Setup Using NetWare Administrator or PCONSOLE
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Using NetWare Administrator in the NDS Queue Server Mode or the Remote Printer Mode (NetWare 4.x or Later)
1.
Log in to NetWare as Administrator (or as a user of equivalent authority) → start NetWare Administrator.
2.
Execute Quick Setup.
Select the container object for the printer object you want to create.
From the [Tools] menu, select [Print Services Quick Setup].
3.
Specify the [Print Server name], [Printer], and [Print Queue] settings.
Enter the print server name in [Print Server name].
To use an existing print server, click the button to the right of [Print Server name] → select a print server from the list box. Be sure to remember the name of the print server. You need it to specify the machine's protocol settings.
Under [Printer], enter the printer name in [Name].
Set the queue server mode or remote printer mode type settings.
If you are using the queue server mode: Select [Other/Unknown] from [Type].
If you are using the remote printer mode, select [Parallel] from [Type] → click [Communication]. In the [Parallel Communication] dialog box, select [LPT1] for [Port] → select [Manual load] for [Connection type] → click [OK].
Under [Print Queue], enter the queue name in [Name].
In [Volume], enter the volume in which the queue is placed.
To use an existing print server, click the button to the right of [Volume] → select a print server from the list box.
Click [Create] → exit NetWare Administrator.
4.
If you are using the remote printer mode, start the print server.
If you are using the NetWare file server as a print server, enter 'LOAD PSERVER.NLM' in the file server → press [ENTER] on the keyboard.
Using PCONSOLE in the Queue Server Mode or Remote Printer Mode in the Bindery Mode (NetWare 3.2)
1.
Log in to NetWare as Supervisor → start PCONSOLE.
2.
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.
3.
Set up a Queue → 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 until you return to the [Available Options] menu.
4.
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.
5.
Specify the printer name, type, etc.
In [Name], enter the name you want to use for the printer → press [ENTER] on the keyboard.
Set the queue server mode or remote printer mode type settings.
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]. Set [LPT1] for [Port].
Specify the remaining items → press [ESC] on the keyboard.
Select [Yes] in the confirmation box → press [ENTER] on the keyboard.
Press [ESC] on the keyboard until you return to the [Print Server Configuration] list.
6.
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.
7.
Press [ESC] on the keyboard repeatedly until you return to the [Exit PCONSOLE] window → select [Yes].
8.
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 the NetWare file server as a print server, enter 'LOAD PSERVER.NLM <Print Server name>' in the file server → press [ENTER] on the keyboard.