Novell Netware Verification; Send A Print File To The Printer - Tektronix Phaser 440 Service Manual

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Verifying the Printer and Host Connections
Novell NetWare verification
3-6 Phaser 440 Color Printer
NetWare is a shell program running above DOS. Generally, in a Novell network,
a file server, which looks and acts much like a PC station, maintains queues for
the print files created and sent for printing from other workstations on the
network. The printer, in turn, finds all file servers with Phaser 440 queues and
extracts its print files from them. You must determine if a station can
communicate a print file to the file server.
Generally, as outlined in the Chapter 2 topic "Configuring a Novell NetWare
server for the printer" on page 2-29, the file server and printer are configured
during the printer installation using software such as Advanced Configuration
Tool (ACT) or pconsole. The file server is given a name and configured with
queues for the printer.
Send a print file to the printer
1. Log into a file server from a NetWare workstation.
2. Type:
CAPTURE NB NT Q=<queue name> L=1
where <queue name> is the name established by the network
administrator of a queue the printer is to service, such as TEK440.
L=1 specifies port LPT1
3.
Use any text editor to create the following two-line, text-only print file.
%!
showpage
4.
Then copy the print file to LPT1 using this syntax:
copy <file.nam> LPT1:
where <file.nam> is the name of the print file.
The printer should load and then eject a blank sheet of paper.
If the print file does not print, verify that the printer has been set up to
service the queue. Also verify that the password set for the printer (if
one was set by the administrator), is the same as that used for the print
server. Ensure that the Ethernet frame type that the printer is using is
supported by the file server. Finally, make sure that the correct
language is being used by the printer to interpret the incoming print
file. This is indicated on the printer's configuration page.
5. When you are able to send a print file to the printer, launch an
application on one of the Novell-networked workstations and print to
the printer's queue.