beautypg.com

Print server mode, Remote printer mode – Epson C82346 User Manual

Page 24

background image

Print Server mode

In Print Server mode, the card performs all print server

functions and can service up to 32 queues and eight file

servers. No VAP (Value-Added Process) or NLM (NetWare

Loadable Module

®

) is required. When you send a print job

from your application, the file server assigns the print job to a

print queue. When the corresponding printer is ready, the print

server sends the print job to the printer.

The Ethernet Card operates like any Novell NetWare print

server, servicing the assigned queues in a round robin fashion.

In queues of the same priority, the Ethernet Card services the

first job in a queue before those in a lower priority queue. The

card also supports encrypted passwords.

This mode provides the highest printing speed while retaining

the control, security, and convenience of a NetWare print

server.

To use the card in Print Server mode, see page 2-5.

Remote Printer mode

As a remote printer, the Ethernet Card emulates a workstation

running Novell’s RPRINTER program, and operates under the

control of a Novell NetWare print server. The print server can

be either a dedicated workstation running PSERVER or a file

server.

At power-up, the interface will attempt to attach to a print

server (elsewhere on the network) and act as a particular

printer of that print server. To do this, it needs to know which

print server to attach to, and which printer of that print server

to use. This is similar to the need to specify these parameters in

the RPRINTER command line (or to interactively choose them

from the RPRINTER program).

Using Novell NetWare

2-3