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Have problem about NDPS?

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by wisonpo

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I have problem about control access printer(NDPS).I will descibe problem below.I need distribute printer driver to 95 workstation via 95-computer-printer in 95-workstaion policy.This operation work fine but the printer name in printer folder not shown,it shown as printer driver name. For example,
i want distribute printer name 'EBPR2-MIS-01' after distribute to workstation,it shown printer name as 'HP Laserjet III' not 'EBPR2-MIS-01'.What have problem? PLease help me.
Configuratin :Netware client 3.20
OS win95 OSR2

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by techdictator

Goal
Issues with NDPS long printer names

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Fact
NDPS 2.0 & NEPS, NT 4.0, Win95 or Win98

NDPS uses the Printer name and the Context of the printer in NDS toobtain the printer name

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Symptom
This can cause issues with Printer drivers and applications that don`t follow the Windows specification that allows printer names up to 256 characters.

Some Printer drivers and applications can only handle up to 31 characters

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Fix
Go for the registry, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NDPS\RPM\TruncatePrinterNames and set the value to 1 for a test

by techdictator

My thinking is that the actual printer name AND its context probably exceeds the 31 character limit.

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