SOURCE: BLD FLASH 9704
SOURCE MATERIAL DATED: 5/97
 
           IBM PSM 32-BIT CLIENT FOR WINDOWS/95 AND WINDOWS/NT
 
Printing Systems Manager for AIX* now has a 32-bit client available for
use on the Windows/95** and Windows/NT** platforms.  The client is
currently available as a services offering, priced separately from the
product.  In addition, the client is only available for the most recent
release of PSM.  The products affected are:
 
    5765-273  IBM Printing Systems Manager for AIX, version 1.2.1
    5765-541  IBM PSM Graphical User Interface for AIX, version 1.2.1
 
There are major differences between the previously available 16-bit
client (provided with the product), and the 32-bit client now provided
as a services offering:
 
o   SUPPORTED PLATFORMS AND DRIVERS
 
The 32-bit client is supported on Windows/NT versions 3.51 and 4.0, and
on Windows/95.  Additionally, the printer drivers supported on these
platforms are as follows:
 
   PSM Client         -------- Types of Drivers Supported --------
   for Windows         Windows 3.1x    Windows/95    Windows/NT
   ---------------------------------------------------------------
   16-bit client     | 16-bit        | 16-bit      | not supported
   32-bit client     | not supported | 16 & 32-bit | 32-bit
   ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
o   ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS
 
The port monitor for the PSM client daemon is fully integrated into the
Windows printing architecture.
 
o   EXPANDED FUNCTIONS
 
    The new client extends the number of physical printer destinations
    that may be defined for a given printer driver. (Previously, there
    was a 1-to-1 correlation; now there is a 1-to-many correlation.)
    There is also additional user function:
 
    -   "Finds" logical printers available on the network. As long as
        the user has specified no default PSM server, the client will
        query all available PSM servers on the local area network.
 
    -   Provides the ability to specify any PSM attribute on the user's
        print request. Additionally, a user may set up default
        attributes for his/her workstation's default printer. (These
        attributes are stored in a Window's '.INI' file.)
 
    -   The owner of the print job may cancel a job submitted from their
        Windows client.
 
    -   Provides a job query notebook, and the user may configure the
        client to show only his/her own jobs versus all jobs queued for
        a particular printer.
 
    -   User's have the option of receiving notifications from the PSM
        servers via a pop-up window instead of via e-mail.
 
    -   Animated dialogs are now available for searching for printers,
        and for sending and searching for print jobs.
 
o   INSTALLATION NOTES
 
Installation is a simple one-step/one-question process.  The client code
requires less than two megabytes (2MB) of hard disk space.
 
 
                               TRADEMARKS
 
        *  Indicates a trademark or registered trademark of
           International Business Machines Corporation.
 
       **  Indicates a trademark or registered trademark of
           MicroSoft Corporation.