Printing to a Novell print queue

Printers

Complete the following steps to print to a Novell print queue, which requires the Windows client or gateway services for NetWare. If you are using Microsoft Client Services for NetWare, complete the following steps to define a Windows printer. If you are using Novell Client for Windows, follow the steps in the Connecting to a network printer topic.

To add a Windows printer, you must be a member of the Administrators group. If you are using Windows 2000, you can also be a member of the Printer Operators or Server Operators group or a Power User on a workstation.

1. Define a Windows printer

2. Enable 'Print directly to the printer'

3. Define a spool printer

See also:

• Printers overview

• Getting started with printers

Defining a Windows printer

Complete the following steps to define a Windows printer.

1. Open the Windows Add Printer Wizard.

2. Select to define a local printer. Click Next.

3. Create a new local port.

4. Enter the Port name in the following format: \\Server_name\Queue_name. Click OK.

5.  Click Next.

6. In the Manufacturers list, select the printer’s manufacturer and select the printer model from the Printers list. Click Next. If the manufacturer is not in the list, follow these steps to install the driver.

1. Click Have Disk.

2. Click Browse and then navigate to the folder that contains the device driver files.

3. Select the subfolder that contains the driver and click Open.

4. Click OK.

7.  In the Printers list, select the corresponding driver. Click Next.

8. Type the Printer name as you want it to appear in the Windows Printers folder. Choose whether or not to use this printer as your default printer. Click Next.

9. Choose whether or not this printer will be shared with other network users. If this printer will be shared, you will need to type a share name. Click Next.

To set up a printer for sharing, the printer and users who will access it must be in the same domain. You must assign corresponding printer permissions from the Security tab of the shared printer’s Properties dialog box.

10. Choose whether or not to print a test page. Click Finish. The new Windows printer displays in the Printers folder. To define another printer, open the Printers folder and select Add Printers.

11. If you defined a printer that uses AFP data, you might need to configure the device driver settings.

1. Right-click the printer and select Properties.

2. From the printer Properties dialog box, select the Device Settings tab.

3. Select the appropriate settings and then click OK.

Defining a spool printer

The options you specify for a spool printer affect all documents.

1. Open the Configuration Utility.

2. From the Spool Printers tab, click Add. The Printer Properties dialog box displays.

   

3. In the Name box, enter a printer name. The printer name cannot contain a backslash '\'. This name displays in the Spool Window’s printer list and is called the spool printer.

4. Under Physical printer, select Existing. From the list of defined Windows printers, select the Windows printer to associate with the spool printer. The spool documents will be routed to this physical device.

5. Click Banners to select the header and trailer files and how they will be applied to print jobs (optional). The Banner Options dialog box displays.

6. Click Overlays to setup overlays and configure how they will be applied to print jobs (optional). The Overlay Options dialog box displays.

7. Click Advanced. The Advanced Printer Options dialog box displays. Review the following table to select the required and desired options.

   

Selecting Special: Pass data to printer without conversion will increase the printing/deletion speed.

8. Close  the Configuration Utility.