Creating an NDPS Manager Object

Until original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) embed Printer Agents for Novell Distributed Print Services (NDPS) in their printers, you must create these Printer Agents on IntranetWare and NetWare 4.11 servers. Before you can create a Printer Agent, however, you must create an NDPS Manager (NDPSM) object in the Novell Directory Services (NDS) tree on your company's network. To create an NDPSM object, you must complete the following steps:

1. In the NetWare Administrator (NWADMIN) utility, select the container object in which you want the NDPSM object to reside.

2. Select the Create option from the Object menu. The New Object dialog box appears.

3. Select the NDPSM Object option. The Create NDPSM Object dialog box appears.

4. In the NDPSM Name field, enter the name you want to assign the NDPSM object you are creating.

5. Browse for the server to which you want to assign the NDPSM object. You can select any server in the NDS tree on which you have installed NDPS and loaded the NDPSM NetWare Loadable Module (NLM).

6. Browse for the volume to which you want to assign the NDPSM database. (This database stores configuration information for all of the Printer Agents you assign to this NDPSM object.) You must select a volume on the server you specified in step 5.

7. Select the Create option. The NDPSM object you have configured appears in the NWADMIN utility's NDS browser. You can now assign Printer Agents for public access and controlled access printers to this NDPSM object.