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print server (the print server may be a physical device like a
PC or a software NLM or VAP on the file server), which in
turn sends it to the printer. This approach provides good
performance, and has the advantage of not consuming a user
slot on the file server.
A TROY XCD print server can also act as a NetWare print
server (queue server) with an attached printer, which
therefore eliminates the need for a dedicated PC print server
or for an NLM or VAP on the file server. As shown in figure
5-2, this means that jobs from the client PC are spooled to the
file server, which in turn spools the job directly to the TROY
XCD print server. The advantage of this approach is higher
performance, but it has the drawback of requiring a user slot
on the file server.
Generally speaking, TROY XCD recommends that you use
queue server mode instead of remote printer mode because
the performance will be much higher. The exception to this
recommendation is if you have a limited number of available
user slots (for example, if you have a 5-user NetWare license
and you have five active users).
TROY XCD print servers will work with NetWare Directory
Services (NDS) or bindery emulation mode on NetWare 4.xx
and later networks (not all TROY XCD print servers support
NDS queue server mode; refer to chapter 2 for specific
protocol support information).
General Information
In order to use a TROY XCD print server on a NetWare
network, one or more file servers must be configured with a