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CHAPTER 9 NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING
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Creating a NDPS Printer Using NWADMIN
for NetWare5
With NetWare 5, Novell has released a new preferred printing system called
Novell Distributed Print Services (NDPS). Before the Print / Fax server can be
configured, NDPS must be installed on the NetWare 5 server and an NDPS
Manager configured on the server.
For further information regarding NDPS printers and printing please refer to the
“Other Sources of Information” section at the end of this chapter.
NDPS Manager
This creates a NDPS manager that interacts with services running at the server
and manages an unlimited number of printer agents.
You have to create an NDPS manager within an NDS tree before creating server-
based printer agents. If the NDPS manager controls a printer attached directly to
the server, you must load the manager on the server that the printer is attached to.
1. In NetWare administrator, navigate to the area you want the NDPS
manager to reside. Select Object | Create | NDPS Manager and click OK.
2. Enter an NDPS manager name
3. Browse to a server (which has NDPS installed but no NDPS manager
installed) where you want to install the NDPS manager and then to the
volume you want the NDPS manager database assigned to. Click create.
NDPS Broker
When NDPS is installed, an NDPS broker is loaded onto the network. One of the
Broker services Resource Management Service allows Printer Drivers to be
installed onto the server for use with Printer Agents.
To add a Printer Driver to the Broker:
4. Make sure the Resource Management Service is enabled.
5. Open the Broker Object's main window in NetWare Administrator
6. Select the Resource Management view.
7. The Resource Management dialog appears. Select the Add Resources
button.
8. When the Manage Resources dialog appears, select the icon for the type
of driver you want to add. This will be a 3.1x, 95/98/Me or NT4.0 driver
for NetWare 5. If you are using NDPS version 1 with NetWare 4.x only
3.1x and 95/98/Me options will be available. NDPS version 2 for
NetWare 4.x will support NT drivers automatic download.