is routed first through the file server and then delivered to the printer by the print server.

When a print job leaves the workstation, it is stored temporarily in a print queue on the file server. This queue, which is a subdirectory on the file server, stores the print job until the print server can deliver it to the printer. When the printer is ready to service the job, the print server moves it from the queue to the printer.

Permanently Set Up Workstation Printing

If you want to print from a non-NetWare-compatible application

or from the screen, you need to route print files from your local

printer port (LPT1) to a file server queue.

1. Enter the SYSCON utility.

2. Select "User Information" from SYSCON's main menu.

3. Select your username.

4. Select "Login Script."

5. Insert the following command into the login script:

#CAPTURE Q=queuename TI=5

6. Exit SYSCON, saving changes when prompted.

7. Log back in to or reboot your workstation to allow the

CAPTURE command to take effect.

Print Screens Using CAPTURE

Before you start printing screens using CAPTURE, you need to

set the CAPTURE parameters in your login script. See

"Permanently Set Up Workstation Printing" on the previous page.

Also, your supervisor needs to set up a default queue.

1. At the command line, type

CAPTURE <Enter>

You can include any of the CAPTURE options except SHow.

Some of the most common CAPTURE options are the following:

L=n

Indicates which of your workstation's LPT ports (local

parallel printing ports) to capture. Replace "n" with 1,

2, or 3. Default: L=LPT1

Q=queuename

Indicates the queue the print job should be sent to. If

multiple queues are mapped to a printer, you must

include this option. Replace "queuename" with the name

of the queue.

TI=n

Indicates the number of seconds between the last time the

application writes to the file and the time it releases

the file to the queue. Include this option if you want

to print from an application without exiting the

application. Replace "n" with a number of seconds

(1-1000). Default: TI=O (TImeout disabled)

2. Access the application containing the screen you want to

print (print-screen).

3. Press <Shift><Print Screen>.

4. If you want to print more screens, repeat steps 2 and 3.

5. When you have selected the screens you want printed, return

to the DOS prompt and type

ENDCAP <Enter>

ENDCAP sends your print job to the default print queue of

your default file server, and then the job is printed.

ENDCAP also ends the capture of your LPT port.

Note: Your workstation might hang if you press the

<Shift><Print Screen> keys when none of your LPT ports

are captured and no local printers are attached to your

workstation. To prevent this, ask your supervisor to

include the following line in the SHELL.DFG file on your

workstation boot disk: LOCAL PRINTERS = 0

List the Jobs in a Queue

A queue is a special directory where print files are stored while

waiting for printer services. To see which jobs are waiting in a

queue to be printed, complete the following steps:

1. Type

PCONSOLE <Enter>

2. Select your file server (if other than your current server).

3. Select "Print Queue Information" from the "Available

Options" menu.

4. Select the print queue whose print job you want to view. If

you don't know the name of the print queue, ask your

supervisor.

5. Select "Current Print Job Entries" from the "Print Queue

Information" list. The print job entries are displayed.

Delete Your Print Job from a Queue

You can cancel your print job by deleting it from the print queue

(even after the print job has started). You can delete a print

job only if you are the owner of the job or if you are the print

queue operator.

To delete your print job, complete the following steps:

1. Type

PCONSOLE <Enter>

2. Select "Print Queue Information" from the "Available

Options" menu.

3. Select the print queue whose entries you want to view. The

"Print Queue Information" list is displayed.

4. Select "Current Print Job Entries."

5. Highlight the print job entry and press <Delete>.

6. Select "Yes" at the confirmation box.

What If...

... I send commands to print a screen, but it doesn't print?

Did you include the CAPTURE command in your login script?

See a previous section called "Permanently Set Up Workstation

Printing."

... The application I'm using says that the print job was

sent, but it doesn't print out?

Did you use CAPTURE to redirect output to a print queue

first?

Are the LPT ports captured? Type

CAPTURE SH <Enter>

Check PCONSOLE and find the appropriate queue. If the

queue has a long list of jobs and none are marked "active,"

see your print server operator. If your job isn't in the queue, the application is not set up properly; check with the

applications expert.

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