Section 3: Setup for NetWare
Axis NPS 530/532 User’s Manual
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Print Server Mode
An NPS 530/532 in print server mode emulates a Novell print server (a
workstation running PSERVER). This is the recommended mode for
medium-sized to large networks.
There are three different ways to set up the print server mode, depending
on how you want the NPS 530/532 to log in to the servers at power-up,
and how you want to manage printer and queue configurations:
Automatic Log-In
The NPS 530/532 will automatically detect and log in to all NetWare
servers on the network at power-on. See page 17 for setup procedures.
Parameter
Controlled Log-In
The NPS 530/532 will log in to only those NetWare servers specified by
the NPS 530/532 configuration. See page 18 for setup procedures.
Advantages
Limitations
High performance (typically 150 kbytes/s).
Easy to set up – no NPS 530/532 configuration
required for automatic mode.
Requires a NetWare user licence for each
NPS 530/532.
The NPS 530/532 power-up takes a long
time on large networks
Advantages
Limitations
High performance (typically 150 kbytes/s).
Avoids the prolonged NPS power-up time
caused by the automatic file server login.
You can link a queue to a logical printer with-
out having to use the !n queue name exten-
sion.
An unavailable file server will not affect the
access of the remaining specified servers.
Requires a NetWare user licence for each
NPS 530/532.
Requires configuration of the NPS 530/532.
Difficult to manage print queues on larger
networks.
