User Guide

Managing the Broker 97
Novell Distributed Print Services Administration Guide
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August 31, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
When adding a resource, you will need to browse to the location of the
print driver’s .INF file. If the file contains multiple print drivers, you will
need to select the drivers you want to add to RMS.
5 Click OK or Apply to save your changes to the database.
The drivers will not be added to the database until you do this.
The process described above might not work if the driver installation .INF file
uses subdirectory paths in filename designations within the copy files sections
of the .INF file. This format is not currently supported by NDPS. There are
two possible solutions for this problem:
 Look for an .INF file that does not use this format for filenames. Often
one may exist in a subdirectory of the installation disk.
 Edit the .inf file and remove path information from filenames. Then
ensure that all the files are in the same directory as the .INF file.
Enabling Event Notification Delivery Methods
The NDPS Broker provides an Event Notification Service (ENS) that allows
printers to send customized notifications to users and operators about printer
events and print job status. ENS supports a variety of delivery methods,
including pop-up messages, log files, e-mail and programmatic. Third parties
can also develop additional methods.
The Event Notification Service allows you to enable delivery methods such as
e-mail and third-party methods not provided directly with NDPS. The
executable files for these methods have an .ENM extension (filename.ENM)
and must be added to the server\SYS:SYSTEM directory or another location
in the server's search path.
For more information about Event Notification, see “Understanding the Event
Notification Service” on page 29.
1 Be sure the Event Notification Service is enabled by going to your server
console and viewing the Broker status screen.
2 In NetWare Administrator, select the Broker you want to work with.
3 Select the Event Notification view.
4 Click the Load or Unload button.
WARNING: Do not unload the RPC and SPX
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Programmatic Notification
methods. These are needed for communication between printers and the
workstation Printer Manager utility to occur and for driver download to take place.