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In NetWare Administrator, administrators can configure event notification for users who want to be notified of a defined printer or server event that occurs during the processing and printing of a job.
For example, the administrator for a specific printer (by default a Manager of that printer) can designate an Operator to be notified if the printer runs out of paper or if the toner is low.
In NetWare Administrator, administrators can configure two types of event notification:
Job-owner notification. You can configure event notification for job owners only through the printer's Configuration dialog box. When notification is part of a configuration, the owner of a job submitted to a printer with that configuration will receive the notification specified. For more information, see Configuring Job-Owner Notification.
At the workstation, individual users can use the Novell Printer Manager to configure event notification pertaining to their own jobs.
Interested-party notification. You can use the Access Control Notification feature to configure notification to be sent to a printer's Managers, Operators, or other interested parties about specified events, normally those that require intervention of some kind. Because this feature is tied to the Printer Access Control feature, it allows you to restrict the list of individuals who will be receiving this notification as much as you want. For more information, see Configuring Interested-Party Notification.
The availability of the following delivery options are dependent on which of them you have enable. See Enabling Event Notification Delivery Methods for more information.
Pop-up notification. Messages will pop up on the screen of individuals designated to receive them. Users designated for pop-up notification must have a default server defined in their User Environment specified in NetWare Administrator. They also must be currently authenticated to that server or they will not receive notification.
SMTP notification. Messages will be sent to the recipient through SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) in IP-based systems.
Log file notification. Messages are written to a file at a designated location on a NetWare server that the recipient has rights to. This is especially useful for keeping a record of printing events for auditing purposes (such as job completions, how often the toner ran out, etc.).
Programmatic notification methods. Two programmatic notification delivery methods are shipped with NDPS: SPXTM and RPC.
Third-party notification methods. The open architecture of NDPS allows third parties to develop additional delivery methods.
Job-owner notification can be configured for specific print jobs or for printer configurations. This section provides procedures for each method.
Configuring notification for a specific print job can be done as follows.
From the main Printer Control view of the printer's Details page, click Jobs/Job List.
(Conditional) If you want to see a list of jobs being retained and not currently scheduled for processing, click Show Retained Jobs.
Click Options and select Configurations from the drop-down list.
Click Notification.
Select the notification methods and events you want.
Click OK.
The following procedure explains how to configure job-owner notification by modifying an existing configuration. You can also configure job-owner notification when creating a new configuration.
In NetWare Administrator, select the printer that you want to configure.
Click the Configuration button.
The Printer Configurations window lists the default printer configuration and any other configurations that have been created for this printer in NetWare Administrator.
Select the configuration you want to modify and click Modify.
Click the Notification tab.
Click the icon representing the method you want to use.
Select the notification methods and events you want.
Click OK.
The following procedure allows you to specify the users who will receive event notification for a NDPS Printer object, the method of notification, and the types of events they will receive notification for.
In NetWare Administrator, select the Printer you want to configure.
Click the Access Control button.
Three roles are available: Manager, Operator, and User.
Select the role you want to configure Access Control notification for.
Select the object you want to configure notification for and click Notification.
Click the icon representing the method you want to use.
Select the notification methods and events you want.
Click OK.
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