NetWare 4.1/9000 Print Services

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Managing Print Services with PCONSOLE

Overview

This chapter explains how to set up and administer print services with the

PCONSOLE utility. You can use the “Quick Setup” option in PCONSOLE

to set up default print objects. Instructions for customizing those objects

follow.

Using Quick Setup in PCONSOLE

The “Quick Setup” option allows you to get your default print objects (print

queue, printer, print server) up and running quickly.

The following quick setup procedure will assume two laser printers, called

PR_Far and PR_Near. They will be serviced by a print server called PS_1

through two queues called Q_Far and Q_Near, both located on a single

NetWare server which will be called NWFS_1.

Printer PR_Far will be connected to the parallel port LPT1 on the NetWare

server, and printer PR_Near will be connected to parallel port LPT1 on a

client workstation.

Procedure

1 Connect your printer to the parallel (LPT) port of the server.

2 From a workstation, log in to the NetWare server as ADMIN.

For example:

3 Type PCONSOLE at the command line.

The “Available Options” menu appears.

4 If the current context is the desired one, skip to Step 5. If not,

a Select the “Change Context” option.

b Enter the desired context or press <Insert> to browse.

Being in the correct context is critical to the success of your setup; therefore,

you must change to the context in which the print related objects are to

reside.