TROY Group 100S manual Configuring Print Server Print Queue Using Ndps

Section 4 Novell NetWare Network Configuration

Configuring

the Print

Server and

Print Queue

Using NDPS

Configuring the Print Server and Print Queue with the TROY Wireless Gateway

Novell Distributed Print Services (NDPS) is Novell’s new method of handling printers. The biggest advantage of NDPS compared to the old queue server and remote printer methods is simpler configuration for the user. NDPS is currently implemented on NetWare 5 through the use of NetWare Loadable Modules (NLMs) known as gateways. The TROY PocketPro 100S is compatible with the Novell Gateway, which is included with the Novell NetWare 5 software and is also available as an option for NetWare 4.

To configure a TROY print server with the TROY wireless gateway, you must first install the NDPS on the client workstation (use any NetWare client 2.2 or later CD-ROM and specify "Custom installation"). Then install the NDPS Broker and create an NDPS Manager (use the NetWare Administrator "Create" command and select the appropriate NDPS object).

1. Launch the NWAdmin utility (NetWare Administrator) and select the container where you want the printer

object to reside. Click on Object Create…

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