What Is Print Server Management?

The print server provides a simple and efficient network printing solution. One end is connected to the printer, and the other end is connected to the network (switch). The print server can easily provide printing for all users in the local area network in any position on the network. There is no limit to the number of computers connected to the local area network, which greatly improves the utilization rate of the printer. It can be said that the print server provides a printer for each computer connected to the local area network to realize the printer sharing function. ^[1]

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Print server provides simple and efficient

Although the print server is also a server, the appearance of the network print server is quite different from the server that people imagine. There are two types of network print servers: external and built-in. Built-in network print servers are generally

The built-in print server is often referred to as a print network card. In fact, it is very different from a computer's network card. Because the computer is very fast, its network card requires only one

External print server, embedded Web print server.

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Due to the wide variety of printers, there are different

By installing a print server in a Windows Server 2003 system, you can effectively manage shared printers in a local area network. The steps for installing a print server on a Windows Server 2003 system are as follows:

Step 1. On the Start menu, click the "Administrative Tools" "Configure Your Server Wizard" menu item to open the "Configure Your Server Wizard" dialog box. Click the "Next" button directly in the Welcome dialog box and "Preliminary steps" dialog box, the system starts to detect the network configuration. If no problem is found, open the Server Role dialog box, select the Print server option in the Server Role list, and click the Next button.

Step 2. Open the "Printers and Printer Drivers" dialog box. In this dialog box, you can select the printer driver to be installed according to the Windows system version used by the client computers in the LAN. It is recommended to select the "All Windows clients" radio box and click the "Next" button.

Step 3. Click the "Next" button directly in the "Select Summary" dialog box that opens to open the "Add Printer Wizard" dialog box. Click the "Next" button in the welcome dialog to open the "Local or Network Printer" dialog. Here you can select the printer connection method, select the "Local printer connected to this computer" radio box, and uncheck the "Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer" check box. Click the "Next" button.

Tip: If the printer connected to your computer is not part of the Plug and Play setting, we recommend that you uncheck the "Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer" checkbox.

Step 4. Open the Select Printer Port dialog box. Here you need to set the port type of the printer. The printers used in the office are mainly LPT (parallel port) or USB ports, and most of them are LPT ports. The printer used in this example is an LPT port. Select the "Use the following port" radio box and select the "LPT (recommended printer port)" option from the drop-down list. Click the "Next" button.

Tip: If the printer is a USB port (or a network card interface), you should select the "Create a new port" radio box and create a suitable port as needed.

Step 5. Open the "Install Printer Software" dialog box and select the appropriate printer model from the "Manufacturer" and "Printer" lists. If there is no suitable printer model in the list, you can click the "Have Disk" button.

Step 6. In the "Have Disk" dialog box that opens, click the "Browse" button to open the "Find File" dialog box. Find the driver installation information file for the printer in the Windows 2000 / XP system in the local disk, and click the "Open" "OK" button in turn.

Step 7. Open the "Install Printer Software" dialog box, and the name of the printer to be installed will be displayed in the "Printer" list. Click the "Next" button.

Step 8. In the "Name Printer" dialog box that opens, the user can assign a name to the printer to be installed. Use the printer's full name as the printer name by default, keep the default settings, and click the "Next" button.

Step 9. Open the "Printer Sharing" dialog box, select the "Share Name" radio box, and enter the share name of this printer on the Internet in the edit box to the right of it. After setting, click the "Next" button.

Step 10. In the "Location and Notes" dialog box that is opened, enter descriptive text about the shared printer, which is helpful for users to use and manage the shared printer. Enter the appropriate text information in the "Location" and "Comment" edit boxes, and click the "Next" button.

Step 11. Open the "Print Test Page" dialog box, where you can choose whether to print a test page after installation, to help users confirm that the printer is installed correctly. Make sure the printer is connected to this computer. Turn on the printer and set the paper. Then check the "Yes" radio box and click the "Next" button.

Step 12. In the "Completing the Add Printer Wizard" dialog box that opens, uncheck the "Restart the wizard to add another printer" checkbox and click the "Finish" button. The installation wizard starts installing the printer driver, and a test page will automatically print after the installation is complete. If the printer can successfully print a test page, the printer has been successfully installed, and click the "correct" button in the test page print dialog box that opens. Tip: During the process of installing the printer driver, the "Hardware Installation" dialog box that the software fails the Windows logo test may appear. In general, click the "Continue Anyway" button.

Step 13. Because the "All Windows Clients" radio box is selected in the "Printers and Printer Drivers" dialog box in Step 2, the "Add Printer Driver Wizard" dialog box opens and asks to continue installing other versions of Windows Drivers. Click the "Next" button directly in the welcome dialog.

Step 14. In the "Processor and Operating System Selection" dialog box that opens, select all X86 processor check boxes and click the "Next" button.

Step 15. Open the "Printer Driver Options" dialog box and click the "Have Disk" button. In the local disk, select the driver for the printer in Windows 9X and Windows NT systems, and follow the prompts to install it. When the installation is complete, click the Finish button to close the Configure Your Server Wizard dialog box.