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Using the Ethernet Card
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Using Print Server Mode
In Print Server mode, the Ethernet card in your printer
performs all print server functions and can service up to 32
queues and eight file servers. No VAP (Value-Added Process) or
NLM (NetWare Loadable Module
) is required. When you
send a print job from your application, the file server assigns the
print job to a print queue. When the corresponding printer is
ready, the card, acting as the print server, sends the print job to
the printer.
The Ethernet card operates like any Novell NetWare print
server, servicing the print queues in a round robin fashion. In
queues of the same priority, the Ethernet card services the first
job in a queue before those in a lower priority queue. The card
also supports encrypted passwords.
This mode provides the highest printing speed while retaining
the control, security, and convenience of a NetWare print
server.
Using Remote Printer Mode
As a remote printer, the Ethernet card emulates a workstation
running Novell’s RPRINTER program, and operates under the
control of a Novell NetWare print server. The print server can
be either a dedicated workstation running PSERVER or a file
server.
At power-up, the interface card will attempt to attach to a print
server (elsewhere on the network) and act as a particular printer
of that print server. To do this, it needs to know which print
server to attach to, and which printer of that print server to use.
This is similar to specifying these parameters in the RPRINTER
command line (or to interactively choose them from the
RPRINTER program).
You can set up these parameters on the Ethernet card with the
EPSON Net! utility. Once the interface card is set up, it stores
these settings, which means that you normally only need to do
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