The CAPTURE and NPRINT utilities

Tips on using NPRINT

Default options include a banner page, no tabs, and form feed. You can override the default options by specifying options at the command line.
If you use an application that does not format print jobs for your printer, NetWare supplies 58 printer definitions for printers. Import one of these or create your own using NetWare Administrator or PRINTDEF. Each printer definition contain the functions and modes for the printer.
Printer definitions 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 includes the printer definition unless the correct job configuration is the default.
If you specify a print job configuration that has a large printer mode, you can increase the bytes (default 64, range 0 to 255) in the PRINTER HEADER=number option.
Options with no filename specified require a preceding forward slash ``/'', including /D, /H, /?, and /VER.
No options are needed if a default printer or print queue is specified in a default print job configuration.
NetWare Services now allows you to specify the printer name instead of a print queue. You can still print to print queues.
If you print to a print queue on the same NetWare server, an asterisk (instead of a whirligig) will appear with ``Please Wait'' and will remain until all the data is transferred. For example, 12MB of information may take some time. The whirligig appears if the source file and the destination queue are on different NetWare servers. In this case, the data does not transfer as quickly.

If you have multiple printers assigned to one print queue, the printer and print queue options will not guarantee what printer services your print job. It is recommended that you have one print queue assigned to each printer unless all the printers are the same.