Windows Server® 2008 Administrator's Pocket Consultant

Chapter 18. Administering Network Printers and Print Services

In this chapter:

Managing the Print Services Role

Getting Started with Print Management

Installing Printers

Configuring Printer Properties

Configuring Print Server Properties

Managing Print Jobs on Local and Remote Printers

As an administrator, you need to do two main things to allow users throughout a network to access print devices connected to Microsoft Windows Server 2008: You need to set up a print server and you need to use the print server to share print devices on the network.

This chapter covers the basics of setting up shared printing and accessing it from the network. You’ll also find advice on administering printers and troubleshooting printer problems, which is where we’ll begin. ...