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FS = file server
PS = print server
PQ = print queue (on the NetWare server)

Create NDS PQs

Create NDS printer 
and assign PQs

Create PS and assign 
the printer

Configure users of 
the PQs

Ethernet Setup 

IPX/SPX Setup—select 
frame types

PServer Setup and NDS Setup
Select Root
Browse to select PS
Specify PQ search root
(optional)
Set Polling Interval

Install user software.

For printing: 
Connect client to PQs that 
you set up on the NetWare FS 
(associated with the PS 
selected in NDS Setup).

For running Fiery utilities:
Configure the connection to 
the Fiery X3e.

Select NetWare FS 
(up to 8)

For each FS:
Configure PS

Configure PQ

Configure users of 
the PQ

Ethernet Setup 

IPX/SPX Setup—select 
frame types

PServer Setup and Bindery Setup
Add FS (up to 8)
Set Polling Interval

Install user software.

For printing: 
Connect client to PQs that 
you set up on the NetWare FS 
(associated with the PS 
selected in Bindery Setup).

For running Fiery utilities:
Configure the connection to 
the Fiery X3e.

In NDS, all NetWare entities (objects) are organized in a hierarchical tree structure. 
Objects have a name, properties, and a context that defines the location of the object 
in the directory tree. For the Fiery X3e, you are mainly concerned with defining a 
printer, a print server object, and one or more print queue objects. Objects are created 
in NetWare administrator programs such as PCONSOLE, NETADMIN, or 
NetWare Administrator.

The top-level tree object is known as the [Root] object. The name of the [Root] object 
is also the name of the tree. Below the [Root] are other objects: either containers 
(which consist of other objects) or leaf objects (which do not contain other objects). 
Access to objects is controlled by rights that are defined as properties of each object. 
Rights are established by network administrators.

You can connect only one directory tree to the Fiery X3e. If you need to connect 
additional NetWare servers, you can do so by using bindery emulation. You can 
connect up to eight bindery servers to the Fiery X3e.

The file server you select must not be in the same tree as the one you selected in 

NDS Setup.

In order to set up the NetWare server in bindery emulation mode for printing to the 
Fiery X3e, the network administrator must do the following:

• Determine the Directory Services path to the container in which the print server and 

the print queue for the Fiery X3e will be created.

The container defines the “bindery context” for your network structure.

• Edit the network startup file to set the bindery context.

• Activate the new bindery context.

For NetWare in emulation mode, the NetWare print server and print queue for 
the Fiery X3e are created and configured from NetWare Print Console (PCONSOLE), 
a NetWare utility that is stored in the NetWare PUBLIC directory.

As with NDS, you can create several NetWare entities on a Novell server, and you can 
then select them in Network Setup.

Before setting up client workstations for printing, perform Network Setup (see 

), and verify that the settings reflect the entities you created in the NetWare 

administrator utilities (see 

).

For printing to the Fiery X3e, connect all Windows clients to a NetWare server 

and permit them to connect to the Netware print server or servers on which you 
defined a NetWare print queue for the Fiery X3e. 

After the Novell server and the Fiery X3e have been set up, client setup consists of:

• Installing the networking protocol, binding it to the network adapter card, and 

permitting the client to log in to the NetWare file server.

Windows 98/Me: Load both the IPX/SPX-compatible protocol and the Client for 
NetWare Networks from the Network Control Panel.

Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP: Install Client Services for NetWare. Use the CSNW 
option in the Control Panel to set printing options and specify a preferred NetWare 
server.

• Setting up the Fiery X3e as a PostScript printer by installing a PostScript printer 

driver and the Fiery X3e PPD (PostScript printer description).

• Adding a network port and connecting the workstation to one or more NetWare 

queues that have been defined for the Fiery X3e.

• Installing Fiery X3e software, such as color reference files.

For details, see the

.

The Fiery X3e supports printing over a NetWare 5.x or later network running either 
the TCP/IP protocols or the IPX protocol. For pure IP printing, the Fiery X3e takes 
advantage of features in NDPS (Novell Distributed Print Services). For IPX printing, 
the Fiery X3e supports the PServer service in Bindery emulation or through NDS 
(Novell Directory Services). For more information about IPX-based printing, see 

Setting up a NetWare environment correctly requires the presence and active 

cooperation of the Novell network administrator. You must have administrator 
privileges on the network to create new NDS or bindery objects.

NDPS is not like earlier queue-based versions of NetWare printing. Instead, you use an 
NDPS Manager and a Printer Agent, which control the tasks previously handled by a 
print queue, print server, and spooler. You can also make the printer driver available 
for clients to download from Windows computers.

During Fiery X3e Setup, you select the frame type or types that will be used for 
communication between the Fiery X3e and network servers. Frame type refers to the 
format of a communications packet; frame types are specified in a startup file when the 
NetWare server (or any other workstation) loads its network drivers.

Setting up the Fiery X3e in an NDPS environment is similar to setting up any other 
PostScript printer on the network. When setting up the Fiery X3e in such an 
environment, refer to the following information: