William Stanek - Windows Server 2012 R2 Storage, Security, & Networking Pocket Consultant

You configure a server as a print server by adding the Print and Document Services role and configuring this role to use one or more of the following role services:

■ Print ServerConfigures the server as a print server and installs the Print Management console. You can use the Print Management console to manage multiple printers and print servers, to migrate printers to and from other print servers, and to manage print jobs.

■ Line Printer Daemon (LPD) ServiceEnables UNIX-based computers or other computers using the Line Printer Remote (LPR) service to print to shared printers on the server.

■ Internet PrintingCreates a website where authorized users can manage print jobs on the server. It also lets users who have Internet Printing Client installed to connect and print to shared printers on the server by using the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP). The default Internet address for Internet Printing is http:// ServerName /Printers, where ServerName is a placeholder for the internal or external server name, such as http://PrintServer15/Printers or http://www.cpandl.com/Printers.

■ Distributed Scan ServerEstablishes the server as a scan server, which is used to run scan processes. Scan processes are rules that define scan settings and control delivery of scanned documents on your network. The Scan Management snap-in is installed when you install this role service. Scan Management enables you to manage Web Services on Devices (WSD)-enabled scanners, scan servers, and scan processes.

You can add the Print and Document Services role to a server by following these steps:

1.In Server Manager, tap or click Manage, and then tap or click Add Roles And Features, or select Add Roles And Features in the Quick Start pane. This starts the Add Roles And Features Wizard. If the wizard displays the Before You Begin page, read the Welcome text, and then select Next.

2.On the Installation Type page, Role-Based Or Feature-Based Installation is selected by default. Select Next.

3.On the Server Selection page, you can choose to install roles and features on running servers or virtual hard disks. Either select a server from the server pool or select a server from the server pool on which to mount a virtual hard disk (VHD). If you are adding roles and features to a VHD, tap or click Browse, and then use the Browse For Virtual Hard Disks dialog box to locate the VHD. When you are ready to continue, select Next.

4.On the Select Roles page, select Print And Document Services. When you are ready to continue, select Next three times.

5.On the Select Role Services page, select one or more role services to install. To allow for interoperability with UNIX, be sure to add LPD Service. Tap or click Next.

6.When you install Internet Printing, you must also install Web Server (IIS) and some related components. You are prompted to automatically add the required role services. Select Add Features to continue.

NOTE If the server on which you want to install the Print And Document Services role doesn’t have all the required binary source files, the server gets the files via Windows Update by default or from a location specified in Group Policy. You also can specify an alternate path for the required source files by clicking the Specify An Alternate Source Path link, entering that alternate path in the box provided, and then tapping or clicking OK. For network shares, enter the UNC path to the share, such as \\CorpServer82\WinServer2012\. For mounted Windows images, enter the Windows Imaging (WIM) path prefixed with WIM: and including the index of the image to use, such as WIM: \\CorpServer82\WinServer2012\install.wim:4.

7.After you review the installation options and save them as necessary, select Install to begin the installation process. The Installation Progress page tracks the progress of the installation. If you close the wizard, select the Notifications icon in Server Manager, and then select the link provided to reopen the wizard.

8.When Setup finishes installing the Print And Document Services role, the Installation Progress page will be updated to reflect this. Review the installation details to ensure that all phases of the installation were completed successfully.

9.When you install Distributed Scan Server, you’ll get a notification that additional configuration is required. Select the link provided to open Scan Management, which you can use to specify scanners to manage. In Scan Management, expand the Scan Management node in the left pane, press and hold or right-click the Managed Scanners node, and then select Manage to open the Add Or Remove Scanners dialog box. Use the Add Or Remove Scanners dialog box to identify the distributed scanners in your organization.

When you install Distributed Scan Server, a security group called Scan Operators is added to the Users container in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) for the current logon domain. Any users who need to manage the Distributed Scan service should be added to this group.

REAL WORLD You have several additional options for adding required binaries. At an elevated command prompt, you can enter DISM /Online /Enable-Feature/FeatureName: PrintServer /All /LimitAccess /Source: E:\Sources\SxS, where E: is a mounted ISO or DVD. At an elevated shell prompt, you can enter enableWindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName “PrintServer” -All -LimitAccess Source “E: \Sources\SxS”, where E: is a mounted ISO or DVD.

File and printer sharing settings control access to file shares and printers that are attached to a computer. You can manage a computer’s file and printer sharing configuration by following these steps:

1.In File Explorer, select Network in the left pane. On the toolbar in Network Explorer, select Network, and then select Network And Sharing Center.

2.In Network And Sharing Center, select Change Advanced Sharing Settings in the left pane. Select the network profile for the network for which file and printer sharing should be enabled. Typically, this is the Domain profile.

3.Standard file and printer sharing controls network access to shared resources. To configure standard file sharing, do one of the following:

■Select Turn On File And Printer Sharing to enable file and printer sharing.

■Select Turn Off File And Printer Sharing to disable file and printer sharing.

Print Management should be your tool of choice for working with printers and print servers. After you install the Print and Document Services role, Print Management is available on the Tools menu in Server Manager as a stand-alone console. You can also add Print Management as a snap-in to any custom console you create.

By using Print Management, shown in Figure 10-1, you can install, view, and manage the printers and Windows print servers in your organization. Print Management also displays the status of printers and print servers. When you expand a server-level node and select the Printers node, you get a list of printers the server is hosting. If you are accessing the selected print server by using a Remote Desktop connection, you might also find entries for printers being redirected from your logon computer. Redirected printers are listed clearly as such with a (redirected) suffix.