Creating a printer

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Creating a printer

After you have physically attached a printing device to a computer (either directly or on a network), use the Add Printer wizard to create a printer that represents it. You can create more than one printer representing the same printing device.

For example, if you have a printing device in your office but also share it with others over a network, you might want to create two printers representing the printing device. You can create a printer for yourself that is not shared over the network and a second printer that is shared. Then it's easy to control the use of the shared printer. You can set permissions on the shared printer, ensuring that only members of your department can print to it. Or you can set a low priority for it, ensuring that documents you send to the printer will always print before documents sent by those who share it.

Another common example is to create a printer that spools to a printing device at night and another printer that spools to the same printing device during the day.

To create a printer, you must be logged on with sufficient permissions. Members of the Administrators, Server Operators, and Print Operators groups can create printers.

Note

• Print Server for Macintosh is not available on the 64-bit versions of the Windows operating systems.