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Pi4700e 8-17
Network Interface Card Chapter 8
Configuring an NDPS Gateway for IPX
The Novell NDPS gateway for IPX is compatible with queue-based Net-
Ware printing technologies. The following procedure describes how to set
up and configure NDPS to interface with the printer via queue-based print-
ing.
Configuring Queue-Based Printers
Prerequisites:
✔
The print queue you want to reference must already exist.
✔
On a Novell 4.x or 5.x network using IPX, install the printer and the
print server.
1
In NetWare Administrator, select the container where you want the
NDPS Manager object to reside.
2
Choose
Object
—
Create
—
NDPS Printer
.
This causes the Create NDPS Printer dialog box to appear.
3
Type a name in the
NDPS Printer Name
field.
4
In the
Printer Agent Source
field, select
Create a New Printer Agent
and click the
Create
button.
This causes the Create Printer Agent dialog box to appear.
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.
6
At the Gateway Types window, select the
Novell Printer Gateway
.
This causes the Novell PDS dialog box to appear.
7
Configure the Novell PDS by selecting the Printer Type and Port Han-
dler Type and click the
OK
button.
This starts the
Configure Novell Port Handler
configuration wizard.
8
In the
Connection Type
field, click
Forward Jobs to a Queue
and
then click the
Next
button. (The
Port Type
options are grayed out
when you select the Queue connection type.)
This displays a screen with the
Queue Name
and
Queue User Name
fields.
9
Provide the queue name and queue user name.