NOTE:  If you do not want workstation users to have the ability to perform NDPS printer management tasks themselves, see Managing Access to the Novell Printer Manager.

Novell Printer Manager provides a graphical display of all of the NDPS printers that are currently installed on a workstation. Through an easy-to-use graphical interface, users can add and configure additional printers to their installed printers list.

When a user adds a printer to the workstation, the corresponding printer driver is automatically installed on that workstation. Administrators can specify printers to be added automatically to workstations through the Remote Printer Management feature of NDPS (see Designating Printers to be Automatically Installed).

NOTE:  When you create a Printer Agent, if you select (None) when prompted to choose a printer driver, the workstation user will be prompted for one before the printer can be installed on that workstation.

Users can view real-time status and configuration information about their printers and print jobs and receive event notification for their print jobs. Feedback that they can receive includes information about the following:

• A printer's status
• A printer's characteristics and properties
• A printer's features
• Printer events that require operator intervention (such as low toner, empty paper tray, or jammed feed mechanism)
• A print job's status
• A print job's characteristics and properties

Users can also use the Novell Printer Manager to move, copy, reorder, and delete their own print jobs. See Managing Print Jobs for more information.

The following sections describe other important workstation management features of NDPS.

• Designating a Default Printer
• Managing Access to the Novell Printer Manager
• Filtering to Find Printers with Certain Characteristics or Features
• Managing Installed Printers at User Workstations
• Printer and Job Configuration Options
• Supporting Queue-Based Client Workstations