Don't laugh, I know of a system that has more (quite a few more actually)
than that number of printers, and they are spooled!  They don't use device
classes heavily :)
 
Michael L Gueterman
Easy Does It Technologies
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Doug Werth answered...
 
>You can configure cards that do not exist in the DTC and even
>DTC's that aren't there. However, since NBSpool can move
>reports from device classes as well as ldev numbers, my
>personal preference is to create a single dummy device in
>NMMGR and simply add as many device classes to the profile
>in as needed. One psuedo device, one profile, less hassle.
 
I concur. We use Unispool here with the same technique and with
no problems. Nice and tidy, works well.
 
There is a limit of somewhere around 450 device classes per
system which we did come close to hitting at one time. But who
needs 450 printers!
 
John Pickering
JWP Systems Inc
Toronto