Setup Using NetWare Administrator or PCONSOLE
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.
From 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.
From 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.
From 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.