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8Press the Ins key, then type a descriptive name for your printer server.

This can be any name, but in general you should be able to glance at the

object and know what its purpose is (for example “12_640_Server”).

Creating a printer

1Select the name of the print server you specified in “Step 2, Option A: Setting Up the

Printer as a Print Server (Using PCONSOLE)”; then press Enter.

2 Use the arrow keys to highlight Printers in the Print Server Information menu, and

press Enter.

This lets you configure the new print server.

3Press the Ins key to display printers in your current context in the NetWare Directory

Services tree.

4Press the Ins key to create a new printer in the NetWare Directory Services tree.

The context listed at the top of the screen should still list the server’s bindery

context that was set earlier. If this is not the case, change the context to the

correct context before creating the printer.

5At the prompt, type the new printer name and press Enter.

6Select the name of the printer you specified in the previous procedure and press Enter.

This adds the printer to the Serviced Printers list of the print server.

Creating a print queue

1From the Serviced Printers menu list, select the name of the printer you specified in the

previous procedure, and press Enter.

A Printer Configuration menu appears.

2From the Printer Configuration menu, use the arrow keys to highlight Printer type, and

press Enter.

3From the Printer Type menu, use the arrow keys to highlight Other/Unknown, and

press Enter.

This makes your selection active, and brings you back to the Printer

Configuration menu.

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