Printing Solutions: Local, Network, Client & Server
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Local Print Device
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A printer locally connected to a client's computer.
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Network Print Device
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A shared network printer connected to a client's computer.
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Print Client
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The workstation or application that initially generates the print job on a network.
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Print Server
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The computer or print server device offering the printer share.
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Print Job
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A document or items to be printed.
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Spooling
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A process working in the background to enable several print files to go to a single printer. Each file is placed in temporary storage until its turn comes to be printed.
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Print Driver
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Configuration information and formatting instructions for the given printer.
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Graphics Device Interface (GDI)
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Integrates information about the print file, such as word-processing codes for fonts, colors, and embedded graphics objects, with information obtained from the printer driver installed at the client for the target printer, in a process Microsoft calls "rendering".
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Spool File
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A print file that the software application places in the client's spooler by writing the file to a subfolder used for spooling. A print file written to disk until it can be transmitted to a printer.
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Spooler
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A group of DLLs, information files, and programs that process print jobs for printing.
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Internet Printing Protocol (IPP)
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A protocol that is encapsulated in HTTP and that is used to print files over the Internet.
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XML Paper Specification (XPS)
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An advanced method of printing documents for multiple purposes, including viewing electronic pages and printing pages in a polished format. Offers faster performance printouts generated by .NET Framework applications.
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Print Services Role
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Enables you to use the Print Management tool to manage shared printers, track printing events using Event Viewer, and configuring a group policy for standardizing printer connections.
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Print Server service
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A Print Services Role utility that creates an exception in the Windows Firewall to permit file and printer sharing.
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Internet Printing service
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A Print Services Role utility that creates a website through Internet Information Services (IIS) -requiring IIS server role to be installed- for managing print jobs and connecting to shared printers -using the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP).
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Line Printer Daemon (LPD) service
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A Print Services Role utility enabling UNIX and Linux computers to print to shared printers. This installs and uses the TCP/IP Print Server service, and configures the Windows Firewall to allow the TCP communications port (515) for network spooler communications to be used for print processing between the client and the server.
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Bidirectional Printing
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Ability of a parallel printer to conduct two-way communication between the printer and the computer, such as to provide out-of-paper information; also, supports Plug and Play and enables an OS to query a printer about its capabilities. Used with printers that have two-way communication capability. Engages in two-way communications with the print server and with server applications.
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TEXT
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A data type used for printing text files formatted using the ANSI standard that employs values between 0 and 255 to represent characters, numbers, and symbols.
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RAW
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A data type often used for printing MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, and UNIX and Linux print files.
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Printer Pooling
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Linking two or more identical printers with one printer setup or printer share.
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True
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TRUE/FALSE: A shared network printer can be connected to a workstation sharing a printer, a printer attached to a server, or a printer attached to a print server device.
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True
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TRUE/FALSE: The size of the spool file impacts network traffic and network transmission speed from print server to printer.
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False
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TRUE/FALSE: When you share a printer, the Windows Server 2008 server becomes a true file server.
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False
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TRUE/FALSE: When a remote printer is installed on a domain controller, you cannot change the properties of the shared printer you just installed if you are not logged on to its host computer.
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False
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TRUE/FALSE: Network printing jobs come in with a priority of 99, but can be assigned a priority as high as 1.
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network print client
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The workstation or application that initially generates the print job is the ____.
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network print server
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The computer or print server device offering the printer share is the ____.
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spooler
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In the Windows environment, a ____ is a group of DLLs, information files, and programs that processes print jobs for printing.
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Internet Information Service (IIS)
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When a print job is processed over the Internet or an intranet, ____ must be installed and running in Windows Server 2008.
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XPSDrv
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The XPS drive path uses the ____ Driver Model.
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Print Services
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To take full advantage of Windows Server 2008 to manage shared printers for one location, install the ____ role.
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name
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In the right pane in the Printers window, the ____ heading lists the names of printers managed through the Printers window.
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comments
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In the right pane in the Printers window, the ____ heading lists descriptions of printers or other information about printers.
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Windows Firewall
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Turning on network printer sharing enables printer sharing through the ____ so that shared printers appear when users view network resources.
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General
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The title bar and top portion of the ____ tab in a printer's properties shows the name of the printer.
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Location and Comment
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The ____ boxes are used to store special notes about the printer that can help distinguish it from other printers, particularly for the sake of users if the printer is shared on the network.
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Sharing
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The ____ tab is used to enable or disable a printer for sharing as well as to specify the name of the share.
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RAW (FF appended)
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In the ____ data type, the FF is a form-feed code placed at the end of the print file.
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RAW (FF auto)
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In the ____ data type, the print processor checks the print file for a form feed as the last character set, before appending a form feed at the end.
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enhanced metafile (EMF)
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Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, Server 2003, and Server 2008 clients use the ____ data type.
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PostScript printer
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A ____ is one that has special firmware or cartridges to print using a page-description language (PDL).
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Device Settings
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The ____ tab enables you to specify printer settings that are specific to the printer you have installed, such as printer trays, memory, paper size, fonts, duplexing, and installable options.
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Installable Options
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The printer memory is usually automatically detected in bidirectional printers, but if it is not, you can specify the amount of memory in the Printer Memory option under ____.
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Hold mismatched documents
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When a PostScript-formatted document is sent to a non-PostScript printer, if you do not have ____ enabled, the printer might print tens or hundreds of pages with a single control code on each page.
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print queue
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You can pause, resume, restart, or view the properties of one or more documents in the ____ of a printer.
