Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual page 1058

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Welcome to Novell Distributed Print Services
Documentation Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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Understanding Novell Distributed Print Services
Overview of NDPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Bi-directional Feedback and Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Configurable Event Notification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Tight Integration with eDirectory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Automatic Printer Driver Download and End User Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Printer and Job Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Job Scheduling Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Protocol Independence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Compatibility with Multiple Clients, Applications, and Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Support for Existing Printers (Full Backward Compatibility) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Comparing NDPS with Queue-Based Print Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Understanding NDPS Printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Understanding the Architecture of NDPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Understanding Printer Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Understanding the NDPS Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Where to Place NDPS Managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Understanding Printer Gateways. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Understanding the Broker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Understanding the Service Registry Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Understanding the Event Notification Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Understanding the Resource Management Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Where to Place NDPS Brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
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Planning the Migration to Novell Distributed Print Services
Establishing a Planning Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Assessing Your Current Printing Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Identifying Critical Planning Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Designing Your New System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Determining Your Implementation Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
General Transition Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Making the Transition Gradually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Maintaining Your Queues during the Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Understanding Your Implementation Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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