Install HP laserjet 2300 on the server in Novell netware 6

Note that I've assumed that when you said "Novell netware 6" you meant "NetWare v6.0". If, instead, you meant "NetWare v6.5", the proper link would be --> http://www.novell.com/documentation/nw65/index.html

It always helps to be explicit.

What do you mean by "map an LPC port?"  LPT?  LPR/LPD? DOS?  WIndoze? Linux? Solaris? ??

this printer needs to be installed for a program called AIMS Apparel Information Management Systems

the AIMS program runs in DOS, and the makers of hte program said that after the network printer is installed in novell netware I will have to do something on each pc like

net use lpt3: \\printersevrer\printername

I hope this helps to clarify.

Ugh. "net use"? That's Windoze garbage. NetBIOS. The makers of the program are clue-free.

OK, quick question - does it run in a DOS box under Windoze, or does it actually require a DOS (e.g. PC-DOS, MS-DOS, DR-DOS, FreeDOS) machine? That is important in how you approach this.

does box in windows

OK, when you install the printer driver for this printer on the Windoze machine, it'll ask you if you want to be able to print from DOS. Answer "YES".

You still need to make the printer available on the network, which is what my first Comment was about.

It won't always ask.  It's been a while since I've had to print from DOS, so I didn't notice when it stopped asking, but I have XP Pro and neither NDPS nor queue-based printers give the print from DOS option for me.  You may have to do a capture.

I thot it still asked in W2K....

With the Novell client (which you should be using) you right-click on the big red N in the system tray and select "Novell Capture Printer Port."

I remember it asking in WinXP Pro, too, but not for a while now.  Must be something with the client version, or Windoze patches, or who knows what...

i dont even know how to be able to use a cd rom in novell netware 6, how the heck do you mount the damn thing!

I am at a screen with a START button with a few options in it like consoleone, etc
I think its the GUI and I am afraid to hit "close GUI"
but I dont even know the admin password.

what a frustrating day

That is the GUI.  What do you want to mount a CDROM for?  You install printer drivers in NDPS using iManager from any web browser - you need to have an administrative-equivalent login to do that, though, either the Admin for the tree or another user ID that has the appropriate rights.

The CDROM has drivers for the printer I am trying to install, (HP LasetJet 2300)

WHat is NDPS and how do I get to it through the GUI?  I know nothing about Novell so i will need explaining please, thanks a ton

In Novell Capture network printer is doesnt see the printer I am trying to install.. probably b/c its not installed yet, hehe.

Thanks so much

Yes, the CD-ROM has the drivers. However, those drivers are for WINDOZE. You don't install them on the NetWare server, you install them on a Windoze workstation.

The GUI you are at is the NetWare XWindows GUI. It really is not intended for day-to-day administration of the NetWare environment. You can run the preferred administration tool, ConsoleOne, in that GUI, but it probably doesn't have all the snap-ins and may not do everything you want.

Instead, you should run ConsoleOne on a Windoze workstation. You should be logged in with an account that has administration privledges, otherwise you will not be able to complete the tasks you need to do to get the printer addressable on the network (available to be seen by CAPTURE).

ShineOn also pointed to the newer iManager tool, which is accessed via browser. It will do many of the things that ConsoleOne will do, altho I think NDPS is not one of them.

Note that when I say "You should be logged in with an account that has administration privledges", I mean *NDS* administration privledges, not Windoze "Power User" or whatever silly term M$ has come up with.

Note that you *need* to have NDS administration privledges to do what you want to do. If you do not have that authority within this environment, you will be unable to make the printer available to be CAPTUREd. This is true no matter if you use ConsoleOne from a Windoze workstation or from the NetWare GUI. You *must* have administrative access.

Ok right now I am at a users station and can open consoleone from here... I am also waiting to get the admins password

so.. from here what do I do to install the printer?

Also this system here is pretty old so I dont know if they are using IPrint or the other Que one.. probably the older version

Repeating somewhat what PsiCop already said -

Step 1 - use WebJetAdmin to configure the IP address of the print server
Step 2 - follow the instructions in the documentation at http://www.novell.com/documentation/nw6p/index.html
Step 3 - Install the printer on the workstation
Step 4 - Capture the printer (if you can't set it to support DOS printing and install time)

Before you do any of this, you need to be an administrator of some sort, whether you have the Admin account for the tree, or you have another user ID that has Admin-like powers.  

Step 1 is done at a network-attached workstation.  Use the CD to install WebJetAdmin - it probably has a copy of WebJetAdmin on it.
Step 2 is also done at a network-attached workstation.  As PsiCop said, you will probably need ConsoleOne.
Step 3 is done at the workstation that will be running the software that will generate the print.
Step 4, if necessary, is also done at the workstation that will be running the software.

Ok
Step 1 - downloaded, installed and configured printer with an IP, subnet, gateway, DNS
Step 2 - Ok most likely gonna have to go the NDPS route.. but i dont have iManager just console one, all I see is like New-Object, etc.  How do I install a printer from there?

later steps cannot be done until thesestep 2, thanks guys!

iManager is a web interface for managing NetWare 6 and above environments.  It is usually found at port 2200.  Go to a web browser and type HTTP://you.rse.rve.rip:2200 and you should get  a secure login screen that will give you access to iManager, which has management tools for NDPS/iPrint.

If you use ConsoleOne for this task, then look at http://www.novell.com/documentation/nw6p/index.html?page=/documentation/nw6p/ndps_enu/data/hk4ovawv.html for detailed instructions on how to create an NDPS printer.

We really can't give you a step-by-step because we don't know your environment, your tree structure, and a lot of other things.

Psi - I looked at this link and it only talks about using iManager.  Where's the instructions for using C1 for NDPS management?
AFAIK, NDPS/iPrint needs to use RBS (Role Based Services) which also are only managed through iManager, to my knowledge.

D'oh!

You're right - my bad. That's the v6.0 docs and I thot they were still using C1 at that point, and that they didn't switch it to iManager until the v6.5 docs.

Yes, you can, but the link I provided to the Asker did everything in iManager.

actually, the use of iManager requires the workstation to have the iPrint client installed to send printer drivers to the repository.  Using NWAdmin, you can get around that if you plan on only using NDPS inside the office and not iPrint (reserving that for outside the office).

Good point.

also, NDPS/iPrint depend on specific IP addresses of the printer (should be static) and specific ports for LPD/LPR printing.  HP uses non-standard ports sometimes, so you have to be carefull of that.  Also, when creating the printer, make sure you use the proper Gateway or else the printer may not function (this is not a joke when using the Lanier devices)

I thot I already said the address needs to be static.

If you use the default Novell LPR gateway, and it's an internal HP JetDirect, the default of "PASSTHROUGH" will work fine for NDPS, and for "pure" LPR/LPD printing, the default port of 9100 should work fine.  I haven't had one that doesn't use their standard port, and for multi-printer external JetDirects, they increment them, just like it says on their website.  I don't bother with using the HP gateway.  Even though it's called an "IP/IPX" gateway, it doesn't seem to do anything in an all-IP environment that the LPR gateway won't do for you.  It seems to me to be more useful if you have HP print servers that can't handle IP, or if you are in an all-IPX shop using NDPS.

As you say, though, you do need to use the "proper" gateway for some printers.

we're pretty much pulling off older HP LaserJet's around here (4 and 5 series) keeping our 4000, 5000, 8000 and Color LaserJet 4000 and 5000 series.  But all new monochrome printers are Lanier LP032 devices (1200dpi and 32ppm) with the Duplex option. ;)

In my *home* network I've got an old HP LaserJet 4+ with 26 MB of RAM and the duplex tray, still using IPX and queue-based printing because I'm too lazy to move it to NDPS.

At work we're pretty much Lexmark Optras using NDPS over IP.

I didn't help any?

I'm such a fool..

All I needed to do to install it was this.

Go to a machine with NWADMIN32 on it and log in as the administrator.
Open NWADMIN32 and then insert the HP Install network printer CD and run it.
Go through the set up and it installed it for me automatically! lol
All I had to do after than then was install the new printer on each CPU and do a LPT3 Printer Capture.

Thank you all so much for your help!

That's ONE way to do it - but you are not going to be able to control access to the printer in that method.

I would simply get into the web console of the JetDirect device (assuming you can find a PC with Microsoft's JVM in place, because WebAdmin on the JetDirect's don't like Sun's JVM) - and set the SNMP PUBLIC to Read/Create rights.  Then set the IP address to a static IP address outside of your DHCP range on the same subnet.

Then, use NWADMIN32 with the NDPS snap-ins and create your NDPS Broker, NDPS Manager and NDPS Printer object - pointing the NDPS Printer to the IP address of the LaserJet.

Then deploy the NDPS component of the NetWare Client to the workstations.  You can now CONTROL WHO and who CANNOT access that printer - plus autodeploy the appropriate printer drivers on the workstations.

And it's pretty simple to check a box and make it iPrint compatible.  All without having to use the HP Network Printer Install Wizard.

If you need to do a LPT capture to the device, create a standard non-NDPS print queue and configure the NDPS Printer object to service that Queue.  Then capture LPT via the login script to that Queue.  Pretty easy.

And controlled by eDirectory/NDS.