122 GL-1010 Administrator’s Guide
User Benefits
n All printers are discovered automatically, allowing users to
simply select the appropriate one.
n NDPS automatically downloads the correct printer driver to
the user’s machine.
n Supports customized print configurations.
n Supports drag and drop printing.
n Supplies real-time printer status.
Overview of the Toshiba’s NDPS Gateway
Because the GL-1010 is not a “NDPS-aware” printer, it requires a
“Gateway” in order to emulate the NDPS model. The Toshiba
Gateway mechanism employs several components, notably the
NDPS Manager, NDPS Broker, and NDPS Printer Agent. The
following figure illustrates the communication flow between
these objects.
1 The NetWare printer can be discovered in two ways:
M The printer is automatically discovered by the Toshiba
NDPS Gateway.
NOTE:
While this diagram
illustrates the NDPS
Gateway, Broker/Manager
and Printer Agent as
distinct objects, they are
actually all NLM
applications residing on the
NetWare file server.
