Print Services; Microsoft Print Management Console; Stand-Alone Print Servers Or Print Appliances With Network-Attached Printers - HP ProLiant ML350 G5 Administration Manual

6 Print services

This chapter describes the print server role that is a part of the storage server running Windows Storage
Server 2003 R2.
NOTE:
The storage server only supports network attached printers and does not support directly connected
printers via USB or a parallel port.
Print servers and appliances are best suited where multiple network printers are scattered all over
locations and where high availability is not a major concern, but cost is. In such scenarios, a single
stand-alone print server with printers connected to the network should be sufficient to meet the
requirements. If the business needs high-performance printing, it can implement additional print servers,
such as a clustered print server environment. Multiple print servers provide redundancy so that if the
hardware on one server fails, the print queues can be moved to the other print server.
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Print
Device
Figure 29 Stand-alone print servers or print appliances with network-attached printers
NOTE:
See the Other network and print services chapter for information on print services for UNIX, NetWare,
and the Macintosh.

Microsoft Print Management Console

Print Management in the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 operating system is a Microsoft
Management Console (MMC) snap-on that system administrators can use to perform common print
management tasks in a large enterprise. It provides a single interface that administrators can use to
perform printer and print server management tasks efficiently with detailed control. You can use Print
Management from any computer running Windows Server 2003 R2, and you can manage all network
printers on print servers running Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Server
2003 R2.
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