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The PrintLog Accounting Server (PAS) NetWare print server 
enables accounting on NetWare print servers by monitoring 
printing and reporting printer usage to a PAS accounting server.

This guide is intended to help you to install and configure a 
PAS NetWare print server. It is assumed that you are familiar 
with NetWare and Windows network administration. 

Before installing a PAS NetWare print server, configure PAS 
Enterprise Edition (EE) on your network. For information on 
installing and configuring PAS, please see the PAS Administra-
tor’s Guide.

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Note: Any references to Windows servers in this document apply to 

both Windows NT and Windows 2000 operating systems.

The PAS NetWare print server supports:

• Network print-tracking and charging for both NDPS and 

Queue-based print devices shared on a NetWare print 
server

• NetWare NDPS and Queue-based printing
• Use of pop-up billing codes (except for Macintosh)
• Use of pop-up for Professional Client billing (except for 

Macintosh).

• User authentication for Macintosh clients through the use 

of SM Macintosh Services through an existing LPD setup

• Secure Document Release (SDR)
• Use of NTS devices for secure document release
• Pop-up billing codes for the Macintosh
• User notification via pop-up message
• PJL, NPA, and Job Counter page counting methods
• The ‘Text’ option of the Data Stream Interpreter is limited to 

60 lines of text

The PAS accounting server is available in both a Single Server edi-
tion (SE) and an Enterprise edition (EE). In most cases, PAS prod-
ucts are licensed per server, though some components, such as 
Client Billing, are licensed per seat.

The license code that accompanies your accounting server also 
enables one print server. The print server may reside locally on the 
same machine as the accounting server, or on a remote machine, 
regardless of whether the machine is running Windows, NetWare, 
or UNIX. Once you have assigned the available print server license, 
you must purchase additional licenses for additional print servers.

All license verification takes place on the accounting server. System 
Manager validates all existing licenses, and adds, deletes, or reas-
signs licenses as needed. All components such as print servers and 
Client Billing (including Professional Client Billing) clients must 
therefore contact the accounting server themselves to obtain the 
use of a particular license. 

1. On the PAS accounting server, open System Manager.

2. Select the 

 node.

3. In the right pane, click the 

 tab to look for 

an unassigned Print Server license. If none is available, you 
must enter a license code for an additional print server, or 
reassign an existing license.

Before you install PAS NetWare Print Server, you should be familiar 
with the following terms: 

a Windows machine that manages the NetWare server

NetWare Distributed Print Services. Novell software that 
takes advantage of bidirectional printer capabilities to 
manage network printers on a NetWare server. 

when loaded, the NDPSM module can manage a number of 
Printer Agents 

information about a logical printer definition stored in the 
PAS database to track usage. A registration includes a 
printer name, a user-defined description and the printer’s 
assigned costs.

Physical Printer the actual printing device. Represented on a NetWare print 

server by a Printer Agent

a logical definition that represents a physical printer on a 
NetWare server. A Printer Agent handles print job opera-
tions on the server. 

Printer Gateway the software that provides the link between NDPS and 

other print protocols, such as LPR. A printer gateway com-
municates with printers and manages printer port connec-
tions. The Software Metrics Printer Gateway performs the 
additional task of communicating with the PAS accounting 
server service on a network Windows NT server.

The PAS NetWare print server integrates a NetWare server with PAS 
print tracking features. This integrates a number of cooperating 
software components on your network, as shown in the following 
table.

• supports the SM Printer Gateway

• communicates with both the printers and the account-

ing server service on the Windows NT server

• communicates with NetWare NDS Queues and the 

accounting server service on the Windows NT server

• functions as a Windows NT service
• coordinates the activity of all PAS components
• handles account management requests; controls data-

base access

• calculates charges, assigns them to appropriate print-

ing account

• stores information about printing transactions, print-

ing accounts and balances, printers, printer costs, and 
scheduled events

Allows the system administrator to:
• create and configure NDPS print server objects

Allows the system administrator to:
• configure and monitor Software Metrics server com-

ponents

• assign costs to printers and copiers