User Guide

22 Novell Distributed Print Services Administration Guide
Novell Distributed Print Services Administration Guide
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August 31, 2001
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Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Understanding Printer Agents
Before a printer can be incorporated into a NDPS printing environment, it
must be represented by a Printer Agent. No Printer Agent can represent more
than one printer, and no printer can be represented by more than one Printer
Agent.
The Printer Agent lies at the heart of NDPS, combining the functions
previously performed by a printer, print queue, print server, and spooler into
one intelligent and simplified entity.
The Printer Agent can be any of the following:
 A software entity running on a server that represents a printer attached to
a server or workstation.
 A software entity running on a server that represents a network-attached
printer.
 An entity embedded within a network-attached printer.
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