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Re: iPrint on Linux or Netware?

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Joseph Marton

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Feb 17, 2010, 8:42:32 AM2/17/10
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On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:46:02 +0000, joebrug wrote:

> I'm wondering if there are *currently* any differences between running
> iPrint backend on Netware vs OES Linux? I know in the future, obviously
> support for Netware will go away.. but how about right this second?

With NetWare you can still use old print queues which are serviced by
iPrint printers, whereas on Linux the queues do not exist. That's about
the only main difference I'm aware of with OES2 SP2 vs NW65SP8 (with post-
SP8 patches).

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Feb 17, 2010, 9:37:09 AM2/17/10
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One thing that came to mind: with Netware, there's an easy way to rename
printers from the NDPS Manager screen on the server. I don't know if that
functionality ever got ported to Linux. Anyone?

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> I'm wondering if there are *currently* any differences between running
> iPrint backend on Netware vs OES Linux? I know in the future, obviously
> support for Netware will go away.. but how about right this second?
>

> Is there anything that does/doesnt work depending on the backend?
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Joseph Marton

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Feb 18, 2010, 8:29:03 AM2/18/10
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On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:36:02 +0000, joebrug wrote:

> Hahah well.. so far, it seems that netware is the way to go. Interesting
> Novell... ;) Thanks guys. Just seeing if it was worth moving everything
> to OES at this point

Considering that NetWare goes out of general support in less than a
month, I'd say it is worth migrating them to OES2 unless you still need
print queues or expect to be renaming printers often.

Also note that you can use the iCapture functionality within the iPrint
client to capture a printer port directly to an iPrint printer which
negates needing print queues in many (if not most) cases.

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