NetWare environment
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4 NetWare environment
Samsung network printer card is compatible with Novell
NetWare networks in versions 3.x, 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x. You can
print to the network printer from any NetWare client that is
attached to the network. This section describes how to continue
printing with your network printer card in a NetWare
environment.
NetWare printing
The NetWare architecture for printing is comprised of the
following:
Printers
These are the physical printers, which may be attached either
to NetWare file servers, NetWare machines dedicated as print
servers, NetWare workstations, or directly to the network. The
Samsung network printer falls into the last category.
Print queues
These queues are found on NetWare file servers where print
jobs are stored before printing.
Print servers
These are programs that transfer print jobs from the print
queues to the printers. Print servers may operate from various
points in the NetWare network:
• They may be present on the NetWare file server (RPRINTER
mode). This puts an additional load on the file server.
• They may be present on the printers themselves (PSERVER
mode). This relieves the file server of a printing load and
does not require any dedication of NetWare machines as
print servers. Printing performance will be improved as the
printer will have optimised software and hardware to
accommodate network printing. Also, the print server and
physical printer are in close proximity and print data need
not travel over the network from print server to printer.
Additionally, printers connected to NetWare workstations may
be shared with the rest of the network. This is done by running
RPRINTER on the workstation and configuring the printers as
Remote Printers. Print servers on the network may then
interact with the RPRINTER program on the workstation for
printing. Configuration for NetWare printing involves creation of
printers, print queues, and print servers, and the associations
between them on the NetWare file server.
The file server configuration for printers, print queues, and
print servers may be achieved using NetWare supplied utilities,
such as PCONSOLE and NWADMIN.
Configuring NetWare
NetWare Setup allows you to enter the names of the NetWare
objects that are concerned with network print jobs. The
NetWare print queues must be assigned to the NetWare print
servers you have set up for printing to the network printer card.
When you enable NetWare Setup, you can set up NDS (Novell
Directory Services), Bindery Services, or both. NDS is used with
NetWare 4.x/5.x/6.x; Bindery Services are used with NetWare
3.x or with NetWare 4.x/5.x/6.x in bindery emulation mode.
You can set up IPX/SPX in SyncThru Web Service. Select
Network Settings
Æ
NetWare
.
•
Enable/Disable Bindery
: Select this option if you have a
NetWare network connected with the network print server.
•
Select Frames Types
: EtherNet_802.2/EtherNet_802.3/
EtherNet_II/EtherNet_SNAP. You must select at least one
frame type.
•
IPX/SPX mode configuration
: Configure IPX/SPX mode
for your NetWare system.
Bindery configuration
: You can set up the bindery server.
-
Bindery Setup
: Use this option if you have already
configured one or more bindery servers (file servers
running NetWare 3.x, or 4.x, 5.x, or 6.x in bindery
emulation) with a print server and a print queue for
network printing. Before entering bindery settings, The
network print server connected to the network and the
NetWare file server must be running. If access to the file
server or print server is restricted, you need to log in to a
NetWare Client system.
-
Bindery Print Server
: Enter the name of the print server
that you have configured in the NetWare utility PCONSOLE.
This is the print server that will route print jobs to the
network print server from NetWare Client on IPX networks.
-
File Server
: Enter the name of the NetWare server on
which you have configured a print server and a print queue
to handle network printing.
NDS configuration
: You can set up the NDS server.
-
Enable/Disable NDS
: If NetWare servers you will use to
print to the network print server are running NetWare 4.x/
5.x/6.x in native mode.
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NDS Tree
: Enter the name of the NDS tree that contains
the printer, print server, and print queue objects you have
previously defined on the NetWare server for the network
print server. Your new NDS tree selection automatically
overwrites any previous tree selection. If you change the
NDS tree selection and there are also current Bindery
settings, you are alerted that they will be deleted. If you
continue with NDS Setup, you can replace Bindery settings
afterwards.
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NDS Print Server
: Enter the name of the print server
object as “name.context.”
