Note

At most sites, your network administrator configures your workstation so that NFS-networked print servers are already available to you in Network Neighborhood. However, if you have to add a server yourself, before starting, you must have information about the name of one or more print servers, queue names, and other appropriate information to let you add print servers. If you do not have this information, using NFS and Print Assistant will not provide print access.

Note

Cisco TCP/IP Suite NFS and Print Assistant does not support printing from DOS applications.

If your PC is running Windows 3.x, refer to Appendix B, "Using Windows 3.x NFS". The information that follows in this chapter applies only to Windows 95. To configure a printer, refer to "Using NFS and Print Assistant" on page 275.

Two terms that are important to understand are print server and print queue. A print server is a computer on your network that handles print requests for attached printers. A print queue is a mechanism that computers use to send print requests to printers in an orderly fashion and to prevent simultaneous print requests from interleaving.

Printers are frequently identified by their queue names; for example, if you send a print job to the SYSTEM printer, it is likely that it is actually the SYSTEM queue.

Print servers can support multiple print queues.

Accessing an NFS-Networked Printer

If you need to add print servers with NFS and Print Assistant, see "Using NFS and Print Assistant" on page 275. Once a print server is available on your system, use the following steps to print requests on the associated printers:

1. Double-click the Network Neighborhood icon on your desktop.
2. Double-click Entire Network. NFS-networked printers appear with a workgroup symbol and the legend NFS Servers and Printers.
3. Double-click NFS Servers and Printers. A window appears with the names of the servers.
4. Double-click a server name. A window appears with the names of all available folders (mount points) and printer icons.
5. Choose a printer name and double-click it. Windows prompts you to add the printer to your system. Click Yes.
6. Windows launches the Add Printer Wizard. Consult your Windows 95 documentation for more information. You may be required to supply your Windows 95 installation media to load print drivers for the printer.
7. After adding the printer to your system, you can send print requests to it from any print dialog box in your applications.

With any remote connection, whether or not your print request actually prints depends on a number of factors out of your control such as network viability and the status of the printer, and so on. Contact your network administrator for more information.

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