Creating a Global Print Job Config-uration

There are several ways to create a Global Print Job Configuration
file.  The easiest method is the following:

As Supervisor, create a Print Job Configuration file.  Make sure
that you do delete any entries in the "Banner name" and "Banner
file" fields in PrintCon.  Copy the PRINTCON.DAT file from the
supervisor's SYS:MAIL subdirectory (the Supervisor's directory is
named "1") to the SYS:PUBLIC directory.  With the FLAG command,
flag the file SHAREABLE and READ ONLY.  The syntax would be:

     FLAG SYS:PUBLIC\PRINTCON.DAT SRO<Enter>

Next, use the SMODE command to allow CAPTURE, NPRINT and PCONSOLE
to find the global file.  The syntax would be:

     SMODE CAPTURE.EXE MODE=5

     SMODE NPRINT.EXE MODE=5

     SMODE PCONSOLE.EXE MODE=5

As long as you do not create PRINTCON.DAT files for each user,
the global one will be in effect.  If user PRINTCON.DAT files are
created, they will take precedence of the global file.

You can also set up default print job configurations for groups. 
Create a print job configuration as described above, then copy it
to a special group configuration file directory.  By using the
"IF MEMBER OF" and "MAP INSERT" functions in your system login
script, you can use these files conditionally.  For example, if
you wanted to create a group printer configuration file for a
group called "ACCTING," you could put a PRINTCON.DAT file in a
directory called SYS:GROUPS/ACCTING.  Then add the following line
to the end of your system login script:

     IF MEMBER OF "ACCTING" MAP INSERT S1:=SYS:GROUPS/ACCTING

The first PRINTCON.DAT file found in the search path would now
the one in SYS:GROUPS/ACCTING.

NOTE:  SMODE.EXE will not work properly on a directory mapped as 
a fake root.  To use SMODE to change a file flag, map the 
directory without MAP ROOT.  Also, some backup software will 
reset the SMODE flag to default, either during backup or restore.  



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Reprinted from The Corrigan Group's "Effective NetWare LAN
Management" seminar manual.  Uploaded by the author, Patrick H.
Corrigan.  For more information contact:

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