Optimizing Event Notification

In NetWare Administrator, administrators can configure event notification for users who want to be notified of a defined printer or server event that occurs during the processing and printing of a job.

For example, the administrator for a specific printer (by default a Manager of that printer) can designate an Operator to be notified if the printer runs out of paper or if the toner is low.


Notification Types

In NetWare Administrator, administrators can configure two types of event notification:


Delivery Methods

The availability of the following delivery options are dependent on which of them you have enable. See Enabling Event Notification Delivery Methods for more information.


Configuring Job-Owner Notification

Job-owner notification can be configured for specific print jobs or for printer configurations. This section provides procedures for each method.


Notification for Specific Print Jobs

Configuring notification for a specific print job can be done as follows.

  1. From the main Printer Control view of the printer's Details page, click Jobs/Job List.

  2. (Conditional) If you want to see a list of jobs being retained and not currently scheduled for processing, click Show Retained Jobs.

  3. Click Options and select Configurations from the drop-down list.

  4. Click Notification.

  5. Select the notification methods and events you want.

  6. Click OK.


Notification for a Configuration

The following procedure explains how to configure job-owner notification by modifying an existing configuration. You can also configure job-owner notification when creating a new configuration.

  1. In NetWare Administrator, select the printer that you want to configure.

  2. Click the Configuration button.

    The Printer Configurations window lists the default printer configuration and any other configurations that have been created for this printer in NetWare Administrator.

  3. Select the configuration you want to modify and click Modify.

  4. Click the Notification tab.

  5. Click the icon representing the method you want to use.

  6. Select the notification methods and events you want.

  7. Click OK.


Configuring Interested-Party Notification

The following procedure allows you to specify the users who will receive event notification for a NDPS Printer object, the method of notification, and the types of events they will receive notification for.

  1. In NetWare Administrator, select the Printer you want to configure.

  2. Click the Access Control button.

    Three roles are available: Manager, Operator, and User.

  3. Select the role you want to configure Access Control notification for.

  4. Select the object you want to configure notification for and click Notification.

  5. Click the icon representing the method you want to use.

  6. Select the notification methods and events you want.

  7. Click OK.



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