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Using EpsonNet NDPS Gateway

Installing EpsonNet NDPS Gateway on your NetWare server
Outline of settings
Configuring the Internal Print Server using EpsonNet WinAssist
Uploading printer driver files to the RMS
Creating an NDPS Manager
Creating a Printer Agent
Setting the printer on client workstations

This section contains instructions on printing using Novell Distributed Print Services^®(NDPS^®) with Novell NetWare 5.x and "NetWare Enterprise Print Services (NEPS)" for NetWare 4.11/4.2. Novell Distributed Print Services (NDPS) are new generation print services for NetWare.

Note:

NEPS is an optional package for NetWare offered by Novell.

The Status Monitor 3 utility cannot be used with NDPS.

For detailed information about NDPS, see the Novell documentation.

Make sure that what protocol your NetWare 5.x server has been installed.

Installing EpsonNet NDPS Gateway on your NetWare server

You can install the EpsonNet NDPS Gateway from the software CD-ROM.

Open the NETUTIL folder.

Open the ENGW folder.

Double-click edps21**.exe.

Note:

The last two characters of the file name, represented by asterisks, varies by Location of purchase.

For detailed information about EpsonNet NDPS Gateway, see the online guide on the software CD-ROM.

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Outline of settings

The following are basic steps to following order to use the Internal Print Server with the NDPS printing system. Detailed procedures are described in the next sections.

Configure the Internal Print Server using EpsonNet WinAssist.

Upload printer driver files to the NDPS RMS server.

Create an NDPS Manager object in NetWare Administrator.

Create a Printer Agent in NetWare Administrator.

Set the printer on the client workstations.

The environment, the settings you make, and tools you use will differ depending on the printer type and connection type you choose. You can create an NDPS Manager and Printer Agent in NetWare Administrator or partially via the Server Console. See the Novell online documentation for more details.

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Configuring the Internal Print Server using EpsonNet WinAssist

If you want to use the printer in IP network, go to Setting the IP Address Using EpsonNet WinAssist/MacAssist.

If you want to keep the NetWare NDS print server configuration, go to Using NDS Print Server (NetWare 4.1x/5.x).

Follow the steps below if you want to use the printer in IPX network.

Note:

Be sure that the one of the following Client is installed in your computer; Novell Client 32, Novell IntranetWare Client, or Novell Client.

Turn on the printer.

From any NetWare client, log in to the target NetWare server as ADMIN.

Run EpsonNet WinAssist from the Start menu.

Click IPX. Select the printer you want to configure from the list, then click Configuration.

Note:

If you have connected more than one printer with the same type of print server to the network, you can distinguish between the printers by the MAC address.

If the IP address is set to the default IP address, the printer model may not appear.

If printers do not appear in the IPX group, check that the printer is turned on. If it is on, check that the printer is in the same segment as the computer.

You can search printers in other segments by setting the Search Options (IPX) in the Tool menu in EpsonNet WinAssist. See the online help for more information.

Click the NetWare tab to make the following settings.

Note:

If the current login environment is different from the current configuration for the Internal Print Server, a message appears. Follow the on-screen instructions to change your configuration.

use NetWare:
Check this box when using NetWare. This check box is dimmed when NetWare cannot be used and when the IPX protocol is not supported with the Internal Print Server.

Mode:
Select Remote printer.

Frame type:
Select Auto. Do not select other frame types.

Tree name:
Leave as is.

Context:
Leave as is.

Primary printserver name:
Enter the primary print server name (up to 47 characters).

Printer port number:
Specify the printer port number (from 0 to 254). Normally enter 0.

After making the settings, click OK. The Password dialog box appears.

Type your password (up to 20 characters) and click OK to save settings. If you need to set a password, see About passwords.

Follow the on-screen instructions. After updating is complete, refresh the configuration by selecting Refresh from the View menu.

Caution:

Since it takes 2 or 3 minutes to send new settings to the Internal Print Server, you must wait until the on-screen message appears before turning off your printer.

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Uploading printer driver files to the RMS

After installing the EpsonNet NDPS Gateway, you need to upload the printer driver to the Resource Management Service (RMS).

Run NetWare Administrator (NWADMN32.EXE) on the client machine. The main browser windows appears.

In the main NetWare Administrator browser, select EpsonNet NDPS DriverSetup from the Tool menu. The EpsonNet NDPS DriverSetup dialog appears.

Browse for the target NDPS Broker if there are two or more Brokers in the tree you have logged in. The Browse button is not available if there is only one Broker in the tree you have logged in.

Browse for the Driver File location where the INF file is located. The desired printer drivers will be listed in the Printers to be added box.

Click the Add All button to upload driver files for the listed printers to the RMS. Driver files for each OS are uploaded to RMS.

Repeat steps 4 and 5 until all the driver files for each Windows operating system (Windows 98/95/2000/NT 4.0) are uploaded.

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Creating an NDPS Manager

Run NetWare Administrator (NWADMN32.EXE) on the client machine. The main browser window appears.

To create an NDPS Manager, click the Directory context icon, then select Create from the Object menu.

Select NDPS Manager from the list.

Type the NDPS Manager name in the NDPS Manager Name field.

Browse the Resident Server and select where you want the NDPS Manager assigned.

Browse the Database Volume and select where you want the NDPS Manager database assigned.

Click Create. The NDPS Manager appears in the main browser window.

Type LOAD NDPSM at the server console, and select the NDPS Manager you have created.

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Creating a Printer Agent

After creating an NDPS Manager, you can create Printer Agents, for both public access printers and controlled access printers. The way to create a Printer Agent differs depending on the printer type you choose. The following are the features of public access printers and controlled access printers.

Public Access Printers:
NDPS printers that are available to all network users and are not associated with an NDS object. Users can select and print to any public access printer they can view from their workstations. However, these printers do not take full advantage of services such as security and job event notification.

Controlled Access Printers:
NDPS printers that are added to the NDS tree by NetWare Administrator. They are only available to the workstation user through the NDS object list. These printers can take full advantage of the security and management features provided by NDS.

Select the printer type either public access printer or controlled access printer.

Create a public access printer. If you want to create a controlled access printer, go to step 3.

In NetWare Administrator, double-click the NDPS Manager you have created. Click Printer Agent List, then click New. Type the Printer Agent name, and select EpsonNet NDPS Gateway Configuration for the Gateway Type. Click OK. Then go to step 4.

Create a controlled access printer.

In NetWare Administrator, select the Directory context icon. Select Create from the Object menu, then select NDPS Printer. Type the Printer Agent name, select Create a new Printer Agent, then click Create. Select the NDPS Manager you have created, and select EpsonNet NDPS Gateway Configuration for the Gateway Type. Click OK.

Select one of the following port handler type. Select Remote (LPR on IP) if you want to use the printer in IP network. Select Remote (rprinter on IPX) if you want to use the printer in IPX network. Select Queue Based if you want to keep the NetWare NDS print server configuration of the Internal Print Server. Then click Next.

Configure it as follows. It is a good idea to print a network status sheet of the Internal Print Server and configure the corresponding items.

For Remote (rpinter on IPX) connection:
You need to set the same configuration of NetWare Remote printer mode as you have set by EpsonNet WinAssist already.
IPX Network Number: Enter the IPX network number of the Internal Print Server.
IPX Node Number: Enter the IPX node number of the Internal Print Server.
SAP Name: Enter the Primary Print Server Name you have created in step 5 on the section Configuring the Internal Print Server using EpsonNet WinAssist. Do not use the following characters; ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) + ' = { } [ ] | \ : ; " ' < , >. ? / '
Printer Number: Enter the same printer port number (from 0 to 254) you set in step 5 on the section Configuring the Internal Print Server using EpsonNet WinAssist.

For Remote (LPR on IP) connection:
IP Address: Enter the IP address of the Internal Print Server. You can confirm the IP address on the network status sheet.

For Queue Based connection:
NDS Context: Type the NDS context.
Print Server Name: Print server name which is already defined in NDS or Bindery. If the printer is in Remote Printer mode, enter the print server name that is used when PSERVER.NLM is loaded.
Printer Name: Printer name which is already defined in NDS or Bindery.
NDS Volume for Print Queue: The format is as follows;
Format: The NDS Volume and the context
For example: NDPS_SERVER_SYS.EPSON
File Server for Print Queue: Enter the file server name for the print queue.
IPX Network Number: Enter the IPX network number of the Internal Print Server.
IPX Node Number: Enter the IPX node number of the Internal Print Server.

When you complete filling in the boxes, press Finish. Follow the on-screen instructions.

The Select Printer Drivers dialog box appears. Select the appropriate printer driver [EPSON EPL-N2050+ Advanced] for Windows 98/95 and Windows NT 4.0. Be sure to select the correct printer driver for your printer from both the Windows 98/95 and Windows NT 4.0 menus. Windows 3.1 is not supported.

Click Continue.

Confirm the Printer Agent that you have just created.

In NetWare Administrator, double-click the NDPS Manager object and click Printer Agent List. Check that the status of the Printer Agent you have just created is "Idle".

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Setting the printer on client workstations

After configuring the print server, set up the printer on client workstations.

Installing printers automatically

Run the Novell Printer Manager from Windows. If you are running Windows 98/95/NT, run:
\PUBLIC\WIN32\NWPMW32.EXE

In the Novell Printer Manager dialog, select New from the Printer menu.

Click Add. A list of available printers appears.

Select the printer you want and click Install.

The Novell Printers---Install dialog appears. You may modify the printer name that appears and select a pre-defined configuration.

Click OK. The printer driver for that printer model is installed automatically from the Resource Management Service.

Click Close. The printer appears in the main Printer Manager window and is available for print jobs.

Installing printers manually

Install the printer driver.

Change the Ports on the printer's properties dialog box. Specify the following objects for the port.

For Public Access Printers:
The Printer Agent you have created in "NDPS Public Access Printers" under Entire Network.

For Controlled Access Printers:
The Printer Agent you have created in the NDS tree.

See the Novell online documentation for details.

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