Section 3: Setup for NetWare
Axis NPS 650 User’s Manual
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Print Server Mode
An NPS 650 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 650 to log in to the servers at power-up, and
how you want to manage printer and queue configurations:
Automatic Log-In
The NPS 650 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 650 will log in to only those NetWare servers specified by the
NPS 650 configuration. See page 19 for setup procedures.
Advantages
Limitations
High performance (typically 200 kbytes/s).
Easy to set up – no NPS 650 configuration
required for automatic mode.
Requires a NetWare user licence for each
NPS 650.
The NPS 650 power-up takes a long time on
large networks
Advantages
Limitations
High performance (typically 200 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 650.
Requires configuration of the NPS 650.
Difficult to manage print queues on larger
networks.
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