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This chapter explains how to set up and administer print services
with the PCONSOLE utility. You can use the "Quick Setup"
option in PCONSOLE to set up default print objects. Instructions
for customizing those objects follow. Using Quick Setup in PCONSOLE | |
The "Quick Setup" option allows you to get
your default print objects (print queue, printer, print server)
up and running quickly. The following quick setup procedure will assume two laser
printers, called PR_Far and PR_Near. They will be serviced by a
print server called PS_1 through two queues called Q_Far and Q_Near,
both located on a single NetWare server which will be called NWFS_1. Printer PR_Far will be connected to the parallel port LPT1
on the NetWare server, and printer PR_Near will be connected to
parallel port LPT1 on a client workstation. Procedure Connect your printer to the parallel (LPT) port of the server. From a workstation, log in to the NetWare server
as ADMIN. For example: Type PCONSOLE at the command line. The "Available Options" menu appears. If the current context is the desired one, skip
to Step 5. If not, Select the "Change Context" option. Enter the desired context or press <Insert>
to browse. Being in the correct context is critical to the success of
your setup; therefore, you must change to the context in which the
print related objects are to reside.
Use Quick
Setup to define PS_1, PR_Far, and Q_Far. Select the "Quick Setup" option. At the "Print server:" prompt,
type in the name of your print server. To select from a list of print servers, press <Enter>.
If no print servers are in that context, PCONSOLE will select a
name based on your current context. Press <Insert>; then enter the name "PS_1". Select "New printer:" and enter
"PR_FAR". Select "New print queue:" and
enter "Q_FAR". This is the name that users will see when choosing a print
queue. Press <F10> to save the changes. | | | |  | NOTE: If you accept the default names for the printing objects,
you need only to press <F10>. To select a different volume,
press <Insert> to browse for a volume to hold the print
queue. Change the names and printer configuration as you wish. | | | | |
Use Quick Setup to add PR_Near and Q_Near. Select the "Quick Setup" option. Select print server PS_1. Select "New printer:" and enter
"PR_NEAR". Select "New print queue:" and
enter "Q_NEAR". Select the "Location" field; then
select "Manual Load." Press <Esc>; then select "Yes"
to save the changes.
Press <F10> to save the changes. You are finished using PCONSOLE for now. Press <Esc> until you get a confirmation
box; then select "Yes" to get to the workstation
command line. At the NetWare Services server, load (or start)
the print server. You can start the print server using pconsole located on the
client. (Conditional) If you are running NPRINTER on a workstation,
load port driver NPRINTER.EXE or nprinter daemon. To load NPRINTER.EXE on a DOS, Windows, Win 95 or NT station,
type NPRINTER printservername printernumber |
For example, the following command connects printer PR_NEAR
to the print server, since PR_NEAR was assigned the number 1 as
the print number: To start the nprinter daemon on HP-UX, run the pserver and
nprinter commands from the client system. After the NetWare port driver is loaded, workstations can
send print jobs to the printer. | | | | | NOTE: Each printer that is attached to a workstation requires
a network port driver (NPRINTER.EXE). | | | | |
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