User Guide

Planning the Migration to Novell Distributed Print Services 35
Novell Distributed Print Services Administration Guide
103-000137-001
August 31, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
2 Planning the Migration to Novell
Distributed Print Services
There is no single ideal strategy for implementing the Novell
®
Distributed
Print Services
TM
(NDPS
®
) printing system or for upgrading your current
queue-based system to take advantage of the many printer management and
ease-of-use features provided by NDPS. However, the information provided
in this section will help you understand the planning issues you should
consider and the migration scenarios available to make a successful transition.
Once the transition to NDPS is complete, you can follow the steps in the iPrint
Administration Guide to set up and configure iPrint.
Because NDPS provides full support for IP-based as well as IPX
TM
-based
printing, it offers a wide variety of system configuration options to fit your
organization's specific needs. Novell's legacy, queue-based print system is
also fully supported, which allows your users to continue printing as they
always have until you complete the transition to NDPS.
If you have not already done so, read in the Chapter 1, “Understanding Novell
Distributed Print Services,” on page 13 before you proceed further to ensure
that you understand the terms and concepts discussed in this section.
Establishing a Planning Base
The key to a successful move to NDPS lies in understanding both what you
are starting with and what you want when you have completed your move. As
part of this understanding process, you should also anticipate the critical
issues and decisions you will need to deal with as you implement the
transition.