AUTO ENDCAP is required for programs that don't send an "end-of-printjob" command to inform the print spooler that the job is done. DOS programs such Foxpro and Lotus 123 will not print a job until another "print" command is issued or the user exits the program. In Foxpro for example, I do the following;

cPrint=SET('printer',1)
SET PRINT TO && This causes the job to print
SET PRINT TO &cPrint && Make sure the printer is reset to the proper direction

If you have programs with this problem, then the AUTO ENDCAP does the trick. If you set the TIMEOUT to let's say 2, then Novell waits (approx.) 2 seconds after the print job is sent and then it (Novell) issues a command to close the spooler and release the job - thus the term AUTO ENDCAP (automatically end capture and therefore print the job).

Hope this helps...

Bill