7.3 Installing iPrint

The following instructions are a quick reference for installing iPrint on NetWare. For more information about using and configuring iPrint, see the iPrint Administration Guide.

7.3.1 Software Requirements

You will need the following software to install and use iPrint:

  • NetWare 5.1 with NDPS and the latest support pack.

    IMPORTANT:NDPS must be installed on the NetWare 5.1 server before installing the Support Pack in order for the Support Pack to install the NDPS updates.

  • A workstation running NetWare Administrator.
  • A supported Web browser: Internet Explorer versions 5.x and later or Netscape version 4.7x and later, excluding version 6.x.

7.3.2 Installing iPrint on NetWare 5.1

To install iPrint on NetWare 5.1, do the following:

  1. After downloading iPrint from the Web or CD, unzip the file on one of the server’s volumes. This should be a server where NDPS Manager is running.

  2. At the server’s GUI screen, click Novell > Install > Add.

    If the GUI is not loaded, enter STARTX at the console command line.

    NOTE:There is no support for installing Novell iPrint using NWCONFIG.

  3. Browse to and select the PRODUCT.NI file, and then click OK.

  4. Click OK to install iPrint.

  5. After iPrint is installed, restart the server.

7.3.3 Installing iPrint on OES NetWare 6.5

Enable IPP on the Server

  1. Install OES NetWare 6.5 with IPP/NDPS.

  2. Create a Broker using iManager.

  3. Create a Manager using iManager.

  4. Load the Broker and the Manager (NDPSM.NLM) on the server.

  5. Load IPPSRVR on the server.

Create Printer Agents

  1. Create a printer agent for the printer.

  2. Double click on the printer agent in NWAdmin, click on the IPP button and enable IPP on the printer agent.

Create the Web Page

  1. Create a map of your facility that will show the location of the printer. Use GIF, BMP or JPG file format.

  2. Use a Web browser (IE 6 or better) open the SYS:\LOGIN\IPPDOCS\MapTool.HTM file.

  3. Install the IPP client if prompted.

  4. Repeat Step 2 if you had to install the IPP client.

  5. Add a printer to the map.

  6. Click on the icon on the map to bring up a list of fields to fill in.

  7. Enter the URL of the printer in the following format: IPP://<IP address of the server>/ipp/<name of the printer agent>

    For example: IPP://10.1.41.11/ipp/ColorPrinterInLobby

  8. Save the page in the SYS:\Login\IPPDocs directory, or someplace else that is convenient.

  9. Shutdown and restart the printer agent using the NDPS Manager on the server.

Installing Printer Drivers Using the Web Interface

  1. On the workstation, load the html file that you just created.

  2. Click on the printer icon to install the printer.

7.3.4 SETTING UP DNS FOR THE PRINT SERVICES MANAGER

Each server that is running the print services manager loads IPPSRVR.NLM when iPrint is enabled for a printer associated with that manager. Prior to configuring printers for iPrint, you should configure a DNS name for each print services manager. This lets you move the print services manager to a different server while maintaining the iPrint URLs for the associated printers; otherwise, iPrint will no longer work and users will have to reinstall their iPrint printers.

To correctly enable DNS for each print services manager, complete the following:

  1. Configure a DNS name for the print services manager by using the print services manager startup switch. Syntax: NDPSM DPS_Manager_Object_Name /dnsname=NDPS_Manager_DNS_Name

    Example:

    NDPSM PrintManager1 /dnsname=Printing.MyCompany.Com

    Where PrintManager1 is the print services manager name and Printing.MyCompany.Com is the desired DNS name.

  2. Add the DNS name to your DNS name server.If a DNS name is added to the print services manager after iPrint is set up, iPrint printers enabled before the DNS name will not use the DNS name until the manager is restarted. If users install printers before the DNS name is added, their printing will work only until the IP address of the print services manager changes. Then users will have to reinstall their printers.

7.3.5 Setting Up iPrint Using NetWare Administrator

Use NetWare Administrator to create NDPS Broker, Manager, and Printer objects if they do not already exist. See the Novell Distributed Print Services Administration Guide for details on creating an NDPS print system.

To enable iPrint for an NDPS printer, complete the following:

  1. In NetWare Administrator, double-click the printer agent on which you want to enable iPrint, and then click IPP Client Support.

  2. Check the Enable IPP Access to This Printer check box.

  3. Click Apply.

    The URLs that appear in the list box are those that can be used to access the printer using the IPP protocol. Use these URLs if you are creating custom HTML pages. These URLs are automatically associated with printers in the iPrint Map Designer.

  4. Click OK and close NetWare Ministration.

7.3.6 Installing the iPrint Client

To install the iPrint client, do the following:

  1. From the client workstation, open a Web browser.

  2. Enter the iPrint server’s DNS name or address followed by /IPP to get to the default iPrint Web page.

    Example:

    http://109.42.39.78:631/ipp

    http://printing.mycompany.com/ipp

  3. Click the Install iPrint Client.

    The iPrint Client is automatically downloaded and installed on the workstation.

7.3.7 Installing an iPrint Printer

To install an iPrint printer on your network, do the following:

NOTE:To install a printer on Windows NT4/2000, you must have Administrator rights or be a Power User.

  1. Return to the default Novell iPrint Web page. A list of available iPrint printers is displayed.

  2. Click the Install hyperlink next to the printer you want to install. The printer is installed along with the printer driver and a Printer icon is added to the workstation’s printer folder. Using any application on the desktop, you can now print to the printer.