Hi folks! Thanks to all who took their time to help me.
Joel from the middle of the Rain Forest -----Mensagem original----- De: Ed Esgro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Para: NT 2000 Discussions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Data: Ter�a-feira, 16 de Outubro de 2001 09:55 Assunto: RE: About printers and the network >OK I think I am following you. You have 3 printers in this location on 3 >different computers attached with an LPT cable? In order to print to these, >you need to install file and print sharing, then share out the attached >printers. YOu then need to add these shared printers to the other computers >4 - 9. After you do this. The print jobs will go directly to the computer >without accessing the WAN. The only way they would go to the server is if >the server was hosting the printers. But since that is physically impossible >with local LPT cables, then the only way to communicate to them is in the >local subnet. Hope that helps. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Joel Cruz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 5:46 PM >To: NT 2000 Discussions >Subject: Re: About printers and the network > > >Hi folks! > >Well, I supose I did not explain myself clearly. After all, english is only >a second language. Let me try again: > >1. I have a WAN with a central server, a Dell 2500, located in the central >office. The server runs Windows 2000 and communicates with 20 shops via 64 K >leased lines. I have no servers in the shops, only clients. > >2. Let's suppose one of the shops has 9 clients pcs, running Windows >95/98/ME, and only three printers. Clients 1, 2 and 3 have each one a >printer attached physically. Let's call them printers 1, 2 and 3. > >3. For clients 1, 2 and 3, I know for sure the reports sent to the printer >will not go to the central server, because each one has a printer attached. > >4. Clients 4 and 5 use, as default printer, the printer 1. Clients 6 and 7 >use printer 2 as default, and clients 8 and 9 use printer 3. What I want to >know is: for those clients, the reports will go to the central server and >return to the printer, or Windows know how to send them directly to the >printers? > >I hope my question is clear now. > >TIA > >Joel >from the middle of the Rain Forest >-----Mensagem original----- >De: Govindaraj Rangan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Para: NT 2000 Discussions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Data: Segunda-feira, 15 de Outubro de 2001 19:29 >Assunto: RE: About printers and the network > > >>From what I understand, each regional office is on a LAN(I assume it to be >>at least 100Mbps), and only clients on that LAN would access the printers >>located in that regional office. Then why worry about the traffic that >would >>go to the server?! Having a print server would have the advantage of better >>manageability and you can have logon scripts connect to the print server on >>the local LAN. But, I don't think Windows itself has the intelligence to >>judge which printer to use. >> >>Cheers, >>Govind. >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jumlong >>Anunta-umporn >>Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 10:22 AM >>To: NT 2000 Discussions >>Subject: Re: About printers and the network >> >> >>Hi, >> >>http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/usingwindows/work/articles/906Jun/Share p >r >>inter.asp >> >>/JLA >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: Joel Cruz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: NT 2000 Discussions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 6:36 PM >>Subject: Re: About printers and the network >> >> >>> Hi Jumlong! >>> >>> How do you share a printer peer-to-peer? There are more clients than >>> printers in the shop, so every printer will be shared to several clients. >>> >>> TIA >>> >>> Joel >>> from the middle of the Rain Forest >>> -----Mensagem original----- >>> De: Jumlong Anunta-umporn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Para: NT 2000 Discussions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Data: Sexta-feira, 12 de Outubro de 2001 05:23 >>> Assunto: Re: About printers and the network >>> >>> >>> >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. 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