Tips on using CAPTURE

• You do not need to use CAPTURE if you use a NetWare-aware application that is configured to send print jobs to printers or print queues.

• When setting up your Directory structure, keep printers, print job configurations, and users as close together in the tree as possible. CAPTURE is normally a very fast utility, but performance slows considerably if it is searching all around the network for objects and databases.

• For optimal performance, use the Q=queue option instead of the P=printer option. If you specify the printer name, CAPTURE will still have to find the queue.

• Use the S=servername option only if you are going out of your current Directory tree, not if you are capturing within your current tree. This option is intended primarily for use with NetWare for UNIX 3 (bindery) servers.

• If a print job is defined, CAPTURE will use all of the options in that job except those in the command line. The command line options override all other configuration options.

• Default options include a banner page, automatic endcap, one copy, no tabs, and form feed. You can set options by specifying a print job configuration or options at the command line.

• All options function with a preceding forward slash ``/'', but none require it except /VER and /?. No options are needed if a default printer or print queue is specified in a default print job configuration.

• Because CAPTURE settings must be reset each time you reboot your computer, consider placing the command in the system or individual login scripts.

• NetWare Services allows you to specify the printer name instead of a print queue. You can still capture to print queues.

• CAPTURE only sets up redirection from parallel (LPT) ports; you cannot specify a serial (COM) port in CAPTURE.

• The NET.CFG file now includes a NETWORK PRINTERS=number option. Replace number with the number of printers (logical ports) you would like to capture at the same time (0-9). The default is ``3''.

  For example, if you set
  
  NETWORK PRINTERS=9

  the CAPTURE command can be
  
  CAPTURE L=9

  even though the physical port doesn't exist.

• If you specify a print job configuration that has a large printer mode, you may need to increase the bytes (default 64, range 0 to 254) in the PRINTER HEADER=number option.