Printer

Printer

Printer is an output device which is use to get the hard copy of our data.

Requirements in the printing process :-

1. Print device    -       It means actual hardware

2. Print driver     -       It is software which can run hardware

3. Printer           -       It is software interface between user and print device.

4. Print server     -       It is computer which is use to manage the printing jobs or computer on                               which print device is connected physically.

Printer permissions:-

                                        Allow         Deny

        Print                         

        Manage Printer

        Manage Document

NOTE: By default everyone has print permission.

Options in Printer :-

1. Spooling         It means documents will be copy to the spool folder on print server and printing will be done automatically when print device is available.

2. Pooling      It means transfer of print job automatically to another printer.

Now we can select more than one ports at a time.

 

3. Print Redirection      It means pooling on another server.

NOTE: We have to create virtual port for all the printers.

 

4. Additional drivers   This option is use to add the drivers for the different version of windows so that client will not search any driver for print device.

5. Separator page      It is a special page between all the documents in the print tray after the printing is done, it is use to differentiate the documents. There are 4 types of separator page.

Network Printer

It is a printer which is not connected to the local computer or which has built-in NIC.

There are different methods to install network printer.

RUN   \\servername    -> Printer   -> Connect

Internet Printing

It means printing through web browser. It is feature of Server OS only and it is part of IIS.