Hi, If a printer is shared peer-to-peer, the print job won't go to the central server.
/JLA ----- Original Message ----- From: Joel Cruz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: NT 2000 Discussions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 12:20 AM Subject: Re: About printers and the network > Hi John! > > Thanks for your answer, and let me explain better: yes, each shop has > several printers, each printer is connected to a pc, and shared via the > network. But a printer is intended to be used only by clients in the same > shop, id est, each client in the shop points to some printer in the same > shop as the default printer. What I want to know is if a report sent to a > printer which is not physically attached to this client has to travel to > the central server and return to the printer in the shop or not. As I said , > someone told me since Windows95 the OS knows how to solve it locally, > without going to the server. > > TIA > > Joel > from the middle of the Rain Forest > -----Mensagem original----- > De: John Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Para: NT 2000 Discussions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Data: Quinta-feira, 11 de Outubro de 2001 13:15 > Assunto: RE: About printers and the network > > > >Your email wasn't 100% clear to me but it sounds like you have several > shops > >on a WAN. Each shop has several printers. Are you printers standalone? Do > >they have their own IP address or are they connected to a PC? > >What you can do is setup a desktop to act as a print server. If each PC has > >it's own IP then you can setup ports for those IPs, add the printer and > >share it to the local shop. If you have printers that have to physically > >connect to PCs then you will have to share them out...If you have a combo > do > >both. I hope this helped. > > > >John > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Joel Cruz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 4:32 AM > >To: NT 2000 Discussions > >Subject: About printers and the network > > > > > >Hi folks! > > > >I need a little help from my friends: we are a retailer group, with 20 > shops > >administered by a mainframe. We are now installing Windows 2000 server in > 3 > >Dell boxes ( a 6400 and two 2500) to administer a WAN which will replace > the > >mainframe in the months to come. There will be no servers in the shops, > only > >clients with Windows 98 and ME. The link we have to each shop is a 64K > >private line. We have something like 100 printers distributed in the shops, > >but until now the printing is done via the mainframe, and is just plain > >text. I am worried about the line speed, when we begin to change the > >printing from the mainframe to the WAN, with Delphi programs running on the > >clients. The printings will have lots of graphics, not only text, and if > >they have to go to the server and return to the client, I am afraid that > >will be too heavy a traffic. Someone told there is no reason to worry, > >because since Windows 95, windows know how to use the local printers, > >without going to the server. Can someone tell me if this is true? > > > >TIA > > > >Joel > >from the middle of the Rain Forest > > > > > >------ > >You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >------ > >You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
