User Guide

Planning the Migration to Novell Distributed Print Services 51
Novell Distributed Print Services Administration Guide
103-000137-001
August 31, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
NDPS gateways to communicate with printers that have inherent IPX
dependencies. This section provides guidelines for switching these
configurations to use IP-based protocols. None of the changes described will
require the clients' installation and configuration to change.
The following scenarios are described in this section:
 “Migrating an IPX-Based Third-Party Gateway to IP” on page 51
 “Migrating a Printer in RP Mode to IP” on page 51
 “Migrating a Printer in QServer Mode to IP” on page 53
Migrating an IPX-Based Third-Party Gateway to IP
Several third-party gateways support both IPX-based and IP-based
communication to printers. The process to switch a third-party gateway to use
IP is likely to differ from gateway to gateway and should be explained in each
gateway's documentation. If a specific third-party gateway doesn't support IP,
you might need to use the Novell gateway.
Migrating a Printer in RP Mode to IP
Printer
NDPS Manager
3rd-
party
gateway
PA
Printer
Agent
NDPS Manager
Novell
gateway
PA
Printer
Agent
RP-mode
printer
RP