Why do you need a print server

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Why do you need a print server

Point and Print

* Point and Print downloads the printer files and configuration information automatically when a user installs the printer.

* Point and Print will update the user’s printer software as the printer software is updated on the server.

* Point and Print updates printer driver configurations when they change.

* Point and Print can help you avoid security issues because users do not need Administrator access to their machines in order to install the software for a new printer.

Print queue management

* The print server allows prioritization of print jobs and schedules a print job.

* Administrators and Print Operators can view and control print jobs in a print queue.

* The print server enables an administrator to selectively manage and control access to each printer and print queue.

Microsoft Active Directory printer integration

· * Using a print server increases printer availability to the end user and clustering print servers increases print server availability.

· * Printer pooling also increases the availability of the printers served by a print queue.

· * Printer pooling allows several identical printers to appear to the end user as one logical printer,

· *With a server-side processing, the end user’s print job is often more quickly spooled to the print server then it is to the printer itself.

· * Managing printers with a print server allows the system administrator to track usage and monitor errors from a single point.

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