CAPTURE

Purpose

Use at a workstation to set printer and printing parameters. CAPTURE allows you to

Redirect screen displays to a network printer.
Redirect DOS print jobs to a network printer from an application designed to print to workstation printer ports.
Redirect data to a network file.
Define how a job is printed.

Syntax

CAPTURE [P=printer | Q=queue] L=port number [option...] [/? | /
VER]

Parameter	Use to
P=printer	Specify which printer the print job should be sent to (specify a default in PRINTCON).
Q=queue	Specify which queue the print job should be sent to (specify the default at the NetWare server console or in PRINTCON).
L=port number	Specify the LPT port you want captured. You can specify LPT1: instead of L=1. A NET.CFG option allows up to nine LPT ports.
option	Specify one or more options from the "CAPTURE Options" table.
/?	View online help. (Other parameters are ignored).
/VER	View the version number of the utility and the list of files it uses to execute. (Other parameters are ignored.)

CAPTURE Options

Option	Use to
SH (Show)	View the current status of printer ports. Do not use with other options.
S=NetWare server	Specify which NetWare server the print job should be sent to. Default: current server (bindery server).
ECCA (Endcap Cancel)	End the capture of data to LPT ports and discard the data sent to the print queue. If the data was captured to a file and cancel is omitted, the file remains open and cannot be accessed.
CR=path	Create a file in which to store printed data. To create the file in your current directory, replace path with just the filename.
ALL	End the capture of all LPT ports when used with Endcap. View all online help screens when used with the "Help" option.
V (Verbose)	View more information about the printer, print queue, and print job configuration than is provided with the "Show" option.
K (Keep)	Keep captured data at the print queue if the workstation fails.
J=job name	Specify the PRINTCON job configuration to use; does not require other options.
NB	Print no banner page.
B=banner name	Specify the text that will appear in the lower half of the banner page. Limit: 12 characters.
NAM= username	Specify the text that will appear in the upper half of the banner page. Limit: 12 characters.
F=form name or number	Specify the form name or number that the printer will use. CAPTURE will not function with an invalid form name. If you specify an invalid number, CAPTURE gives a warning message but still prints.
C=n	Specify the number of copies. Range: 1 to 255. NPRINT, PCONSOLE, PRINTCON print job configurations allow up to 65,000 copies.
T=number	Specify the number of spaces that replace each tab in a text print job. You do not need this option for byte-stream print jobs. Default: 1. Range: 1 to 18.
NT	Specify that no spaces be allocated to tabs in a text print job.
TI=n	Specify the number of seconds the operating system should wait after the last data is received before closing the print job. Range: 0 to 1000.
FF	Specify that the printer add blank paper at the end of the print job.
NFF	Specify that the printer not add blank paper at the end of the print job.
AU	Specify that the captured data be closed and sent to the printer after exiting an application.
NA	Specify that captured data not be closed and sent to the printer after exiting an application. This allows more information to be added to the print job.
NOTI	Specify that the user receive a message when the print job is printed.
NNOTI	Specify that the user does not receive a message when the print job is printed.

Using CAPTURE

Default options include Banner (B=banner name), Autoendcap (AU), No Tabs (NT), and Form Feed (FF).
All options function with a preceding forward slash (/), but only the "Help" option requires it (/?).
Because CAPTURE settings must be reset each time you reboot your computer, consider placing them in the system or individual login scripts.
NetWare 4™ allows you to specify the printer name instead of a print queue. You can still capture to print queues.
You can type CAPTURE without any options if a default print queue is specified at the NetWare server or in a default print job configuration.
You do not need to use CAPTURE if you use a NetWare-aware application that can send print jobs to specified printers or print queues.
CAPTURE redirects printing only with the LPT ports; you cannot specify a COM port.
The NET.CFG file includes a "network printers=number" option. Replace number with the number of printers (0 to 9) you would like to access at the same time. Default: 3.
If you specify a print job configuration that has a complex printer mode, you might need to increase the bytes (default: 64; range: 0 to 255) in the "printer header=number" option. See "NET.CFG Options Reference" in the NetWare Client for DOS and MS Windows Technical Reference.

Examples

To	Type
View current capture	CAPTURE SH
Capture to network printer P1	CAPTURE P=P1
Capture to print queue Q1	CAPTURE Q=Q1
End a capture	CAPTURE EC
Use print job configuration CHARTS	CAPTURE J=CHARTS
Print to a file that you name REPORT	CAPTURE CR=REPORT
Print to printer SALES without a banner	CAPTURE P=SALES NB
Redirect printer output to printer by Karl without a banner.	CAPTURE P="PRINTER BY KARL" NB
View online help	CAPTURE /?

Additional Information

Topic	See
CAPTURE	"Using CAPTURE" in Print Services
Print queues	"Print queue" in Concepts
Print servers	"Print server" in Concepts
Printers	"Printer" in Concepts

CAPTURE

Technical documentation

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Purpose

Syntax

CAPTURE Options

Using CAPTURE

Examples

Additional Information