HP Jetdirect 280m - 802.11b Wireless Print Server User Manual page 47

Network Basics
NETWORK PRINTING
Client/server
topology
The second standard
layout for network
printing is the
client/server topology. In
this topology, a computer
sends its print jobs to a
network server, and the
server sends the print jobs
to the printer.
In client/server printing,
the network server
manages the print jobs
from several computers
(the clients). As soon as a
client computer has sent a
print job to the server, it is
finished with that print
job. The server keeps
track of all print jobs from
there on -- figuring out
the print order for the
various jobs that have
been submitted to it,
checking the printer's
availability, and sending
the next job to the printer
when it is free.
Client/server printing
works well on networks
with heavy printing
traffic. It is typically used
in large offices that have
extensive networking
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