Terminology

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Terminology
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Requirements for Network Printing

• Print server
• Sufficient RAM to process documents
• Sufficient disk space on the print server

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Guidelines for a Network Printing Environment

• Determine users printing requirements.
• Determine companys printing requirements.
• Determine the number of print servers required.
• Determine where to locate print devices.

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Adding and Sharing a Printer for a Local Print
Device

• Starting the Add Printer wizard
• Log on to the print server as Administrator.
• Click Start, point to Settings, and then click
  Printers.
• Double-click Add Printer.
• Click Next to display the Local Or Network
  Printer page.

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Local or Network Printer Page
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Add Printer Wizard Options for a Local Printer

• Local Printer
• Use The Following Port
• Manufacturers
• Printers
• Printer Name

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Add Printer Wizard Options for a Local Printer
(continued)

• Default Printer
• Share As
• Location
• Comment
• Do You Want To Print A Test Page?

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Adding and Sharing a Printer for a
Network-Interface Print Device

• In large companies most print devices are
  network-interface print devices.
• Advantage of network-interface print devices
• No need to locate print devices with the print
  server.
• Network connections transfer data more quickly
  thanprinter cable connections.

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Use Add Printer Wizard to Add Network-Interface
Printers

• When adding network-interface printers you must
  specify additional port and network protocol
  information.
• The default network protocol for Microsoft
  Windows 2000 is TCP/IP.

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The Select The Printer Port Page
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The Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard
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Setting Up Client Computers

• After you add and share a printer, you need to
  set upclient computers so that users can print.
• All client computers require that a printer
  driver be installed.
• The tasks to set up a client computer vary
  depending on the installed operating system.

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Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98,
or Windows 95

• Make a connection to the shared printer.
• Client automatically downloads the appropriate
  printer driver.

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The Locate Your Printer Page
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The Browse For Printer Page
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Clients Running Other Microsoft Operating Systems

• You must manually install a printer driver on the
  client computer.
• You get the printer driver
• From the installation disks for the client
  computer.
• From the printer manufacturer.

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Clients Running Non-Microsoft Operating Systems

• Require additional services installed on the
  print server.
• Macintosh clients require Services for Macintosh,
  which are included with Windows 2000 Server, but
  not Windows 2000 Professional.
• UNIX clients require TCP/IP Printing (Line
  Printer Daemon (LPD) Service) included with
  Windows 2000 Server.
• NetWare clients require File and Print Services
  for NetWare (FPNW), an optional add-on service
  for Windows 2000 Server.

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Client Computers Running Windows 2000
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Search Active Directory Directory Services
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Client Computers Running Windows NT 4, Windows
98, or Windows 95

• The Add Printer wizard allows you to
• Enter a UNC name for a printer.
• Browse Network Neighborhood to locate the
  printer.
• Use the Run command on the Start menu and type in
  the UNC name of the printer.

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Client Computers Running Other Microsoft
Operating Systems

• Windows 3.x and Windows for Workgroups use Print
  Manager to connect to a printer
• Use the following command
• net use lptx \\server_name\share_name

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Using a Web Browser
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Downloading Printer Drivers

• Clients running Windows 2000 or Windows NT
• Automatically download the printer driver.
• Verify current driver each time they print.
• If necessary download the current driver.
• You update drivers only on the print server.

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Downloading Printer Drivers (continued)

• Clients running Windows 98 or Windows 95
• Automatically download the printer driver.
• Do not check for new printer drivers.
• You must manually install updated drivers on
  clients.
• You must manually install updated drivers on
  print servers.

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Sharing an Existing Printer

• Assign the printer a name.
• Appears in Network Neighborhood.
• Use an intuitive name for easy browsing.
• Add any needed printer drivers.

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Using the Sharing Tab
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Setting Up a Printer Pool
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Advantages of a Printer Pool

• Can decrease the time that documents wait on the
  print server
• Lets you administer multiple print devices from a
  single printer

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Creating a Printer Pool

• In the Properties dialog box for the printer,
  click the Ports tab.
• Select the Enable Printer Pooling check box.
• Select the check box for each port to which a
  print device that you want to add to the pool is
  connected.
• Click OK.

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Setting Priorities Between Printers

• Can set priorities between groups of documents.
• Multiple Printers point to the same print device.
• Send critical documents to a high-priority
  printer.
• Send noncritical documents to a lower-priority
  printer.
• Set a different priority for each printer
  connected to the print device.

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Common Troubleshooting Scenarios

• Test page doesnt print.
• Test page or documents print incorrectly.
• Error message asks user to install a printer
  driver.
• Documents from one client computer dont print.
• Documents print correctly on only some print
  devices in a printer pool.
• Documents dont print in the right priority.