“How should I configure my Windows Print Server to get the most out of PaperCut?” Show
PaperCut is intended to work ‘out of the box’ in most environments. However, to make sure you get the most out of the application and ensure all of the features work as intended, we’ve put together this guide to showcase some of the most helpful Windows Printing knowledge and experience we’ve gathered over the years. However, if you’re simply looking for how to set up a printer in Windows then we recommend looking at this article first. If you are looking for specific list on how to set up a Find-Me Print queue then see the article The end-to-end guide on setting up Find-Me Printing instead. Both of those articles have a more straightforward list of steps than this one, whereas this article is more like an annotated guide to Windows Print queue settings. If you’re already an expert and want to skip the gory details, then head straight for the handy check list. How to manage your printersPrint Management Console lets you manage everything about a printer in Windows. The fastest way to open the console is to launch Run by pressing Windows key + R, then type printmanagement.msc and hit Enter. Next, right-click on the printer you want to manage and choose Properties… This will open the Printer Properties dialog with lots of options to configure. Below is a description of each one of the tabs, as well as our configuration advice. General TabThis is where you can configure the printer’s name and location.
Sharing TabOn this tab, you can configure your print server to share the printer, as well as a few other settings.
Ports TabThis tab lets an administrator configure which ‘port’ the Windows print queue will use to communicate with the physical printer. Printer ports are different from a firewall port and traditionally referred to physical ports on the computer like COM1 and LPT1, but nowadays this is where you go to specify the IP address of your printer. What sort of port should you use? Well, that depends…
Ports Tab > Configure Port…In this section, admins can specify advanced settings for the port. Most of the time this is automatically configured.
Advanced TabIn this section, administrators can specify the hours a printer is available, what driver a print queue should use to communicate with the physical printer, as well as configure how documents spool.
Security TabHere is where permissions are set to control which users or groups of users have rights to manage the print queue or documents.
Device Settings TabThese settings may be unique to the make, model, and driver. It’s also possible that settings here can interfere with PaperCut features. For example, watch out for things like settings to configure the manufacturer’s implementation of Pull/Print among other queue management features. Other SettingsKeep your Print Server name short and sweet!If your server name is more than 15 characters, the Windows spooler will actually lop off the end of the name to shorten it to 15 characters. This is a longstanding Windows limitation. This can cause problems with PaperCut’s Web Print and Find-Me Printing when attempting to send print jobs to a secondary print server. To avoid any problems, keep it short! Re-locate the Spool directory:Especially if you have plotters or wide-format printers or CAD-related printing in your environment - they normally mean huge spool files! Move the spool directory so it is not under the default Are you trying to ‘hide’ document names in the Windows print queue?Prior to Windows 2012, the only way to do this was through the PaperCut Print Provider. However if you’re running 2012 or later, take advantage of the built-in OS-level method to Hide Document Names. Disable printer redirection where possible.Disable printer redirection on any dedicated print server. This will cause a failure in the spooler service when print drivers not written for enterprise environments get installed due to printer redirection. Follow the guidance from Microsoft regarding this configuration on the machine. Check list
Print DeployIf you need to deploy your print queues, check out Print Deploy! Here is the tour page about it and also the Print Deploy Help Center if you want to learn more about it. Still have questions?Let us know! We’re definitely happy to chat about what’s going on under the hood. Feel free to leave a comment below if you have any questions at all or visit our Support Portal for further assistance. Categories: How-to Articles, Print Queues Keywords: Forgotten Tasks, hold release, virtual queue, nul, port, sharing, permissions, rights, Windows, initial set up, step, miss, missed, queue resume print, right-click resume, job What file should you edit to configure an SMB share on Linux?To configure shares and users, edit the /etc/samba/smb. conf file. The default file has several good examples of common options, including provisions for shared printers and home directories. There's a global section, which defines a workgroup.
Which of the following is a native printer sharing protocol used on Linux?NFS is that native Linux/UNIX file sharing protocol and is supported by Windows and Mac OS X. In Mac OS X, Sharing Only accounts can log on to the local Mac computer and access shared files and printers on other computers.
Which command can you use in Linux to give the current logged on user temporary root permissions?The Unix command su, stands for “substitute user,” “super user,” or “switch user,” and allows you to log in as root and do whatever you want with the system. Sudo stands for either "substitute user do" or "super user do" and it allows you to temporarily elevate your current user account to have root privileges.
Which protocol does Windows use by default for File Sharing quizlet?Server Message Blocks (SMB) is the standard file-sharing protocol used by all versions of Windows. Network File System (NFS) is the standard file-sharing protocol used by most UNIX and Linux distributions.
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