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11-2 Chapter 11 Setting Up, Configuring, and Troubleshooting Printers
Lesson 1: Introduction to Windows XP Professional Printing
With Windows XP Professional printing, you can easily configure and share printers
across an entire network. After a computer is shared on a computer running Windows
XP Professional, you can then set up client computers running Windows XP, Windows
2000 Professional, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Me, Windows 98, and Windows 95 to
use that shared printer.
After this lesson, you will be able to
■ Define Windows XP Professional printing terms.
■ Identify the requirements for network printing.
■ Develop a network-wide printing strategy.
Estimated lesson time: 15 minutes
Important Printing Terms
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Before you start setting up printers, you should be familiar with some important Windows
XP Professional printing terms that will help you understand how the different
printing components work together, as shown in Figure 11-1.
Printer
driver
Print server
Local printer
Network interface printer
Figure 11-1 Several printing components work together to make printing happen.
The following list defines some Windows XP Professional printing terms:
Logical printer The logical printer is the software configuration that is created in
Windows XP and is represented by an icon in the Printers And Faxes window. It
controls the printer’s configuration and the way in which Windows sends documents
to the printer.
Printer The printer is a hardware device that puts text or images on paper or on
other print media. You will encounter two types of printers:
❑ A local printer is connected to a physical port on the print server. A logical
printer created on the print server provides tools for managing and sharing
the printer.