Planning Considerations For Print Services; Print Queue Creation - HP ProLiant DL100 G2 Administration Manual

Planning considerations for print services

Before configuring the print server or File Print Appliance, the following checklist of items should be
followed:
1.
Determine the operating system version of the clients that will send jobs to this printer. This
information is used to select the correct client printer drivers for the client and server computers using
the printer. Enabling this role on the print server allows the automatic distribution of these drivers to
the clients. Additionally, the set of client operating systems determines which of these drivers need to
be installed on the server during the print server role installation.
2. At the printer, print a configuration or test page that includes manufacturer, model, language, and
installed options. This information is needed to choose the correct printer driver. The manufacturer
and model are usually enough to uniquely identify the printer and its language. However, some
printers support multiple languages, and the configuration printout usually lists them. Also, the
configuration printout often lists installed options, such as extra memory, paper trays, envelope
feeders, and duplex units.
3.
Choose a printer name. Users running Windows-based client computers choose a printer by using
the printer name. The wizard that you will use to configure your print server provides a default
name, consisting of the printer manufacturer and model. The printer name is usually fewer than 31
characters in length.
4.
Choose a share name. A user can connect to a shared printer by entering this name, or by selecting
it from a list of share names. The share name is usually fewer than 8 characters for compatibility with
MS-DOS and Windows 3.x clients.
5.
(Optional) Choose a location description and a comment. These can help identify the location of
the printer and provide additional information. For example, the location could be "Second floor,
copy room" and the comment could be "Additional toner cartridges are available in the supply
room on floor 1."
6.
Enable management features for Active Directory and Workgroup Environments. If the print server is
part of an Active Directory domain rather than Workgroup, the print server enables the following
management features:
• Restrict access to printer-based domain user accounts.
• Publish shared printers to Active Directory to aid in search for the resource.
7. Deploy printers using group policy. Print management can be used with Group Policy to
automatically add printer connections to a server's Printers and Faxes folder. For more
information, see the Microsoft article at
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8.
Determine whether printer spooling be enabled. Two or more identical printers that are connected to
one print server can act as a single printer. As a means to load-balance print queues when you
print a document, the print job is sent to the first available printer in the pool. See "Setting Printer
Properties" in the Windows online Help for additional information.

Print queue creation

In addition to Windows Printer and Faxes, Add Printer Wizard, the HP Install Network Printer Wizard
(INPW) utility discovers HP Jetdirect network printers on the local network and allows print queues to
be created on the print server. The utility is located on the storage server or File Print Appliance in the
C:\hpnas\Components\Install Network Printer Wizard folder.
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