The NetWare administrator utility

Working with printer forms

Printer forms affect the order in which the print server processes print jobs.

Printer forms include information about the length and width of different types of paper used in your printer. You can designate printer forms to prevent your print jobs from printing on the wrong paper. The print server operator is notified when a form change is needed. Printer forms are configured in PRINTDEF or NetWare Administrator.

When a print job requests a printer form other than the form currently mounted in the printer, the print server does not service the job until a print server operator reports that the new form is mounted. A print server operator can use PCONSOLE or NetWare Administrator to mount the new form.For information on mounting a printer form, see ``Working with printer forms''.

Printer form names must begin with an alphabetic character and can have up to 12 alpha-numeric characters. Numbers can range from 0 to 254. Length can range from 1 to 255. Width can range from 1 to 999. These numbers are for your reference only.


NOTE: Printer forms are stored in the Directory Services database. In bindery mode, printer forms are stored in a file named PRINTDEF.DAT in SYS:PUBLIC.


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UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.1 - 5 November 1999