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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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