Print Services

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Print Services
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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

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Objectives

• Connection to a Shared Printer at Client
• Deploying Printers using Group Policies
• Using the Rundll32 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

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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

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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
• RAW is most commonly used with PostScript page
  description language.
• RAW documents are fully processed on client
  before being sent to print server and arent
  modified by print server

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Standard EMF Printing Process
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Standard RAW Printing Process
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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

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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