The CAPTURE and NPRINT utilities

The CAPTURE and NPRINT utilities

Many applications are designed for network printing. For example, WordPerfect^® submits print jobs directly to the print queue. Because you can specify the number of copies, a banner page, and so forth from inside such applications, you do not need specialized NetWare^® utilities to send network print jobs. Such applications usually supply the necessary print driver (control sequences, functions, and so on) and include it with each network print job.

However, there are many applications that are not designed for network printing. CAPTURE is a command line utility that allows NetWare clients (such as DOS or OS/2 clients) to print from applications not designed for NetWare print services. It sets up redirection parameters for printing output from your workstation; the NetWare DOS Requester (TM) or NetWare Requester (TM) for OS/2 software then redirects the workstation output from an LPT port to the specified network printer or file.

The primary function of NPRINT is to print files from outside an application.

NOTE: The CAPTURE and NPRINT utilities are not available to UnixWare clients. UnixWare clients can use the UNIX lp system to print files from applications not designed for NetWare print services. For more information, see Administering printers.