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Printing from a Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 application server

To print from an Windows NT 3.51 application server using the WinFrame/MetaFrame Windows protocol, you have to configure an LPR-compatible TCP/IP printer on the application server that you want to print from. To do this:

1. Log in to the application server as a Windows administrator or a member of the Administration group.
2. In Windows Control Panel, double-click Network.
3. Click Add Software.
4. In the Network Software list, click TCP/IP Protocol and Related Components.
5. In Components, select the TCP/IP Network Printing Support box.
6. Run Printer Manager on the application server to configure the new printer.
7. On the Printer Menu, click Create Printer.
8. In the Driver box, click the printer model and manufacturer that most closely matches the client device's default printer. If there's no close match, choose a PostScript printer.
9. Clear the Share This Printer On The Network box.
10. In the Print To box, click Other.
11. In the Available Print Monitors list, double-click LPR Port.
12. In Name Or Address Of Server Providing lpd, type the full DNS name of the primary Tarantella server in the array.
13. In Name Of Printer Or Print Queue On That Server, type tta_printer.

Limitations when printing from a Windows NT 3.51 application server

You should note the following limitations of printing from a Windows NT 3.51 application server:

• no multiple printer support - you can only print to the client device's default printer. It is not possible for users to select a printer. If a user needs to print to a different printer, they have to log out of Tarantella, change their default printer and then log in again.
• print jobs may be deleted - when a print job is transferred from the application server to a Tarantella server, the user's Tarantella name is needed to identify which client device to sent the print job to. With Windows NT 3.51 there is no direct way to associate print jobs with Tarantella users. If Tarantella cannot identify which user has printed a particular job, the print job is deleted. This might happen, for example, if two users log in to the application server with the same name.
• distributed printing is not available - all print jobs are directed through the primary server in a Tarantella array.

Next steps in configuring Tarantella printing

• Configure another application server:
  • UNIX application server
  • Windows 2000/2003 application server
  • Windows NT 4 application server
  • Windows application server using SCO Merge protocol
• Configure the Tarantella server to accept remote print requests.
• Configure printing if you use the Common UNIX Printing System™ (CUPS).
• Configure printing for UNIX clients.
• Configure Tarantella print job conversion.
• Test that printing works. If you have trouble printing, follow the steps in the printing troubleshooter.