NPRINT

Print a file.

Synopsis

NPRINT filename [option ... ] [/? | /VER]

Description

Use NPRINT at a workstation to

• Print an ASCII file.

• Print a file already formatted for a printer.

Options

filename

Specify the name of the file you want to print. Include wildcard characters, drive letters, and directory paths if necessary.

option

Specify on or more options from the following:

S=NetWare_server

Specify which NetWare server's bindery contains the print queue. Default: current tree or server.

P=printer_name

Specify which printer the print job should be sent to. (Specify a default in PRINTCON.)

Q=print_queue_name

Specify which print queue the print job should be sent to. (Specify a default at the NetWare server console or in PRINTCON.)

ALL

View all online help screens, when used with the /? option.

J=job_name

Specify the PRINTCON job configuration to use; does not require other options.

NB

Print no banner page.

B=banner_name

Specify the text that will appear in the lower half of the banner page. Limit: 12 characters.

NAM=text

Specify the text you would like to appear in the upper half of the banner page. Limit: 12 characters.

V

View more information about the printer, print queue, and print job configuration than is provided with the ``Show'' option.

/F=form_name_or_number

Specify the form name or number that the printer will use. NPRINT does not function with an invalid form name.

If you specify an invalid number, NPRINT gives a warning message but still prints.

/C=n

Specify the number of copies. Maximum: 65,000.

T=n

Specify the number of spaces to allocate each tab in a text print job. You do not need this option for byte-stream print jobs. Default: 1. Range: 1 to 18.

/NT

Specify that no spaces be allocated to tabs in a text print job. Use this option to fix problems printing graphics.

/FF

Specify that the printer add blank paper at the end of the print job.

/NFF

Specify that the printer not add blank paper at the end of the print job.

/NOTI

Specify that the user receive a message when the print job is printed.

/NNOTI

Specify that the user not receive a message when the print job is printed.

/?

View online help. (Other parameters are ignored.)

/VER

View the version number of the utility and the files it uses to execute. (Other parameters are ignored.)

Usage

All options function with a slash ``/'', but only ``Help'' requires it (/?).

You can specify the printer name instead of a print queue.

Default options include Banner (B=banner name), No Tabs (NT), and Form Feed (FF).

Specifying a default print job configuration in PRINTCON allows you to specify only the filename with NPRINT. You can override the default options by specifying options at the command line.

NPRINT can be typed without specifying a printer or print queue if a default print queue is specified at the NetWare server.

NPRINT is not needed if you use a NetWare-aware application that can send print jobs to specified printers or print queues.

If you use an application that does not format print jobs for your printer, NetWare supplies 58 printer definitions for print devices.

Import one of these or create your own using NetWare Administrator or PRINTDEF. Each printer definition contain print device functions and modes for the printer.

Printer definitions for print devices can only be referenced in print job configurations.

To print a non-ASCII file that is not formatted for the printer, NPRINT must use the J=name option to specify the print job configuration that specifies the printer definition.

If you specify a print job configuration that has a complex printer mode, you can increase the bytes (default 64, range 0 to 255) in the printer header=number option.

Unlike DOS PRINT, NPRINT is not a terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR) application.

Examples

• To print file MARCH.PRJ, type:
  
  NPRINT MARCH.PRJ

• To print file MARCH.PRJ using print job configuration ``REPORTS'', type:
  
  NPRINT MARCH.PRJ J=REPORTS

• To send file MARCH.PRJ to network printer P1, type:
  
  NPRINT MARCH.PRJ P=P1

• To send file MARCH.PRJ to print queue Q1, type:
  
  NPRINT MARCH.PRJ Q=Q1

• To print file MARCH.PRJ without a banner, type:
  
  NPRINT MARCH.PRJ NB

• To print files beginning with ``MA'' with extension .PRJ, type:
  
  NPRINT MA*.PRJ

• To print five copies of file MARCH.PRJ with no banne, type:
  
  NPRINT MARCH.PRJ P=P1 C=5 NB

• To view all online help screens, type:
  
  NPRINT /? ALL

• To view specific help for the No Banner option, type:
  
  NPRINT /? NB

Additional information

For more information on the NET.CFG file, see ``NET.CFG Options Reference'' in NetWare Client for DOS and MS Windows Technical Reference. For more information on NPRINT, see ``Using NPRINT''.