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character in a print server name, and the

*

character represents zero or more characters.

For example, to limit the print server display to servers MKT-01,

MKT-02, MKT-03, ..., you could use the filter MKT-??. To display all servers with names beginning with S, you can use the filter S*.

To establish and use a new filter:

1. Press the Define Filter Strings button.

2. Enter a filter string and press the Add button.

3. Select the new filter string from the Server Name Filter pulldown list. The server list will be restricted to the list of servers that match the filter string.

4. To display all servers, choose All Devices from the Server

Name Filter pulldown.

Working with Environment Files and Preferences

When PS Admin starts up, it first checks the network, looking for all network print servers. Since this may take awhile if you have a large network, you may want to use environment files to reduce

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the wait. An environment file stores the list of servers it has discovered, along with information about them.

To save an environment file,

1. Make sure that PS Admin’s list of servers is up-to-date.

Press the Discover Print Servers button to update the list if necessary.

2. Choose Save As... from the File menu. Choose a file name for the file. By default the file will have a

.ENV

extension.

To tell PS Admin to open the environment file when it starts up instead of trying to discover all of the devices on the network,

1. Choose Preferences... from the File menu.

2. Click on the Load Environment File on Startup selection.

Type in a filename, or use the Browse... button to locate the file on your hard disk.

3. Click OK.

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The settings accessible from the PS Admin Preferences dialog window are:

Load Environment File on Startup/Discover

Environment on Startup Determines whether PS Admin should load a file listing all of the print servers on the network and their addresses, or if it should search the network each time it starts.

Communication Timeout Determines how long PS Admin will wait for a request sent to the print server to receive a response. You may have to increase this number if you have a large network.

Communication Retries Determines how many times PS

Admin will try again if it doesn’t receive a response from a print sever.

Communication Protocol Determines the communication protocol between PS Admin and the print server for configuration by either TCP/IP or IPX.

Discover Local Network/Discover Selected Networks

Determines whether PS Admin should discover print servers on your local IPX network only, or if it should also search other networks reachable from your workstation.

Pressing the More... button will display the IPX Network

Segments window, which allows you to choose which networks will be searched. You can choose All Network Segments to discover servers on all reachable networks, or Selected Network

Segments to select which networks you want to search in the displayed list.

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