5. Adding Client Drivers for Shared Printers
Before a shared printer can be used by clients of a different
architecture, such as x64 editions of Windows, you need to add the
drivers for the printer to SBS. This isn’t automatic when initially
sharing a printer, so you’ll need to add the necessary client drivers
after the shared printer is created.
To install drivers for clients of different architectures,
follow these steps:
Open the Windows SBS Console, click Network and then click
Devices. Right-click the printer and select Printer
Properties.
Click the Sharing tab and then click the Additional Drivers
button.
In the Additional Drivers dialog box, shown in Figure 7, select the
check box next to any client drivers to be installed and then
click OK. To install additional client drivers, you need access to
the installation files for the appropriate driver version either
locally or across the network.
SBS will prompt you for the location of the appropriate
drivers for the printer.
Click OK through the next dialog boxes to install the
drivers.
5.1. Managing Printers from Windows SBS
To manage print jobs, open Windows SBS Console. Click Network
and then click Devices. Right-click the printer you want to manage
and select Printer Jobs from the shortcut menu. From there, you can
choose to do any of the following tasks:
To temporarily stop a single document
from printing, right-click the selected document and choose
Pause from the shortcut menu. To resume printing, right-click
the document and choose Resume.
To temporarily stop all documents
from printing, choose Pause Printing from the Printer menu. To
resume printing all documents, select Pause Printing a second
time from the Printer menu.
To cancel one or more print jobs, select the documents,
right-click, and choose Cancel from the shortcut menu. (You can
also cancel print jobs by selecting them and pressing the Delete
key.)
To cancel all print jobs in the print
queue, choose Cancel All Documents from the Printer menu.
To restart a print job (force the document to print
from the beginning again), right-click the
document and choose Restart from the shortcut menu.
To change the priority of a print job, right-click the
print job, choose Properties from the shortcut menu, and then
use the Priority slider to adjust the priority of the document,
with 1 being the lowest priority and 99 being the highest
priority.
To specify that a print job should be printed only during
a certain period, right-click the print job, choose Properties
from the shortcut menu, select the Only From option, and choose
the time range to allow the document to print. This feature is
useful when you want to set a large document to print only
during a time when you anticipate the printer to be free.
5.2. Managing Printers from the Command Line
Windows SBS 2011 makes command-line administration almost
practical for those who are so inclined. You can perform almost all
administration tasks from a command line—printer tasks included. Use
the following list of commands and scripts to get started:
Print Prints the specified
text file to the specified printer.
Lpr Prints the specified text file to the specified
LPD print queue.
Net print Displays information about the specified print
queue or print job. It can also hold, release, or delete print
jobs.
Lpq Displays information about the specified LPD
print queue.
Net start Starts the specified service. You can use the Net
start spooler and Net stop spooler commands to start or stop the
spooler service.
Cscript %Windir%\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US\Prrnmngr.vbs
Adds, deletes, or lists printers on a Windows print
server.
Cscript
%Windir%\System32\
Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US\Prrnjobs.vbs Lets you view
and manage the print jobs of printer shares on a Windows print
server.
Cscript
%Windir%\System32\
Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US\Prrncfg.vbs Allows you to
view and change the settings of printers on a Windows print
server.
Cscript
%Windir%\System32\
Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US\Prrnqctl.vbs Pauses or
resumes printing, clears the print queue, or prints test
pages.
Cscript
%Windir%\System32\
Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US\Prrnport.vbs Administers
all things related to printer ports.
Cscript
%Windir%\System32\
Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US\Prrndrvr.vbs Adds,
deletes, or lists printer drivers on a Windows print
server.
Note:
To view a list of parameters, type the command followed by
/? at a command prompt.
