User Guide

Setting Up a New NDPS Printing System 65
Novell Distributed Print Services Administration Guide
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August 31, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Setting Up NDPS Printers to Service Legacy Queues
In many cases, you will want to continue using print queues while you make
the transition to NDPS. This strategy is discussed in detail in “Making the
Transition Gradually” on page 41. For information on how to set up your
NDPS printers to service legacy queues, see “Supporting Queue-Based Client
Workstations” on page 86.
Configuring Queue-Based Printers
Users can submit jobs through NDPS to printers and print systems that still
require queues, such as the following:
 Printers controlled by PSERVER.NLM (either locally attached or
attached directly to the network) running on servers that have not been
upgraded to NDPS
 Printers attached directly to the network that are configured for queue-
server mode
 Mainframe systems using NetWare HostPrint
®
and certain proprietary
systems
The following procedure allows you to configure the Printer Agent to redirect
print jobs to a NetWare queue.
HINT: While this procedure allows you to connect to queue-based printers
controlled by NetWare servers in the current eDirectory tree, you might also need
to create one or more bindery reference queues to provide access to printers
controlled by a NetWare 3 file server and printers controlled by a NetWare 4 or
NetWare 5 server in a different tree. For more information, see “Using Bindery
Reference Queues” on page 67.
1 In NetWare Administrator, select the container where you want the NDPS
Printer object to reside.
2 From the Object menu, click Create > NDPS Printer.
3 Enter a name in the Printer Name field.
4 At the Printer Agent Source field, select Create a New Printer Agent, and
then click Create.
5 Confirm the Printer Agent name (default is the name of the new printer
you are creating) and browse to select the NDPS Manager you want to
assign it to.