Xerox 4050 Installation Planning Manual page 111

XEROX DOCUPRINT NETWORK PRINTER SERIES INSTALLATION PLANNING GUIDE FOR MODELS 4050/4090 NPS
The following table lists the differences between DocuPrint NPS as a
print server or as a remote printer.
Table D-1.
DocuPrint NPS as a PSERVER
Functions like a Novell print server.
Connects to a Novell file server and
consumes a licensed connection.
Reads the Novell print queue directly and
obtains all the job parameters.
Not necessary for the user to disable the
print job banner.
No unusual delays in output of print jobs. May be delays in output of print jobs
Services only one queue on one file
server.
Supports user notification of the end of a
print job (completion of printing).
Can send a job ticket that references one
file on the Novell file server to which the
DocuPrint NPS is connected.
DOCUPRINT NPS ON A NOVELL NETWORK
Print server and remote printer differences
DocuPrint NPS as an RPRINTER
Functions like a Novell remote printer.
Connects to a Novell print server without
consuming a licensed connection.
Cannot read the Novell print queue;
receives only the job data, not the data
from the queue entry.
User must disable the banner for each
print job. If not disabled, the job prints
incorrectly.
when jobs are not sent back-to-back.
The system views the start of a print job
as the end of a previous job.
May service multiple print queues
through the Novell print server.
Notifies user only when job submission
completes (does not notify user of print
completion).
Cannot reference files on a Novell file
server.
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