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Chapter 12: Case Scenario Answers
Chapter 12: Case Scenario Answers
Case Scenario: Managing Network Printers
| 1. | You can use Windows Server 2008 as a print server. If you install each of the network printers and then share them, users can connect to the Windows Server 2008 computer and submit print jobs to the server. The server can then manage the print queues for each of the printers. |
| 2. | You can create custom filters that match printers with problems and then configure an e-mail notification to be sent to an administrator. Alternatively, you can use the notification to run a script or executable file that is integrated into a custom management infrastructure. |
| 3. | Windows Server 2008 supports using permissions to control which users can print to and manage printers. You can deny access to all users except the executive, the assistant, and the IT personnel who need to manage the printer. This wouldn’t, however, prevent users from connecting directly to printers. To control direct access, you would need to modify the printer’s configuration to allow connections only from the print server. Alternatively, if your network supports virtual local area networks (VLANs) or another access control technology, you could restrict access to the printers using your network infrastructure. |
| 4. | You could configure multiple similar printers as part of a printer pool. Any print jobs submitted to the printer pool would be sent to the first available printer. This would allow small print jobs to print to one printer while another printer handled the large print job. |
