Novell® Distributed Print ServicesTM (NDPS®) is the default and preferred print system in NetWare®. It is designed to handle the increased complexity of managing printing devices in any type of network environment, ranging in size from small workgroups to enterprise-wide systems. NDPS allows you to use iManage, Novell's Web-based management tool. You can also designate those printers for automatic installation on user workstations, without any action by your users.
NDPS replaces the existing queue-based printing technology. You don't have to set up print queues, printer objects, or print servers, and link them together. Instead, all of your management tasks are focused on the printer itself, which can be configured as an eDirectoryTM object.
To better understand how NDPS works, read the following sections: