Novell Del Mar College
CIS 306 - Managing NOVELL® Networks
 Instructor: Michael P. Harris
IntranetWare 4.11

IntranetWare Administration Guide

3. Setting Up Network Printing

Introduction

This section provides information about setting up basic IntranetWare TM for Small Business print services so that users on the network can print to networked printers. If your environment requires a customized solution, however, see "Introduction to NetWare Print Services" in Supervising the Network (NetWareŽ 4.11 online documentation).

Understanding Network Printing

In non-network printing, a standalone computer sends data through a parallel (LPT) or serial (COM) port and printer cable to the printer directly attached to that port as shown in Figure 3-1 .

Figure 3-1. Standalone Printing



In network printing, however, printers can be attached to any workstation or server, or as a node to the network. All users can share the services of these networked printers simultaneously. Users can specify which printer they want to use. If a printer is down, the print job is redirected to another printer.

Figure 3-2 shows a printer that is attached to a server, however, printers can be attached in many ways. Any workstation on the network can print to that printer.

Figure 3-2. Network Printing



When a user prints a file, the following events occur:

  • The print information is sent to a print queue on the server for temporary storage. A print queue is a network directory that stores print jobs. The print queue can hold as many jobs as the disk space allows.
  • Print server software (PSERVER) that has been loaded on the server continuously polls the queue to find out if print jobs are waiting and to see if the printer is available.
  • When a printer becomes available, the print server retrieves the information from the print queue and passes the information to the selected printer.
  • The printer formats the data and prints the print job.


Planning Network Print Services

Setting up Small Business print services includes five general steps.

Table 3-1. Setting up Print Services

To Do This
 Go To
1. Cable the printer to the network
"Cabling Printers to the Network" for more information
2. Create the NovellŽ Directory Services (NDS) Printer objects and add them to the Directory view with the Novell Easy Administration Tool (NEAT)
"Setting Up Print Services" for instructions on how to create your objects and add them to the Directory tree
3. Load the print server (PSERVER) software on the server
"Activating Print Services" for instructions on how to load the server software
4. Load the NPRINTER software on workstations or servers that have attached printers
"Activating Workstations for Printing" for instructions on how to load the NPRINTER software
5. Redirect print jobs to the print queue
"Customizing Your Network Print Setup" for more information



Cabling Printers to the Network

You can cable printers several ways depending on the types of printers and the physical location of each printer in relation to the file server and workstations on the network. Most printer models will run well on a network.

Refer to your printer manufacturer's documentation for specific information on how to connect your printer.

You can cable a network printer in one of these ways.

  • To a file server. Attaching a printer to a file server rather than a workstation may speed up the print process. It could also free up traffic in the area where a workstation is located.
  • To a workstation. You must also load software on the workstation so that other network users can send print jobs to this printer.
  • To the network as a node on the network (not physically cabled to either the workstation or the file server). These types of printers usually come with a built-in network board, along with software that configures the printer to run on the network.

The number of printers that can be attached to any computer is limited by the port hardware. Most DOS-based PCs have one parallel port and two or three serial ports. Some ports may not be available because they are being used for other hardware connections (modems, mouse, and so on). Add-on ports can be used to extend the number of printers that can be attached to any server or workstation.

Printer and workstation port types must match; for example, make sure you are connecting a COM port on the workstation or server to a COM port on the printer. Be sure to set the printer and cabling according to the printer manufacturer's instructions.

Setting Up Print Services

This section describes what is already set up for you and what you need to do to set up and manage print properties and print services.

What Small Business Does for You

To make network administration easier, NEAT handles several printer setup tasks for you.

  • Creates NDS print objects. Small Business includes a replicated and distributed database that organizes network components or objects, such as servers, printers, and network users, into a hierarchical tree. Three print objects need to be defined for each printer:
    • Print Queue
    • Printer (select queue)
    • Print Server (select printer)
    • Creates the print queue and print server. When you add a printer to the network, the print queue and print server are also created. Only the printer is displayed in the Directory view in NEAT, but all three objects are displayed by other NetWareŽ utilities such as NetWare Administrator and PCONSOLE.
  • Associates printers with a print server and queue. Once created, print objects must be associated with each other. The NEAT utility creates the associations based on the server and volume you select to store print jobs. The same print server is assigned to service all printers associated with any particular file server. Each printer is assigned its own queue.
  • Loads the print server onto the server. If you add printers to NDS with other NetWare utilities such as NWADMIN or PCONSOLE, you will need to manually load the print server onto the file server. If you add a printer using NEAT, the NEAT utility does this for you. NEAT also adds the PSERVER load command to the server's AUTOEXEC.NCF file (a server startup file) so that the print server is automatically reloaded any time you bring down the server and restart it. The print server must be loaded for network print services to be active.
    You can load or unload the print server with NEAT or with LOAD and UNLOAD commands at the server console, whichever is more convenient for you. To load print services at the server console, type LOAD PSERVER and follow the screen prompts. To unload print services at the server console, type UNLOAD PSERVER.
  • Assigns a print services operator. By default, user ADMIN (or whoever added the printer to the network) is granted operator status. You can grant other users rights to perform operator tasks as needed. Any user can use NEAT to manage his or her own print jobs. See "Add a Print Services Operator" for information.
  • Gives all users access to all print jobs. By default, user ADMIN and the Organization object are given rights to printers added to the network. All users, because they inherit any assignments made at the Organization level, can print to all printers. To limit which users can use a particular printer, remove the organization from the printer's list and then add only selected users to the list. See "Make Printers Available" for more information.

What You Need to Set Up

You will still need to complete several print setup tasks even though NEAT has already set up several of them for you. See "Setting Up the Network " in the Installation Guide (Small Business online documentation).

  • Cable the printers to the network. Network printers can be cabled to
    • Servers
    • Workstations
    • The network
  • Add printers to the network. Use the NEAT utility to add printers to your network. See "Adding a Printer" for instructions.
  • Load workstation software. The NPRINTER.EXE software must be loaded on workstations with attached printers. See "Activating Workstations for Printing" for instructions.
  • Redirect print jobs. Print jobs need to be redirected to the print queue so that a print server can access and process them. If the workstation sending the print job is running Windows 95* or Windows NT* 4.0 and one of Novell's 32-bit clients, this process is automated. If the workstation uses Windows* 3.x or Windows NT 3.5, software can be activated at each workstation or print commands can be included in a system script that applies to all workstations on the network. See "Activating Workstations for Printing" for instructions.

The following steps log you in to the Small Business network and open the NEAT utility on your workstation.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the network as ADMIN (or a user with supervisor rights).

  2. Collect the information needed.

    Before you start to add each printer, obtain the following information:

    • How your printers are cabled and whether they are cabled to a server, workstation, or a node.
    • What type of printers they are and the printer settings:
      Serial - baud rate, data bits, parity, COM port, etc.
      Parallel - LPT port
      UNIX - host, printer
      AppleTalk - zone, name, type
      Other - This is an unlisted printer and NEAT cannot configure it for you. See your printer documentation for information on how to configure this printer type.
    • Which server and volume will be used to store the print jobs.

If You Have
 Then
Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0
1. Launch NetWare Client 32 for Windows 95.
2. Log in as ADMIN.
If the Novell NetWare Login window does not appear, click Start --->Programs ---> Novell --->NetWare Login, and log in as ADMIN.
3. Double-click the NEAT icon.
Windows 3.1x or Windows NT 3.5
1. Launch NetWare Client 32 for DOS/Windows 3.1.
2. Log in as ADMIN if not already logged in.
If the Novell NetWare Login window does not appear, click on the NetWare Tools icon, then the NetWare Login icon. Log in as ADMIN.
3. Double-click the NEAT icon.
OS/2*
1. Launch OS/2.
2. Log in as ADMIN.
If the Novell NetWare Login window does not appear, double-click the Novell icon, then the NetWare Login icon. Log in as ADMIN.
3. Double-click the NEAT icon.



Adding a Printer

Before printers can be used in your network, a Printer object must be added for each printer.

Procedure

  1. From the New menu, select Printer or click Add a New Printer on the toolbar.

    Figure 3-3. Add a New Printer



  2. Enter a name that distinguishes this printer from other printers on the network.

    This may be the brand and model of the printer or a descriptive name that helps users identify the printer. Be sure to follow the standard naming conventions. See "Naming Conventions" in online help for information.

    If your printer is a PostScript* printer, check the PostScript checkbox. This enables the printer to create PostScript rather than text-based banner pages.

  3. Click Next to continue.

  4. Select the method by which your printer is attached to the network.

    Use Table 3-2 to determine how to set up your printers on the network.

  5. Mark the appropriate information when prompted and click Next. For example,

    1. Click Workstation .

    2. Click Next.

    3. Click Parallel.

    4. Click Next.

    5. Click the LPT number.

  6. (Conditional) Select a server and volume to store print jobs.

    • If you have only one server and one volume on that server, NEAT automatically assigns a volume without action on your part.
    • If the network has more than one server or if your server has more than one volume, do the following:

    • Click the folder icon to browse for the volume needed.
      Select the server and volume that will store print jobs. The volume you select should have enough available disk space to store the largest print job and all the print jobs likely to be in the queue at any one time.

  7. Click Next.

  8. Click Finish to add the printer.

    The Printer object is added to the Directory view. The Print Queue and Print Server objects do not appear even though they exist.

    IMPORTANT: If your printer is attached to a workstation, you are prompted to load NPRINTER.EXE at the workstation to which the printer is cabled. This process is different depending on the workstation. See "Activate a Printer Attached to a Workstation" for instructions.

  9. (Optional) Click OK to start print services if your printer is attached to a server.

    You can choose to start print services now or later. Only one PSERVER runs for all printers on the server.

    If the PSERVER is already running, it unloads and reloads to reflect the new printer. This does not disable the other printers.

  10. (Optional) Change the printer access. The default allows everyone in the organization to access the printer.

    1. To change allowed users, from the Directory view, select the printer.

    2. Select the Users, Groups tab to display the users and groups who currently have rights to print to this printer.

    3. Select the users and groups to add or remove.

      • To add users and groups, click Add, select the users or group, then click OK.
      • To remove users and groups, click Remove, then click Yes .

  11. Set up the printer operator. The user who added the printer is the default printer operator.

    1. To change the name, from the Directory view, select the printer you want to manage.

    2. Click the Operators tab to display the list of current operators.

      • To add a user, click Add, select the user, then click OK.
      • To remove a user, select the user, click Remove, and click Yes.

      To select several users, press <Ctrl> while clicking on the users.

  12. Activate the workstations.



Editing Printer Properties

Whenever a printer is highlighted, properties related to the printer display in the Property view on the right side of the "Novell Easy Administration Tool" window as shown in Figure 3-4.

Figure 3-4. Edit Printer Properties



Printer properties are organized in tabs and include these headings: General, Operators, Configuration, Jobs, and Users, Groups.

Table 3-3 describes properties you can change. The tab name for each task is listed. Procedures for the tasks follow the table.

Table 3-3. Basic Print Services Tasks

Task
 Tab Name
Assign printer access
Users, Groups
Remove printer access
Users, Groups
Add a print services operator
 Operators
Delete a print services operator
 Operators
Hold a print job
Jobs
Resume a print job
Jobs
Delete a print job
Jobs
Change the printer type
 Configuration
Load or unload print services
 General

Assign Printer Access

Once a printer has been added, all users in the organization can use that printer by default.

To delete or reassign printer access, do the following.

Procedure

  1. From the Directory view, select the printer.

  2. From the Property view, select the Users, Groups tab.

  3. Click Add.

  4. From the list, select a user or group. To select multiple users or groups, press <Ctrl> while clicking on the desired users or groups.

  5. (Optional) Create a new group. Click Create a New Group , type the group name, and click Finish.

  6. Click OK.

Remove Printer Access

To remove a user's, group's, or organization's access to a printer, do the following.

Procedure

  1. From the Directory view, select the printer.

  2. From the Property view, select the Users, Groups tab.

  3. Click the user or group to remove.

  4. Click Remove.

  5. Click Yes.

Add a Print Services Operator

The user who installed the printer is automatically assigned operator rights; other users can be assigned as well.

Print server operators can

  • Modify the status of all print jobs in the print queue
  • Load or unload print services
  • Modify the printer status

To assign operator rights to other users, do the following.

Procedure

  1. From the Directory view, select the printer.

  2. From the Property view, select the Operators tab.

  3. Click Add.

  4. From the list, click to select a user. To select multiple users, press <Ctrl > while clicking on the desired users.

  5. Click OK.

Delete a Print Services Operator

To remove a user from the print server operator's list, do the following.

Procedure

  1. From the Directory view, select the printer.

  2. From the Property view, select the Operators tab.

  3. Click the user to remove.

  4. Click Remove.

  5. Click Yes.

Control Print Jobs

Only a print server operator, ADMIN, or the owner of the print job can change the status of a print job.

Hold, Remove, or Delete a Print Job

To place a hold, remove a hold, delete a print job from the queue, or move up or down in the services order, do the following.

Procedure

  1. From the Directory view, select the printer.

  2. From the Property view, select the Jobs tab.

  3. Select the print job.

    Table 3-4. Tasks to Control Print Jobs

    To
    		 Do This
    Place a print job on hold
    		Click Hold
    Resume a print job on hold
    		Click Resume
    Delete a print job
    		Click Delete
    Change the service order
    		Drag the job to move it to a higher or lower print priority in the queue

Change the Printer Configuration

To change the printer configuration or change the service time interval, do the following.

Procedure

  1. From the Directory view, select the printer.

  2. Select the Configuration tab.

  3. Change the following fields as necessary.

    Refer to the printer manufacturer's documentation for configuration information.

    • Printer type. From the drop-down box, select the type of printer you are configuring: Parallel, Serial, AppleTalk*, UNIX*, AIO, or Other. Depending on your selection, a dialog box may appear, displaying printer settings. Make sure the settings displayed match those required by the printer.
      For printers attached to an OS/2 workstation, choose Other. Select Other for printers such as HP* IIIsi, Compaq*, PageMarq* 20, GENICOM 7170*, and Talaris 1794 Printstation*.
    • Banner type. Indicate whether you want banners (a page printed before the print job that identifies the job owner) printed in text or PostScript format. Choose text unless the printer is a PostScript printer.
    • Service interval. From the drop-down box, select how often, in seconds, the printer should poll the print server to check for print jobs. The default is 5.
    • Buffer size. From the drop-down box, select the amount of data, in chunks, you want sent to the printer at a time. The default is 3 which is the lowest setting. You can set the number of chunks of data up to 20.

Delete a Printer

Take care in deleting objects so that you don't inadvertently remove objects, you need since their associated properties and relationships with other objects are also deleted.

For example, if you delete a printer, all assignments made to that printer are deleted. The user will no longer have access to the printer.

Procedure

  1. From the Directory view, select the printer.

  2. From the Edit menu, select Delete selected item .

  3. Click Yes.



Activating Print Services

The PSERVER software is required by Small Business to establish the print services connection to the network. This software must be loaded on the network. If you used the Novell Easy Administration Tool (NEAT) to add your printers to the network and you selected "server," the PSERVER software loads automatically on the server every time the server comes up.

The PSERVER software can be loaded and unloaded manually if preferred. Follow the steps in "Load or Unload Print Services Manually."

If a printer is attached to either a server or workstation, the NPRINTER software must be loaded. See "Activating Workstations for Printing" for more information.

If the printer is attached directly to the network, no further action is required.

Load or Unload Print Services

Decide whether you want to load or unload print services automatically or manually. If you load or unload the software manually, you must use the server console.

Load or Unload Print Services Automatically

To load or unload the print services software automatically with NEAT, do the following.

Procedure

  1. From the Directory view, select the printer.

  2. Select the General tab.

  3. Click Load if the software is not loaded, or Unload if the software is loaded.

    WARNING: If you are loading the software, do not click the Load button more than once, as this will cause the server to abend.

    If you are unloading the software, you can choose to unload the PSERVER. NLM now or after all current print jobs have completed.

    NEAT always unloads after the current print jobs have finished.

  4. Click OK.

Load or Unload Print Services Manually

If the PSERVER command does not exist in the server's AUTOEXEC.NCF file and does not load automatically when the server comes up, complete one of the following procedures.

Current Server Session

This procedure loads PSERVER for the current server session only. When the server goes down, PSERVER will unload.

Procedure

  1. Go to the server console command prompt.

  2. Type

    LOAD PSERVER printserver name

    This loads the PSERVER software during the current server session only. PSERVER must be unloaded before you bring the server down. See "Unload the Print Server. "

Every Server Session

If you choose to load the PSERVER software on the server for every session, do the following.

Procedure

  1. At the server prompt, type

    LOAD EDIT AUTOEXEC.NCF

  2. Add the following line to the bottom of the AUTOEXEC.NCF file before the "mount" command if it is not already there:

    LOAD PSERVER printserver name. organization name

    Example:

    LOAD PSERVER ACCT.ACME

  3. Press <Ctrl> to exit the edit program.

  4. Type Y to save the file.

Unload the Print Server

If you choose to unload the server for every session, do the following.

Procedure

  1. To unload the print server, at the server console, type

    UNLOAD PSERVER

  2. PSERVER is now unloaded.



Activating Workstations for Printing

After you add a printer and activate the print server, you can activate printers attached to servers or workstations with NPRINTER.

Use the following table to help you decide how to activate your printers.

If Your Printer Is Attached to
 Then
A server
The NPRINTER software automatically loads on the server. No further action is required.
A workstation
Load NPRINTER manually on the workstation. See "Activating a Printer Attached to a Workstation."
A node
See your printer manufacturer's documentation. It includes specific information on how to activate your printer once it is connected to the network.

Activate a Printer Attached to a Workstation

After the printer has been added to the network, you need to load NPRINTER on any workstation that has a printer attached to it.

IMPORTANT: Make sure the Small Business client software has been installed. See "Installing Client Workstations" in the Installation Guide (Small Business) for information.

The NPRINTER software is loaded differently, depending on the workstation's operating system. To find out where to go for specific instructions, refer to the following table.

If You Want to Load NPRINTER on
 Then
Windows 95 running Novell's Client 32 for Windows 95
See "Load NPRINTER on Windows 95"
Windows 3.x running Novell's Client 32 for DOS/Windows
See "Load NPRINTER on Windows 3.1x"
OS/2
See "Load NPRINTER on OS/2"

Load NPRINTER on Windows 95

NPTWIN95.EXE, the NPRINTER Manager executable file, allows network users to share a printer attached to a Windows 95 workstation.

When you run NPRINTER Manager after the initial setup, the program checks to see which printers need to be loaded. If the print server is running and the specified printer is free, that printer is loaded; its information window is displayed in the "NetWare Nprinter Manager" window.

Any printer you add will remain available to the network as long as the client is running. You can also specify that the printer will be activated whenever NPRINTER Manager starts up.

Prerequisites
  • Windows 95 and NetWare Client 32 for Windows 95 are running
  • A printer is attached to the workstation
  • You are logged in to the network
  • You have set up and configured the printer for the network
  • The print server is running on the server
Procedure

  1. Double-click Network Neighborhood.

  2. Locate and double-click your server.

  3. Navigate to the SYS\PUBLIC\WIN95 folder on your server.

    1. Double-click the server name.

    2. Double-click the SYS: volume.

    3. Double-click the PUBLIC folder.

    4. Double-click the WIN95 folder.

  4. Double-click NPTWIN95 (the NPRINTER Manager program).

    5. If this is the first printer (or first NPRINTER), an Add button displays. Continue with Step 5. Otherwise, choose Printers and then choose Add. The dialog box does not display after your first printer is added.

  5. Indicate whether this printer is an NDS printer or bindery-based printer.

    If you added a printer with the NEAT utility, choose NDS.

    If you have a bindery-based printer, choose bindery-based.

    1. Click the browse button.

    2. Choose a printer.

    3. Click OK.

  6. (Conditional) If the Set Properties dialog box displays, set the printing properties in the displayed box, and click OK.

    The dialog box displays only if the selected printer was previously defined as Other/Unknown if the printer was set up in the NEAT utility.

    1. Choose the LPT or COM port the printer is attached to.

    2. Choose an interrupt setting or Polled mode.

      Polled mode . This is usually the default setting for interrupts. This mode, though not as fast as interrupt mode, sends data faster than most printers can process it.

      This mode eliminates any possibility for interrupt conflicts with different hardware configurations. On complex printing setups, however, execution may be slower. On a nondedicated workstation (other operations are running), this mode works faster.

      Interrupts. Type the preferred interrupt setting; if you do not know your interrupt setting, keep the default. Use this mode if you know which interrupts you can assign without any conflicts. If the workstation is only running NPRINTER, this mode is faster.

    3. Choose a buffer setting from 3 KB to 60 KB of memory.

      The higher the buffer is set, the faster the printer will move data.

    4. (Conditional) If a COM port was selected, set the following to correspond with the serial settings on your printer: Baud Rate, Data Bits, Stop Bits, Parity, XON/XOFF.

    5. Click OK.

  7. (Optional) If you want NPRINTER to load this printer for every session, check Activate Printer When Nprinter Manager Loads.

    Otherwise, the printer is deactivated when you close this session of Windows 95.

  8. Click OK.

  9. Verify that the printer was successfully set up by ensuring that the printer's status window displays and settings are correct.

  10. (Optional) Close the NetWare NPRINTER Manager window by clicking Printers, then Exit.

    Even though you close this window, NPRINTER is still running, so network users can still print to the printers displayed in this window.

  11. (Optional) To load NPTWIN95 automatically whenever the workstation is turned on, add NPTWIN95 to the Startup folder. The owner of the workstation does not have to be logged in to the network.

    You can still print to the printer attached to the workstation even though the user who runs the workstation software is not logged in. The workstation has to be running, however.

    See your Windows documentation for instructions on how to use the Startup folder.

  12. (Optional) To set up NPRINTER Manager so that it will start up before you log in to the network, copy the required files to your hard drive.

    1. At the Windows 95 desktop, open My Computer, choose a local drive, and create a folder called Nprinter .

    2. Choose Network Neighborhood and navigate to SYS \PUBLIC\WIN95 on the server.

    3. Copy the following files from SYS\PUBLIC\WIN95 to the Nprinter folder created in Step 12a:

      • NPTWIN.EXE
      • NPTWIN95.DLL
      • NPTWIN95.HLP
      • NPTR95.NLM
      • NPTDRV95.NLM
      • NPTDRV95.MSG
      • NRDLL95.DLL
      • NWADLG95.DLL
      • NWADMR95.DLL
      • NWCOMN95.DLL
      • BIDS45F.DLL
      • CW3215.DLL
      • OWL252F.DLL

    4. Update the path in the Startup folder.

      Refer to your Windows documentation for instructions on how to add a path to your Startup folder.

  13. Capture your printer to initiate printing. See "Redirect Print Jobs on Windows 95" for more information.

Redirect Print Jobs on Windows 95

To redirect a print job to a network printer, do the following.

Procedure

  1. Launch Windows 95.

  2. Log in to the network.

  3. Double-click My Computer.

  4. Open the Printers folder.

  5. Double-click Add Printer wizard.

  6. Click the Add Printer icon.

  7. Follow the screen prompts to add the printer to the desktop.

  8. When prompted, indicate that you will be using a network printer, then browse to select the print queue if it is not already selected in NEAT.

No additional Windows 95 setup is needed.

Load NPRINTER on Windows 3.1x

IMPORTANT: If a workstation uses Windows 3.x, you must load NPRINTER.EXE before you load Windows.

To load NPRINTER on a DOS or Windows workstation, do the following:

Procedure

  1. Log in to the network if necessary.

  2. At the DOS prompt, type the following:

    NPRINTER <Enter >

    A list of available print servers appears.

    The NPRINTER menu allows you to load printers and view all available print servers or printers before you select which printer to load.

  3. Choose a print server.

    A list of printers assigned to the print server appears. Because a Print Server object was created when the printer was created in NEAT (see "Adding a Printer"), the preferred print server displays in the volume you selected when you created the printer.

    For example, to load a printer that is assigned to PS-ACCT, choose PS-ACCT. A list of printers not in use that are assigned to PS-ACCT appears.

    Because the print server does not appear in NEAT, use NetWare Administrator or PCONSOLE to view the print server name which is the same name as the printer with a PS prefix.

    By default, the print server name is the volume name_PSERVER, for example, ACME_SYS _PSERVER.

  4. Choose a printer.

    For example, to load network printer ACCT, choose ACCT from the list of available printers on PS-ACCT.

    You may also be asked to specify the printer type (parallel or serial), the port, the interrupt, and so on.

    • Polled mode. In the NEAT utility, if you chose polled mode (the default) instead of a specific interrupt number, no further action is required.
      This is usually the default setting for interrupts. This mode, though not as fast as interrupt mode, sends data faster than most printers can process it.
      This mode eliminates any possibility for interrupt conflicts with different hardware configurations. On complex printing setups, however, execution may be slower. On a nondedicated workstation (other operations are running), this mode works faster.
    • Interrupts. Type the preferred interrupt setting; if you do not know your interrupt setting, keep the default. Use this mode if you know which interrupts you can assign without any hardware conflicts. If the workstation is only running NPRINTER, this mode is faster. To use a specific interrupt, type the following lines in the Windows SYSTEM.INI file under [386Enh]:
      LPT1AutoAssign=0
      LPT1irq=-1
      Replace LPT1 with the port to which the printer is cabled (such as LPT2).

    See your printer manufacturer's documentation for information.

  5. Go to NetWare User Tools to capture the printer for printing.

    See "Redirect Print Jobs on Windows 3.1" for more information.

Redirect Print Jobs on Windows 3.1

The NetWare Client 32 for Windows 3.1 contains the NWUSER utility (or Tools) which allows you to redirect a print job to a network queue without using CAPTURE. The CAPTURE utility sets print parameters for applications.

To set up network printing with NWUSER, do the following.

Procedure

  1. Open the Windows Main program group.

  2. Double-click Control Panel.

  3. Double-click Printers.

    If printer drivers were previously configured, Installed Printers displays them.

    If no drivers were configured, select Add and continue with Step 4.

  4. Select a printer driver, then select Connect.

    A driver can now be assigned to ports LPT1 through LPT3.

    NOTE: The driver connections do not reflect the way your network printer is cabled. The LPT drivers detected here are assigned to LPT ports in order, such as LPT1, LPT2, and so on.

  5. Select a port, then select Network.

    This opens NWUSER and displays the available ports and print queues.

    Determine which of the following items is true:

    • If CAPTURE was active before Windows was loaded, the printer port assignments established using CAPTURE plus the queue assignments appear (LPT1:\Directory services name \queue name). If this is true, skip to Step 7.
    • If CAPTURE is not currently active, highlight the port and queue to be assigned. Select Capture. (The queue name appears to the right of the port.)

  6. To view or change the settings, highlight the port and queue, then select LPT Settings.

    This displays the same options available in CAPTURE. Select the desired options or modify any previous settings and click OK to return to the printer setup screen.

  7. To make the port and queue assignment permanent, highlight the port and queue, then select Permanent.

    A printer icon is added to the port name.

    NOTE: If you select Permanent, this port and queue assignment is activated whenever you run Windows and overwrites any existing capture assignment for that port.

    If you do not select Permanent, the assignment is active only until you log off the network.

    To remove a port and queue assignment, select the port, then select End Capture.

  8. Click the exit icon at the top of the screen to close and save the settings.

You can now configure Windows 3.1 to print to a network queue from a Windows application.

Procedure

  1. Open a Windows application.

  2. From the File menu, select Print Setup.

  3. Select the driver, port, and queue to which you want to print.

  4. From the File menu, select Print.

  5. Define the desired print options.

  6. Click OK.

Load NPRINTER on OS/2

You need to define an OS/2 printer to correspond with each network printer to receive print jobs from an OS/2 queue.

To load NPRINTER on an OS/2 workstation, do the following:

Procedure

  1. At your workstation, click the Novell icon.

    When you installed the NetWare Client for OS/2, NPRINTER.EXE was automatically made available as an icon called Network Printer in the "Novell-Icon View" window.

  2. From the "Novell-Icon View" window, choose Network Printer .

  3. From the NPRINTER window, select the Printers menu.

    Load and Unload are displayed.

    If the Load option is dimmed on this menu, the maximum number of OS/2 printers (7) is already loaded. You must unload one before you can load another.

    If the Unload option is dimmed, no NPRINTER drivers are currently loaded.

  4. From the Printers menu, choose Load.

    The Load Printers dialog box appears listing configured printers.

    If no configured printers appear on the list, you must define a printer. Do the following:

    1. From the "Load Printers" window, choose Define.

    2. Click Add to define the OS/2 printer you want NPRINTER to load on this workstation.

    3. Type a printer name in the Description field.

      Use the same name for the OS/2 printer that you assigned to the corresponding network printer.

    4. Double-click a print server from the Print server name list.

      A list of printers assigned to the print server appears. Because a Print Server object was created when the printer was created in NEAT (see "Adding a Printer"), the preferred print server displays in the volume you selected when you created the printer.

      For example, to load a printer that is assigned to PS-ACCT, choose PS-ACCT. A list of printers not in use that are assigned to PS-ACCT appears.

      These printers are active printers assigned to the selected print server.

    5. Choose the desired printer.

    6. (Optional) Check Load on Startup if you want NPRINTER to load the printer when NPRINTER is loaded.

    7. Select an OS/2 print queue name.

    8. Choose the arrow box to the right of the Default OS/2 Print Queue and choose an OS/2 print queue.

    9. Click OK.

    10. Click EXIT.

    11. (Optional) Repeat the previous steps for each additional printer that NPRINTER will load on this workstation.

  5. From the Printers menu, select Load.

  6. Select the printer to be loaded and select Load.

Redirecting Print Jobs on OS/2

The NetWare client for OS/2 contains the NetWare Tools utility, which allows you to redirect a print job to a network queue without using CAPTURE.

To access NetWare Tools, do the following.

Procedure

  1. Click the Novell icon.

  2. Double-click NetWare Tools.

  3. At the Tools menu bar, select the print queue.

Enable a Macintosh for Printing

NetWare Client for Mac OS uses NetWare Print Access to enable your Mac OS-based workstation to access all compatible printers in the NetWare environment. The NetWare Print Access system extension enables supported AppleTalk printer drivers to use NetWare printing protocols. The last selected printer determines which printing protocol is used.

If an AppleTalk-compatible driver was selected in the Apple Chooser, the AppleTalk protocol is used. If a NetWare-compatible driver was selected in the NetWare Print Chooser, printing takes place using NetWare protocols. Without NetWare Print Access, Mac OS-based workstations can print only to the network printer that you make available through AppleTalk Print Services.

To print, select the Print option from the File menu in the application you are using. You must be logged in to the network to print to a network printer.

See "Administering NetWare Client for Mac OS Print Services " in theNetWare Client for Mac OS User Guide (NetWare 4.11 online documentation) for more information.

Attaching a Printer as a Node

Small Business supports existing network-direct printers and hardware queue servers produced by various hardware manufacturers. These devices either connect to a printer and then to the network or just connect to a printer port. They do not necessarily have a direct connection to the network.

These devices are shipped with their own installation utilities. The manufacturer's utilities configure the device to recognize network print components and to communicate with the network. To effectively use network-direct print devices in a Small Business environment, refer to the hardware manufacturer's procedures.

Many of these devices are configured to run in either queue server mode or remote printer mode.

  • Queue Server Mode. The hardware print server directly accesses the print queue.
  • Remote Printer Mode. The printer is controlled by the Small Business print server.

See Print Services (NetWare 4.11 online documentation) for more information on network-direct devices.

Printing to Network Printers

After you have added your printers to the Directory tree, activated the print server, and activated users' workstations for network printing, all users can now redirect their print jobs to the desired network printers.

At each workstation, print jobs must be directed to a network queue so that printing can be completed. Some applications do not have a feature that allows you to print on a network.

Employees can print from either inside or outside an application.

Printing from within an Application

After all the steps for setting up a printer are completed, users can direct print jobs to the network using NetWare User Tools. The NetWare User Tools (also known as NetWare Tools or NWUSER) icon is located in the Novell icon.

Users can print directly from an application if that application is designed for network printing. If it is not, see "Applications Not Designed for Networks". Windows 95 does not use NetWare User Tools. See "Redirect Print Jobs on Windows 95" for setup information.

Applications Not Designed for Networks

If an application is not designed to print to a network, or if users want to print outside an application, they can use CAPTURE or NPRINT at the command line.

CAPTURE directs print jobs to a network print queue. This works automatically in the Windows 95 environment.

NPRINT allows you to send text and other files to a network printer from the DOS command line.

Other print redirection utilities also exist on the Small Business clients.

Redirect Print Jobs with CAPTURE

To use CAPTURE to redirect network print jobs, do the following.

Procedure

  1. At the workstation's network prompt (F:), type

    CAPTURE Q= queuename LPT1 NB NFF C= number

    where queuename is the name of your print queue. See "Administering NetWare Client for Mac OS Print Services CAPTURE" in Utilities Reference (NetWare 4.11 online documentation) for more information.

    This command redirects printing from your workstation's LPT1 port to the queue you specify. It also notifies the printer, for example, not to print a banner page (NB), and not to use form feed (NFF).

    NOTE: If only a partial job or no job prints out, (especially those with graphics) try adding a timeout command, ti= number, where number is the number of seconds the printer waits before it closes a print job after it receives the last data. This is useful if you are printing graphics files that require more time to print.

    If you use CAPTURE regularly, you can save it in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

    This way, print jobs are automatically redirected when the workstation is booted. If you enter a different CAPTURE command at the command line after you add a CAPTURE command, the command line overrides the entry in the file.

  2. Launch your application.

  3. Open or create the files you want to print.

  4. Use the application's print keys or commands to print the file to the port you captured.

CAPTURE redirects the print job to the queue and then to the printer.

Redirect Print Jobs with NPRINT

The NPRINT utility prints text or application files from the DOS command line to a network printer. The files, however, must be in a format that your printer accepts.

To print to a network printer, type

NPRINT filename [P= printername|Q= queuename] [/ option...]

where filename is the name of the file you want to print, printername is the printer to which you want to print, queuename is the print queue, and option can be any additional options you want to add.

For example,

NPRINT DECEMBER.RPT P=ACCT NB NFF

means to print the file DECEMBER.RPT to printer ACCT with no banner page (NB) and no form feed (NFF). See "NPRINT" in Utilities Reference (NetWare 4.11 online documentation) for more information.

The next table summarizes where to go for print redirection.

To Redirect a Print Job Using
 Then
CAPTURE
Go to the section, "Redirect Print Jobs with CAPTURE."
NPRINT
Go to the section, "Redirect Print Jobs with NPRINT."
Windows 3.1 and Client 32 for Windows 3.x
Go to the section, "Redirect Print Jobs on Windows 3.1."
Windows 95 and Client 32 for Windows 95
Go to the section, "Redirect Print Jobs on Windows 95."
Macintosh
Go to the section, "Enable a Macintosh for Printing."
OS/2
Go to the section, "Redirecting Print Jobs on OS/2."



Customizing Your Network Print Setup

The NEAT utility provides the basic functions for setting up printers, users, groups, applications, and so on; but if you later need to customize your configuration, you can use NEAT or NetWare Administrator (NWADMIN).

NetWare Administrator can be found in SYS:PUBLIC on your server. Double-click the NWADMIN icon to open the utility in SYS:PUBLIC to launch the utility. Refer to "NetWare Administrator" in Utilities Reference (NetWare 4.11 online documentation) for information.

Additional Information

For More Information About
 Go To
CAPTURE
"CAPTURE" in NetWare 4.11 Utilities Reference
NetWare Administrator (NWADMIN)
" NetWare Administrator" in NetWare 4.11 Utilities Reference
" Managing Print Services with the NetWare Administrator Utility" in NetWare 4.11 Print Services
NPRINT
"NPRINT" in NetWare 4.11 Utilities Reference
" Using NPRINT" in NetWare 4.11 Print Services
NPRINTER
"NPRINTER.EXE" in NetWare 4.11 Utilities Reference
" Setting Up Printers Attached to Workstations or Servers" in NetWare 4.11 Print Services
PSERVER
"PSERVER" in NetWare 4.11 Utilities Reference
" Setting Up and Servicing Print Servers" in NetWare 4.11 Print Services
Print Queue
"Print Queue" in NetWare 4.11 Concepts
Print Server
"Print Server" in NetWare 4.11 Concepts



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