Re: [WinMac] NetWare 3.12 and print queues

Bruce Johnson(johnson[at]Pharmacy.Arizona.EDU)
Mon, 26 Oct 1998 08:56:19 -0700

Chris Morin wrote:
>
> Hey, all. This is a rudimentary question, but I am so rusty with print
> queues it's pitiful.
> I just bought an HP JetDirect print server and an HP 890 inkjet printer to
> add to my 3.12 network. I created a queue called HP_NORTH and a server
> called HP_NORTH. I defined the printer in PCONSLE as connected to LPT1 on
> the server HP_NORTH. I ran the HP JetDirect Admin utility and it could not
> find the JetDirect server on the network. I know the "jack" into which the
> server is plugged works because we authenticated to the server with a
> workstation from that jack. I even tried having a different print server
> handle the HP_NORTH queue, but to no avail. Jobs will show upin the queue
> but never get sent to the printer because the server HP_NORTH will not
> authenticate (if that is the correct term). Any suggestions? My
> engineering group is getting upset because this is supposed to be "their"
> printer.

I think your problem is the stuff you did on PConsole. Get rid of it
all, and use JetAdmin to find and configure the unconfigured jetdirect.
It will create the Queue on the server and acts as it's own server under
Novell. Even though the jetdirect is an external one, (I'm assuming such
from your reference to LPT1:) it does not use the LPT port. From
Pconsole's point of view, using LPT1 for a connection means just that a
computer with a printer connected to it's parallel port. If that's
anything but Novell server, the computer needs to run (IiRC, it's been a
long time) RPRINTER so that Netware sees it as a print server.
JetDirects bypass all of this stuff as they act as their own server.

I've never had to touch pconsole in setting up some 15 or so printers on
jetdirects, everything is handled through jetadmin. You just have to be
logged onto the network as someone with Admin privledges.

Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

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