This service allows resources to be installed in a central location and then downloaded to clients, printers, or any other entity on the network that needs that resource. It provides a single place where a variety of file types are stored for immediate access by Novell^® Distributed Print Services^TM (NDPS^TM ). The Resource Management Service supports adding, listing, and replacing resources including printer drivers, printer definition files (PDFs), banners, and fonts.

The Resource Management Service allows you to add, list, and replace the following resources:

Some of the benefits offered by the RMS include

• Improved resource sharing
• More manageable resource distribution and updating
• Automatic printer driver download from a central repository
• Plug-and-print printer availability
• Availability of network resources to applications through a common interface

For more information about other brokered services, see the following: