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THE WINDOWS SERVER 2003 PRINTER MODEL

Locally attached printers Printers that are connected to a physical port on a print server, such as a USB or parallel port

Network-attached printers Connected directly to the network

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USING LOCALLY ATTACHED PRINTERS

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USING NETWORK-ATTACHED PRINTERS

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CREATE A LOGICAL PRINTER ON EVERY CLIENT COMPUTER

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CREATE A PRINT SERVER

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DEPLOYING A SHARED PRINTER

Install the printer on the print server

Create a printer share on the print server

Connect the clients to the print server

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INSTALLING A WINDOWS SERVER 2003 PRINT SERVER

Demonstration

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SHARING A PRINTER

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CONNECTING CLIENTS TO A PRINT SERVER

Using the Add Printer Wizard

Browsing in Windows Explorer

Searching in Active Directory

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USING THE ADD PRINTER WIZARD

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BROWSING IN WINDOWS EXPLORER

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SEARCHING IN ACTIVE DIRECTORY

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CONFIGURING PRINTER PROPERTIES

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CONTROLLING PRINTER SECURITY

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ASSIGNING FORMS TO PAPER TRAYS

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SETTING PRINT JOB DEFAULTS

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CREATING A PRINTER POOL

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CONFIGURING MULTIPLE LOGICAL PRINTERS FOR A SINGLE PRINTER

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MONITORING PRINTERS

Monitoring print queues

Redirecting print jobs

Using the Performance Console

Using Event Viewer

Auditing printer access

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MONITORING PRINT QUEUES

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REDIRECTING PRINT JOBS

Reduces the impact of a failed printer

Enables users to continue printing without reconfiguration

Destination printer must use the same driver type as the original

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USING THE PERFORMANCE CONSOLE

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USING EVENT VIEWER

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AUDITING PRINTER ACCESS

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TROUBLESHOOTING PRINTERS

Troubleshooting procedures can include one or more of the following:

The application that is attempting to print

The logical printer on the computer on which the application is running

The network connection between the client and the logical printer on the server

The logical printer on the server (spooler, drivers, security settings, and so forth)

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TROUBLESHOOTING PRINTERS (continued)

The connection between the print server and the printer

The printer itself—its hardware, configuration, and status

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IDENTIFY THE SCOPE OF FAILURE

Determine if failure is confined to a single application

Determine if failure is confined to a single workstation

Determine if failure is confined to a single user account

Determine if failure is confined to a single print device

Determine if failure is confined to a single print server

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TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES

Verify that the print client can connect to the print server

Verify that the printer is operational

Verify that the printer can be accessed from the print server

Verify that the print server’s services are running

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SUMMARY

The printing architecture in Windows Server 2003 is modular, consisting of the physical printer, a print server with a shared, logical printer connected to the physical printer through a local or network port, and a logical printer on a client that connects to the shared, logical printer on the print server.

A local printer is one that supports a printer directly attached to the computer or attached to the network.

Shared printers are published to Active Directory. The Add Printer Wizard is used to add a logical

printer.

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SUMMARY (continued)

A single logical printer can direct jobs to more than one port, creating a printer pool.

A single physical printer can be served by multiple logical printers, each of which can be configured with unique properties, drivers, settings, or monitoring characteristics.

The print queue window, event logs, and performance counters enable you to monitor printers for potential signals of trouble and for utilization statistics.

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SUMMARY (continued)

Print jobs can be redirected to another printer.

Because the Windows Server 2003 printer model is modular, you can easily troubleshoot each component link separately.