Digi MIL-3000FTX manual Installing a Print Server on NDS using Pconsole, Select Other/Unknown

4.3.1 Installing a Print Server on NDS using PCONSOLE

1.Run PCONSOLE using the following command (from the /public directory on the server):

pconsole

2.Using the keys, select Quick Setup and press [Enter].

3.In the “Print Services Quick Setup” menu, select Print Server and press [Enter].

4.Press [ins] to create the Print Server Object. Name created must be eight characters long. Begin with “FP,” and end with the last six digits of the hardware address (on the bottom).For example, FastPort with “0040C8DEAD00” address, creates device: FPDEAD00.

Note: The print server name is not case sensitive.

5.Select New Printer and press [Enter].

6.Enter a name for the new printer object. The name should be less than 256 characters, including the context. The print server will service only one printer per NDS Server.

7.Select New Print Queue and press [Enter].

8.Type in the name of a Queue. The queue name is less than 256 characters, including the context. Default: queues are serviced by the printer attached to FastPort’s parallel port. To force FastPort to service queues with the serial port, the name must end with an “-S.” For a four-port print server, force it to service the queue with the second parallel or serial port, append the queues with “-P2” or “-S2.”

9.Select Printer Type and press [Enter].

10.Select Other/Unknown.

11.When finished, press [esc] to Save changes.

The volume field is filled in by PCONSOLE with the name of the nearest volume. This field contains the name of the server volume that will hold the queued jobs for the print server.

4.3.1.1Additional Queues

FastPort has the name of a printer to service. The printer contains a list of print queues belonging to it. To add queues to the print server service:

1. From the “Available Options” menu, select Printers.

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