Lesson 8 Printing Over a Network Khan Overview

Lesson 8 -Printing Over a Network Khan

Overview o o o Khan Understand network printing concepts. Understand Windows network printing. Understand Net. Ware network printing.

Understand Network Printing Concepts o o Khan The network should be configured for sharing printers to enable network printing. Local printer, shared printer, and network printer are three basic printing configurations used while designing a network and configuring printers.

Understand Network Printing Concepts Khan Basic printing configurations for networked computers

Understand Network Printing Concepts o o Khan Local print devices. Shared print devices.

Local Print Devices o A printer is referred to as the print device, and is used for providing printed outputs. o It is essential to install the necessary drivers to ensure proper working of the print device. o A software called printer is required to control the printing process. Khan

Local Print Devices o o Khan The printer determines where and when the output should be sent. Local print devices provide the most convenient way of printing from a workstation computer.

Local Print Devices Add Printer Wizard Khan

Local Print Devices Selecting a Printer port Khan

Local Print Devices Installing the Printer software Khan

Local Print Devices Printer Sharing window Khan

Local Print Devices Printers and Faxes window Khan

Shared Print Devices o o Khan Sharing a locally attached printer. Sharing print devices directly connected to the network.

Sharing a Locally Attached Printer o o Khan Repeated interruptions by multiple users may affect the productivity of the user. There is a reduction in speed and response time, since the computer’s resources are used for providing the required output for multiple users.

Sharing Print Devices Directly Connected to the Network o o o Khan Print devices connected to the network have their own internal network interface card that provides network identification to the device. Print devices are generally configured on a centralized network to provide convenient access to multiple users. Sharing of print devices decreases the purchase, installation, and maintenance cost of the printer.

Understand Windows Network Printing o o o Khan On a workgroup, a shared print device’s attributes are stored locally on the computer. On a domain, the print device’s information is added to the Active Directory (AD). The AD can be used when configuring the network-printing capabilities on Windows 2000 Server and Windows XP Professional Workstation.

Understand Windows Network Printing o o Khan On non-domain Windows XP computers, information about the print device can be obtained over the network using the Net. Crawler feature. The Net. Crawler searches for and automatically adds all available shared network objects.

Understand Windows Network Printing Add Printer Wizard Khan

Understand Windows Network Printing Selecting a Printer port Khan

Understand Windows Network Printing The following information has to be provided while installing a networkcapable print device: o o o Khan The print device’s IP address. The print device’s manufacturer and printer type. A share name for the print device.

Understand Net. Ware Network Printing o o o Khan The Net. Ware 6. 0 operating system’s printing service includes a new printing option called i. Print. The i. Print service is Internet-based, and it uses the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) to make printing available from any computer having an Internet browser. It uses the Novell Distributed Print Services (NDPS) to distribute the print process to all networked users.

Understand Net. Ware Network Printing o o o Khan The NDPS effectively combines older print components like the printer, print queue, and print server into one print object called the Printer Agent. It manages the configuration of the printer through Novell Directory Services (NDS). The NDPS also handles the drivers used at the workstations.

Understand Net. Ware Network Printing NDPS includes the following components: n n n Khan Broker Manager Printer Gateway Client

Broker o o o Khan A Broker is an i. Print component essential for the properation of Novell’s print process. It connects the printing process to various services on the Net. Ware server. A Broker can be created on a Net. Ware 6 server using Novell's Internet management feature called i. Manage.

Broker The Broker provides the following services: n Service Registry Services (SRS) - The Broker is responsible for registering the information and services provided by printers. n Event Notification Services (ENS) - The Broker is responsible for hosting event notification from each printer. n Resource Management Services (RMS) – The Broker serves as the central repository for storing and providing proper drivers or other items such as additional printer fonts. Khan

Broker i. Print Management options Khan

Broker Create Broker Khan

Manager o o Khan The NDPS Manager (NDPSM) provides a location for storing information about the network’s print devices. The information stored in the NDPSM is used to manage the printer’s operation from a particular server.

Manager o o o Khan The NDPSM is an object created in the NDS tree. A specific NDPSM can only reside on one server. Each NDPSM can represent more than one printer.

Printer o o Khan Each print device is represented by a Printer Agent (PA), which is commonly called the Printer or Printer object. Printer Agents can be software items running on a server. They can also be embedded in the printer attached directly to the network, to servers, and to workstations. Each PA can only represent a single physical printer.

Printer The printer objects perform the following functions: n n Khan Manage the printing process for their respective physical printers. Answer any client-generated queries for print job information or printer attributes.

Printer The printer objects perform the following functions (continued): o o Khan Provide the server and the user with event-notification information about the printers they manage. Ensure the scalability of the printing environment.

Gateway o o Khan Gateways are information objects that are configured to provide printer specifics over the network. They translate requests sent to the printers into printer-recognizable machine code.

Gateway o o Khan Gateways allow non-NDPS printers to receive print jobs over the network and facilitate their management and use. Novell Net. Ware 6 includes Gateways that provide access to printers that are not NDPS-aware.

Client o o Khan i. Print client is a small piece of software that is required to use an i. Print printer and the NDPS printing service from the network’s workstations. The i. Print client is located using the Web browser to reach the i. Print printer.

Summary o o o Khan Local printers, print servers, and networkcapable printers are three basic printing configurations available. Print servers refer to computers that offer their printing services to others on the network. A printer serves as the software interface between an application and the print device.

Summary o o o Khan The Windows XP Net. Crawler feature searches and automatically lists all network objects. Broker, Manager, Gateway, Printer, and Client form the components of NDPS. The Broker provides Service Registry Services, Event Notification Services, and Resource Management Services.