NEC 870 Network Users Guide - Page 23

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NETWARE 4.X SETUP

6.

Assign Print Server Object

a.

In the Directory Tree, double-click on the print server

object you just created to open its

Print Server

window.

b.

In the

Print Server

window that appears, click on the

Assignments

button and

Add

button to bring up the

Select Object

window. Select the printer object just

created from the

Objects

box and click on the

OK

button. Now the printer (with its context) appears in

the

Printers:

box of the

Print Server

window. Click on

the

OK

button.

7.

Check Assignments

a.

At the

Directory Tree

, double click on the

Print

Queue

object you just created. At the

Print Queue

window, click on the

Assignments

button.

b.

If you configured the print queue and printer

correctly they will appear in the proper boxes on the

Print Queue

window. Press the

Cancel

button.

Second, Install the Printer Driver

In Windows, use the

Add Printer

feature to install and

configure a SuperScript 870 printer driver in each

workstation that will access the network printer.

note:

SuperScript 870 printer drivers are on the

Solutions CD

that comes with the printer.

Specify that the printer will be attached as a

Network

Printer

, and set the

Port

to the printer queue you just

created. (The Windows NT 4.0 driver installs

automatically to

LPT1:

. After installation, you can

manually reset the port to your NetWare queue.)

Third, use MAP and the NIC Home Page to

Configure the NIC

Now you must specify the

Print Server Name,

Preferred

NDS Context,

and

Preferred NDS Tree

using the NIC

Home Page network administration options. Continue

with the instructions below, to do this.

1.

Run MAP.

a.

If you have not yet installed MAP, follow the

instructions on page 11.

b.

In Windows 95/98 or Windows NT 4.0, click the

Start

button. Select

MAP

from the program group you

specified during installation. When MAP starts, a list

of all available units on the network is displayed by

unit serial number.

2.

Select the NIC to configure.

a.

Click on a NIC in the list to display its NIC Home

Page.

note:

You can also use a web browser such as

Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer, to access the

NIC Home Page. Enter the NIC’s IP address as the URL,

for example, http://131.241.54.16. The IP address is

listed as “Protocol Address” on the Network Settings

page.

NEC 870 Network Users Guide - Page 23

Netware 4.x Setup

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