Well, by the definition that I'm aware of, all a print server is, is a
computer that you relay your documents to on a network to print your
document. Your computer simply sends the RAW file to the print server,
and then the print server converts the document from RAW to the printer
format, and then voila! the printer is printing. It's mostly called a
server because your other computers are clients. =)
Hope this helps...
- Mike
On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Shaggy Im-erbtham wrote:
> This is a baby question but none of the howtos and website seem to provide
> the answer.
>
> Does a "print server" have to be equipped with more then one printers to be
> called a print server?
>
> If so, are extra parallel ports installed on the hardware, along with
> multiple printers? (I assemble my own computers and have no clue how this
> could be done)
>
> If not, then why should it be called a print server? In this case, all
> clients in a peer-to-peer network are by definition "print servers" too?
>
> Sorry if this appears too obvious. I spent most of my working life in small
> business/self-employment which deprived me of first-hand contact with real
> dedicated server LANs, let alone any LAN except what I recently built with
> Linux/Samba.
>
> TIA
> Shaggy
> Bangkok, Thailand
>
>
>
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