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Remote Printer Setup

This version of Mac OS X Server supports the creation of print queues for servers from within

the Server Admin application. To learn about print service and how to manage it using Server

Admin, see Chapter 6 of the Mac OS X Server Administrator’s Guide.

To set up print service for the ﬁrst time and create print queues, follow these steps:

1 Open Server Admin and log in to the server you want to administer.

2 Click the File & Print tab.

3 Click Print and choose Show Print Monitor.

4 Click the New Queue button.

5 Choose the type of connection (AppleTalk, LPR Printers Using IP, or Directory Services).

6 If you choose AppleTalk or Directory Services, select a printer from the list of available printers.

7 If you choose LPR Printers Using IP, type the printer’s IP address or DNS name. If you want to

change the queue name, deselect “Use Default Queue on Server” and type a name in the

Queue Name box.

8 Click Add.

The Print module has no option for creating USB printers. If you need to set up print queues

for USB printers, you need to use the Print Center application locally on the server.

Print service in Mac OS X Server does not use printer descriptions (PPDs)—these are only

used by client computers to generate PostScript ﬁles for print jobs.

NetBoot

NetBoot allows Macintosh client computers to start up using a Mac OS 9 image provided by a

Mac OS X Server. The server hosts the startup image, which contains a System Folder and

applications folder for all Mac OS 9 computers using NetBoot. Any changes made on the

server are automatically reﬂected on the client computers when they restart from the image.

In this version of Mac OS X Server, you conﬁgure NetBoot by using the DHCP/NetBoot

module in Server Admin to set up IP address ranges for NetBoot clients.

Important Read Chapter 11 in the Mac OS X Server Administrator’s Guide and complete

the NetBoot Server Worksheet on page 253 in that guide before you begin. Then follow the

steps in this guide to install NetBoot and conﬁgure IP address ranges for client computers.

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