HP Jetdirect 280m - 802.11b Wireless Print Server User Manual page 40

Network Basics
NETWORK PRINTING
Why use a print
server?
A print server provides
your printer with
connection to the
network. You could get
the same connection
using a computer -- your
network server -- but it
would cost more and be
more complex. Using a
print server saves you
money and frees up your
network server for other
tasks, such as file storage.
You might want to use a
network server for
management of print
jobs, a function that may
be useful for larger
networks. In such an
application you will still
probably want to use a
print server, because its
small size gives you
location flexibility. Using
a print server, you can
easily place your printers
near your users, while
keeping the network
server out of the way in a
central computer area.
(You will see this
application in the notes
on the client/server
topology, a couple of
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