User Guide

Understanding Novell Distributed Print Services 23
Novell Distributed Print Services Administration Guide
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August 31, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
A Printer Agent provides the following services:
It manages the processing of print jobs and many operations performed
by the printer itself.
It answers queries from network clients about a print job or document, or
about the attributes of the printer.
It generates event notification so that interested parties can be notified of
job completion, printing problems, errors, or changes in the status of a
print job, document, or printer.
For information about other major NDPS components, see the following:
“Understanding the NDPS Manager” on page 24
“Understanding Printer Gateways” on page 25
“Understanding the Broker” on page 27
Client Printer
Manages job processing
job job
PA
Client
Answers client
queries
query
reply
PA
Client Printer
Notifies Users
error error
PA