Panasonic Kx Ps8100 Operating Instructions Manual

81 Connecting the Printer to a Network
Once the printer has been properly installed on the TCP/IP network, users 
should be able to send print jobs to the KX-PS8100 from most applications. 
UNIX clients also commonly use UNIX printing commands to print 
PostScript files and text files to the printer.
For information on printing PostScript files and text files using UNIX 
commands, see Part 3 of 
Utilities and Drivers Reference Guide.
If you have superuser privileges you can remove any lpd jobs from the...

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Setting up IPX (Novell) printing
IPX, Novell’s Internetwork Packet Exchange protocol, runs on networks that 
include a Novell NetWare server. The server, typically a dedicated PC, is 
usually configured to control workstation access to shared resources. In 
addition to other services, NetWare servers use IPX protocols to provide 
spooling, queue management, and print services to computers (including 
Macintosh, DOS, UNIX, and VAX) whose operating software is...

83 Connecting the Printer to a Network
To set up network printing, enable IPX/SPX Setup from the printer panel 
(see “Network Protocol Setup” on page 148), and set up the PServer using 
WebSetup after configuring the NetWare server (see “n PServer Setup tab” 
on page 162). 
This section explains how to set up the NetWare server so that networked 
users can print to the printer from their workstations. There are two stages 
to this setup:
•The network administrator must set up a print queue on the NetWare...

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n Setting the NetWare 4.x bindery context
Novell 4.x servers use a different environment setup than Novell 3.1x 
servers. (If your server is using NetWare 3.x, proceed to “Setting up a 
KX-PS8100 print queue” on page 87.) The native structure for Novell 4.x 
objects is known as Novell Directory Services (NDS). To provide backward 
compatibility with Novell 3.1x services, Novell 4.x servers use Bindery 
Emulation to “act” like a Novell 3.1x server.
To set up the...

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4Use the down arrow key to select Maintenance/
Selective Install.
The Installation Options menu is displayed.
5Select NCF Files Options.
6In the menu of available NCF files, select Edit 
AUTOEXEC.NCF file. 

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7Type a new line anywhere in the file as follows:
set Bindery Context = (Enter your bindery context here)
NOTE:
•To the right of the equals sign, type the bindery context obtained 
from the system administrator.
8Press (Esc) to close the window, and save changes.
9Proceed to the next section.
To activate the bindery context:
1If you cannot reboot the NetWare server at this point, 
type the set command manually at the server’s 
command prompt.
Use the same command...

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The NetWare print server and print queue are created and configured from 
NetWare Print Console, a NetWare utility that is stored in NetWare’s 
PUBLIC directory.
To set up the NetWare server for printing to the KX-PS8100:
1Log in to the NetWare server as the Supervisor.
2At the NetWare MS-DOS prompt, type pconsole
The Available Options menu is displayed.
3Select Change Current File Server and press the 
(Enter) key.
4Using the arrow keys, select the file server name...

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6Press the (Insert) key, type a name for the new print 
server, and press the (Enter) key. Then press the (Esc) 
key.
You must select this print server later as the NetWare Print Server 
in WebSetup > Network Setup.
7Select Print Queue Information from the Available 
Options menu.
8Press the (Insert) key and type a name for a new print 
queue. Press the (Enter) key.
The print queue name you entered will be highlighted in the Print 
Queues list.
If the print server...

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9Make sure the print queue name you created is selected 
in the Print Queues menu, and press the (Enter) key. 
The Print Queue Information menu is displayed.
10In the Print Queue Information menu, select Queue 
Servers, and press the (Enter) key.
A blank Queue Servers list is displayed.
11Press the (Insert) key.
The Queue Server Candidates list is displayed.
12Use the arrow keys to select the name of the print server 
you created in step 6 and press the (Enter)...

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Before setting up client workstations, make sure you perform Network 
Setup on the printer, and that the settings reflect the entities you created in 
PCONSOLE.
Client setup has two parts:
•Install the PostScript printer driver on each Windows workstation.
•Configure the printer driver to print to a print queue on a Novell file server.
For instructions on installing the appropriate printer driver for your system 
see Chapter 4 “Installing Software for Windows”.
For...