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Note: The PhaserShare Administrator (versions 3.1 and above) supports NetWare 4.1 with NetWare Directory Services (NDS). Print the configuration page Your printer's configuration page reports information that you need for NetWare configuration. For information on printing a configuration page, see Your printer's configuration page.
Note: The PhaserShare Administrator (versions 3.1 and above) supports NetWare 4.1 with NetWare Directory Services (NDS).
Microsoft Windows environments Network configuration
Note: This procedure describes NetWare 4.1 configuration using the NWAdmin utility. You can also perform network configuration using PCONSOLE; refer to Network configuration (PCONSOLE Quick Setup). If you are running the printer in bindery emulation mode, use PCONSOLE to configure the network.
Create a queue object and add the correct queue users.
Create a printer object, and add the queue just created to the list of queues through the Assignments option.
Create a print server object; the print server name must match the print server name of the printer being used (note the name on the configuration page). Add the printer to the list of printers through the Assignments option.
Start the PhaserShare Administrator by double-clicking on the PhaserShare Administrator icon. Refer to your Windows documentation for complete information on how to start applications. The Main window is displayed.
In the Main window, select the printer (print server) in the Printer List.
Display the Protocol Settings dialog box.
In the Configure Printer dialog box, click the Ethernet tab; this displays the Ethernet tab.
In the Ethernet tab, click the Protocol Settings button; this displays the Protocol Settings dialog box.
Note: For information about identifying the directory services tree and context, see Identifying the directory services tree and context. Make sure that the Enable NDS box is checked.
Note: For information about identifying the directory services tree and context, see Identifying the directory services tree and context.
In the DS Context field, enter the location in the directory services tree where the print server resides. This field contains the path to the container object that holds the leaf object of the print server that the printer will connect to. In the example screen shot shown, the print server TEK026E6F is contained in the Steve.OU container object under the Eng branch and the CPID branch of the TEK_WV directory services tree. The DSContext field is optional if the print server name is unique in the specified directory services tree. The value entered must match the location selected using the NWAdmin utility.
Enter PCONSOLE by typing:
PCONSOLE
From the Available Options menu, select Quick Setup. The Print Services Quick Setup template is displayed, with default values assigned.
If desired, change the print server name, printer name, print queue name, or print queue volume.
Press F10 to save the setup and return to the Available Options Menu.
Press Escape to exit PCONSOLE.
Note: The PostScript code contained in the file NDSON.PS is also available in a Macintosh version. The file name is Enable NDS. To configure your printer for NetWare 4.1 from a PC using the file NDSON.PS, you must edit the file and send it to the printer. When you edit the file, you need to supply the following information:
Note: The PostScript code contained in the file NDSON.PS is also available in a Macintosh version. The file name is Enable NDS.
Directory services context
Send the file to the printer by any convenient method. Since the printer is not yet set up for NetWare operation, you cannot send the file to the printer over a NetWare connection; use a parallel, EtherTalk, TokenTalk, LPR, or AppSocket connection.
To use ADDCTRLD.BAT to add Control-D's to the file NDSON.PS, type the following command:
ADDCTRLD NDSON.PS
After you send the file to the printer, you must reset the printer before the configuration will take effect. For more information about resetting the printer, see Resetting your printer.
Notify lists Use the PhaserShare Administrator to set up notify lists on NetWare 3.12 servers. On NetWare 4.1, use the NWAdmin utility to setup the notify list for a printer.
Support for bindery reference queues The print server name and password on the bindery server must be the same as directory services names.