User Guide

Planning the Migration to Novell Distributed Print Services 53
Novell Distributed Print Services Administration Guide
103-000137-001
August 31, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Migrating a Printer in QServer Mode to IP
The best alternatives for this scenario to support IP are to (1) use a third-party
gateway (see “Migrating a Printer in RP Mode to IP” on page 51) or (2)
reconfigure the Novell gateway to communicate with the printer through a
different protocol altogether. If neither of these options are feasible, the
following configuration is available to isolate the IPX traffic generated by
printers in QServer mode:
The advantages of this option are that it doesn't require any changes to the
current printing configuration and doesn't add much overhead to networks that
already manage isolated IPX segments.
Migrating from NFS to NDPS
Several scenarios can be used to incorporate NDPS into environments that use
NFS Print Services:
 “NetWare-to-UNIX Printing” on page 54
 “UNIX-to-NetWare Printing” on page 55
In most cases, migrating one of these configurations to NDPS will result in
simpler and more reliable printing, in addition to the benefits inherent in using
NDPS. This section discusses how NDPS can be used to replace or work with
NFS Print Services.
QServer-mode
printer
Queue
NDPS Manager
Novell
gateway
PA
Printer
Agent
Queue
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printer
Migration
Agent
NDPS Manager
Novell
gateway
PA
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rinter
Agent