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1 About Print Service
Mac OS X Server print service helps you set up a
managed printing environment on your network.
With a print server, you can share printers by setting up print queues accessible by any
number of users over a network connection. When a user prints to a shared queue, the
print job waits on the server until the printer is available or until established scheduling
criteria are met.
Greater administrative features are available by using a Mac OS X Print server. For
example, you can:
• Set page quotas for individual users on specific print queues
• Hold a job for printing at a later time
• Limit the number of pages individual users can print on specific printers
• Keep logs summarizing printer use
You can use the following applications to set up and administer print service:
• Server Admin to configure print service, set up shared queues, manage print jobs, and
monitor the status of print jobs
• Workgroup Manager to set print quotas for users
The Mac OS X Server print service is built on top of the standard Mac OS X client
printing architecture, which is, in turn, built on the Common UNIX Printing System
(CUPS).
Overview of Network Printing
It’s possible to benefit from some of the advantages of shared network printing
without using a server. However, a quick comparison of network printing with and
without a server-based print service shows what a print service can do to make things
easier for your users and for you as an administrator.
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