problem with non-NDPS printer

[rich110]

Hi

I setup a non-NDPS printer (a print server, a print queue and a pritner) on my server but I could not get it working, can anyone give me a hand?

I set up like this :

At a workstation with the 'novell client for windows' installed, I login as 'admin'. Firing up 'nwadmin32' in 'sysublic\win32', I click 'print server quick setup (non-NDPS)' in the tools menu. Taking all the defaults a print server, a print queue and a printer was created on the server.

Next I click 'Add a printer' in w2k's printer settings. Then I choose 'network printer'. I browse thru my network and found Q1 under my sever (or should I find my printer instead?). It leaves me no other choice but to use it. Going thru all others as usual, I install a window printer. I could not define another name for it during installation.

On the server side, I then go to the system console and 'load pserver ps-name' I then tried to print a test page from the workstation printer but the printer doesn't seems like to run. When I click the printer, I found the print job there. Did I miss anything to make this server-printer runnig?

Thanks for all your input.

 

[TheLad]

Why don't you just go for NDPS, or even just IP printing on Windows 2000 as both options will save you a lot of hassle.

There is no need to use Print Server, Printer and Print Queues anymore, however if you need to keep Print Queues for legacy reasons you can setup an NDPS Printer to service Print Queues as well.

-----------------------------------------------------
"It's true, its damn true!"
-----------------------------------------------------

 

[marvhuffaker]

I agree about NDPS.. it's the way to go.

However, just doing the stuff in NWADMIN is not enough to make your queue based printer work. You have to go into your Printer management utility (web page, jetadmin, etc).. and tell it how it is supposed to connect to the server.

Marvin Huffaker MCNE, CNE
Marvin Huffaker Consulting

http://www.redjuju.com