With the SCO Gateway for NetWare print system, users submit print jobs to
NetWare printers using standard SCO OpenServer graphical or command line
printing commands.
What happens when a user submits a SCO Gateway for NetWare print job
Although SCO Gateway for NetWare print jobs are submitted in the same
way as any other UNIX system print jobs, the SCO Gateway for NetWare
print system processes the print job differently than
the UNIX system print system does. Once submitted, the NetWare print
job is:
First queued on the UNIX system print queue (the local queue).
The system attempts to transfer the print job from the local
UNIX system queue
to the remote NetWare print queue (the remote queue). This
is influenced by the user's NetWare login status:
If the user is logged into the NetWare fileserver associated
with the printer, the print job is
transferred to the NetWare print queue (the remote queue).
If the user is not logged into the NetWare fileserver associated
with the printer and autologin is
disabled (the default condition for all users), the print job
is abandoned and an error message
is electronically mailed to the user.
If the user is not logged into the NetWare fileserver associated
with the printer and autologin is enabled,
the autologin feature produces a graphical window at the user's
console, requesting a login to the NetWare server. After the
login and password are verified, the print job is transferred
to the NetWare print queue (the remote queue).
For more information
on NetWare autologin, see
``Autologin''.
Because SCO Gateway for NetWare print jobs are first locally queued on the UNIX system and
then remotely queued on NetWare, some print job
management features are lost once the remote queuing takes place.
However, while a SCO Gateway for NetWare print job is locally queued, all UNIX system print job
management features are available.
Once a SCO Gateway for NetWare print job is remotely queued on NetWare, use
pconsole on a DOS client to:
move a remotely queued print job between queues
change the priority of a remotely queued print job
put a remotely queued print job on hold
move a remotely queued print job to the head of the queue