Chapter 8 - Adding and Removing StreetTalk Print Services
Overview of Adding a StreetTalk Print Service
This chapter explains how to add a StreetTalk print service that uses the default settings. Chapter 9 explains how to modify the print service settings and activate the print service you added.
Preparing to Create a StreetTalk Print Service
Before creating a print service, you should be familiar with the background and prerequisite information in Chapter 7.
Stopping and Restarting the StreetTalk Print Software
By default, if you installed the StreetTalk Print software, it starts automatically when you start the server. You can stop and restart the StreetTalk Print software using the Windows NT Service Controller. Starting or stopping the StreetTalk Print software changes the status of all StreetTalk print services running on the server. When you stop the StreetTalk Print software, non-Banyan clients of the Windows NT Server can still connect to printers configured in the Windows NT Print Manager on the server. For information on starting or stopping individual print services after you create them, refer to "Stopping and Restarting StreetTalk Print Services" in Chapter 9.
To Start or Stop the StreetTalk Print Software
1. From the Windows NT Control Panel, select Services.
2. From the list of services, select StreetTalk Print.
3. Click Start or Stop.
Adding a StreetTalk Print Service
After the StreetTalk Print software is running, you are ready to create StreetTalk print services for printers on your Windows NT Server. You use StreetTalk Explorer to add a StreetTalk print service. You cannot add StreetTalk print services from the MSERVICE program.
The print services you add start automatically after creation. However, after creating a print service, you need to activate the print queue, provide users with the appropriate level of access, and connect users to the service. You may also need to change other aspects of the default configuration. Refer to Chapter 9 for information about how to configure a StreetTalk print service.
You create a StreetTalk print service by associating a StreetTalk name with a Windows NT printer by:
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Assigning a StreetTalk name for the new print service ![]()
Specifying the StreetTalk name of the Windows NT server ![]()
Specifying the name of the Windows NT print queue
Assigning a StreetTalk Name for the Service
Follow these rules when naming a print service:
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You can only create services in an existing group@organization. For example, to add the print service named
Print Service@InfoProd-NT-01@Servers, the group InfoProd-NT-01@Servers must exist before you create the StreetTalk name.![]()
The StreetTalk name for the service must also be unique within your entire network. If you enter a StreetTalk name that is already assigned to another service, you are prompted to choose a different name. ![]()
Whenever possible, create the service in a StreetTalk group that resides on the same StreetTalk for Windows NT server. If you create the service in a StreetTalk group that resides on another server, and that server becomes unavailable, users lose access to the service. ![]()
When specifying a StreetTalk name, you can enter either: - The entire 3-part StreetTalk name in the form item@group@organization
- The StreetTalk item name only. Enter the item name alone only if the group in which you want to create the service is selected in StreetTalk Explorer. StreetTalk Explorer appends the name of the selected Group@Organization to the specified StreetTalk item name.
Specifying the StreetTalk Name of the Windows NT Server
Next specify the StreetTalk name of the Windows NT server where the service is to be located. When prompted to select a server, you can specify the name of any StreetTalk for Windows NT server. You enter the StreetTalk item name of the server only, not the full StreetTalk name.
Note: You can only add StreetTalk print services to StreetTalk for Windows NT servers. In a mixed network of StreetTalk for Windows NT servers and native VINES servers, StreetTalk Explorer displays a list of all available servers. For information on how to create print services on native VINES servers, refer to Managing VINES Services.
Specifying the Windows NT Print Queue
Follow these rules when specifying the Windows NT print queue:
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StreetTalk Explorer lists all available print queues on the StreetTalk for Windows NT server. Permanent connection may not be available to queues located on Windows NT servers other than the local server. It is recommended that you specify a queue that exists on the local Windows NT Server. ![]()
You can specify a complete Universal Naming Convention (UNC) name corresponding to a printer located on another system, including UNC names for Banyan services. ![]()
Enter a valid queue name. StreetTalk Print does not verify the Windows NT queue you specify. If you enter an invalid queue name, users will not be able to print to this service.
1. From the StreetTalk Explorer File menu, select New, Print Service. The Create Print Service dialog box appears.
2. Do the following:
- In the New StreetTalk Name field, enter the StreetTalk name for the service.
- In the New Description field, enter an optional description for the service.
- Click Next. The Select a Server dialog box appears.
3. Enter the name of the StreetTalk for Windows NT server where you want to locate the print service, or select a name from the dropdown list. Click Next.
It is recommended that you create the service on the server that appears in the Select a Server dropdown box. This box displays the name of the home server for the StreetTalk group in which you are creating the print service.
Note: You can only create a StreetTalk print service on a StreetTalk for Windows NT server. In a mixed network of StreetTalk for Windows NT servers and VINES servers, StreetTalk Explorer displays a list of all available servers. See Managing VINES Services for information on creating native VINES print services.
4. The Select an NT Print Queue dialog box appears. Specify the Windows NT print queue to which the service will send print jobs by doing one of the following:
- Click the Windows NT Print Queue dropdown box and select the name of a queue from the list of those available.
- Enter the full UNC name of a print queue located on another Windows NT system.
Do not select StreetTalk names that appear in the Windows NT Print Queue dropdown box.
5. Click Next. The Create and Start dialog box appears. The Status window displays information about the print service. Do the following:
- Verify that the information in the Status window is correct.
- Click Next to finish creating the service. The Status window reports when the service is created.
6. Do one of the following:
- Click Close if you do not need to view or modify the existing configuration for the service. Press F5 to refresh the StreetTalk Explorer browser and cause the new service to appear among the list of services in the group.
- Click Manage to view or modify the existing configuration for the service. The property sheets for the new service appear.
Managing StreetTalk Print Services
You are now ready to manage the service. To prepare a print service for use, you need to:
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Activate the print queue ![]()
Connect clients to the print service
Activating the print queue consists of enabling the queue to accept jobs and to print jobs. Refer to Chapter 9 for information about managing the print service and changing the default print service configuration. You can configure a print service while it is running.
For information about connecting users to the print service, refer to "Making Print Services Available to Users" in Chapter 11.
Removing a StreetTalk Print Service
If you no longer want a Windows NT print queue to be available to your Banyan clients, delete the associated StreetTalk print service. Deleting a StreetTalk print service eliminates the mapping between the StreetTalk naming service and the print queue on the Windows NT Server. If the StreetTalk Print software is running when you delete the service, the Windows NT registry entries associated with the deleted print service are removed. If the StreetTalk Print software is stopped when you delete the service, entries associated with the deleted print service remain in the Windows NT registry.
After you delete a print service, Banyan clients can no longer use the StreetTalk Naming service to access the Windows NT print queue associated with the service. The print queue on the Windows NT Server is not deleted and is still available to local users and non-Banyan clients of the server. If you want to remove the Windows NT print queue, you must delete it from the Windows NT Server.
1. From the StreetTalk Explorer browser, select one or more print services to delete.
2. Do one of the following:
- Right click. Choose Delete from the context menu that appears.
- Press DELETE.
You are prompted to confirm that you want to delete the service.
3. Click Yes. The print service is deleted and its StreetTalk name no longer appears among the list of services in the group.