NetWare Client for DOS and MS Windows User Guide

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Understanding Networking Basics

Network Printing

Non-Networked Printing

A standalone workstation can only print to a printer attached to one of its

ports. Print jobs are sent directly to the attached printer.

As shown in the following ﬁgure, a printer connected to a standalone

workstation allows print jobs from only that workstation to access the

printer.

Figure 1-6 Standalone Printing

Network Printing

In network printing, printers are often shared and several intervening steps

must take place: storage, intermediate processing, and transmission between

various processing locations. These steps can greatly affect the complexity

of the print job’s journey and the time taken before a print job arrives at the

printer.

NetWare uses a print queue, print server, and print driver to allow several

network workstations to print to a network printer. The print server takes

print jobs from the print queue and sends them to the printer as shown in the

following ﬁgure.

Workstation Printer