Barr Network Print Manager (Barr NPM)
Features: Sources

	Barr NPM monitors more than just printing associated with your Windows Print Servers. It can also receive and track print files from mainframes, UNIX® computers, AS/400s®, and so on.

Track Printing Regardless of the Source

Regardless of the source, Barr NPM receives all available document properties, which can be used both to track the document and to determine the respective its path through the system. The following sources are available in Barr NPM.

Windows Print Queues

Barr NPM will often be installed in an existing print environment. In many cases, there will already be one or more Windows Print Servers, each serving dozens or hundreds of Windows queues. You can use the Barr NPM Windows Queue Converter to easily convert these Windows queues to Barr NPM sources. All documents sent to the converted Windows queue will be automatically received in Barr NPM through the new source. You can also choose to create a Barr NPM destination for the queue. Barr NPM will automatically configure the source to route to the destination. This is useful because no change will appear to the end users - they will print and receive their documents as usual.

LPD

You can also receive files via LPD with Barr NPM.

Using LPD allows you to receive data from any TCP/IP-based host (mainframes, UNIX® computers, AS/400s®, and so on). With LPD you can use the Queue Name as well as information in the Control File to build Business Rules and audit the flow of information.

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