WORKING WITH PRINTERS

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WORKING WITH PRINTERS

• Chapter 10

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THE WINDOWS SERVER 2003 PRINTER MODEL

• Locally attached printers Printers that are
  connected to a physical port on a print server,
  such as a USB or parallel port
• Network-attached printers Connected directly to
  the network

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USING LOCALLY ATTACHED PRINTERS
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USING NETWORK-ATTACHED PRINTERS
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CREATE A LOGICAL PRINTER ON EVERY CLIENT COMPUTER
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CREATE A PRINT SERVER
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DEPLOYING A SHARED PRINTER

• Install the printer on the print server
• Create a printer share on the print server
• Connect the clients to the print server

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INSTALLING A WINDOWS SERVER 2003 PRINT SERVER

• Demonstration

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SHARING A PRINTER
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CONNECTING CLIENTS TO A PRINT SERVER

• Using the Add Printer Wizard
• Browsing in Windows Explorer
• Searching in Active Directory

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USING THE ADD PRINTER WIZARD
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BROWSING IN WINDOWS EXPLORER
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SEARCHING IN ACTIVE DIRECTORY
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CONFIGURING PRINTER PROPERTIES
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CONTROLLING PRINTER SECURITY
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ASSIGNING FORMS TO PAPER TRAYS
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SETTING PRINT JOB DEFAULTS
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CREATING A PRINTER POOL
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CONFIGURING MULTIPLE LOGICAL PRINTERS FOR A
SINGLE PRINTER
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MONITORING PRINTERS

• Monitoring print queues
• Redirecting print jobs
• Using the Performance Console
• Using Event Viewer
• Auditing printer access

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MONITORING PRINT QUEUES
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REDIRECTING PRINT JOBS

• Reduces the impact of a failed printer
• Enables users to continue printing without
  reconfiguration
• Destination printer must use the same driver type
  as the original

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USING THE PERFORMANCE CONSOLE
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USING EVENT VIEWER
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AUDITING PRINTER ACCESS
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TROUBLESHOOTING PRINTERS

• Troubleshooting procedures can include one or
  more of the following
• The application that is attempting to print
• The logical printer on the computer on which
  the application is running
• The network connection between the client and
  the logical printer on the server
• The logical printer on the server (spooler,
  drivers, security settings, and so forth)

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TROUBLESHOOTING PRINTERS (continued)

• The connection between the print server and the
  printer
• The printer itselfits hardware, configuration,
  and status

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IDENTIFY THE SCOPE OF FAILURE

• Determine if failure is confined to a single
  application
• Determine if failure is confined to a single
  workstation
• Determine if failure is confined to a single user
  account
• Determine if failure is confined to a single
  print device
• Determine if failure is confined to a single
  print server

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TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES

• Verify that the print client can connect to the
  print server
• Verify that the printer is operational
• Verify that the printer can be accessed from the
  print server
• Verify that the print servers services are
  running

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SUMMARY

• The printing architecture in Windows Server 2003
  is modular, consisting of the physical printer, a
  print server with a shared, logical printer
  connected to the physical printer through a local
  or network port, and a logical printer on a
  client that connects to the shared, logical
  printer on the print server.
• A local printer is one that supports a printer
  directly attached to the computer or attached to
  the network.
• Shared printers are published to Active
  Directory.
• The Add Printer Wizard is used to add a logical
  printer.

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SUMMARY (continued)

• A single logical printer can direct jobs to more
  than one port, creating a printer pool.
• A single physical printer can be served by
  multiple logical printers, each of which can be
  configured with unique properties, drivers,
  settings, or monitoring characteristics.
• The print queue window, event logs, and
  performance counters enable you to monitor
  printers for potential signals of trouble and for
  utilization statistics.

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SUMMARY (continued)

• Print jobs can be redirected to another printer.
• Because the Windows Server 2003 printer model is
  modular, you can easily troubleshoot each
  component link separately.