Networking Printing

• Here's the remote printing process:
1. the PC's redirector put the print job onto the network cable
2. print server's network software takes the print job from the cable and send it into a queue with other items waiting from access to the shared printer
• UNC syntax: \\print_server_name\printer_share_name
• network uses a spool (simultaneous peripheral operation on line)
• a spooler is a memory buffer in the print server's ram that holds print jobs If there are too many print jobs to fit into RAM, the overflow wait to print on the print server's hard drive.
• To share a printer you must:
• load printer drivers so the printer will print correctly
• Create a share name for the printer
• identify a port so the redirector will know where to send the print job
• set the information and output parameters so the network operating system will know how to handle and format the print job.
• PDL - (Printer Description Language)
• the printer uses the PDL to construct text and graphics to create the page image
• PDLs are like blueprints
• You can manage the printer remotely