Pull Printing from Your Desktop
Once the Pull Printing Server is running, any local user can
Pull Print just by browsing to the Pull Printing Page. To pull
print from your desktop, you must have
•
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 4.01 SP1 and above
(preferred) with Java 1.1 support.
Pull Printing Page
Go to your printer's Home Page and select Pull Printing.
Use the Browser frame
to enter a file location
or the URL of a
web page.
The Properties frame
lets you change
document and
printer settings.
You can print the following types of documents using the
Pull Printing Page.
•
Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files*
•
.PDF files*
•
Any web page on the Internet.
•
.gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .txt, .c, .cpp, .h, .java, .bak, .html, and .htm
files can also be printed.
*Microsoft Office 97 and PDF file types can be printed if your
system administrator installed the corresponding applications
or plug-ins on the Pull Printing Server. Otherwise, a message
will appear, notifying you that you cannot print that file type.
The Print Queue frame
lists jobs waiting to be
printed.
The PrintAgent frame
gives real-time reports on
your print job and printer
and access to network
settings and Help.
Pull Printing
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