Technical information

Step 2, option B: Setting up the printer as a remote printer

(RPRINTER mode)

There are six parts to setting up the printer for RPRINTER mode:

m Creating a print server

m Creating a printer

m Creating a print queue

m Setting your printer to RPRINTER mode

m Starting PSERVER on your NetWare 4.1 file server

m Restarting the printer to have the changes take effect

Creating a print server

1 Turn the printer off and back on; then retrieve the printer’s startup page.

2Type

SET BINDERY CONTEXT

at the server’s console prompt to ensure that the

context has been set.

Write the context down; you will need it later when creating the printer in the

NetWare Directory Services tree.

3 Log in to a NetWare file server from a DOS client using the Admin account.

4At the DOS prompt, type

PCONSOLE

and press Enter.

5 Use the arrow keys to highlight Change Context in the menu and press Enter.

6Change the PCONSOLE utility’s context to match the context set on the server (which

you wrote down in step 2) by pressing the Ins key and selecting the correct context.

7 Use the arrow keys to highlight Printer Servers in the menu and press Enter.

8Press the Ins key. Then type a descriptive name for your printer server.

Use a name that will identify the object at a glance (for example,

“8500_Server”).

Setting Up the Printer for Windows, DOS, and NetWare Users