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RPRINTER/NPRINTER Setup (Netware 3.x, Netware 4.x, And Netware 5.x)
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RPRINTER/NPRINTER Setup
(Netware 3.x, Netware 4.x, And Netware 5.x)
This procedure associates an existing PSERVER with a remote
NIC acting as a RPRINTER/NPRINTER in a Netware 3.x, Netware
4.x, or Netware 5.x environment. It is the PSERVER’s responsibility
to get jobs from the queue and to pass them off to the NIC acting as
the remote printer. Unlike a PSERVER setup, the NIC does not
deal directly with the queues.
NOTE: As a RPRINTER/NPRINTER, the print server does not use
a login ID. A non-NIC print server such as PSERVER.NLM
or PSERVER.EXE must be running for RPRINTER to
operate. Also, if the NIC loses a connection to a
PSERVER, it will automatically reconnect when that server
becomes available again.
The following steps assume that you have created a PSERVER
object in Netware 3.x, Netware 4.x, or Netware 5.x and have
assigned printers and queues to it. If you have not already done
this, do it now. The setup is similar to creating a PSERVER setup
for the NIC, except that there are no restrictions about which names
may be used for the print server and printer objects.
NOTE: Write down the printer number(s) assigned to the printer(s)
you are going to be using for this setup. You will need them
in a later step.
HTML Method
1. Load a PSERVER on your Netware 3.x, Netware 4.x, or
Netware 5.x file server (i.e., issue a
load pserver
pservername
command on the file server).
NOTE: If it is an NDS PSERVER on a Netware 4.x/5.x file server,
you must specify the PSERVER name and context for
pservername . For example:
load pserver .sales_ps.sales.microplex
2. Load a Web browser on a network station that can
communicate with the print server over TCP/IP.