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Using PCONSOLE in the Queue Server Mode or Remote Printer Mode in the Bindery Mode (NetWare 3.2)

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  1. Log in to NetWare as Supervisor → start PCONSOLE.
  1. If you have not set up a print server yet, set up the print server.
  • On the [Available Options] menu, select [Print Server Information] → press [ENTER] on the keyboard.
  • Press [INSERT] on the keyboard.
  • Enter the name of the print server you are setting up → press [ENTER] on the keyboard.

Be sure to remember the name of the print server. You need it to specify the printer's protocol settings.

  • Press [ESC] on the keyboard to return to the [Available Options] menu.
  1. Set up a Queue, and then assign the print server to the queue.
  • On the [Available Options] menu, select [Print Queue Information] → press [ENTER] on the keyboard.
  • Press [INSERT] on the keyboard.
  • Enter the name of the queue you are setting up → press [ENTER] on the keyboard.
  • Select the name of the queue you specified → press [ENTER] on the keyboard.
  • Select [Queue Servers] → press [ENTER] on the keyboard.
  • Press [INSERT] on the keyboard.
  • Select the print server you set up in step 2 → press [ENTER] on the keyboard.
  • Press [ESC] on the keyboard repeatedly until you return to the [Available Options] menu.
  1. Assign the printer to the print server.
  • On the [Available Options] menu, select [Print Server Information] → press [ENTER] on the keyboard.
  • Select the print server you set up in step 2 → press [ENTER] on the keyboard.
  • Select [Print Server Configuration] → press [ENTER] on the keyboard.
  • Select [Printer Configuration] → press [ENTER] on the keyboard.
  • From [Configured Printers], select the number of the printer you want to use → press [ENTER] on the keyboard.
  1. Specify the printer name, type, etc.
  • In [Name], enter the name you want to use for the printer → press [ENTER] on the keyboard.
  • If you are using the queue server mode, select [Defined elsewhere] from [Type]. If you are using the remote printer mode, select [Remote Parallel, LPT1] from [Type].
  • Specify the remaining items → press [ESC] on the keyboard.
  • In the confirmation box that opens, select [Yes] → press [ENTER] on the keyboard.
  • Press [ESC] on the keyboard to return to the [Print Server Configuration] Menu.
  1. Assign a queue to the printer.
  • Select [Queues Serviced by Printer] → press [ENTER] on the keyboard.
  • Select the name of the printer you set up in step 5 → press [ENTER] on the keyboard.
  • Press [INSERT] on the keyboard.
  • Select the queue you set up in step 3 → press [ENTER] on the keyboard.
  1. Press [ESC] on the keyboard repeatedly until you return to the [Exit PCONSOLE] window → select [Yes] to quit PCONSOLE.
  1. If you are using the remote printer mode, start the print server.
  • If you are using a dedicated print server, enter <PSERVER.EXE> → enter the print server name on the print server → press [ENTER] on the keyboard.
  • If you are using a NetWare file server as a print server, enter <LOAD PSERVER.NLM (print server name)> on the file server → press [ENTER] on the keyboard.

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