INSTALLING AN LPR PORT

2. Do you have to have a computer running one of the Windows Server products to

have a print server on your network? Why or why not?

No. A print server is a computer that manages one or more printers on a network. The print

server receives and processes documents from client computers. If you have a computer run-

ning Windows XP Professional and it has a shared printer attached to it, it is by definition a print

server. However, if the print server will manage many heavily used printers, Microsoft recom-

mends a dedicated print server, and most dedicated print servers run one of the Windows

Server products.