User Guide

20 Novell Distributed Print Services Administration Guide
Novell Distributed Print Services Administration Guide
103-000137-001
August 31, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Understanding NDPS Printers
NDPS printers can be any of the following types:
 Network-direct printers using a gateway provided by a third-party printer
manufacturer
 Remote printers using RP, LPR, or queue-based protocols
 Local printers attached directly to a file server
Any printer, regardless of its physical type or connection mode, can be
configured as either a public access printer or a controlled access printer.
The following table compares the two types of printers.
Does not accommodate add-ons or extensions
from third parties.
Extensible framework for print devices, including
snap-in interfaces.
Administrators must create and configure Printer
objects manually. Plug-and-print public access
printing not available.
Plug-and-print option available for installing public
access printers using specially designed third-party
gateways.
Issue Public Access Printers Controlled Access Printers
Integration with
eDirectory
Not associated with an eDirectory
Printer object.
Associated with an eDirectory Printer
object.
Availability Immediately available to everyone on
the network. Can be made
automatically available through third-
party gateways or embedded
solutions.
Available only to network users who
have rights assigned to them.
Administration Require minimal administrative
action.
Created and administered as an
eDirectory object.
Network security No network security. Full range of network security options
through eDirectory.
Event notification Provide only job event notification. Full range of event and status
notification options including e-mail, pop-
up windows, event logs and third-party
methods, such as beepers and faxes.
Queue-Based (Legacy) Print Services Novell Distributed Print Services