NetWare 4.1/9000 Print Services

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Setting Up and Servicing Print Servers
Using Third-Party Network-Direct Print Devices with NetWare Services
Using Third-Party Network-Direct Print Devices with
NetWare Services
NetWare Services supports existing network-direct printers and hardware
queue servers produced by various manufacturers. These devices either
connect to a printer and then to the network or are installed in a port at the
printer.
In many cases, these devices offer a fast, effective, low-cost printing
solution in NetWare Services as well as NetWare 3 environments.
Typically, these print devices are shipped with their own installation utilities.
The manufacturer's utilities configure the device to recognize network print
components and to communicate with the network. To effectively use
network-direct print devices in a NetWare Services environment, you will
need to know the manufacturer's procedures for installing the specific device
that you are using.
Many of these devices can be configured to run in either queue server mode
or remote printer mode, as described in the following sections.
Figure 6-1 illustrates a representative native NetWare 4 network printing
setup incorporating network-direct print devices used in both queue server
and remote printer modes.