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Print Server Administration User’s Guide
Menu Shortcuts There are four groups of menu shortcuts on the main window, corresponding to the Configuration,
Management, NetWare, and Tools menus in the menu bar.
Expand Server List button The expand server list button expands the Server Name List into an extended format.
The extended server list format contains additional information about each server. To shrink the list back to the abbreviated format, press the button again.
Server Name Filter The server name filter pulldown list allows you to choose an already-defined filter for limiting the Server Name List to a smaller set. You can use the
Define Filter Strings button to define new filters, as described below in the Filtering the List of Print Servers section.
Discover Print Servers button When a new print server is added to the network, you need to press the Discover Print
Servers button to update the PS Admin display. Pressing this button is the equivalent of choosing Discover from the File menu.
Filtering the List of Print Servers
In an environment with a large number of print servers, you may wish to set up filters to make it easier to find individual print servers or groups of print servers.
Filters are similar to wildcards in DOS or other operating systems.
A filter wildcard uses the wildcard characters
*
and
?
to select a set of print servers. The
?
wildcard character matches any
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Table of contents
- 7 What’s Not Covered in This User’s Guide
- 8 Contents of the User’s Guide
- 9 Background on Print Servers
- 11 Print Server Administration Features
- 13 System Requirements
- 15 Installing PS Admin
- 15 Starting PS Admin
- 18 Ad-Hoc Mode
- 22 Infrastructure Mode
- 26 WEP Encryption Key
- 28 Choosing a Name for Your Print Server
- 30 Setting a Password for Your Print Server
- 31 Changing Print Server Port Settings
- 35 Testing Your Print Server
- 36 Setting up the Print Server for Microsoft Networking
- 38 Printing from Client Workstations
- 38 Windows 95 (and later) Client Workstations
- 41 Windows NT 4.0 (and later) Client Workstations
- 43 Windows NT 3.51 Client Workstations
- 45 Windows for Workgroups Client Workstations
- 48 MS-DOS/PC-DOS Workstations
- 49 Keeping the Print Queue on a Windows NT Server
- 52 Setting up the Print Server for AppleTalk Printing
- 54 Printing from MacOS Client Workstations
- 56 Configuring TCP/IP Network Settings
- 57 Printing Text Files from Unix
- 58 Printing from BSD Unix Versions
- 60 Printing from SCO Unix System V
- 62 Printing from Solaris
- 63 Printing from Windows NT
- 65 Printing using TFTP
- 66 Printing using FTP
- 67 The PS Admin Main Window
- 68 Filtering the List of Print Servers
- 69 Working with Environment Files and Preferences
- 72 Monitoring Printer Status
- 73 Checking NetWare Print Jobs
- 75 Configuring NetWare Print Services
- 75 Managing Print Queues
- 78 Managing Printers
- 79 Managing Print Servers
- 82 Resetting the Print Server
- 83 Upgrading the Print Server’s Internal Firmware
- 85 Using the PS Admin Device Diagnostics Window
- 88 Setting an IP Address without PS Admin
- 89 Accessing the Telnet Interface
- 90 Changing TCP/IP Settings
- 91 Changing Server Settings
- 93 Changing the Print Server Password
- 94 Changing Port Settings
- 96 Changing AppleTalk Settings
- 97 Displaying Configuration Information
- 98 Resetting the Print Server
- 99 Upgrading Print Server Firmware