Adding Printers in NetWare
Setup using NDPS
The AXIS 5500/AXIS 5550 supports Novell Distributed Print Services (NDPS). You can run NDPS over Pure IP (TCP/IP) or IPX/SPX.
Before the AXIS 5500/AXIS 5550 can be installed, make sure that NDPS is installed and a Broker is loaded on your NetWare file server.
Axis Network Print Server uses the AXIS NDPS Gateway for printing in networks using either IP or IPX as transport protocols. The printer gateways are included with the NDPS software (from version 5.1 and up) and are automatically installed together with NDPS.
Installing the Axis Having assigned an IP address to the AXIS 5500/AXIS 5550 as described Network Print Server in Assigning an IP Address to the Print Server, on page 15, you are now in the NDPS ready to install the Axis Network Print Server for NDPS printing. You can
environments select to install the connected printers as public or controlled access printers. Follow the instructions below to install the Axis Network Print Server using NDPS:
Important:
•The NDPS Enabled parameter of the Axis Network Print Server is by default enabled. It must be set to Yes in order for the communication between the print server and the NDPS gateway to be enabled. To change this parameter, log in to the print server’s Web pages and choose:
Admin Network Settings Detailed View NetWare=> NDPS Enabled => Yes.
•If you do not have an NDPS Manager object available, start out with creating one in the Net- Ware Administrator.
Public Access Printers Follow these instructions to create a public access printer using the NDPS Manager object in your NetWare administrator utility:
1.
2.On the Identification page for the NDPS Manager, click the printer Agent List button. The Printer Agent List dialog will appear.
3.Click New. The Create Printer Agent dialog will appear.
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