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2 printer database, Overview, Printer database – Printronix PrintNet Enterprise User Manual

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Printer Database

Overview

When you start PNE, the printer database window appears first. The printer
database tool organizes and controls printers and Download files. Figure 8
shows how the database looks when PNE launches for the first time.

Figure 8. Printer Database Main Window

The menu bar contains all the menus used to control the functions of the
program. The menus are described later in this chapter.

The toolbar contains buttons for the most commonly used menu functions.
See page 58 for descriptions of the toolbar buttons.

Use the Database pane to access and control your printers in a tree format.
The first line of the database tree displays the database file name. In Figure 8,
the default file name for this database is

default.pdb

. From there, your

database tree branches out to include printers, folders, and Download files,
which you can organize into groups. With a single mouse click, you can
download a file to several printers at once. In addition, you can use as many

Menu Bar

Toolbar

Database Pane

Status and Error Log Pane

Status Bar

Polling Indicator