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Windows Small Business Server 2011 : Installing and Managing Printers (part 3) - Adding Client Drivers for Shared Printers

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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:

  1. Open the Windows SBS Console, click Network and then click Devices. Right-click the printer and select Printer Properties.

  2. Click the Sharing tab and then click the Additional Drivers button.

  3. 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.

    Figure 7. Selecting additional printer drivers to install

  4. SBS will prompt you for the location of the appropriate drivers for the printer.

  5. 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.

 
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