User Guide

Utilities 143
Utilities Reference
103-000153-001
August 29, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
PSERVER
Purpose
A print server is a software program that monitors and manages printers and
print queues. PSERVER is the native NetWare
®
print server that takes jobs
from a NetWare print queue and directs them (via NPRINTER) to the assigned
printer. In NetWare 6 software, PSERVER is available only as a NetWare
Loadable Module
TM
(NLM
TM
) program that can be loaded on a NetWare
server.
NOTE: Multiple PSERVER modules cannot run concurrently on the same
NetWare server.
Print server functions can be managed through the NetWare Administrator
utility or at the server console.
HINT: This utility is for use with Novell
®
legacy, queue-based print services. iPrint
and Novell Distributed Print Services
TM
(NDPS
®
) are the default and preferred print
system in NetWare 6. Queue-based printing is fully supported in NetWare 6, which
allows your users to continue printing as they always have until you complete the
transition to NDPS.
For a discussion of NDPS support for legacy printing, see Supporting Queue-
Based Client Workstations. For information on migrating to iPrint and NDPS, see
Planning the Migration to Novell Distributed Print Services.
Syntax at Server Console
[LOAD] PSERVER
.CN=printservername.OU=container.O=container
Additional Information
Topic See
Using PSERVER See Setting Up Print Serviers (http://
www.novell.com/documentation/lg/nw51/
printenu/data/hx6f2l7r.html#hx6f2l7r) in
NetWare 5.1 Queue-Based Printing