CONFIGURE SYNCHRONIZATION MANAGER

11-5Lesson 1 Introduction to Windows XP Professional PrintingTable 11-1

Network Printing Environment Guidelines

Guideline Explanation

Determine the number of users who print and the printing workload. For

Determine users’ printing

example, 10 people in a billing department who print invoices continually

requirements

will have a larger printing workload and might require more printers and

possibly more print servers than 10 software developers who do all their

work online.

Determine the printing needs of your company, including the number and

Determine company’s printing

types of printers that are required. In addition, consider the type of work-

load that each printer will handle. Do not use a personal printer for network

printing.

Determine the number of

Determine the number of print servers that your network requires to handle

the number and types of printers that your network will contain.

print servers required

Determine where to put the printers so that it is easy for users to pick up

Determine where to

their printed documents. Think about how the print servers will connect to

locate printers

the printers. Typically, it is more cost-effective to choose network interface

printers than to locate print servers physically close to each printer.

Lesson Review

Use the following questions to help determine whether you have learned enough to

move on to the next lesson. If you are unable to answer a question, review the lesson

materials and try the question again. You can find answers to the questions in the

“Questions and Answers” section at the end of this chapter.