NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:              ATPS2.EXE is a patch for ATPS.NLM v3.1
DOCUMENT ID:        TID000044
DOCUMENT REVISION:  A
DATE:               01JUL93
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
INFORMATION TYPE:   Symptom Solution
README FOR:         ATPS2.EXE

NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:
NetWare for Macintosh Pre 3.011

ABSTRACT:
This file is a patch for ATPS.NLM v3.1.  The patch fixes a problem where
jobs, created by the Apple Laserwriter 7.1 driver, and sent to a printer,
via the ATPS Print Spooler, would fail.
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Self-Extracting File Name:  ATPS2.EXE

Files Included     Size     Date        Time

   ATPS2.TXT          (This File)
ATPSFIX2.NLM       1003    3-30-92      2:53p
  APP710.QRY        228    3-22-92      4:22p
PATCHMAN.NLM       8923   10-10-91     10:20a


README
PTF-W-025
ATPSFIX2.NLM

This file is a patch for ATPS.NLM v3.1, included in NW-MAC 3.01. It
requires PATCHMAN.NLM v2.20 or higher which is included.
				
The patch fixes a problem where jobs created by the Apple LaserWriter 7.1
driver sent to a printer via the ATPS Print Spooler would fail.  The
printer would return such messages as [ Error: syntaxerror;
OffendingCommand: --nostringval-- ] and the job would not be printed.

To use the patch, load it on a server running ATPS.NLM v3.1.  When ATPS is
unloaded, the patch should be unloaded as well, and reloaded whenever ATPS
is loaded again.

NOTE: just because this patch is shown as a loaded module or listed as
installed by the "PATCHES" console command does not mean it is active. 
Always unload and reload load if you unload and reload ATPS.

APP710.QRY is a file included with this patch to address another problem
between ATPS.NLM v3.1 and LaserWriter 7.1.  The problem situation is
created when a Macintosh using the LaserWriter 7.1 rDev prints to a server
running ATPS before anyone has ever printed using the 7.0 rDev.

The problem is exhibited when print jobs produced by LaserWriter 7.0 or 7.1
are printed by the ATPS print server.  These jobs will temporarily hang the
printer and then fail, with ATPS returning the following messages:

	printer <printername> returned bad dictionary status:
	     %%[ Error:timeout; Offending Command: timeout ]%%
	PAP write: no such device or address

The ATPS print server will now continually try to resend the job, with the
same results.

To fix this problem, copy the provided file APP710.QRY into the ATPS
directory on the server (default SYS:SYSTEM\ATPS), overwriting the existing
version of the file.  This will fix the problem indefinitely, unless the
file is deleted or the ATPS directory is changed.  In this case, the file
should be recopied into the ATPS directory.

The problems described will be fixed in future versions of NetWare for
Macintosh, and were not present in NW-MAC 3.0, only NW-MAC 3.01.  The patch
will not load on versions of ATPS other than 3.1.

To install the patch to the ATPS:

 (a) Copy PATCHMAN.NLM and ATPSFIX2.NLM to SYS:\SYSTEM.
 (b) Add the following commands to AUTOEXEC.NCF:
       LOAD PATCHMAN
       LOAD ATPSFIX2
     The lines should be added after the LOAD ATPS command line.
     copy the provided file APP710.QRY into the ATPS directory
     on the server (default SYS:SYSTEM\ATPS)
 (c) Down the server and re-boot, or manually load PATCHMAN and
     ATPSFIX2 at the NetWare console.

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