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Chapter 12 Novell Host Configuration (10/100Base-T)
10. Type in the name for the printer in the “Printer name” field.
In NDS, a printer object can only be attached to one print server object at a
time, as Novell is using the printer object to represent a physical printer. A
physical printer can only be attached to one parallel or serial port at a time.
Thus, if you assign a printer object to another print server object, the new print
server object will “steal” it from the old one (this also happens with non-NIC
print server objects).
To properly process print jobs sent to the NIC, the printer object created in
Novell must refer to the destination on this server and not to the actual
physical printer. On the NIC, print jobs must pass through an extra layer (a
“destination”) before being sent on to the printer. This destination allows for
further processing of the print job before sending it to the printer.
If you are using multiple print servers, you will have to either rename all your
destinations to ensure that no printer object names conflict or keep all the
printer objects for one print server in a different context than those for the
other print server.
11. Select “Define additional properties” and click “Create.”
12. Click “Assignments” in the dialogue that pops up, and then click the
“Add...” button.
13. Select the queue you defined earlier, or browse for a different one.
14. Click “OK” to assign this queue to this printer.
15. Click “OK” to close the Printers details dialogue and make the changes
permanent.
16. Click a branch in the tree (i.e., context) that you would like to create the
NIC print server object in.
17. Click with the right mouse button to bring up a submenu, and choose
“Create...” from this menu. A dialog titled “New Object” pops up.
18. Select “Print Server” in the “Class of new object” list, click “OK.”
19. Type in the name for the print server in the “Print Server name” field. By
default, the name is
M_xxxxxx where xxxxxx equals the last six digits
of the print server’s Ethernet address found on the bottom of the device
(e.g.,
M_091C1A).
Note The Printer object name must match one of the destination names on the
NIC. Most likely, this will be d1prn.
Note If the context you choose is different than the one the file server object for
the file server you are using is in, you must set the context on the NIC. See
“Setting The NIC Context (NDS)” on page 227.