User Guide

48 Novell Distributed Print Services Administration Guide

Novell Distributed Print Services Administration Guide

103-000137-001

August 31, 2001

Novell Confidential

Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001

Migration Scenarios

The following scenarios will help you better understand the process for

making the transition to a NDPS environment that will best meet your printing

needs.

 “Migrating from Queue-Based Printing to NDPS” on page 48

 “Migrating from IPX-Based NDPS to IP-based NDPS” on page 50

 “Migrating from NFS to NDPS” on page 53

Migrating from Queue-Based Printing to NDPS

Most queue-based printing in NetWare networks is currently realized through

one of the following configurations:

When migrating to NDPS from any of these configurations, you should first

consider the protocols, connection methods used, and potential need to

configure the printer in determining which gateway to use. If a third-party

gateway is used, the resulting configuration would look as follows:

ovell client

Printer attached to

workstation

Printer attached to server

(local printer)

Print Server

RP-mode

printer

Queue

QServer-mode

printer

NPRINTER.EXE