User Guide

Understanding Novell Distributed Print Services 29
Novell Distributed Print Services Administration Guide
103-000137-001
August 31, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
NOTE: For IPX, the SRS uses SAP type 8202; for IP environments, it uses
Multicast.
Through the SRS, plug-and-print public access printers, as well as those
created manually, are immediately made available to users.
If there are multiple Service Registries running on the network, they
synchronize automatically. This synchronization allows users to choose public
access printers anywhere on the network.
In addition to printer information, the SRS also maintains lists of other
services available, such as Event Notification Services and Resource
Management Services. For more information, see “Understanding the Event
Notification Service” on page 29, “Understanding the Resource Management
Service” on page 31, and “Enabling and Disabling Brokered Services” on
page 98.
Understanding the Event Notification Service
Novell Distributed Print Services (NDPS) printers can be configured to
provide event notification regarding print jobs and printer status.
Administrators can configure event notification for interested parties, that is,
non-job-owners that you wish to be notified of a defined printer or server
event that occurs during the processing and printing of a job. See “Configuring
Interested-Party Notification” on page 84 for more information.
Broker
User
Notification Service
screen
pop-up
log
file
e-mail 3rd-party
notify
Operator
printer events,
print job status,
etc.