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    LANSpool 386 3.5x Multi-Server Printing

    
    

    LANSPOOL 386 3.5X MULTI-SERVER PRINTING

    
       Lanspool's multiserver printing feature enables you to print from one
    
       file server to another file server.  For example, while logged into one
    
       file server, you can print to a file server that you are not logged into
    
       or attached to.  Multiserver printing requires that a unique serialized
    
       copy of Lanspool be installed on each server. Only Lanspool version 386
    
       3.5x (running on Netware 3.1x) supports this feature. Multiserver
    
       printing can be used with up to 32 file servers, 32 print servers, and
    
       120 queues.
    
    
    
       For simplicity, we will demonstrate printing between two file servers,
    
       each with its own print server and two to three queues.  Make sure a
    
       unique copy of Lanspool is running on both file servers.
    
    
    
         1. Log into both file servers as a supervisor.
    
    
    
         2. Print to each queue that is attached to each print server on the
    
            individual file servers.
    
    
    
            Once the file servers are printing independent of one another, try
    
            printing between the file servers.
    
    
    
         3. You may want to draw a small diagram at this point, concentrating
    
            on two file servers only.  Label the file servers, print servers,
    
            print server passwords, and queues for both file servers.
    
    
    
            (File servers)    FS1            FS2
    
    
    
            (Print servers)   LANSPOOL_PS1   LANSPOOL_PS2
    
            (Password)        (LAN)          (SPOOL)
    
    
    
            (Queues)          Q1             Q3
    
                              Q2             Q4
    
                                             Q5
    
    
    
            In this example, we want to print from FS1 to the printer attached
    
            to Q3 on FS2.  Q3 is already created on FS2 and we have verified in
    
            Step 2 that it prints correctly.
    
    
    
         4. Create a new print server called LANSPOOL_PS2 on FS1:
    
    
    
           4a. While logged into FS1 as supervisor, go into the SETUP utility
    
              (located in LOGIN\LANSPOOL).
    
    
    
           4b. From the main menu, choose Advanced Installation |  Modify
    
              Queues and Servers.  
    
    
    
               LANSPOOL_PS1 should be the only print server you see.
    
    
    
           4c. Press INSERT, and create a new print server called LANSPOOL_PS2.
    
    
    
               The password is optional but if you choose to define one, it
    
              must be exactly the same for each shared print server used by
    
              LANSPOOL.NLM. In this example, the print server name and password
    
    
    
              must be identical to the print server on FS2.  
    
    
    
           4d. Create Q3 and attach it to LANSPOOL_PS2. (You can name this
    
              queue anything you want, but it is less complicated to give it
    
              the same name on each file server).
    
    
    
         5. Modify your diagram to show the new print server and queue on FS1. 
    
            It should now look like this:
    
    
    
            (File servers)              FS1                 FS2
    
    
    
            (Print servers)   LANSPOOL_PS1   LANSPOOL_PS2   LANSPOOL_PS2
    
            (Password)        (LAN)          (SPOOL)        (SPOOL)
    
    
    
            (Queues)          Q1             Q3             Q3
    
                              Q2                            Q4
    
                                                            Q5 
    
    
    
            Steps 6 & 7 set up the node for the printer on FS2 to print to both
    
            Q3 on FS2 and the newly created queue, Q3 on FS1.                  
    
    
    
         6. Delete the current node: 
    
    
    
           6a. At the print station attached to Q3 located on FS2,  change to
    
              the LOGIN\LANSPOOL directory and run NODE REMOVE_CONFIG, removing
    
              the configuration file for the node.  
    
    
    
           6b. Reboot the workstation without loading NODE or run LSDELETE *,
    
              removing the node from memory.
    
    
    
         7. Create a new node:
    
    
    
           7a. Run NODE NEW.  
    
    
    
           7b. Choose Q3 attached to LANSPOOL_PS2 on FS2.
    
    
    
           7c. Press F5 to mark it.  
    
    
    
           7d. Press INSERT, choose FS1 from the list of file servers (this
    
              list only shows file servers that you are NOT attached to or
    
              logged into).
    
    
    
           7e. Select print server LANSPOOL_PS2 and then Q3.  
    
    
    
           7f. Again, press F5 to mark this queue.
    
    
    
               Both queues have now been selected for this node.
    
    
    
           7g. Press ENTER, and answer the remaining questions to complete the
    
              configuration.
    
    
    
           You are now set up to print to Q3 from both file servers.
    
    
    
         8. Set up a capture command on FS1 for the new queue, Q3: 
    
    
    
           CAPTURE s=FS1 q=Q3 nff nb ti=10. 
    
    
    
            The file server name (s=) and the queue (q=) are the only required
    
            elements. You also can add any capture parameters from Novell's
    
            Print Server book.
    
    
    
       How LANSPOOL sends a print job to another file server:
    
    
    
         1. When you send a job to Q3 while logged into FS1, LANSPOOL finds
    
            LANSPOOL_PS2 but because it isn't the default print server, it
    
            searches for LANSPOOL_PS2 on another file server where it is
    
            selected as the default print server. 
    
    
    
         2. LANSPOOL uses the LSATTACH utility to find print servers that exist
    
            on other file servers. LSATTACH uses the unique print server name
    
            (LANSPOOL_PS2) and password (SPOOL) to log into other file servers
    
            where LANSPOOL is installed and search for LANSPOOL_PS2.  
    
    
    
         3. When LANSPOOL_PS2 is found on FS2, LSATTACH verifies that it is the
    
            default print server; if it is, LANSPOOL sends the print job from
    
            Q3 on FS1 to Q3 on FS2. 
    
    

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