Network Printing

Network Printing

After file services, printing is the second biggest incentive for installing a LAN. The following are just some of the advantages of network print services:

Many users can share the same printers—a capability that is especially useful with expensive devices, such as color printers and plotters.
Printers can be located anywhere, not just next to a user’s PC.
Queue-based network printing is more efficient than direct printing because the workstation can begin working again as soon as a job is queued to the network.
Modern printing services can enable users to send facsimile (fax) transmissions through the network to a fax server.

In this book, print services are defined as network applications that control and manage access to printers, network fax, and other similar devices.