Re: Network Printer

Joseph wrote:
Terry R. wrote:
On 8/30/2007 11:12 AM On a whim, Joseph pounded out on the keyboard

A friend asked me to look into buying a network printer to
be used in a small network of PCs (and maybe a Mac) where
there is no central server. The most complicated printer
setup I've done is a USB printer connected to a single PC
and shared with two others.

My question is, if a network printer is connected to
a router, is there logic in the printer to make it look
busy to other PCs if it's printing a job? Also, what
happens if 3 PCs have 3 jobs each to print. What order
to the jobs print at?

TIA

Hi Joseph,

Most network printers have buffers, some larger than others, so if a
print job is printing, it will wait until that job is finished. OS's
have print spooling. Usually it's first come first served, unless
you change the priority of each workstation.

So I was looking at the HP P3005n printer and it has an
EIO port, which apparently you can install an optional JetDirect
device (e.g. HP 620n) which they indicate as a print spooler.
What would this 620n do for me if I bought one?

Probably nothing. Try setting up the printer without a print server and see
what happens.

Print spooling is built into Windows - there is no need for an additional
print buffer.


.

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