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The Directory Information Base (DIB) is used to store information about servers and
services, users, printers, gateways, etc. It is a distributed database, allowing access to
data anywhere on the network wherever it is stored. Pre-4.x NetWare versions provide
the same data found in the DIB but the data is stored in the NetWare Bindery. The DIB
was designed with more flexible access, more specific security, and, since it is
distributed, it was designed to be partitioned. The Directory uses an object-oriented
structure rather than the flat-file structure of the Bindery, and offers network-oriented
access, rather than server-oriented access found in the Bindery.

The Directory is backward-compatible with the NetWare Bindery through Bindery
emulation mode. Section 4.2 describes Print Server Operation with a 4.x NetWare
system in bindery emulation mode. When Bindery emulation is enabled, Directory
Services will accept Bindery requests and respond just as if a Bindery existed on the
NetWare server being accessed. Be aware that information obtained from the Bindery
query may not be stored in the server since the Directory is a partitioned and distributed
database. Even though the NetWare 4.x server is not operating from a Bindery, the
applications making Bindery requests will not know the difference.

You may use NetWare Administrator NWADMIN or PCONSOLE to configure the printer
in NDS. Prior to printing, NDS must be set up as follows and the Network Interface Board
must be set up with NDS Context and Tree. See Section 4.4. The steps below describe
the use of NWADMIN configuration to create printer, print server, and print queue
objects. Then, you will assign, or associate those objects with each other.

If you wish to keep Bindery resources on any server, you can under NetWare 4.x if you
declare a SET BINDERY CONTEXT statement in your AUTOEXEC.NCF file.

For those who prefer, NetWare does offer PCONSOLE as an alternative to NWADMIN.
PCONSOLE can be used to set up static information about print servers such as: which
queues to service, and whom to notify in the event of a problem. See Novell NetWare
documentation for more information about the use of PCONSOLE for NDS.

4.3.1

Create Printer Object

Launch NetWare Administrator. The NetWare Administrator window will appear. To
bring up your Directory Tree, open a Browser window by clicking on the Tools menu
item and, the Browse item.

Highlight the Organizational Unit or Organization where you want to create the print
service in the Directory Tree, select the Object item from the menu and choose
Create.

Note:

If you wish, you can create objects another way in NWADMIN by:

selecting an Organizational Unit, clicking on the right mouse button (which
produces a pop-up menu), and clicking on Create... use the left mouse button to
bring up the New Object window). From this point, the procedure continues as
described.

When the New Object window appears, scroll down the Class of New Object icon
list, select the Printer icon and click on the [OK] button.

When the Create Printer window appears, type a value in the Printer Name field
and click on the [Create] button.