Best Practices for Deploying Printer Location
with Active Directory
Microsoft© Windows? 2000 introduced a
new feature that allows clients to find
printers that have been published in the
Microsoft Active Directory© service. Windows
Server 2003? Active Directory services
continues this location support for printers.
To make it easy for your users to take
advantage of this feature and locate printers
based on their name, location, and other
criteria, you must create a consistent
location schema for your print organization.
This white paper outlines some best practices
for creating and maintaining a useful
location schema for systems integrators,
administrators and architects who are
planning, deploying, or managing Windows
print servers
Print Server Scalability and Sizing Technical Overview
Microsoft has made a number of enhancements
to the printing subsystem of the Microsoft©
Windows? 2000 and the Windows Server
2003 family. Scalability and capacity
play key roles in the purchase and deployment
of Windows print servers. Although this
paper does not provide exact formulas
for calculating maximum loads, it does
provide information that helps you size
a server to meet your organization©s
needs. Source: Microsoft TechNet
(March 2003) |
Print Server Upgrade, Migration, and Interoperability
Microsoft has made a number of enhancements
to the printing subsystem of the Microsoft©
Windows? 2000 and later operating
systems. This paper provides an overview of
these new features and discusses details about
upgrading and migrating to Windows 2000 or Windows
Server 2003. In a network printing environment
that mixes the Windows NT© operating
system with other Windows platforms, interoperability
issues can arise. This paper describes various
methods for dealing with these issues for the
systems integrators, administrators, and architects
who are planning, deploying, or managing Windows
print servers. Source: Microsoft TechNet
(March 2003)
Printer Connectivity Technical Overview
Microsoft has made a number of enhancements
to the printing connectivity options for Microsoft©
Windows? 2000 and Microsoft©
Windows? Server 2003. Connectivity
decisions can have a substantial impact on the
performance and scalability of a print server.
This paper provides an overview of the new printer
ports as well as a brief discussion of the importance
of client-server connectivity. The paper is
designed for systems integrators, administrators,
and architects who are planning, deploying,
or managing Windows print servers. Source:
Microsoft TechNet (March 2003) |