Managing Printers and Print Servers

After you configure the printers and print server, it’s tempting to consider the job finished, but in reality, managing printers and print servers is an ongoing process. Fortunately, Windows makes the job of managing printers and print servers fairly easy and flexible. A Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 print server or hosted printer can be managed by any Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 machine, or even from any system using a Web browser, as long as Internet Information Services (IIS) or Peer Web Services is installed and Web-based printing hasn’t been disabled using the Group Policy snap-in.

This section focuses on some common management chores such as connecting to a printer and viewing the print ...

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