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• Enable advanced printing features —This option, which is selected by default, enables you
to use advanced printing options, such as page order and multiple pages per sheet (if sup-
ported by the driver). Turning the option off can solve some compatibility issues.
• Printing Defaults —You can select default settings for paper handling (one-sided, two-
sided), paper sources, paper size, paper type, orientation (landscape or portrait), color or
black and white, and so forth.
• Print Processor —Click this button to set the default print processor and data type. The
existing defaults are normally okay, unless your network has older non-Windows clients.
• Separator Page —Click this button and then click Browse to select a separator page that's
printed before each print job. Three separator pages are available in C:\Windows\System32:
Pcl.sep for PCL printers, Sysprint.sep for PostScript printers, and Sysprtj.sep for PostScript
printers with Japanese fonts.

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Activity 6-18: Installing and Sharing a Printer

Time Required: 10 minutes
Objective: Install and share a printer.
Description: Most employees in the company have been printing directly to a network-attached
printer. You have learned that a print server can offer some benefits, so you decide to install the
printer and share it on your Windows Server 2008 server.

This activity requires a network-attached printer and its IP address. Your
instructor will provide this address.

1. Log on to your server as Administrator, if necessary.
2. Click Start , type printers in the Start Search text box, and then press Enter .
3. Click Add a printer , and then click Add a local printer . Even though the printer is attached
to the network, it's considered a local printer because you'll create an IP printer port for it.
4. In the next window, click Create a new port . In the Type of port list box, click Standard
TCP/IP Port , and then click Next .
5. In the Hostname or IP address text box, type the network-attached printer's IP address (sup-
plied by your instructor). The port name is filled in automatically, but you can change it, if
you like. Click Next .
6. If necessary, select the printer manufacturer and model, and then click Next . Leave the
printer name as is, or enter a different name, if you want. Click Next .
7. In the Printer Sharing window, click the Share this printer so that others on your network
can find and use it option button. Type SharedPrinter1 in the Share name text box.
(Normally, you give a printer a more descriptive name.) Click Next .
8. Click Print a test page , unless told otherwise by your instructor. If you printed a test page,
click Close , and then click Finish .
9. Right-click the printer you installed and click Properties .
10. Click the Sharing tab. Click to select the List in the directory check box, and then click
Apply . Your printer is then published to Active Directory so that users can find it. The
printer is listed under your domain controller if you enable the User, Contacts, Groups,
and Computers as containers option in the View menu of Active Directory Users and
Computers.
11. Click the Ports tab. You can add a port or change a port's configuration, such as changing
the IP address of a TCP/IP port. If you have two or more identical printers, you can click the
Enable printer pooling option and select additional ports for this printer.