Connect to a printer attached to a NetWare server

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

To connect to a printer attached to a NetWare server

Important

Client Service for NetWare is not available on 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP.

Notes

To open Printers and Faxes, click Start, and then click Printers and Faxes.
To view or connect to NetWare resources, you must first install Client Service for NetWare and the NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Compatible Transport Protocol.
If a printer driver is not available locally for a NetWare printer, you are prompted to install one.

Open Command Prompt. To redirect output from a port to a print queue, at the command prompt type: net useServerName \\PrintQueue

For example, to redirect output from LPT1 to the NetWare print queue called Memos on the server Nw4, type: net use lpt1 \\nw4\memos

This is equivalent to the NetWare capture q=memos s=nw4 l=1 command line.
To send files that do not require formatting to LPT1, redirect output with net use, and then, at the command prompt, type: copy FileName ServerName

For example: copy myfile.txt lpt1
To copy a file directly to a print queue, redirect output with net use, and then, at the command prompt type: copyFileName \\PrintQueue

For example: copy myfile.txt \\nw4\memos
To connect to a printer in a Novell Directory Services (NDS) tree, at the command prompt, type: net use drive: \\TreeName\printer.OrgName.OrgName [/u:UserName.OrgName.OrgName [password]]

Value	Description
TreeName	Name of the tree volume.
OrgName	Tree location to which you want to connect.
UserName.OrgName.OrgName	The user name and context for this tree (unless it is your default tree).

Important

Client Service for NetWare is not available on 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP.

Notes

To open a command prompt, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.
To view or connect to NetWare resources, you must first install Client Service for NetWare and the NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Compatible Transport Protocol.
You can type the path to a NDS resource with or without labels (that is, cn=, ou=, o=).
When you run any application that writes directly to a predefined port, the net use command works like the NetWare capture utility, associating the NetWare print queue with the port.
If you are running Client Service for NetWare and use a command prompt, you should use the 32-bit version (that is, Cmd.exe), which is available on the Programs menu, not the 16-bit version (that is, Command.com).