Xerox Novell Distributed Print Services NDPS User manual

Xerox NDPS Solution

For Novell NDPS

User Guide

Version 2.3

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Contents

Introduction ........................................................................ 5

Document Purpose ............................................................ 5

Document Audience .......................................................... 5

About this Solution ............................................................ 6

Server Requirements .......................................................... 7

Client Requirements .......................................................... 8

Installing Your Xerox Printer ............................................... 9

Xerox NDPS Solution Installation Procedure ..................... 10

Using the NetWare Administrator .................................... 15

Installation of your Xerox Printer as an IPX Controlled Access

Printer via the Xerox Installation Wizard .......................... 16

Installation of your Xerox Printer as an IP Controlled Access

Printer via the Xerox Installation Wizard .......................... 21

Installation of your Xerox Printer as an IPX Public Access Printer

via the Xerox Installation Wizard ..................................... 26

Installation of your Xerox Printer as an IP Public Access printer

via the Xerox Installation Wizard ..................................... 30

Using The Server Side Configuration Utility ...................... 34

Installing a printer using the Server Side Configuration Utility 34 Converting an IPX printer agent into an IP printer agent 36

Using the Xerox Plug and Print Utility .............................. 37

Features .......................................................................... 37

Minimal Setup ................................................................. 37

Configuring Xerox Plug and Print ..................................... 38

Automatic searching ........................................................ 38

Manual Searching ........................................................... 39

Xerox Printer Control Snap-in Features ............................. 40

Basic Printer Installation through Novell Printer Manager 41

Delete Xerox NDPS Printers ............................................... 43

From the Server Console .................................................. 43

From NWAdmin .............................................................. 43

Hints and Tips ................................................................... 44

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Introduction

Novell Distributed Print Services (NDPS) are products

built on Novell’s printing architecture that allows administrators to take advantage of built-in printer intelligence to centrally manage network printing resources from anywhere on the network, improve network printing performance, and reduce the hassles of network printing for end-users.

The Xerox NDPS Solution allows you to use Novell NDPS with many of the latest Xerox Printers. It includes administrative tools that snap-in to NWAdmin that enable users to easily configure and manage their network print services. It also has a set of NetWare Loadable Modules (NLM) that run on the NetWare server.

Document Purpose

Document Audience

This document describes how to install and use the Xerox NDPS Solution. It complements, but does not replace, Novell’s documentation describing how to set up your Network Operating System and providing basic knowledge about NDPS. See Novell’s documentation for these details.

This document is provided for the system administrator or equivalent, with in-depth knowledge of NetWare and NDPS.

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Introduction

About this Solution

The current release of the Xerox NDPS Solution for Novell NDPS supports both IP and IPX network protocols. It supports the LPR print protocol for job submission over IP as well as the Novell Print Server utility (PServer) that Xerox printers use for job submission over IPX.

The Xerox NDPS solution contains five distinct components:

• A Xerox Install Wizard, that provides simplified

installation and configuration of your Xerox printers in the network

• Xerox Printer Control Snap-in, that enables status

retrieval and remote management of NDPS supported Xerox printers over IP and IPX through NWAdmin. It also provides the ability to launch CentreWare Internet Services (CWIS) web pages for printer management of IP supported printers

• Xerox Gateway NLM “Xgateway”, that allows you to

get status and feedback information from your Xerox printer and access many of the features available from your specific printers

• Xerox Server Side Configuration Utility, that allows

you to create IP Public Access printers as well as convert IPX to IP printers

• Xerox Plug and Print Utility that will search

automatically for non-configured devices and install them as Public Access printers. It can install multiple printers simultaneously using default names and settings.

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Introduction

Server Requirements

At least one of the following four types of Servers:

• NetWare 4.11 with at least Support Pack 6

• NetWare 4.2

• NetWare 5.1

• NetWare 6.X

All Novell required support packs for your Network Operating System should be loaded.

NOTE: Visit Novell’s web site at www.novell.com for

service pack information for your Network Operating system.

Depending on which NetWare Network Operating System you are running, there are different levels of Novell’s NDPS (Novell Distributed Print Services) or NEPS (Novell Enterprise Print Services) available.

• Versions of NDPS greater than and including 2.0 will support the Xerox Solution.

• Versions of NEPS greater than and including 2.1.0 will support the Xerox Solution.

NOTE: For detailed explanations of the various Novell NDPS

version and functionality distinctions, please consult the Novell Support Web Site at: Search for "ndps neps" (without the quotes).

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www.novell.com

Introduction

Client Requirements

Win95/98, WinNT 4.0 Workstation with required service packs or Windows 2000 Workstation

• Novell Client Software compatible with your operating system in accordance with Novell specifications. Visit Novell’s web site at details.

www.novell.com for specific

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Installing Your Xerox Printer

You must perform an installation of the Xerox NDPS Solution in accordance with the section titled

NDPS Solution Installation Procedure

There are two methods to install and configure a Xerox NDPS Printer:

1. Use the Server Side Configuration Utility in

accordance with the section titled:

Server Side Configuration Utility.

2. Use the NetWare Administrator (NWAdmin) application in accordance with the section titled

Using the NetWare Administrator.

Installing Your Xerox Printer

Xerox

Using The

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Installing Your Xerox Printer

Xerox NDPS Solution

Installation Procedure

NOTE: This procedure requires that the Novell NDPS 2.0 or

greater be installed first as well as any Novell required service packs. Follow these instructions after the above conditions have been met.

NOTE: The install can be done from a CDROM mounted as a

NetWare volume, as a server-to-server install, or from a workstation using RConsole. Refer to Novell documentation for details on these instructions. (The mode of install will determine the path to the source you provide during the following procedure.)

The Steps listed below will define how to get the Xerox NDPS Solution from the web if that is your resource:

1. Go to www.xerox.com and search for NDPS.

2. Click on the free Download link on the Xerox NDPS web site and follow the instructions.

3. Select the print drivers for the printers in your environment.

4. Click “Create” and your customized solution will be built.

5. Click “Download”.

6. Save the file to a convenient location where you have sufficient free space.

7. This is a self-extracting archive file. Run the file. After the files are extracted, copy the file to the SYS volume. Approximately 335MB of free space is required for the full download with all drivers.

THEN

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Installing Your Xerox Printer

The Final steps listed below will define how to install the Xerox NDPS solution on your server from any of the listed resources

1. Go to the server console screen.

2. At the server console, type: nwconfig for a NetWare

5.x server OR load install for a NetWare 4.x server and press [ENTER]

3. Select Product Options and press [ENTER]

4. Select Install a product not listed and press [ENTER]

• You will see a screen for selecting a source path.

5. Press the [F3] key to type in source path, then press [ENTER]. Press [ENTER] to continue. This will initiate a file copy. The file copying will take a few minutes.

If the server OS version is newer than Netware 5.1 Service Pack 3 additional steps are required to complete the installation. Otherwise the installation is complete.

NOTE: The NDPS Broker must be running to proceed. If it is

not running you will get errors and must re-start the install.

6. The install script will prompt that a program XPRNDRV.NLM will install the print drivers. Press [ENTER]. This will start the program and switch to a new screen. DO NOT the XPRNDRV.NLM instructs you to do so.

7. At the prompt enter a fully qualified name for an “Admin” user. Then press [ENTER].

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return to the NWCONFIG until

Installing Your Xerox Printer

8. At the prompt for a password type the password for the user in step 7, then press [ENTER].

9. The XPRNDRV.NLM will login to the server, it will now prompt for the Broker. Type the fully qualified Broker Name, then press [ENTER].

10. At the prompt for the tree name type the tree name

then press [ENTER].

11. The XPRNDRV.NLM will now update the drivers contained in the Resource Management Service (RMS). This process will take several minutes up to an hour depending on server type. When it completes it will display a message indicating the success of the install process. Press [ENTER] to exit XPRNDRV.NLM.

12. At the server prompt type [CTRL][ESC] to get a list of available screens on the server. Type the number for the NWCONFIG screen, then press [ENTER].

13. The install script is prompted to restart RMS. Press [ENTER]. This must be done so that the changes in RMS can be finalized.

14. As a check of the install move to the “View/Configure/Remove Installed Products” option in NWCONFIG and press [ENTER]. Look for an entry Gateway X.X.X.X. This is the utility for the Xerox NDPS Solution.

Installing/Configuring for Netware 5.1 Clustering

NOTE: These instructions are for Netware 5.1 server with

service pack 2a or older, not for service pack 3 and newer.

Installing the solution on a NetWare 5.1 server does not configure it to run in a clustered environment. The user must change an INI file in the procedure below. Printer Agents can then be created. These new print agents will make references to the clustered volume instead of the sys volume. Any existing Xerox print agents should be re-created after the change so that they will also use the clustered volume.

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Installing Your Xerox Printer

At the server console:

1. install the solution as per the instructions in the User’s Guide.

On a client workstation connected to the server:

2. Open the file sys:/public/win32/xdpwiz.ini in notepad.

3. Edit the line that contains ndpsvolume.

• remove the ; at the start of the line.

• replace other with the name of the volume that the

resdir is located.

4. Save changes.

Now the Xerox Installation Wizard INI files have been changed to install print agents that will reference the cluster volume. The next step is to move the print driver files and configuration files from the sys volume to the cluster volume. The three steps below detail copying the files.

Again on the client workstation:

5. Copy the files sys:/ndps/redir/prndef to {cluster volume}:/ndps/resdir/prndef . Copy the contained directories.

6. Copy the files sys:/ndps/redir/prndrv to {cluster volume}:/ndps/resdir/prndrv . Copy the contained directories.

7. Copy the files sys:/ndps/xerox to {cluster volume}:/ndps/resdir/xerox .

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Installing Your Xerox Printer

Installing/Configuring for Netware 5.1 SP3 or later Clustering

NOTE: These instructions are for Netware 5.1 server with

service pack 3 or newer.

At the server console:

1. install the solution as per the instructions in the User’s Guide.

On a client workstation connected to the server:

2. Open the file sys:/public/win32/xdpwiz.ini in notepad.

3. Edit the line that contains ndpsvolume.

• remove the ; at the start of the line.

• replace other with the name of the volume that the

resdir is located.

4. Save changes.

Now the Xerox Installation Wizard INI files have been changed to install print agents that will reference the cluster volume. The next step is to move the configuration files from the sys volume to the cluster volume.

Again on the client workstation:

5. Copy the files sys:/ndps/xerox to {cluster volume}:/ndps/resdir/xerox .

These steps should always be done after updating the solution.

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