11 WORKING WITH PRINTERS Chapter 10

Chapter 10: WORKING WITH PRINTERS2 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  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

Chapter 10: WORKING WITH PRINTERS3 USING LOCALLY ATTACHED PRINTERS

Chapter 10: WORKING WITH PRINTERS4 USING NETWORK-ATTACHED PRINTERS

Chapter 10: WORKING WITH PRINTERS5 CREATE A LOGICAL PRINTER ON EVERY CLIENT COMPUTER

Chapter 10: WORKING WITH PRINTERS6 CREATE A PRINT SERVER

Chapter 10: WORKING WITH PRINTERS7 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  Install the printer on the print server  Create a printer share on the print server  Connect the clients to the print server

Chapter 10: WORKING WITH PRINTERS8 INSTALLING A WINDOWS SERVER 2003 PRINT SERVER Demonstration

Chapter 10: WORKING WITH PRINTERS9 SHARING A PRINTER

Chapter 10: WORKING WITH PRINTERS10 CONNECTING CLIENTS TO A PRINT SERVER  Using the Add Printer Wizard  Browsing in Windows Explorer  Searching in Active Directory  Using the Add Printer Wizard  Browsing in Windows Explorer  Searching in Active Directory

Chapter 10: WORKING WITH PRINTERS11 USING THE ADD PRINTER WIZARD

Chapter 10: WORKING WITH PRINTERS12 BROWSING IN WINDOWS EXPLORER

Chapter 10: WORKING WITH PRINTERS13 SEARCHING IN ACTIVE DIRECTORY

Chapter 10: WORKING WITH PRINTERS14 CONFIGURING PRINTER PROPERTIES

Chapter 10: WORKING WITH PRINTERS15 CONTROLLING PRINTER SECURITY

Chapter 10: WORKING WITH PRINTERS16 ASSIGNING FORMS TO PAPER TRAYS

Chapter 10: WORKING WITH PRINTERS17 SETTING PRINT JOB DEFAULTS

Chapter 10: WORKING WITH PRINTERS18 CREATING A PRINTER POOL

Chapter 10: WORKING WITH PRINTERS19 CONFIGURING MULTIPLE LOGICAL PRINTERS FOR A SINGLE PRINTER

Chapter 10: WORKING WITH PRINTERS20 MONITORING PRINTERS  Monitoring print queues  Redirecting print jobs  Using the Performance Console  Using Event Viewer  Auditing printer access  Monitoring print queues  Redirecting print jobs  Using the Performance Console  Using Event Viewer  Auditing printer access

Chapter 10: WORKING WITH PRINTERS21 MONITORING PRINT QUEUES

Chapter 10: WORKING WITH PRINTERS22 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  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

Chapter 10: WORKING WITH PRINTERS23 USING THE PERFORMANCE CONSOLE

Chapter 10: WORKING WITH PRINTERS24 USING EVENT VIEWER

Chapter 10: WORKING WITH PRINTERS25 AUDITING PRINTER ACCESS

Chapter 10: WORKING WITH PRINTERS26 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) 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)

Chapter 10: WORKING WITH PRINTERS27 TROUBLESHOOTING PRINTERS (continued)  The connection between the print server and the printer  The printer itself—its hardware, configuration, and status  The connection between the print server and the printer  The printer itself—its hardware, configuration, and status

Chapter 10: WORKING WITH PRINTERS28 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  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

Chapter 10: WORKING WITH PRINTERS29 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  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

Chapter 10: WORKING WITH PRINTERS30 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.  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.

Chapter 10: WORKING WITH PRINTERS31 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.  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.

Chapter 10: WORKING WITH PRINTERS32 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.  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.