Understanding Networking Basics
Network Printing
Network Printing
A standalone workstation can only print to a printer attached to one of its ports. Print jobs are sent directly to the attached printer.
As shown in the following figure, a printer connected to a standalone workstation allows print jobs from only that workstation to access the printer.
Workstation | Printer |
Figure | Standalone Printing |
Network Printing
In network printing, printers are often shared and several intervening steps must take place: storage, intermediate processing, and transmission between various processing locations. These steps can greatly affect the complexity of the print job’s journey and the time taken before a print job arrives at the printer.
NetWare uses a print queue, print server, and print driver to allow several network workstations to print to a network printer. The print server takes print jobs from the print queue and sends them to the printer as shown in the following figure.