User`s guide

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Configuring the Workstation (DOS-based NetWare drivers)
To configure the PC workstation so that DOS applications can print transparently to the
Brother print server (you may use this procedure if you do not have Windows-specific
Netware drivers), use the DOS editor to add a command with following format to the
AUTOEXEC.BAT file on your PC:
capture l=n q=queuename ti=timeout
• Where n is the number of the parallel port you wish to redirect.
• Queuename is the name of the queue you created (if you using NetWare 4.x in NDS
mode, you may specify p=printername instead of the queue, where printername is
the name of the NDS printer; be sure to enter the entire directory context of the
printer).
• Timeout is the number of seconds after which the file server will send data to the
printer after the application last writes to a file (use at least 5 seconds for DOS
applications and at least 50 seconds for Windows applications, and you may need
increase the values if you are unable to print).
For example, if your queue is called myqueue and you wish to use LPT1 with timeout of 5
seconds, you would enter:
capture l=1 q=myqueue ti=5
After the workstation is restarted, you will be able to print from applications programs as if the
printer were directly connected to the LPT1 parallel port.
•
If the printer does not correctly print your data, try adding the /Nt switch to your
capture command. For example:
capture l=n q=queuename ti=timeout/Nt
Configuring the Workstation (Windows 3.1x)
To use a NetWare print queue from a Windows 3.xx workstation, first make sure that you have
the appropriate NetWare Windows VLM drivers and utilities installed. Then execute the
following steps:
1. Open the
Main
window of the Windows Program Manager and start the
Print
Manager
.
2. Select
Options
(or
Printer
) from the menu bar and then
Network Connections.
3. Select the desired port (for example, LPT1:) under
Ports:
and the desired print queue
under
Resources.