Is it necessary to install drivers for a print server?

Hi all,

I am trying to setup a print server. My print server is
capable of doing all the required processing before giving the print
job to printer. It has all the filter support. When i am trying to add
the print server through "Add printer wizard" it is asking for drivers.


Do the user need to know the type and make of the printer
connected to print server.
If the print server is capable of doing all the processing then
can we send the file to be printed
directly to the print server without processing at the user
side.

Sunil wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to setup a print server. My print server is
> capable of doing all the required processing before giving the print
> job to printer. It has all the filter support. When i am trying to add
> the print server through "Add printer wizard" it is asking for drivers.
>
>
> Do the user need to know the type and make of the printer
> connected to print server.
> If the print server is capable of doing all the processing then
> can we send the file to be printed
> directly to the print server without processing at the user
> side.
>

What print server?

In general, I have fond its best to have servers as dumb as possible, so
the machines that use it do all the clever stuff locally, and just send
a raw stream to it.

Sunil <sunil.goutham@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am trying to setup a print server. My print server is
> capable of doing all the required processing before giving the print
> job to printer. It has all the filter support. When i am trying to add
> the print server through "Add printer wizard" it is asking for drivers.
>
>
> Do the user need to know the type and make of the printer
> connected to print server.
> If the print server is capable of doing all the processing then
> can we send the file to be printed
> directly to the print server without processing at the user
> side.

Even if the print server is capable of accepting all kinds of input, the
computer still has to be told what kind of output to generate. Plain
ASCII, PCL, or PostScript for example. Which is best to use depends on
your situation.

--
Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota * USA

Sunil wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to setup a print server. My print server is
> capable of doing all the required processing before giving the print
> job to printer. It has all the filter support. When i am trying to add
> the print server through "Add printer wizard" it is asking for drivers.
>
>
> Do the user need to know the type and make of the printer
> connected to print server.
> If the print server is capable of doing all the processing then
> can we send the file to be printed
> directly to the print server without processing at the user
> side.
>
Assuming your server is Windows 2003, does
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325...=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH help?