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Pcounter for Netware
Pcounter for NetWare includes 3 NLMs (NDPS,
Queue-based printing and Web interface
versions) to be installed on NetWare file servers. All
NetWare versions 3.x - 6.x are supported.
Pcounter is a completely native NetWare application,
unlike some competitive products which require NT.
Pcounter integrates seamlessly into NDS, Bindery, and
the NDPS Managed Object Database, where it stores configuration
and user information. On large NDS networks where
user printing account balances/quotas are enforced,
Pcounter supports custom NDS schema extensions which
can allow single users to have multiple account balances
for different organizations on the tree, or even to
have multiple account balances for different printers.
Pcounter works with NetWare printing in these ways:
NDPS mode - Pcounter is loaded by the NDPS Manager
as an accounting gateway and works with all printer
gateways directly without any need to reconfigure printing.
Adding accounting to a printer is as simple as shutting
down and starting up a printer agent.
Queue monitor mode - Pcounter intercepts and
manages jobs in queues which are being serviced by other
print servers such as PSERVER.NLM or HP JetDirects.
This is the quickest and easiest method of setting up
Pcounter, as it does not require reconfiguration of
printing.
Pcounter active printing mode - Pcounter
can be configured to actively manage queues and send
print data to network printers, using protocols such
as LPR, AppSocket (Raw TCP/IP - supported by most print
servers), parallel printing, and moving jobs from one
queue to another. The advantages of this option
are that Pcounter can precisely monitor the flow of
data to printers, Pcounter may be able to get page count
information from the printer (which saves on server
CPU processing), and you can save on licensed connections
by having Pcounter send data to print servers instead
of having the print servers login to the file server.
Other features:
- Pcounter can be used to enforce global print job configurations on queues, which can enable or disable banner, form feed, and notify settings without needing to worry about workstation settings.
- Pcounter can automatically assign print job ownership from other platforms (such as Mac and Unix) by searching the NDS tree or bindery, or delete the job if an owner cannot be found.
- Pcounter supports iPrint and NDPS clustering.
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