User Guide

Planning the Migration to Novell Distributed Print Services 41
Novell Distributed Print Services Administration Guide
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August 31, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
See “Maintaining Your Queues during the Transition” on page 42 for
more details on this printing configuration.
Eventually, only a few queues serviced by NDPS Printer Agents will
remain to support your DOS and Windows DOS-box printing needs,
while most printing will be through the following basic NDPS
configuration and its variations, which will be explained in “Using
Legacy Printers and NDPS Gateways” on page 44.
 Determine which gateway you will use. For more information about
available gateways, see Chapter 9, “Selecting the Correct Gateway to
Use,” on page 135.
Making the Transition Gradually
If you are using a queue-based printing system, you can continue to use your
existing system without modification. Because of the advantages provided by
NDPS, however, we recommend that you begin the transition as soon as it
becomes convenient.
In general, we suggest you make the move gradually, and begin by
implementing the NDPS server components and management features. This
strategy allows you to set up your new printers and optimize the distribution
of your brokered resources while your end users continue printing through the
same queues they always have. Then, when you are satisfied that your NDPS
printing components are set up and configured the way you want them, you
can begin upgrading your end users to the new system gradually.
If you will be implementing iPrint, the Novell Client 32
TM
is not required.
Instead, users install a browser plug-in that allows them to install printers and
print drivers to their workstations. See the Novell Client for Windows for more
information.
Advantages to Running NDPS on the
Server
Additional Advantages of Running
NDPS on Clients also
Easier (and in many cases, the only
way) to support Pure IP
Automatic driver download when a
user logs on to the network
(assuming that you have
implemented this Remote Printer
Management function)
Custom printer management tools Remote workstation printer
management