Understanding Novell Distributed Print Services; Overview Of Ndps - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

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Overview of NDPS

Understanding Novell Distributed
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Novell Distributed Print Services
print system in NetWare
of managing printing devices in any type of network environment, ranging in
size from small workgroups to enterprise-wide systems. NDPS allows you to
use iManage, Novell's Web-based management tool. You can also designate
those printers for automatic installation on user workstations, without any
action by your users.
NDPS replaces the existing queue-based printing technology. You don't have
to set up print queues, printer objects, or print servers, and link them together.
Instead, all of your management tasks are focused on the printer itself, which
can be configured as an eDirectory
To better understand how NDPS works, read the following sections:
"Overview of NDPS" on page 13
"Comparing NDPS with Queue-Based Print Services" on page 19
"Understanding NDPS Printers" on page 20
"Understanding the Architecture of NDPS" on page 21
NDPS is the default and preferred print system in NetWare. Novell's legacy,
queue-based print system is also fully supported, which allows your users to
continue printing as they always have until you complete the transition to
NDPS. NDPS provides full support for IP-based as well as IPX
printing, giving you a wide variety of system configuration options to fit your
organization's specific needs.
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Understanding Novell Distributed Print Services

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