iPrint can be installed and configured on OES 2 in parallel with an existing print environment to allow for a phased migration of users to the iPrint infrastructure. While iPrint can be used to support queue-based printing, it is not the preferred method (the only normal requirement to maintain a queue is to support legacy DOS-based applications that print directly to a queue rather than to a Windows printer or LPT port).
Novell recommends the following steps to bring a current printing environment up to supported standards before transferring your print infrastructure to OES 2 clusters as required:
Install and configure iPrint on any NetWare 6.5 clusters.
Install and configure all network printers in iPrint.
Install and configure web-based client deployment tools.
Set up iPrint on OES 2.
Deploy iPrint agents to workstations.
Novell's Server Consolidation and Migration Tool or the OES 2 SP3 Migration Tool are available to copy a NetWare-based iPrint/NDPS environment to an OES iPrint infrastructure. This allows for a phased parallel installation approach to an OES upgrade with minimal user and administrative impacts. Using a mixed OES and NetWare based printing environment within the same tree is fully supported.