Welcome To Novell Distributed Print Services - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

Welcome to Novell Distributed Print Services

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Novell Distributed Print Services
Novell's legacy queue-based print service architecture. NDPS was designed to
handle the increased complexity of managing modern printers in a network
environment and to exploit the new functionality offered by these printers.
The power and versatility of NDPS will help you get the most out of your
printing resources, whether you're in a small workgroup or an enterprise-wide
system.
NDPS works in conjuction with iPrint to allow true location-based printing.
With iPrint, users use their Web browser to locate and install printers and their
print drivers on their workstations. NDPS provides the infrastructure to move
the print jobs between the workstations and the printers.
NDPS is fully compatible with your existing queue-based printing resources,
which means that you can make the transition from your legacy printing setup
gradually.
For more information about migrating your queue-based system to NDPS, see
the Chapter 2, "Planning the Migration to Novell Distributed Print Services,"
on page 35.
The following information will assist you in understanding and setting up
NDPS:
Chapter 1, "Understanding Novell Distributed Print Services," on page
13
Chapter 2, "Planning the Migration to Novell Distributed Print Services,"
on page 35
Chapter 3, "Setting Up a New NDPS Printing System," on page 57
Chapter 4, "Managing Printers," on page 71
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