Print Layout Page for Print Server
The Print Layout page in NetWare Administrator shows a map of your printing setup. You can see which print objects are assigned to each other and the status of each object. This information can help you quickly determine if printing is operational or which print objects may have problems.
The Print Layout page can be accessed from two locations in NetWare Administrator.
Status for print jobs is not available in the Print Layout page. You must manage print jobs from the Queue object the job is stored in.
The following figure shows a typical Print Layout page for a Print Server object.
Figure 21
Print Layout Page for Print Server
The PSERVER auditing log provides information about all jobs that have been printed. Auditing records are retained as ASCII files so that they can be read with any text editor.
By default, no audit log is created. When you enable the audit log feature you can do the following:
View the log Use the scroll bars to browse through the current log.
Limit the log size By default, the log has no size limitations. The log's current size is displayed in the dialog.
Delete the log Deleting an audit log destroys the current log and, if auditing is enabled, starts a new log by the same name in the same directory.
In designing the auditing log, Novell® has recognized that companies do accounting in a variety of ways. For this reason, the auditing log provides a basic default format based on ASCII text and a fixed record length. Both characteristics are designed to make it as easy as possible to write a customized program to retrieve the information it needs in a format determined by a particular company.
The auditing log is sufficiently flexible to record whatever information a printer sends to it. Regardless of printer type, the log will record how many bytes a job took to print, the user who submitted the job, when the job entered the print queue, when the job was printed, and what printer serviced the job.
If the printer is an XNP type used by Macintosh or UNIX, the log might also indicate how long it took to print the job, how many pages were printed, when the job was printed, and when the job was submitted.
To enable the auditing log from NetWare Administrator or to modify the log, use the following procedure.
From the browser, choose the Print Server object you want to audit and, from the Object menu, select Details.
Select Auditing Log.
An Auditing Log dialog similar to the following appears.
Figure 22
Print Server Auditing Log
Select Enable Auditing.
If you enable auditing, the print server maintains a log of the operations it performs. If the print server is already running, it needs to be brought down and loaded again for this change to take effect.
If you do not enable auditing, the print server will not write to the log. If the print server is already running, it needs to be brought down and loaded again for this change to take effect.
If the auditing log file becomes full, either by using all available disk space or by reaching the size limit set with the Limit Size option, the print server ceases storing auditing information. To avoid losing valuable accounting information, process or archive the information and delete the auditing log file on a regular basis.
Specify whether you want to Limit Size of the log file.
In this field, you should specify the maximum size (in kilobytes) that the auditing log file can reach before the print server stops appending auditing information. Without this limit it is possible for the file to grow until all available disk space is used.
After auditing has been enabled, unload and then reload the print server
(Optional) Submit a print job to ensure that the log is recording information on print jobs properly.
To view the auditing log, select View.
To delete the auditing log, select Disable Auditing.
Select OK.
You can also view the auditing log from PCONSOLE.
For added security, you can limit access to your print server by assigning a password to it. Use the following procedure to do this with NetWare Administrator.
From the browser, choose the Print Server object you want to modify, and, from the Object menu, select Details.
The print server Identification page appears.
Select Change Password.
The Change Password window appears.(The Old Password field is permanently grayed.)
Complete the fields as needed.
To assign a new password, type the new password in both the New Password and Retype New Password fields. Then select OK.
Only alphanumeric characters and underscores are valid. Passwords are not case sensitive.
To remove a password, make sure that the fields are blank, then select OK. When promptedt, confirm that you want to remove the password assignment by selecting Yes. (Cancel is the default.)
A print server can be created in NetWare Administrator, but it must be loaded at the server console. However, an active (Status: running) print server can be unloaded in NetWare Administrator with the following procedure.
If Unload is not activated, the print server may not be running. If it is running, you are not designated as an operator for that print server. In order to proceed, a designated print server operator must be logged in to the workstation you are using.
From the browser, choose the Print Server object you want to unload and, from the Object menu, select Details.
Select Unload.
Do one of the following:
Print jobs in the queue will remain in the queue until the print server is reloaded or they are manually deleted.
Other jobs in the queue will remain in the queue until the print server is reloaded or they are manually deleted.