Chapter 12. LAN-to-LAN Printing

When you print with Integration for NetWare, you use the standard NetWare print support.   NetWare uses a print queue, a print server, and a printer to allow workstations to print to a network printer. The print queue is the object that temporarily holds the print job file until the job is printed. The print server provides the service of sending the print job to the printer. The print server monitors the print queue and the printer. 

You can print from the NetWare server on an Integrated PC Server to printers in your NetWare network using the standard NetWare print support. 

To set up NetWare print support, see "NetWare Printing"

You cannot print from a NetWare server to an AS/400 printer. However, there are other facilities to provide this support, such as HostPrint/400. 

You can print from AS/400 to a NetWare printer if you have Enhanced Integration for NetWare installed. See Chapter 20. "AS/400-to-NetWare Printing" for more information. 

Figure 12-1 illustrates a simple printing environment you might have when the NetWare server is on an Integrated PC Server. 

Figure 12-1. AS/400 Printing Environment
 
 

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In this environment, the PC (1) requests print services from the NetWare server on the Integrated PC Server. Data is sent to the NetWare print queue (2). The NetWare server acts as the print server and monitors the print queue as well as the printer. When the printer can process the job, the server sends the print job to the assigned printer (3). 

To print from the NetWare server, set up your NetWare print support first, as described in "NetWare Printing"


NetWare Printing

You can use either the NetWare NWADMIN or PCONSOLE utility to create NetWare print server, printer, and print queue objects. 

Setting Up Printing Using NWADMIN

To create a print server, printer, and print queue on the NetWare server using the NWADMIN utility:

  1. Log in to the NetWare server as user ADMIN. 
  2. Double-click the NetWare Administrator icon. 

  3. The NetWare Administrator window appears. 

  4. Click the organization or organizational unit where you want to create the printer, print queue, and print server objects. In this example, the organizational unit is IFS. 
  5. Click Object from the menu and then click Create... 
  6. Scroll down the list and then double-click Print Server. You see the Create Print Server display as shown in Figure 12-2

  7. Figure 12-2. NetWare Administrator Create Print Server Display

  8. Type the Print Server Name and then click Create. 
  9. Once again, click Object from the menu and then click Create... 
  10. Scroll down the list and then double-click Printer. You see the Create Printer display as shown in Figure 12-3

  11. Figure 12-3. NetWare Administrator Create Printer Display

  12. Type the Printer Name and then click Create. 
  13. Once again, click Object from the menu and then click Create... 
  14. Scroll down the list and then double-click Print Queue. You see the Create Print Queue display as shown in Figure 12-4

  15. Figure 12-4. NetWare Administrator Create Print Queue Display

  16. Click the radio button either for: 
    • NetWare 4.1 Directory Service Queue 
    • NetWare 3.12 Bindery Queue 
  17. Type the Print Queue Name and the Print Queue Volume. You can click the box next to the Print Queue Volume field to list valid volumes. 

  18. Figure 12-5 shows the printer, print server, and print queue objects that you created. 

    Figure 12-5. NetWare Administrator Display

Setting Up NetWare Printing Using PCONSOLE

To create a print server, printer, and print queue on the NetWare server by using the PCONSOLE utility:

  1.       
  2. Log in to the NetWare server as user ADMIN. 
  3. Load the PCONSOLE.EXE by entering PCONSOLE. You are shown the Print Console Display as shown in Figure 12-6

  4. Figure 12-6. Print Console 4.10 Display
     
     

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|NetWare Print Console 4.10                Saturday  November 11, 1995  15:03    |
|Context: PROG.ROCH.IBM                                                          |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
|                  *--------------------*                                        |
|                  | Available Options  |                                        |
|                  *-*------------------*                                        |
|                  | | Print Queues     |                                        |
|                  | | Printers         |                                        |
|                  | | Print Servers    |                                        |
|                  | | Quick Setup      |                                        |
|                  | | Change Context   |                                        |
|                  *-*------------------*                                        |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
|Press Enter to view configure a basic printing environment, or to quickly add   |
|another printer.                                                                |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+


  1. Select Quick Setup and you are shown the Print Services Quick Setup display as seen in Figure 12-7

  2. Figure 12-7. Print Services Quick Setup Panel
     
     

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|NetWare Print Console 4.10                    Saturday November 11, 1995 15:24  |
|Context: PROG.ROCH.IBM                                                          |
|                                                                                |
|    *-----------------------------------------------------------------*         |
|    |                    Print Services Quick Setup                   |         |
|    *-----------------------------------------------------------------*         |
|    | Print server:       PRINT_501LAB_Y5-14                          |         |
|    | New printer:        P6                                          |         |
|    | New print queue:    Q4                                          |         |
|    |                                                                 |         |
|    | Print queue volume: SYSNAM80_SYS                                |         |
|    | Banner type:        Text                                        |         |
|    |                                                                 |         |
|    | Printer type:       Parallel                                    |         |
|    |    Location:      Manual Load                                   |         |
|    |    Interrupt:     None (polled mode)                            |         |
|    |    Port:          LPT1                                          |         |
|    *-----------------------------------------------------------------*         |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
|Specify the print server that will service the new printer and print queue.     |
|Press Enter to list available print servers.                                    |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+


  1. Create a new name for each print server, new printer, and new print queue or select a print server as shown in Figure 12-8

  2. Figure 12-8. Print Servers Display
     
     

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|NetWare Print Console 4.10                    Saturday November 11, 1995 15:25  |
|Context: PROG.ROCH.IBM                                                          |
|                                                                                |
|    *-----------------------------------------------------------------*         |
|    |                  *----------------------------*                 |         |
|    *------------------|      Print Servers         |-----------------*         |
|    | Print server:    **-------------------------*-*                 |         |
|    | New printer:     || GUISRV                  | |                 |         |
|    | New print queue: || PRINT_501LAB_Y5-14      | |                 |         |
|    |                  || Print480                | |                 |         |
|    | Print queue volum|| PS1                     | |                 |         |
|    | Banner type:     || PS2                     | |                 |         |
|    |                  || PS3                     | |                 |         |
|    | Printer type:    || SYSNAM80_PSERVER        | |                 |         |
|    |    Location:     || Rodjetsrv               | |                 |         |
|    |    Interrupt:    || Rodprtsrvb              | |                 |         |
|    |    Port:         **-------------------------*-*                 |         |
|    *-----------------------------------------------------------------*         |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
|Highlight a name and press Enter to choose a print server.  Press Insert to     |
|create a new print server.                                                      |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+


  1. Save your configuration by pressing F10=Save. Then, specify the volume where the print queue resides (Figure 12-9). 

  2. Figure 12-9. Specifying the Print Queue's Volume
     
     

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|NetWare Print Console 4.10                    Saturday November 11, 1995 15:24  |
|Context: PROG.ROCH.IBM                                                          |
|                                                                                |
|    *-----------------------------------------------------------------*         |
|    |                    Print Services Quick Setup                   |         |
|    *-----------------------------------------------------------------*         |
|    | Print server:       PRINT_501LAB_Y5-14                          |         |
|    | New printer:        P6                                          |         |
|    | New print queue:    Q4                                          |         |
|*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*       |
||Print queue's volume: QUEUE1                                           |       |
|*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*       |
|    |                                                                 |         |
|    | Printer type:       Parallel                                    |         |
|    |    Location:      Manual Load                                   |         |
|    |    Interrupt:     None (polled mode)                            |         |
|    |    Port:          LPT1                                          |         |
|    *-----------------------------------------------------------------*         |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
|Type the volume name where the print queue will reside.  Press Insert to        |
|browse for available volume objects.                                            |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+


  1. Load the PSERVER.NLM on the server and specify the print server object name in the correct context. For example, Enter: LOAD PSERVER PRTSERVER .CN=PRTSERVER.OU=AS400.O=NW. where NW is the organization, AS/400 is the organizational unit, and the print server object name is PRTSERVER.     
  2. Load the NPRINTER.EXE on the workstation that owns the printer. For example, enter: NPRINTER PRINTER1 .CN=PRINTER1.OU=AS400.O=NW
Tip:
You cannot cable a printer directly to the Integrated PC Server to use as a print server. 

After you create the NetWare print server, printer, and print queue, you can work with output queues. 

  1. Select Print Queues from the Print Console Display to see the Work with All Output Queues Display as shown in Figure 12-10

  2. Figure 12-10. Work with All Output Queues Display

  3. Select a queue and then click OK to see the Output Queue Display as shown in Figure 12-11

  4. Figure 12-11. Output Queue Display

Using Multiple NetWare Print Queues

If you want to use more than one print queue on the NetWare server, use the following procedure after you have created the first print server, print queue, and printer: 

To create additional print queues:

  1. Select Print Queues from the NetWare Print Console display.     
  2. Press Insert on the Print Queue display and then specify a new print queue name. 
  3. Press Enter to view the print queue information as shown in Figure 12-12

  4. Figure 12-12. Print Queue Information Display
     
     

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|NetWare Print Console 4.10               Saturday November 11, 1995 15:27       |
|Context: nw                                                                     |
|                                                                                |
|    *---------------------*                                                     |
|    |      Print Queues   |                                                     |
|    **------------------*-+--------------*--------------------------*           |
|    || myq              | |vailable Optio| Print Queue Information  |           |
|    || myq2             | *--------------+-*------------------------*           |
|    || q                | |Print Queues  | | Print Jobs             |           |
|    ||                  | |Printers      | | Status                 |           |
|    ||                  | |Print Servers | | Attached Print Servers |           |
|    ||                  | |Quick Setup   | | Information            |           |
|    ||                  | |Change Context| | Users                  |           |
|    ||                  | *--------------* | Operators              |           |
|    ||                  | |              | | Print Servers          |           |
|    ||                  | |              *-*------------------------*           |
|    ||                  | |                                                     |
|    ||                  | |                                                     |
|    **------------------*-*                                                     |
|                                                                                |
|Press Enter to view a list of print servers assigned to service this print      |
|queue.                                                                          |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+


  1. Press Enter to view the list of print servers. Then press Insert to select a print server to be added as shown in Figure 12-13. Selecting a print server makes a link between the queue and the server. 

  2. Figure 12-13. Object, Class Display
     
     

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|NetWare Print Console 4.10                   Saturday November 11, 1995 15:30   |
|Context:  nw                                                                    |
|*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*       |
||                             Object, Class                             |       |
|*-*--------------------------------------------------------------------*|       |
|| |..                                    * *(parent)                    |       |
|| |prtserver                             |  (Print Server)              |       |
|| |server                                |  (Print Server)              |       |
|| |                                      |                              |       |
|| |                                      |                              |       |
|| |                                      |                              |       |
|| |                                      |                              |       |
|| |                                      |                              |       |
|| |                                      |                              |       |
|| |                                      |                              |       |
|| |                                      |                              |       |
|| |                                      |                              |       |
|| |                                      |                              |       |
|| |                                      *                              |       |
|*-*---------------------------------------------------------------------*       |
|Choose the objects to be added to the group.  To add the current context        |
|to the group select the current context (i.e. "."). ???                         |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+


  1. Select Users from the Print Queue Information if you want to grant rights to users for this print server. For more information on granting users rights, see the Novell NetWare Print Services book.     Otherwise, select Print Server Information. 
  2. Select Printers as shown in Figure 12-14

  3. Figure 12-14. Print Server Information Display
     
     

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|NetWare Print Console 4.10                  Saturday November 11, 1995 15:31    |
|Context:  nw                                                                    |
|                                                                                |
|    *---------------------*                                                     |
|    |     Print Servers   |                                                     |
|    *-*-----------------*-+-------------*--------------------------*            |
|    | |prtserver        | |vailable Opti| Print Server Information |            |
|    | |server           | *-------------+-*------------------------*            |
|    | |                 | |Print Queues | |Printers                |            |
|    | |                 | |Printers     | |Information and Status  |            |
|    | |                 | |Print Servers| |Users                   |            |
|    | |                 | |Quick Setup  | |Operators               |            |
|    | |                 | |Change Contex| |Description             |            |
|    | |                 | *-------------* |Password                |            |
|    | |                 | |             | |Audit                   |            |
|    | |                 | |             *-*------------------------*            |
|    *-*-----------------*-*                                                     |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
|Press Enter to view the printers assigned to service this print server.         |
|                                                                                |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+


  1. Select a printer from the Serviced Printers display and press Enter. 

  2. Figure 12-15. Serviced Printers Display
     
     

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|NetWare Print Console 4.10                   Saturday November 11, 1995 15:32   |
|Context:  nw                                                                    |
|                                                                                |
|    *---------------------*                                                     |
|*---------------------------------------*                                       |
|| Serviced Printers              State  |--------------------------*            |
|*--*-----------------------*------------* Print Server Information |            |
||  |prt4019                | [Cº        |-*------------------------*            |
||  |                       |            | |Printers                |            |
||  |                       |            | |Information and Status  |            |
||  |                       |            | |Users                   |            |
||  |                       |            | |Operators               |            |
||  |                       |            | |Description             |            |
||  |                       |            | |Password                |            |
||  |                       |            | |Audit                   |            |
||  |                       |            |-*------------------------*            |
||  |                       |            |                                       |
|*--*-----------------------*------------*                                       |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
|Press Enter to view the printers assigned to service this print server.         |
|                                                                                |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+


  1. Move your selection cursor to the Print Queues assigned field and press Enter. 
  2. If a print queue is already assigned, press Insert and you can select the additional queue to be added. 
Tip:
If your print server is active, the additional queue you added is not shown. You must select the queue. For more information on printing, see the Novell NetWare 4.1 books, Print Services, 74G1439, and Workstation Basics and Installation, 74G1442. 

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