User Guide

24 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 the NDPS Manager
A NDPS Manager provides a platform for Printer Agents that reside on the
server. An NDPS Manager must be created as an object in the eDirectory tree
before you can create server-based Printer Agents.
The NDPS Manager object stores information used by the NetWare Loadable
Module
TM
(NLM
TM
), NDPSM.NLM. You can manually load this NLM at the
server console.
A single NDPS Manager can control multiple Printer Agents. (There is no
hard limit.)
A specific NDPS Manager can be loaded only on one server. If it controls a
local printer, it must be loaded on the server that the local printer is attached to.
While you can perform some configuration and management tasks directly
through the NDPS Manager console interface, iManage is the main tool for
performing these tasks.
For information about other major NDPS components, see the following:
 “Understanding Printer Agents” on page 22
 “Understanding Printer Gateways” on page 25
 “Understanding the Broker” on page 27
PA PA
NDPS Manager
3rd-
party
gateway
NDPS
gateway
Broker
Services
SERVICE
REGISTRY
EVENT
NOTIFICATION
RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
PA PA
NDPS Manager
3rd-
party
gateway
NDPS
gateway
Broker
Services
SERVICE
REGISTRY
EVENT
NOTIFICATION
RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT