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ps3x02.exe; 162367 bytes; Date/Time: 06-30-1995/01:05PM

 This file contains updated NetWare Print Server NLM (3.76, PTF 950523), EXE (3.77), and VAP (1.26) files, as well as an updated RPRINTER (3.75) file. The NLM is new for PS3X02.EXE.

PSERVER.VAP:

AUTO-LOAD NOTES:

When running this new PSERVER.VAP on a NetWare 2.2 server, the VAP will prompt you for the Print Server name the first time the VAP is loaded. From that point on the PSERVER.VAP will acknowledge the Print Server Name until the name is cleared.

To CLEAR a Print Server Name, the user will simply type the following at the console prompt on the NetWare 2.2 file server:

        PSERVER CLEARNAME

This will cause the PSERVER.VAP to prompt the user for a Print Server Name the next time the PSERVER.VAP is loaded.

Installation:

1. Make a backup copy of the PSERVER.VAP file.

2. Copy the new PSERVER.VAP file over the original version.

3. To use the new PSERVER VAP, reboot the file server.

PSERVER.NLM:

Installation:

1. Flag PSERVER.NLM as SRW (Sharable Read Write) in the SYS:SYSTEM directory.

2. Rename the existing PSERVER.NLM to PSERVER.OLD for backup purposes.

3. Copy the new PSERVER.NLM file to the SYS:SYSTEM directory.

4. Flag the new PSERVER.NLM file to SRO (Sharable Read Only).

5. To use the new NLM, load PSERVER at the console using the following syntax:

   :LOAD PSERVER <PRINT SERVER NAME> [POLL=xx] [DELAY=x]

PSERVER.EXE:

Installation:

1. Flag PSERVER.EXE as SRW (Sharable Read Write) in the SYS:PUBLIC directory.

2. Rename the existing PSERVER.EXE to PSERVER.OLD for backup purposes.

3. Copy the new PSERVER.EXE to the SYS:PUBLIC directory.

4. Flag the new PSERVER.EXE to SRO (Sharable Read Only).

RPRINTER.EXE

Installation:

1. Flag RPRINTER.EXE file as SRW (Sharable Read Write) in the PUBLIC directory.

2. Rename RPRINTER.EXE file to RPRINTER.OLD in the PUBLIC directory for backup purposes.

3. Copy RPRINTER.EXE file to the PUBLIC directory on your system.

4. Flag the new copy of RPRINTER.EXE file back to SRO (Sharable Read-Only).

SYMPTOMS for PSERVER.NLM:
Symptom 1: Large print jobs remain in the queue after they have printed. The queue may then become unusable. The file server may run out of disk space. The total size of the print job is approximately 33 MB or larger (actual print job size x number of copies specified).

Symptom 2: PSERVER shows status of "printing" but the RPRINTER status shows "waiting for job".

Symptom 3: PSERVER incorrectly shows status of "not connected" for RPRINTER that is running.
SYMPTOM for PSERVER.VAP:
When loading the PSERVER.VAP, the DTR and RTS lines are set high and maintained high the entire time the VAP is loaded.
SYMPTOM for RPRINTER.EXE:
When RPRINTER.EXE v3.75 is loaded, the form feed (or buffer) indicator at the attached printer lights. This is true only for parallel connected printers.

CAUSE for PSERVER.NLM symptom 1:

The size of the fields used to process the print jobs limited the print job size to 33 MB.

CAUSE for PSERVER.NLM symtom 2:

PSERVER was not checking for SPX error codes.

CAUSE for PSERVER.NLM symtom 3:

Under some conditions, the information about one RPRINTER connection with problems were being attributed to the wrong connection.
CAUSE for PSERVER.VAP symptom:

Serial port control register set wrong.

CAUSE for RPRINTER.EXE symptom:
Whatever character that happens to be in the parallel port transmit buffer is strobed into the printer's receive buffer during the initialization of RPRINTER.

SOLUTION:

Apply the files in the PS3X02.EXE self-extracting file.

Self-Extracting File Name:  ps3x02.exe

Files Included       Size   Date         Time    Version   Checksum

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    PS3X02.TXT       5282   06-30-1995   01:04PM
   PSERVER.EXE     109714   02-11-1994   02:46PM
   PSERVER.NLM      52662   05-30-1995   07:49AM
   PSERVER.VAP      65218   06-15-1992   02:46PM
  PTCH_HIS.TXT       9244   06-30-1995   12:47AM
  RPRINTER.EXE      64532   11-15-1993   10:23AM
  RPRINTER.HLP       5038   05-04-1993   12:39AM