D-Link DP-G310 User Manual page 10

Print Server Administration User's Guide
A switch box can make it more convenient for two or more users
to share a single printer, but it requires long print cables unless the
two users are close together. The users also have to coordinate
their printing, which becomes difficult if more than two computers
share a printer.
Server-based network operating systems (such as Novell NetWare)
make it possible for a larger number of users to share printers.
When a workstation user prints a document, network software on
the workstation takes a file of instructions for the printer and stores
them in a print queue on the server. The server takes each job in
the print queue and sends it to the printer, which is either attached
to the server itself or to one of the workstations on the network.
This arrangement allows a large number of people to share printers,
and makes it possible to centrally manage the printers and their
print queues.
This method has several disadvantages, however:
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Introduction