The following sections trace the flow of printing control when print jobs are sent by different types of network clients.
Tables 6.2 and 6.3 summarize the characteristics of jobs coming from the various types of clients. Table 6.2 is for local clients and the Table 6.3 is for remote clients.
Table 6.3 Characteristics of Print Jobs Sent by Local Clients
Windows-based Applications | Windows-based Applications | Non-Windows-based Applications | Non-Windows-based Applications | |
Connect To | Create | Spooled port | Non spooled port | |
Is the Windows NT printer driver involved in initial rendering? | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Job's data type: | RAW | Journal | RAW | RAW |
Does job spool locally? | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Does Windows NT alter client's job? | No* | Yes | No* | No* |
Does Windows NT printer driver affect job alterations? | Not applicable | Yes | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Table 6.4 Characteristics of Print Jobs Sent by Remote Clients
Macintosh client | LPR client | Downlevel client | |||
PostScript print device | Non-PostScript print device | "l" control command | "f" control command | ||
Is the Windows NT printer driver involved in initial rendering? | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Job's data type: | RAW | PSCRIPT1 | RAW | TEXT | RAW |
Does job spool locally? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Does Windows NT alter client's job? | No1 | Yes | No1 | Yes | No1 |
Does Windows NT printer driver affect job alterations? | Not applicable | Yes | Not applicable | No | Not applicable |
1 If the job has RAW data type, and Default Data type in Print Manager is TEXT, FF [Auto], or FF[Appended], then the print processor will alter the print job. Otherwise, the job is not altered.