Defining Print Devices, Job Configurations, and Forms

For the users in a container, you can add printer control capabilities not provided by the printing utilities by defining print devices. You can also define print job configurations and printer forms to simplify printing tasks.

Prerequisite

• Right-click the container that contains the users for whom you want to define the services, and then choose Details.

To Define Print Devices

1. Choose the Print Devices page.

2. Define the print devices.

   • To create a device, choose Create, and then complete the dialog box.
   • To modify a device, from Name, choose the device, choose Modify, and then complete the dialog box.
   • To delete a device, from Name, choose the device, choose Delete, and then choose OK.
   • To export a device, from Name, choose the device, choose Export, choose the filename and location, and then choose OK.

     By convention, print device files have a .PDF extension.

   • To import a device, choose Import, choose the .PDF file, and then choose OK.

     The .PDF files that are shipped with NetWare^® are in SYS:PUBLIC. They define functions for commonly used print devices.

To Define Print Job Configurations

1. Choose the Print Job Configuration page.

2. Define the print job configurations.

   • To create a configuration, choose New, and then complete the dialog box.
   • To modify a configuration, from Print job configurations, choose the configuration, choose Modify, and then complete the dialog box.
   • To delete a configuration, from Print job configurations, choose the configuration, and then choose Delete.
   • To choose the default configuration for the user or container, from Print job configurations, choose the configuration, and then choose Default.

     A printer icon appears next to the configuration.

To Define Printer Forms

1. Choose the Printer Forms page.

2. Define the printer forms.

   • To create a form, choose Create, and then complete the dialog box.
   • To modify a form, from the form list, choose the form, choose Modify, and then complete the dialog box.
   • To delete a form, from the form list, choose the form, choose Delete, and then choose OK.

     Deletions cannot be undone.