Tips For Experts—Netware 5.X Networks; Configuring A Netware 5.X Server For Printing - EFI Pi6500 Pro Configuration Manual

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4-2 Setting up Network Servers
NDPS is not like the earlier queue-based versions of NetWare printing. Instead, you
use an NDPS Manager and a Printer Agent, which control the tasks previously
handled by a print queue, print server, and spooler. You can also make the printer
driver available for clients to download from Windows 9x/Me and Windows NT 4
computers.
The Pi6500 Pro can receive print jobs from NetWare clients over Ethernet or Token
Ring network topologies. (Appendix A describes the Token Ring option.) During
Pi6500 Pro Setup, you select the frame type or types that will be used for
communication between the Pi6500 Pro and network servers. Frame type refers to the
format of a communications packet; frame types are specified in a startup file when the
NetWare server (or any other workstation) loads its network drivers.
Tips for experts—NetWare 5.x networks
Setting up the Pi6500 Pro in an NDPS environment is similar to setting up any other
PostScript printer on the network. The following information is useful for experienced
network administrators:
• Make sure you have a valid IP address for the Pi6500 Pro and for any workstations that
will print to it or run the Fiery utilities.
• In Pi6500 Pro Setup, enable TCP/IP and enter the IP address, Subnet mask, and
Gateway address for the Pi6500 Pro. You can enter these manually or use DHCP, RARP,
or BOOTP protocols to assign the addresses dynamically.
• Bi-directional communication features in NDPS are not supported on the Pi6500 Pro.
Configuring a NetWare 5.x server for printing
Before you begin
The following procedure assumes NDPS has been installed during NetWare 5
installation and that a Broker is running on the server. Unless you have manually
unloaded the Broker, it loads and runs when you install NDPS. Make sure you are
using NetWare 5.x Service Pack version 3.0 or later, and the Novell Gateway version
2.0.3 or later. Finally, create an NDPS Manager. For more information, see your
NetWare documentation.