Print Services Objectives Understand Print Server terms and

Print Services

Objectives • • Understand Print Server terms and concepts Understand how printing works Print Server Considerations Printer Hardware Considerations Install Print Server Install Local Printer Install Network Connected Printer 2

Objectives • • • Connection to a Shared Printer at Client Deploying Printers using Group Policies Using the Rundll 32 command to deploy printers Point and Print Functionality Use Print Management to Manage multiple print servers • Use Print Management to move printers and their queues 3

Print Server • A device which manages communication between the printer and the print clients • In most cases a printer server is a computer running the Windows OS • Windows OS functioning as Print Server provides many services: • • Provides drivers to clients Stores documents that are spooled for printing Maintains associated print queue Provides security and auditing of printer access 4

How Printing Works • Two main data types for print drivers • Enhanced metafile format (EMF) • Uses Printer Control Language (PCL) • EMF documents are sent to print server with minimal processing and then further processed on the print server • RAW is most commonly used with Post. Script page description language. • RAW documents are fully processed on client before being sent to print server and aren’t modified by print server 5

Standard EMF Printing Process 6

Standard RAW Printing Process 7

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Sizing Print Server Hardware and Optimizing Configuration • Configuration considerations of Print Server: • • • Operating System CPU RAM Disk Space Network Card Speed 9

Sizing Print Server Hardware and Optimizing Configuration • Hardware Considerations for Printer • • Type RAM Paper or Envelope Trays Duplexers Internal Hard Drive Photo Printing Large format printing Direct attached vs network attached 10