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NetWare v3.12 Printing Utilities - TID1006560 (last modified 02FEB1999)
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abstract

Contains updated NetWare printing utilities (v3.75) that shipped with NetWare
v3.12. These files correct a number of problems with earlier printing
utilities. Includes Capture, NPrint, PConsole, PrintCon, PrintDef, and PSC.
This new version of Capture.exe fixes a problem with changing to and from form
number 0.

installation

1) Make a backup copy of original utilities.

2) Flag the original utilities in SYS:PUBLIC as normal.

3) Copy the new utilites over the original versions.

4) Flag the new utilities to shareble readonly.

Patch History:

CAPTURE.EXE Netware 2.15c and above
01/28/91 49505
1) This EXE shipped with NetWare 2.2 and 3.11.

05/01/92 161487 v3.52

10/28/92 161103 V3.62
1) Contains NCP Packet Signing.

05/20/93 166743 v3.75
1) Contains new command line parameters:
     To end a Capture:
          /EndCap
          /ALL
          /CAncel
NOTE: These switches replace the ENDCAP.EXE program.

07/26/94 167155 v3.75 (940726) PTF
1) When issuing a CAPTURE /SH to show spooling status of all ports, the
default device id would be left on device 2 (LPT3:) instead of being reset to
device 0 (LPT1:). This would cause any application that prints to a default
device to print to LPT3: instead of the default device LPT1:

2) When trying to use capture v3.75 with a form defined in Printdef using 12
characters in length, it display an error: form does not exist.

10/04/94 167155 v3.75 (941004) PTF
1) Fixes a problem where you can't use form number 0 after using a form
number other than 0. An error of "Form number or name expected." is shown.

NPRINT.EXE NetWare 2.15c and above
02/05/91 85157 v3.54
1) This EXE shipped with NetWare 2.2 and 3.11.

2) It fixes "file not found" when the first subdirectory in the path is 2
characters in length.

10/28/92 85425 v3.65
1) Contains NCP Packet Signing.

05/05/93 85549 v3.75
1) Shipping version for 3.12 NetWare.

PCONSOLE.EXE NetWare 2.15c and above
02/11/91 233687 v1.51
1) This EXE shipped with NetWare 2.2 and 3.11

2) Printers default to their common interrupt (instead of all to 7); the
specified interrupt is shown (instead of displaying the default); you no
longer have to assign the pserver to each queue; the "use interrupts" field is
disabled when the printer is remote.

10/25/91 233873 v1.52 (Version still shows v1.51)
1) Version 1.51 did not delete print server subdirectories when the print
server was deleted. Version 1.52 now deletes these subdirectories properly.

10/28/92 234069 v1.65
1) Contains NCP Packet Signing.

05/06/93 234829 v3.75
1) Fixed a number of minor bugs.

PRINTCON.EXE NetWare 2.15c and above
01/26/91 160823 v1.52
1) This EXE shipped with NetWare 2.2 and 3.11.

2) Defaults to byte stream instead of text.

10/28/92 161071 v1.62
1) Contains NCP Packet Signing.

05/24/93 188428 v3.75
1) Fixed a number of minor bugs.

PRINTDEF.EXE NetWare 2.15c and above
02/11/91 192283 v1.51
1) This EXE shipped with NetWare 2.2 and 3.11.

10/28/92 183445 v1.61
1) Contains NCP Packet Signing.

05/04/93 183269 v3.75
1) Fixed a number of minor bugs.

PSC.EXE NetWare 2.15c and above
01/31/91 22129 v1.00
1) This EXE shipped with NetWare 2.2 and 3.11.

05/24/93 22351 v3.75
1) Fixed a number of minor bugs.

PCONSOLE.HLP NetWare 2.15c and above
02/07/91 40820
1) This HLP shipped with NetWare 2.2 and 3.11.

05/05/93 40977 v3.75
1) Updated to match the current executable.

PRINTCON.HLP NetWare 2.15c and above
01/10/91 14223
1) This HLP shipped with NetWare 2.2 and 3.11.

05/10/93 14281 v3.75
1) Updated to match the current executable.

PRINTDEF.HLP NetWare 2.15c and above
02/11/91 34426
1) This HLP shipped with NetWare 2.2 and 3.11.

05/10/93 34557 v3.75
1) Updated to match the current executable.

symptoms

Multiple symptoms addressed by each file

solutions

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contents

Self-Extracting File Name:  pu3x01.exe

Files Included       Size   Date         Time    Version   Checksum

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   CAPTURE.EXE     167155   10-04-1994   10:38AM
    NPRINT.EXE      85549   05-05-1993   09:29AM
  PCONSOLE.EXE     234829   05-06-1993   04:26PM
  PCONSOLE.HLP      40977   05-05-1993   05:48PM
  PRINTCON.EXE     188428   05-24-1993   01:50PM
  PRINTCON.HLP      14281   05-10-1993   05:20PM
  PRINTDEF.EXE     183269   05-04-1993   02:34PM
  PRINTDEF.HLP      34557   05-10-1993   05:08PM
       PSC.EXE      22351   05-24-1993   03:03PM
    PU3X01.TXT       5859   11-16-1994   09:48AM
Document Title: NetWare v3.12 Printing Utilities
Document ID: 1006560
Creation Date: 28OCT1995
Modified Date: 02FEB1999
Document Revision: 1
Novell Product Class: NetWare
Novell Product and Version: NetWare 2.2
NetWare 3.11
NetWare 3.12

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