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4/1/83

HOW

TO

How

to

Use

This

Manual

The

Print

Server

Subsystem

allows

all

of

the

users

in

the

network

community

to

share

printers

and

to

send

print

requests

to

a

waiting

area

on

the

hard

disk.

These

waiting

requests

are

then

processed

by

the

print

server

station.

This

manual

describes

the

use

of

the

print

server

user

software

and

configuration

of

user

default

files

for

requests.

The

Print

Server

Subsystem

Installation

and

Operation

Manual

explains

how

to

install,

configure

and

maintain

the

print

server

software

and

emphasizes

operation

of

the

SERVER

program

which

runs

on

the

print

server

station.

Those

involved

in

installation,

configuration,

and

maintenance

of

this

package

should

read

both

of

these

manuals.

Prerequisite

manuals

for

users

are:

PLAN

~OO

(TM)

File

Server

User's

Manual

PLAN

~OO

(TM)

File

Server

User's

Guide

(for

your

particular

environment)

Chapter

1

of

this

manual

provides

an

overview

of

the

Print

Server

Subsystem,

introducing

you

to

the

ways

that

the

network

print

system

allows

sharing

of

printers

and

to

the

options

that

you

have

when you

print.

Chapter

2

provides

a

detailed

explanation

of

how

to

fill

out

your

print

request

form, and

how

to

initiate

your

request.

Appendices

A-F

provide

details

that

are

unique

to

each

operating

system

environment.

4/1/83

iii

HOW

TO

The

material

in

this

document

applies

to

Version

2e2

of

the

Print

Server

Subsystem

software.

We

welcome

criticisms

and

suggestions.

Forms

for

reporting

program

errors

and

documentation

errors

or

inadequacies

are

provided

at

the

back

of

this

guide.

tv

4/1/83

CONTENTS

Contents

Disclaimer.

• • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • •

••

ii

How

to

Use

This

Manual

•••••••••••••••••••••

iii

Contents

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

v

Chapter

1

Introduction

to

the

Print

Server

Subsystem

1.0

The

Print

Server

Programs

••••••••••••••

1-1

1.1

The

Print

Server

Station

•••••••••••••••

1-1

1.2

User

S~ecified

Printer

"Setups"

••••••••

1-1

1.3

Multiple

Print~rs

and

Multiple

Setups

••

1-3

1.4

Multiple

File

Servers

and

Multiple

Networks

...............................

1-3

1.5

System

Manager's

Responsibilities

1-4

Chapter

2 The

Print

Request

Program

2.0

Introduction

••••••••••••••••••••••••••

2-1

2.1

Printing

a

File

•••••••••••••••••••••••

2-1

2.2

Printing

Options

••••••••••••••••••••••

2-3

2.3

Multiple

File

Servers

and

Multiple

Networks

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

2-10

Appendices

Appendix A

Using

the

Print

Server

Subsystem

in

the

Apple

//

DOS

Environment

A.O

Introduction..

• • • • • • • • •• • • • • •• • • •• • • •.••

A-I

A.1

Invoking

the

Print

Request

Form

••••••••

A-I

A.2

Proper

Syntax

for

File

Names

•••••••••••

A-2

A.3

Presetting

Defaults

"for

the

Print

Request

Form

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••

A-2

~

A.4

Printing

Applesoft

and

Integer

BASIC

~

Files

..................•...............

A-3

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v

CONTENTS

A.S

Printing

DOS

Files

on a

Local

Printer

.•.............

0

•••••

0

••••••••

e e A-4

Appendix

B

Using

the

Print

Server

Subsystem

in

the

Apple

II

Pascal

Environment

B.O

Introduction

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••

B-1

B.1

Invoking

the

Print

Request

Form

••••••••

B-1

B.2

Proper

Syntax

for

File

Names

•••••••••••

B-3

B.3

Presetting

Defaults

for

the

Print

Request

Form

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••

B-3

B.4

Using

the

Server

Request

Menu

Conunands

•••••

e • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

••

B-9

B.S

Printing

Pascal

Files

on a

Local

Printer

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

B-16

Appendix

C

Using

the

Print

Server

Subsystem

in

the

Apple

II

Cp/M

Environment

C.O

Introduction

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••

C-1

C.l

Invoking

the

Print

Request

Form

••••••••

C-1

C.2

Proper

Syntax

for

File

Names

•••••••••••

C-2

C.3

Presetting

Defaults

for

the

Print

Request

Form

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••

C-2

C.4

Printing

MBASIC

Files

••••••••••••••••••

C-7

C.S

Printing

Files

on a

Local

Printer

••••••

C-7

Appendix D

Using

the

Print

Server

Subsystem

in

the

Apple

III

SOS

Environment

D.O

Introduction

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••

0-1

D.1

Invoking

the

Print

Request

Form

••••••••

0-2

D.2

Proper

Syntax

for

File

Names

•••••••••••

0-3

D.3

Presetting

Defaults

for

the

Print

Request

Form

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••

0-3

D.4

Using

the

Server

Request

Menu

Comm.ands

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

e

0-9

D.S

Printing

BASIC

Files

•••••••••••••••••••

0-15

D.6

Printing

Files

on a

Local

Printer

•••••••

0-16

vi

4/1/83

CONTENTS

Appendix E Using

the

Print

Server

Subsystem

in

the

IBM

UCSD

p-System

Environment

E.O

Introduction

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••

E-l

E.l

Invoking

the

Print

Request

Form

•••••••••

E-l

E.2

Proper

Syntax

for

File

Names

••••••••••••

E-2

E.3

Presetting

Defaults

for

the

Print

Request

Form

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••

E-2

E.4

Printing

Pascal

Files

on a

Local

Printer

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

E-8

Appendix F Using

the

Print

Server

Subsystem

in

the

IBM

PC

DOS

Environment

F.O

Introduction

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••

F-l

F.l

Invoking

the

Print

Request

Form

•••••••••

F-l

F.2

Proper

Syntax

for

File

Names

••••••••••••

F-2

F.3

Presetting

Defaults

for

the

Print

.

Request

Form

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••

F-2

F.4

Printing

DOS

Files

on a

Local

Printer

•••

F-7

Index

Bibliography

Reader

Comment

Form

4/1/83

vii

INTRODUCTION

Chapter

1

Introduction

to

the

System

1.0

The

Print

Server

Programs

The

Print

Server

Subsystem

package

consists

of

user

and

server

programs.

The

user

software,

which

is

invoked

by

users

at

their

workstations,

.presents

a

print

request

form on

the

screen.

The

user

can

fill

out

this

form

and

issue

a

request

for

one

or

more

text

files

to

be

printed.

When

the

user

issues

the

request,

it

is

sent

to

the

file

server's

associated

hard

disk

where

it

becomes a

little

virtual

v~lum~.

The

server

software

processes

these

requests

and manages

the

printing

of

them.

1.1

The

Print

Server

Station

A

print

server

station

is

a

microcomputer

th~t

runs

special

print

server

software.

The

programs

running

on

this

stations

check

the

request

queues

on

the

hard

disk

every

minute

or

so,

taking

requests

in

the

order

they

were

issued

but

considering

special

user

specified

priorities.

The

print

server

software

verifies

that

a

printer

is

available

and

set

up

to

do

the

job.

If

so,

the

job

is

completed.

See

figure

on

page

1-2.

1.2

User

Specified

Printer

"Setups"

A

printer

is

capable

of

printing

according

to

varying

length-of-page

specificatons,

on

different

types

of

paper,

and,

in

some

cases,

in

different

fonts.

Because

the

user

requests

sent

to

a wai

ting

are·a and

don't

have

to

4/1/83

are

be

1-1

INTRODUCTION

processed

immediately,

it

is

possible

to

allow

specification

of

different

setups.

For

instance,

one

employee

may

be

producing

a document

that

requires

a

higher

grade

of

paper

that

is

not

commonly

used

by

other

employees.

The

print

server

software

will

note

that

the

printer

"setup"

specification

is

not

currently

supported

on

the

specified

printer

and

delay

the

request

until

the

software

is

told

by

the

system

manager

that

the

setup

is

currently

available.

Meanwhile,

other

users

who

have

other

currently

supported

preferences,

can

issue

requests

that

can

be

printed

almost

directly.

There

are

many

characteristics

that

determine

a

"setup".

The

system

manager

at

your

installation

will

create

specifications

for

all

the

needed

setups

and

give

names

to

them. These names

are

then

used

by

the

user

when

the

requests

are

issued

and by

the

server

program

when

the

requests

are

processed.

1-2

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FILE

4/1/83

INTRODUCTION

1.3

Multiple

Printers

and

Multiple

Setups

One

print

server

can

be

connected

to

several

printers.

In

fact,

a

network

can

have

more

than

one

print

server

station,

each

connected

to

several

printers.

The

user

request

form

allows

you

to

select

a

particular

print

server

and

even

a

particular

printer

to

do

your

job.

If

you

don't

have

a

printer

preference,

you

can

enter

"Any"

in

the

appropriate

blanks

and

the

first

free

server

will

process

your

request,

directing

it

to

be

printed

on

its

first

available

printer.

1.4

Multiple

File

Servers

and

Multiple

Networks

.

Some

networks

have

more

than

one

file

server

station.

Each

file

server

controls

its

own

hard

disks.

The

print

servers

can

check

with

each

file

server

on

the

network

for

print

requests.

The

user

can

specify

that

files

be

printed

from

any

file

server

in

the

network

that

the

system

manager

allows.

Ask

the

system

manager

for

the

names

of

the

file

servers

that

can

be

accessed.

Print

requests

that

you

queue

on

your

default

file

server

can

specify

files

to

be

printed

that

reside

on

other

file

servers.

A

single

network

print

server

can

serve

several

physical

network

segments

at

once.

The

server

is

simply

connected

to

the

different

networks

by

network

interface

cards

placed

in

different

slots

in

the

server.

Users

on a

network

are

not

affected

by

such

a

mUltiple

attachment.

They

queue

print

requests

as

if

the

print

server

served

one

network

alone.

However,

files

residing

on

another

network

can

be

printed

for

a

user

if

the

system

manager

has

configured

the

system

to

allow

it.

4/1/83

1-3

INTRODUCTION

The

system

manager

can

tell

you

which

file

servers

are

serviced

by

which

print

servers

in

your

system.

1.5

System

Manager's

Responsibilities

Your

system

manager

performs

various

configuration

and

maintenance

tasks

as

detailed

in

the

Print

Server

Subsystem

Installation

and

Operation

Manual.

In

brief,

these

tasks

are:

10

Configuring

various

text

files

that

tell

the

print

server

software

which

file

servers,

print

server,

printers,

and

setups

are

available.

The

system

manager

will

tell

you

the

correct

names

to

use

when

specifying

file

servers,

print

servers,

printers

and

setups.

20

Reconfiguring

these

same

text

files

when

the

information

changes.

3.

Maintaining

the

server

queues

and

killing

requests

that

were

issued

incorrectly,

and

therefore

can't

be

printed.

4.

Presetting

defaults

that

appear

in

the

print

request

form.

See

the

appendix

for

your

environment

for

complete

details

about

setting

defaults.

~4

4/1/83

PRINT

REQUESTS

Chapter

2

The

Print

Request

Program

2.0

Introduction

The

following

sections

present

general

information

on

the

print

request

program.

These

sections

explain

how

to:

a.

Print

files

from

your

workstation

b.

Specify

printing

options

You

will

be

environment

information.

referred

to

the

for

special

2.1

Printing

a

File

appendix

for

your

instructions..

and

To

print

a

file,

invoke

the

print

request

program

·for

your

workstation

environment,

as

described

in

the

appropriate

appendix

of

this

manual.

Turn

to

that

appendix

and

follow

the

instructions

in

the

first

section.

When

the

print

request

form

appears

on

the

screen,

turn

back

to

this

chapter

and

continue

following

the

instructions

below:

4/1/83

2-1

PRINT

REQUESTS

Print

Request

Version

-->

File(s)

to

print?

FS

Pathname:

File

server:

$FE

Page

title:

Identification:

Number

of

Copies:

1

Print

Server:

ANY

Printer

Model:

LINEPRINTER

Eject

(a-none):

62

Setup

:

STANDARD

Priority

(L/S/R/O):

STANDARD

As

can

be

seen

from

this

example,

the

print

request

program

allows

you

to

specify

more

than

just

the

file

to

be

printed.

Options

such

as

number

of

copies,

length

of

page,

and

job

priority

can

be

selected

by moving

the

arrow

at

the

left

of

the

menu from

option

to

option

by

typing

the

key.

If

you

accidentally

hit

the

return

key

too

many

times

and

miss

an

option,

you

can

still

.specify

it.

The

arrow

returns

to

the

top

of

the

request

when you

type

the

key

for

the

"Priority"

option.

Some

of

the

option

blanks

may

already

be

filled

in·

when

the

print

request

form

appears.

These

values,

that

appear

when

the

print

request

form

is

first

invoked,

are

called

defaults.

They

may

be

set

by

the

system

manager,

by

the

print

system

software

or

by

you.

Once you

have

read

and

understood

what

each

option

is

for

and what

values

you

can

enter

for

it,

we

recommend

that

you

turn

to

your

appendix

and

learn

how

to

set

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REQUESTS

your

own

defaults.

You

can

replace

any

value

that

appears

an

option

by

placing

the

cursor

key

in

that

field

(option

blank)

and

typing.

When

you

have

entered

in

the

value,

strike

the

key

and

proceed

to

the

If

you

aren't

happy

with

the

contents

of

a

particular

field

you

can

use

the

key

to

position

the

cursor

in

that

field

again.

Replace

the

contents

by

entering

the

new

value

and

striking

the

key

when you

are

done.

After

you

have

entered

the

values

and

have

issued

the

request,

you

can

respond

with

a

"Y"

to

the

prompt

which

asks

you

if

you want

to

issue

another

request.

The

request

form

appears

again

with

the

same

values

you

just

entered.

You

only

need

to

change

the

values

that

must be

different

for

the

If

a

previously

specified

pathname

has

a

password

in

it,

you

will

have

to

reenter

that

pathname

again.

The

values

you

enter

into

the

print

request

form

are

not

retained

if

you

exit

the

print

program,

to

return

to

your

environment

operating

sytem

or

application.

2.2

Printing

Options

Here

is

a

detailed

explanation

of

the

options,

the

values

that

can

be

given

for

them and what

the

network

print

software

will

do

if

an

option

is

not

specified

(its

default

state)o

The

options

are:

FILE

NAME(S)

Up

to

8

can

be

specified.

Separate

file

names by

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REQUESTS

commas.

Files

must

reside

on

the

same volume0

When

specifying

file

names

to

be

printed,

be

sure

to

use

the

appropriate

syntax

for

your

operating

system

environment

as

explained

in

the

appendixo

FS

PATHNAME:

Enter

the

complete

network

volume upon

printed

reside.

pathname

which

the

of

the

file(s)

virtual

to

be

If

a

network

default

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