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Overview of Novell Network Configuration (Ethernet)
General Configuration Tasks
Configuring Your Novell NetWare Server
Configuring a Novell network includes configuring the Novell server to work
with the printer, configuring the printer to work with the Novell server, and
configuring the client PCs, workstations, and Macintoshes to use the printer.
The general configuration tasks you will perform to make the printer an
effective part of your network printing environment are as follows:
1. Configure the server first, setting the bindery context if necessary and
creating print servers and print queues to support the printer.
For instructions on configuring the server, see "Configuring Your Novell
NetWare Server" on page 2–3.
2. After you have configured the server, configure the printer. When you
configure the printer, enable the Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX)
communication protocol. Then connect the printer to the print server that
you created on the NetWare server.
For instructions on configuring the printer, see "Configuring the IBM
Network Color Printer" on page 6–1.
3. After you have configured the server and the printer, have your end users
install the printer driver and color reference pages. If some end users will
submit jobs directly to the printer rather than through the NetWare server,
those end users will also want to install the Downloader and Spooler
utilities. The Downloader provides batch printing capabilities, and the
Spooler allows users to manage their jobs that are stored in the Print,
Hold, or Printed queues.
The IBM Network Color Printer diskettes and Customer CD-ROM contain the
print drivers, printer description files, and utilities. For instructions on
installing software from the Customer CD-ROM or diskettes, see the User's
Guide .
A Novell NetWare server is typically a dedicated PC that is configured to
control client access to shared resources. In addition to other services,
NetWare servers use the IPX communication protocol to provide spooling,
queue management, and print services to clients. These clients can include
Windows, AIX, and Macintosh clients, among others.
This section discusses how to:
• Check the frame type that your NetWare file server uses
• Set the bindery context if you run NetWare 4.x
• Create a print server and print queues to connect to the printer.
Chapter 2. Configuring Your Novell Network
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